Month: May 2019

Bangalore: A test case for Govt, policymakers, urban planners

‘Bangalore: A test case for Govt, policymakers, urban planners’ At a Public Policy talk at IIM Bangalore, Dr. Kalpana Gopalan says the city need to be reimagined. R Kaushalendra Rao reports

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22 May, 2019: The PGPPM Class of 2019-20, at IIM Bangalore, hosted Dr. Kalpana Gopalan, an accomplished and experienced serving IAS officer and an alumna of IIMB, on May 22. In her talk, she traced the city’s growth story from humble beginnings to a heaving metropolis. She also described the socio-cultural influences that shape the character of the city, which she called “a contested space”. The focus on urbanization is timely as projections point to the fact that while it took nearly 40 years (from 1971 to 2008) for India’s…

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The PGPPM 2019-20 batch with Chetan Krishnaswamy, Director, Public Policy, Google India and South Asia.

Data privacy and freedom of expression discussed at PGPPM Talk

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19 May, 2019: Chetan Krishnaswamy, Director, Public Policy, Google India and South Asia, engaged in a dialogue with the students of the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management at IIM Bangalore on May 15, where he spoke on formulation of tech policies in India. Describing how the internet can bridge the urban-rural divide in India, he listed Google’s initiatives, particualry for farmers and small industries. Talking about the role of regulators in helping the government draft policy, which not only promotes industrial growth, but also empowers consumers, he…

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Logistics and Supply Chain in the Indian business context At the first of the EPGP Seminar Series of the academic year, Ajit Pai, COO, Delhivery and alumnus of IIMB, engages with the Class of 2019. A report by Debapriya Majumdar

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“Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It’s about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.” − Celebrated mathematician Shakuntala Devi This is what the Seminar Series of the one-year MBA, the Executive Post Graduate Program in Management (EPGP) at IIM Bangalore, is all about. On 17th May, 2019, the 2019-20 batch of EPGP set the ball rolling for the Seminar Series and who better, they decided, than an alumnus to begin this journey with. Ajith Pai, Chief Operating Officer, Delhivery, and an…

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