Leaders are born or trained? if born means why management degree? if trained means why not any correspondence degree even?

Leadership in any field is an ability to play it "the best" it’s a gamming skill; management degree sharpens it or not is an academic aspect.

If you are aming for higher level (Job) Naukri and have the booty, do MBA; simple.

A person can be called a leader if he/she has led to a change for the better of his/her people. It is also important whether you accept a person as your leader to make a leader out of him/her.

Alexander was a great leader but because he was tutored by Aristotle, can you conclude that he was trained to be a leader? Yes, partly. Now, can anybody help me in finding out who actually trained the Mongol leader, Genghis Khan who had an empire much larger than the romans. He was a born a ruthless leader without a trainer.

Lets take some examples from India itself. Ambani was a school drop-out but a leader by experience, in building the Reliance empire whereas Ratan Tata went to HBS but a leader too in further expanding his Tata empire. Both have changed lives for millions of Indians. So what is the conclusion here?? Are leaders born or trained? Neither. You become a leader by your own will to change for the good of your people (because at times it could be bad for others, esp. in case of invaders, or even corporate invaders). Training is essential in terms of your skill-sets but that does not necessarily make a leader out you. There are lakhs of MBAs passing out but can you conclude we have lakhs of leaders?

If you have changed the world around you despite difficulties, by whatever means, benefitting a large number of YOUR people, then you are a leader, period.

Joydeep I am in agreement with your point of view.