What lies ahead for Digital Transformation in 2018 and beyond

January 13, 2018August 19, 2018 Vijayan Kallil FEATURED Opinion 1

Digital Transformation (DT) is a prime subject of discourse – and hyperactivity – across organizations. It’s on top of the CXO agenda. Key industry analyst firms and consulting firms advise organizations to ramp up DT initiatives to stay relevant. What makes DT so profound that hardly any technology conferences can go without discussing this buzzword? First, let’s be clear on the widespread misconception: Digital Transformation is NOT the same as Digitization. Digitization is more about getting house in order by standardizing processes and tools. The main objective of digitization efforts…

‘My journey as an entrepreneur’ A first person account by Suhruta Kulkarni, who is being incubated at IIMB’s NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) under the Women Startup Programme (WSP) 2016-17

January 12, 2018August 21, 2018 Suhruta Kulkarni FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak 1

Suhruta Kulkarni – GoCrackIt 08 January, 2018: Today, the Women Start-up Programme 2017-18 was launched at IIM Bangalore, and I got nostalgic about the day I received the email in November 2016 and the roller coaster ride thereon. I had just quit my job after we had got a little traction for our business idea with two paying institutional customers and 200 satisfied students. The Goldman Sachs Women Start-up Programme seemed apt to take the business to the next level. I completed the MOOCs and got into the Bootcamp, and…

What women want…. Worksera, being mentored under the Women Startup Programme (WSP) 2016-17, at IIMB’s NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), helps women find work opportunities

January 12, 2018August 21, 2018 Meeta Verma FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak 0

Meeta Verma – Worksera 10 January, 2018: Meeta Verma, an alumnus of NIT Raipur, is a Product Manager with expertise in engineering and product development in iOS applications. Meeta has been working as a freelance Product Manager on the international platform Elance (Upwork) for more than 10 years, and has now started on an entrepreneurial journey, having been selected among the top 15 in the Women Start-up Programme for incubation at NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), IIM Bangalore. Meeta’s brainchild, Worksera, aims to tap the vast and underutilised…

12th edition of sports contest ‘Sangharsh’ concludes on Jan 7 with IIM Calcutta lifting the trophy

January 10, 2018August 19, 2018 admin FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Uncategorized 0

09 January, 2018, Bengaluru: ‘Sangharsh’, the inter-IIM sports fest, between IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow, was hosted by IIM Bangalore on the 5th, 6th and 7th of January, 2018. The three days of Sangharsh 2018 were filled with enthusiasm, excitement, competitive spirit and passion. The fight for the prestigious trophy managed to bring out the best out of all contingents as well as the crowd. Day 1 The 12th edition of Sangharsh was inaugurated at IIM Bangalore on January 05, 2018 with Anshul Kothari, member of the Indian swimming…

IIM Bangalore’s Advanced Management Programme – Realize Your True Potential

January 2, 2018August 20, 2018 Lincy Therattil FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak 1

When a sense of stagnation and redundancy started hitting many of us in our professional lives, we found our paths leading us to the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). Just like a product matures over a period and ultimately experiences decline, unless reinvigorated with a dosage of innovation, senior executives too, after a point of time, need to reinvent themselves to escape stagnation. According to Professor Vasanthi Srinivasan, one of our professors and co-founder of AMP, the very genesis of the AMP was based…