June 2024

Alumni News

IIM Bangalore Alumnus Neerabh Kumar Prasad, IAS (PGP ‘87), Appointed Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh The IIM Bangalore community proudly announces the appointment of Neerabh Kumar Prasad, IAS, an esteemed alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore’s PGP ’87 batch, as the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. This prestigious...

IIMB News

IIM Bangalore Ranks in Top 100 Globally in Financial Times Executive Education 2024 IIM Bangalore has achieved significant recognition in the latest Financial Times Executive Education Ranking. The institution secured the top position among all IIMs for Custom Programmes and ranked second for Open Programmes globally. Specifically, IIMB’s Custom Programmes...

Book Release

Design Your Career: Lead Self, Lead Others, Lead Change – Pavan Soni,  FPM 2016 About the Book Today, we are confronted with a lot of compelling career options, but with little guidance. The new age engagement models, such as working-from-home, freelancing, gig-workforce, moonlighting, co-working spaces, solopreneur and entrepreneur-in-residence, have ushered...

Events @ IIMB

IIM Bangalore Introduces Online Undergraduate Program in Digital Business and Entrepreneurship IIM Bangalore has launched an online undergraduate programme in Digital Business and Entrepreneurship, marking its entry into undergraduate education. This three-year course, which includes internships and practical projects, will be conducted through IIMBx, the school’s digital learning initiative. Applications...

Students Corner

Student’s Corner in Lsquare is a platform where students can express their creativity, share their artistic talents, and showcase their literary works and creative content, fostering appreciation and recognition for their artistic endeavors. Reflections A late winter evening in Bangalore. The city is sparkling with weekend starlings. Buzzing with parties,...

NSRCEL Startups

GO DESi GO DESi Secures INR 41 Crore Funding to Expand Traditional Indian Delicacies Market Bengaluru-based start-up GO DESi, incubated at NSRCEL, has successfully raised INR 41 crore in a recent funding round led by Aavishkaar Capital. Additional participation came from Rukam Capital, Roots Ventures, and DSG Consumer Partners. Founded...

Metaverse for HR and Talent Management in Hospitality and Tourism

– Debolina DuttaOBHR Area IIM Bangalore Rapid technological advancements, particularly the degree of virtual experiences, have had a significant impact on the tourist and hospitality industries since the pandemic’s lockdowns and related worldwide travel restrictions. The COVID-19 epidemic sparked an unprecedented global crisis, and its unfavourable repercussions are still being felt...

Antimicrobial Resistance and India’s Rapidly Ageing Society

– Dr. Allen P Ugargol Public Policy area at IIMB The world today is grappling with an impending and existential threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) that has the potential to unsettle medical progress and the very foundations of health systems that have evolved over time. The WHO has declared AMR as...

What Exit Pollsters Can Learn From Empirical Social Science

– Prof. Ritwik BanerjeeEconomics Area IIM Bangalore Subjecting Pollsters to Scientific Scrutiny, subjecting pollsters to the scrutiny, transparency, and demands of modern scientific research will help inject some much-needed scientific rigor into exit polls, which are otherwise largely exercises in showbiz. As the election results began trickling in on June...