Month: July 2018

Monetary Policy and Debt Management Policy: Should they be controlled by Independent Entities? At a panel discussion hosted by IIMB’s Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship on July 04, experts also take questions from students

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The Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship (CCGC) at IIMB hosted a panel discussion on Independent monetary policy and a separate debt management policy for India on July 4, 2018. The discussion is current and topical because of the increasing globalization across the world. This results in a need to create an independent monetary policy and separate debt management from the Reserve Bank of India. The panel was composed of Dr. S.S. Bhalla, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Mr. B.K. Bhattacharya (IAS), the former Chief Secretary…

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Taking the lead for happy feet

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TheVerb Studio is a startup founded by Ilangovan K S and Bharath Kumar J – two NIT Trichy tech grads with a passion for dance. They are revolutionizing the way dance is taught, by introducing technology into traditional dance classes. Founders Bharath Kumar J and Ilangovan K S TheVerb Studio was started when the two founders realized that it was very hard for people to get access to quality dance lessons in India. Being “70% dancers and 30% engineers”, as co-founder Ilangovan says, and knowing that the world was shifting…

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GoCrackIt! The start-up, incubated at NSRCEL, provides mentoring services for students in MBA schools and working professionals who are trying to make a major career shift. They connect working professionals with mentors who have undertaken a similar career shift

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Suhruta Kulkarni, Alok Shrivastava and Siddhartha Banerjee form the core team of GoCrackIt, a startup that provides personalized mentoring services for students and working professionals. The startup was founded in 2015 by Suhruta Kulkarni, an IIM Ahmedabad alumna. Alok, her husband, and an IIM Bangalore alumnus, supported her while pursuing his job in a management consulting firm. Harshit, Alok’s batchmate from IIM Bangalore, actively supported them in the initial phase and is now their advisor. In 2017, the company started to gain traction and Alok joined in full time. Soon,…

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Walking the Talk: Industry Recognition for MOOCs

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‘The MOOCs sounds great, but will I get a job after completing it?’ is a typical question we, at the IIMBx MOOCs Programme, often hear when we talk about ourMassive Open Online Courses and lifelong learning.   Converging Marketplace of Digital Learning Credentials Skills Marketplace: Picture courtesy https://www.flickr.com/photos/photobom/36056608455/ The answer is ‘We are definitely getting there,’ and I say that for two converging reasons: Supply: Like any other consumer-driven movement, this recruitment world is also witnessing the slow (yet steady) onslaught of online credentials as students and professionals are acquiring skills through…

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