October 2024

Alumni Author : Corporate Adventures – Mahesh Bhangriya, Aritra Leadership 2019

Mahesh Bhangriya, a distinguished IIM Bangalore alumnus, recently published Corporate Adventures. Inspired by his two children and the late Jack Welch, Mahesh shares how this unique combination sparked his book in this exclusive interview. Corporate Adventures delves into seven pivotal business transactions, including acquisitions, restructuring, bidding, fundraising, regulatory challenges, government...

IIMB Announces 2024 Alumni Service Award Recipients

Awardees Honored on IIMB’s 51st Foundation Day, October 28 The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) proudly announces the recipients of the Alumni Service Award (ASA) for 2024. This prestigious award, established during the Golden Jubilee celebrations, recognizes alumni who have made significant and lasting contributions to the institute, the...

Alumni News

IIMB Alumnus Manish Tiwary Appointed as Nestlé India MD Nestlé India, the Indian subsidiary of global food and beverage giant Nestlé, has nominated IIM Bangalore PGP 1995 alumnus and former Amazon India Country Head, Manish Tiwary, as its new Managing Director, effective August 1, 2025. Tiwary’s appointment comes as Suresh...

In Memoriam

In Loving Memory of Vivek KumarPGP Class of 2013 Vivek Kumar, a beloved husband to Sonam Sharma and devoted father to young Veer, passed away on October 2, 2024. He was a cherished member of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore’s PGP 2013 cohort, where he built lifelong friendships and...

Book Releases

THE BROKEN LEG AND THE BROKEN P&L – Anjali Vaishal, EGMP 2017 About the Book RoKo lights up every room she enters—a free spirit with boundless energy and a laugh that draws everyone in. AV, on the other hand, prefers to stand on the sidelines, observing with quiet intensity and...

IIMB News

Prof. Srivardhini K. Jha Advances Product Diversification Research in Social Enterprises On September 10, 2024, IIM Bangalore’s Prof. Srivardhini K. Jha, in collaboration with Prof. Nachiket Bhawe from UNC Pembroke, published a groundbreaking paper titled “Context-driven Diversification in Social Enterprises” in Business & Society. This research delves into the critical,...

Events@IIMB

IIM Bangalore and King’s College London Launch Collaborative Research on UK-India Trade IIM Bangalore (IIMB) and King’s College London (KCL), alongside the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), recently hosted a conference in New Delhi titled “UK-India Trade: Small Firms and Global Ambitions.” This event showcased findings...

NSRCEL Start-ups

Nautical Wings Aerospace Nautical Wings Aerospace, a promising start-up from NSRCEL, has successfully raised a pre-series A funding round through strategic investors like Venture Catalysts and 1Crowd. As India’s pioneering electric propulsion technology company, Nautical Wings is focused on revolutionizing the aviation sector by electrifying aircraft. This initiative aims to...

Urban Ageing and Public Policies

– Dr. Allen P UgargolPublic Policy area, IIM Bangalore The urban ageing landscape is mired within changing socio-economic circumstancesand complexities India is ageing and urbanising rapidly. Demographic and socio-economic factors are restructuring the population across time, space, and place. By 2036, urban India is expected to house 40 per cent of...

India: Fuelling Transition Financing

– Dr. M. JayadevFinance and Accounting, IIM Bangalore The challenging task before global financial markets and intermediaries is sustainability; conventional finance is grounded in efficient market theory, while the modern finance paradigm focuses on the environmental and social consequences of firms’ investment and financing decisions. Globally, policymakers and regulators are...