Not retirement, but a rewiring and fresh perspectives post-DBS, says Piyush Gupta [Interview with Business Times]

Interviewee

• Su Shyan Lee, Business Times
• Piyush Gupta, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

News Article

Date of Interview

10-5-2026

Interviewer

Lee Su Shyan

Keywords

Higher education, Board of Trustees, retirement, Piyush Gupta

Description

In an interview with The Business Times, SMU Chairman Piyush Gupta discussed topics ranging from meditation and conservation to the future of education. On his role at SMU, he emphasised his desire to help shape tertiary education and noted that the rise of AI makes it critical to rethink how we learn. Mr Gupta believes that in an AI-driven world, students must move beyond domain knowledge to focus on interpreting information, "connecting the dots," and engaging others with genuine empathy. He is supportive of a more experiential curriculum at SMU — one that focuses on regional exposure through internships and exchange programmes.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics | Higher Education

Page Numbers

1-7

Terms of Use

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Citation

Lee, Su Shyan and Gupta, Piyush. Not retirement, but a rewiring and fresh perspectives post-DBS, says Piyush Gupta [Interview with Business Times]. (2026). 1-7.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/52

Additional URL

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/wealth/not-retirement-rewiring-and-fresh-perspectives-post-dbs-says-piyush-gupta