2025

IIM Bangalore alumnus Arindam Ray has built a remarkable career at the crossroads of technology, strategy, and human impact. After leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives at Tech Mahindra and Infosys, he transitioned into academia to explore the ethical and societal dimensions of artificial intelligence. Today, as a researcher and educator,...

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) celebrated its 52nd Foundation Day with a gathering of faculty, students, alumni, and staff that reflected on the Institute’s enduring journey of excellence, innovation, and impact in management education. The event paid tribute to IIMB’s five-decade legacy while reaffirming its mission to nurture...

Sangeet Paul Choudary Among Thinkers50 Strategy Award Finalists IIM Bangalore alumnus Sangeet Paul Choudary (PGP 2006) has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Strategy Award 2025 for his recent book, Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Restacks the Knowledge Economy. The recognition places him among some of the most influential global voices...

Sudarshan Gangrade’s Journey: From Aadhaar to India’s Functional Food Revolution IIM Bangalore alumnus Sudarshan Gangrade, former CMO at Ola and now founder of Lo! Foods (backed by Rainmatter by Zerodha), shares an inspiring story of grit and reinvention. An IIT Kharagpur + IIMB graduate, he began by volunteering on the...

A Morning of Fitness, Fun, and Philanthropy On 26th October 2025, the IIM Bangalore campus came alive with energy and enthusiasm as around 600 alumni, faculty, staff, and their guests participated in Twaran 2025, the annual IIMB Run organized in association with Applied Materials. The event featured 10 km and...

Professor Srivardhini K. Jha Honoured with National Teachers’ Award 2025 Professor Srivardhini K. Jha, faculty in Entrepreneurship and Chairperson of NSRCEL at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), has been honoured with the National Teachers’ Award 2025 by the President of India. Presented by the Ministry of Education, the...

Adani Group and IIM Bangalore Launch Full-Fee Leadership Scholarships for Future Business Trailblazers The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), in collaboration with the Adani Group and the IIMB Development Foundation, has launched the Adani Accelerated Leadership Program (AALP) Scholarship to nurture outstanding management talent. Valued at ₹1.56 crore, the...

Dial4242 Empowers Visually Impaired with India’s First CPR and First Aid Training NSRCEL-incubated Dial4242 has broken new ground by conducting India’s first-ever CPR and first aid training program for the visually impaired. With over 24,000 lives lost daily in India due to delays or lack of immediate first aid—and only...

The Geneva summit on the Global Plastics Treaty has ended, but with production set to triple by 2050, can governments, businesses, and communities move from words to action? #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic These are hashtags floating around the internet on all the social media accounts of thinktanks, Not-for-Profits, Agencies, Confideration of...

– Professor M. JayadevIIM Bangalore The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been focusing on developing Technological architecture to address the information asymmetries of credit markets. Achieving equitable credit allocation to micro and small enterprises, as well as to underprivileged individuals, has been a primary goal envisioned by policymakers since...

Shankar Venkatagiri, Chairperson-Information Systems, IIM Bangalore, explores how AI can ease doctors’ workloads, the urgent need to digitise patient records in India, and the roadmap for developing smart AI solutions tailored to healthcare. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been powering tasks for multiple occupations. Over the last decade, drivers have begun...

– Professor Mukta KulkarniIIM Bangalore Aspirants should expect sharper MBA courses mixing global and local content, diverse classes and deeper partnerships with industry and civil society, writes IIMB dean. If you thought management education was just about case studies and classroom debates, think again. The traditional model is undergoing a...

– Prof. Ramesh Kumar SIIM Bangalore Aristotle said genius is making good metaphors. Brands use metaphors to connect emotionally with consumers. LG used the image of an unborn baby to highlight clean air. Taj Mahal tea used Zakir Hussain and classical music to build brand equity. Red Bull’s slogan and...

– Prof R SrinivasanIIM Bangalore An analysis of UPI transaction volumes by state shows wide variation in digital payments adoption. States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh led in raw volumes India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) stands as a global exemplar of digital public infrastructure success. In June 2025 alone,...

Ruminations – Pashupati Davella, PGP 1998 About the Book We are constantly bombarded with information and analysis, some of which we imbibe and reflect upon. This book is a collection of ruminations over a period. The write-ups cover various topics, including society, people, polity, governance, education, judiciary, environment, religion, faith...