Some people discover their voice in a classroom. Others find it in a boardroom. Shridhar V found his on stage. An engineer, corporate professional, stand-up comedian and IIM Bangalore alumnus (PGP 2014), Shridhar has quietly carved a distinctive place for himself in Indian comedy with his clean, observational humour and...
Two days of conversations on leadership, enterprise, technology, purpose and the forces reshaping India and the world More than 1,500 delegates gathered at IIM Bangalore on 1 and 2 August for IIMBue 2026, the annual leadership conclave organised by the IIM Bangalore Alumni Association. Themed Changing the Orbit, the two-day...
A new chapter in IIM Bangalore’s history began today as the IIMB – Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies welcomed its inaugural cohort of undergraduate students. The journey to this moment has been several years in the making — from the laying of the campus foundations and the vision for...
K. Sriram (PGP 1998) Featured in Light Beneath the Feet K. Sriram, alumnus of the PGP 1998 batch, has been featured in a chapter of Light Beneath the Feet, a multi-author book that brings together a collection of voices and stories. The book feature marks an important milestone in Sriram’s...
PGP 1991 – Three Decades On, Still Connected The PGP 1991 batch returned to campus for their reunion, bringing together old friends, familiar faces and memories from a very different IIMB. Three decades on, the campus may have changed, but the warmth and camaraderie of the batch clearly remain. Prof....
The IIMB Alumni Association’s (IIMBAA) inaugural IIM Alumni Badminton Bash brought together more than 200 participants and visitors for two days of competition and camaraderie at IIM Bangalore on 22–23 August. The first edition of the All-IIM Badminton Bash saw participation from 13 leading B-schools, including IIMs, ISB and XLRI....
How Business Leaders and Social Entrepreneurs Came Together for a Larger Social Impact Saturday, 8 August 2026 • IIM Bangalore Campus On Saturday, 8 August 2026, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) partnered with Ashoka Innovators for the public an international network of 4,000 leading Social Entrepreneurs elected as...
Bloodstone: A Novel – Shamit Bagchi, PGSEM 2011 About the Author Shamit Bagchi was born in Bangalore, India in 1980. He is an alumni of IIM Bangalore (Marketing & Strategy) and Chalmers University, Sweden (Applied Physics – Complex Adaptive Systems). He published his first book ‘Durga Reawakened’ – a graphic...
Prof. Apurva Sanaria named inaugural AOM Global Ambassador for India Prof. Apurva Sanaria, faculty in the Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management area at IIM Bangalore and Chairperson of the Library Committee, has been appointed the inaugural Organizational Behavior (OB) Division Global Ambassador for India by the Academy of Management...
In Memory of Professor Gadi Ariav It is with profound sadness that IIM Bangalore shares the passing of Prof. Gadi Ariav, a distinguished academic, mentor and long-time friend of the Institute. A respected scholar who taught at Tel Aviv University and several leading institutions worldwide, Prof. Ariav was a passionate...
– Dr Amar SapraIIM Bangalore India must improve tourism experiences at heritage sites to attract more foreign visitors and boost forex earnings. Over the last few months, India’s inability to attract foreign tourists has been discussed extensively in the news media. There are primarily two factors behind this concern. One...
Can digital innovation do for savings what UPI did for payments? In his latest column for Business Standard, Prof. M. S. Sriram, Public Policy area, explores why savings remain the missing piece in India’s financial inclusion journey. While digital payments have transformed remittances for millions of low-income Indians, Prof. Sriram...
– Prof. Radul De & Minarva MallikIIM Bangalore Retrieval-Augmented Generation shifts the enterprise AI question from “which model should we use?” to “how do we connect AI models to what we already know?” Imagine hiring the world’s most intelligent analyst in your team — someone who can synthesise information instantly,...
BimaKavach secures funding to expand AI-powered insurance platform BimaKavach, a start-up incubated at the FinTech Centre of Excellence at NSRCEL, in partnership with the Government of Karnataka, has raised an undisclosed round of funding from Beyond Capital Ventures. The fresh investment will support the start-up’s mission to make commercial insurance...