June 2020

Alum Ventures: Gumption Labs – Anurag Saboo, PGP 1996

The need to seek and to do better, fine the art is what drives us all. Some individuals take the extra step and foray into the unknown not just for the adventure alone but also to gain an upper edge simultaneously paving a path of opportunities for others. Anurag Saboo...

Alum Ventures: Jama Wealth – Ram Kalyan Medury, PGP 1998

We as individuals or customers are always looking to engage to invest or do business with who provide us the feeling of reassurance and show promise. The means of accumulating and generation of wealth has changed with newer technologies and innovation. Jama Wealth is a Fintech company that uses smart...

Alum Ventures: YNOS – Thillai Rajan A, FPM 2000

Thillai Rajan is currently a Professor in the Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras. He has co-founded YNOS Venture Engine recently, to enhance the efficiency of early-stage venturing and innovation ecosystem in India. The YNOS technology platform helps early-stage entrepreneurs identify potential investors, estimate the valuation, and among other...

IIMBAA Elections 2020

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE. Participate. Cast your vote. Get Elected. IMBAA is a public charitable trust that was formed in 2009. The trust deed went through a major amendment and the newly revised trust deed was registered in March 2018. The ownership of IIMBAA was effectively transferred...

Snippets

IIT-IIM alumnus S Gopalakrishnan appointed as additional secretary in PMO S Gopalakrishnan, a senior Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as an additional secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office. The 1991 batch IAS officer is currently serving at the ministry of electronics where his responsibilities include issues related...

COVID 19 – IIMB Student Warriors

IIMB Corona Warriors are continuously trying to help in a difficult situation and provide any means of relief to the needy. In serving the migrant workers who have set their journeys back home on foot, with blisters in their feet and the most tragic life stories, these laborers have long...

IIMB Anusmaran Bangalore 2020

The first-ever virtual Anusmaran Bangalore will be hosted from 5-7th June 2020. Anusmaran is an annual event where the IIMB alumni meet. It is held in different cities worldwide every year. Anusmaran is the time to meet your old friends, bond with alums across batches, network, socialize and get to...

Faces of IIMB

We are introducing a new section in the newsletter. The intention of this section is to introduce the people, who work behind the scenes, meaning the very backbone of the institute – the staff members. The institute relies on its staff members for a smooth and effective working system. This...

NSRCEL Startup: GaragePlug – Touchless Auto Service Platform

GaragePlug, a touchless auto service platform, presents a one-off solution to auto service providers in the times of COVID GaragePlug is a SaaS-based easy-to-use software for two- and four-wheeler service centres/auto-repair shops to grow and manage their businesses. It is the fastest-growing automotive technology start-up company founded and run by Automotive...

Student’s Corner

The student corner is an exclusive section of LSquare which brings to you the literary creation, pencraft, creative content contributed by students. June edition consists of a video “Walking through Time – An IIMB PGP Throwback” by PGP 2020 students and poems penned by Ms. Yashika Mehta PGP first-year student....

In Memoriam

It is with sadness that we report the passing of Prof Pritam Singh. He was an acclaimed management guru and Padma Shri awardee, on 3rd June passed away following a cardiac arrest. He was 78. Prof Pritam was a former Professor and Dean at IIMB and Director of IIM Lucknow....

Events at IIMB

IIMB welcomes Class of EPGP 2021 In an e-inaugural ceremony today, IIM Bangalore welcomed students of the 12th batch of the Executive Post Graduate Programme (Class of 2021). Ms. Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Hospitals Group, was the chief guest and the ceremony was presided over by...