She calls herself a learner, continuous learning brings her joy. This can only be the true virtue of a humble savant. Her learnings and triumphs on her personal journey as a civil officer are no short of an example. A ‘woman’ wearing many hats, author of her own life, she...
It is said that we do our best work when it is in the area of interest. This same passion drove Pooja Haldea to switch from her high profile corporate job to become a co-founder at the Centre for Social and Behaviour Change at Ashoka University. Human Behaviour always interested...
Entrepreneurs like Prajjwal Sinha represent a new age of businessmen who are driven by a strong sense of patriotism and global outlook. All his projects were born out of a need and void created by commercial giants. His company is the recipient of the National Startup Awards 2020 by Govt....
“When I got placed and earned my first salary of ₹ 14,000, I gave it to papa,” Musthafa PC told Humans of Bombay. Musthafa PC was born in a remote village of Kerala. His father, a daily wage worker, was not well educated himself and dreamed of educating his children – but...
Billdesk co-founded by alum Karthik Ganapathy acquired by PayU Billdesk, an online payment gateway co-founded by IIM Bangalore alumnus Karthik Ganapathy in 2000 along with his colleagues from Arthur Andersen, M.N. Srinivasu & Ajay Kaushal, has been acquired by PayU, Prosus’ (Naspers) global fintech business for $4.7 Bn. The deal...
Essay bhi hota hai – Venkatachalam Ayyar, PGP 1989 Word Play at its very best from a die-hard ‘Pun’dit! This book is indeed a collection of absolutely hilarious ‘Pun’stoppable essays involving (more than) “some Antics” with ‘Semantics’. The author has written over 200 absolutely original and creative ‘Pun’eer Mutterings, on...
IIMB congratulates N.S. Vishwanathan, the Chair of the Expert Committee on Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks and currently Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy at IIMB, and Prof. M.S. Sriram, Chairperson and faculty member at CPP, for their report on Urban Cooperative Banks, released on Monday (Aug 23). The committee, under the...
On 21st and 22nd August 2021, the students of the Post Graduate Programme in Management at IIM Bangalore hosted the 14th edition of the largest entrepreneurship summits, Eximius 2021, in virtual mode. The theme for this year was ‘Reflect. Reboot. Rebound’. The event, which aims at celebrating entrepreneurship and fostering entrepreneurial talent...
– Prof Chetan Subramanian, Saumya Gupta and Megha Malpani India’s central bank is following a Quantitative Easing programme of its own device called GSAP 1.0. Here are the nuances of the technique The recent announcements of G-SAP 1.0 and 2.0, where the RBI has committed to buying government bonds from...
IIM BANGALORE’S CENTRE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING HOSTS WEBINAR TITLED ‘THE FUTURE OF CASE METHOD AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL’ ON AUGUST 26 Discussion focussed on case study methodology used by management teachers to introduce students to challenges in decision making, to promote critical thinking, and to refine their problem-solving skills....
– Prof. S Ramesh Kumar Automaticity is associated with the unconscious influence of the mind with respect to our thoughts, feeling, and behavior. The author explores its implications on marketing and branding… In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), the automaticity induced branding, which is at a nascent stage (relative to number of...
– Prof Rahul De IIMB and Prof Abhipsa Pal (IIMK) The popularity of wallets like GooglePay, Paytm, and UPI are at the cutting-edge of accessible financial services Mobile payment technologies are spreading rapidly across the globe, threatening to replace credit/debit cards and cash. The popularity of wallets like GooglePay and...
– Prof Deepti Ganapathy Last year, when B-schools took their classes online after the pandemic, I thought deeply about how to make a course such as Business Communication relevant and relatable to my students. Some of them came with a few years of work experience, while others were fresh graduates...
– Prof Prateek Raj Today’s wage slavery needs to be addressed with an option that gives citizens of the country ownership over some substantial property or wealth on which they can build their lives as they please Do we need to work to live well? If you look at the...
Alumnus’ profile: ‘Inspire, Nurture, Transform’ – these three words define Preethi Vickram’s professional motto and journey. Preethi Vickram is a committed educator, an exponent of ‘learning through ‘play’, a passionate parenting coach, a change catalyst, a leadership mentor, and a brand champion with a sincere desire to make that catalytic...
The student corner is an exclusive section of Lsquare that brings to you the literary creation, pen-craft, creative content contributed by students. Cage of Flesh The bizarre human creature, a singular entity;Constructed by radical design.Yet so evident its palpable frailty,Something it avows to decline. Still wholly obdurate and steadfast,He stands...
It is with sorrow we would like to inform you about the sad demise of alumni Mr. Pradeep Singh Shekhawat, PGP 2008 batch, on 25th Aug 2021. He was working as GM – Capital Business at Razorpay. He was just 39 years old. He is survived by his wife and...