December 2023

Alumni Venture: Chakraview Solutions – Rajesh Bhura, PGP 2001

Chakraview Solutions, born out of a collective parental concern, began its transformative journey in 2015, sparked by the founder’s personal mission to enhance the safety of children during school bus commutes. Tackling issues like inconsistent schedules and fragmented information, the platform offers real-time tracking, communication tools, and attendance monitoring. Noteworthy...

Alumni News

IIMB Celebrates Alumnus Shashi Sinha’s AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advertising industry, Shashi Sinha, an esteemed alumnus of IIMB and the Chief Executive Officer of IPG Mediabrands, has been honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2023 by the Advertising...

Events @ IIMB

Maharaja Sri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar Speaks to IIM Bangalore Community on Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations During the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations at IIM Bangalore, Chief Guest Maharaja Sri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar praised the institute for embodying the essence of old Bangalore. He emphasized that IIMB, beyond academics, plays a crucial...

IIMB News

Dr. Deepak Malghan Honored with TN Khoshoo Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievements in Ecological Economics Dr. Deepak Malghan, a distinguished faculty member in the Public Policy domain at IIM Bangalore, was honored with the TN Khoshoo Memorial Award by the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)....

Book Release

The Last Resort (A Harith Athreya Mystery Book 4) – RV Raman, PGP 1988 About the Book There’s blood in the backwaters of Kerala… BOLLYWOODDetective Harith Athreya is recuperating in the beautiful backwaters of Kerala when he meets a family of vacationing Bollywood royalty, who ask for his help making...

How India can nurture top-ranked S&T clusters

– Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, N Dayasindhu Meaningful policy interventions at the state level can help build successful S&T clusters to propel our economy towards the $5 trillion mark and beyond in the coming decades. The Global Innovation Index (GII) report, published annually by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO),...

Marriage equality: We won’t win this battle from the shadows

– Dr. Prateek RajIIM Bangalore The fight for queer equality won’t be championed solely by well-intentioned allies advocating for us. It necessitates a ground-up approach, urging more of us to assert our presence and voice Like millions of queer Indians, on October 17, I awaited the Supreme Court judgment on marriage equality with...

NSRCEL Startups

Sunbird Straws, an NSRCEL Startup, Clinches Silver Prize at Mass Challenge Switzerland Sunbird Straws, a standout in NSRCEL’s Circular Economy Incubation Program, has achieved the Silver Prize at Mass Challenge Switzerland. This recognition is a testament to Sunbird’s commitment to sustainable innovation. Focused on creating social wealth, Sunbird Coconut Leaf...