April 2022

IIM BANGALORE’S 47TH CONVOCATION

Class of 2022 is applauded for resilience, agility and adaptability At the 47th Convocation, on April 8th, IIMB Director, Chairman of the Board & Chief Guest encourage the students to become change-agents “IIMB produces top-notch students year after year, making not only the institute proud, but the country proud as...

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CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY HOSTS THE VALEDICTORY FOR PHASE 1 OF MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME ON MARCH 4TH The Programme Directors handed over awards to top academic performers and best performing Fellows within the states from each of the six states. In 2020-2022, with the support of the Ministry...

IIMB News

PGPEM TEAM WINS THIRD PLACE IN NATIONAL-LEVEL B-SCHOOL CASE COMPETITION OPSWISE 10.0 CONDUCTED BY IIM TRICHY Amit Pareek and Surabhi Muralidhara, both students of the institute’s two-year weekend MBA, the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), have won the third position in the national-level B-school case competition OpsWise 10.0, conducted by SigmaEta,...

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PGP ALUMNI-LED CLEANTECH FIRM GPS RENEWABLES RAISES FUNDING FROM NEEV FUND II OF SBICAP VENTURES Founders Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar plan to utilize this funding towards R&D as well as the firm’s growth and expansion initiatives. GPS Renewables, a Bangalore-based cleantech firm set up in 2012 by Mainak Chakraborty...

Tata Vs Mistry: Corporate Governance And Judgment Calls

– Prof Ramachandran J & Savithran Ramesh It has been widely reported that the Supreme Court of India has decided to hear Cyrus Mistry’s (SP Group) review petition in open court this week. This increases the probability of the Supreme Court reviewing (and amending) its decision made last year in...

Cleantech Entrepreneurs: Where Are You?

– Prof Srivardhini K. Jha & Deepak Upreti As various elements of the ecosystem are starting to coalesce for cleantech, we need innovation-driven entrepreneurs who can bring together the power of science with a scalable business model The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has recently released its second tranche...

Indian innovation and our commitment to climate goals

– Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan and N Dayasindhu  Energy transition and climate action are important facets of Amrit Kaal detailed out in India’s budget 2022-23. These are a natural corollary to India’s commitments to climate goals and sustainable development made at the Glasgow COP26 summit. By 2030, India has committed to take...

National Education Policy needs to strengthen core engineering disciplines for the success of Industry 4.0

– Dr. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Vinay Reddy and A.N. Manjunath The current placement-driven engineering education model has been pushing traditional engineering students towards the IT sector. The right kind of regulatory oversight to ensure interdisciplinarity is necessary to stop engineering colleges from becoming the fabrication centres of footsoldiers for IT and...

Indian Celebrities: A Cultural Phenomenon?

– Prof S Ramesh Kumar Celebrity usage is most utilized when there is a long-term plan. The goal of the consumer and the goal of the brand needs to be served well, over a period of time. It may be a surprise if any other country in the world can...