Year: 2020

PROSOC, incubated at NSRCEL, looks to address social needs

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PROSOC Innovators is a for-profit social enterprise that designs and develops products and services that can empower people, at the base of the pyramid, in sectors like education, livelihood, agriculture, and healthcare. PROSOC stands for ‘PROducts for SOCiety’. Incubated at IIM Bangalore’s entrepreneurial learning centre, NSRCEL, PROSOC is currently working on two products in the  domains of education and livelihood. For school children, PROSOC has designed and developed DESKIT, which is a combination of a lightweight school bag and an ergonomic, foldable, portable and detachable table. Children can carry DESKITs…

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Dr. Saamdu Chetri, a champion of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, delivers a talk on ‘Journey of Gross National Happiness’, on February 15, 2020 at IIMB.

“Happiness is in knowing the mindful soul”: Dr. Saamdu Chetri in a talk at IIMB

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15 February 2020, Bengaluru: “Mindfulness is in being present with right thoughts, understanding, intention, efforts and action,” said Dr. Saamdu Chetri, a champion of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, who talked about the ‘Journey of Gross National Happiness’, at IIMB, on February 15 (Saturday). Dr Chetri began his talk by sharing a few glimpses of Bhutan and its sacredness in terms of environment, people and government though the country isn’t spared by the ecological imbalances and climate changes impacting the world. “From one individual’s action, planet Earth is dying,” he observed.…

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Research Week @ IIMB discusses research relevance to industry practice and policy making

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IIM Bangalore celebrated the second edition of Research Week from 26th December 2019 to 4th January 2020, showcasing the Institute’s growing research capabilities and commitment to high-quality, interdisciplinary research in Business, Management, and Public Policy.  The event was inaugurated with a panel discussion on the topic, ‘Research Relevance to Industry Practice and Policy Making’. The panel included Dr. R.B. Barman, former chairman, National Statistical Commission and former ED, RBI, Sharad Sharma, Co-founder, iSpirt, Prof. Arnab Mukherji, faculty from the Public Policy area at IIMB. The discussion focused on the challenges…

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Dalmia Bharat Group MD and IIMB alumnus Puneet Dalmia engages with MBA students in a case discussion

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Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director, Dalmia Bharat Group and alumnus of IIM Bangalore, visited his alma mater on January 25, to interact with second-year MBA students. He discussed a case study on Dalmia Cements’ sustainability journey as part of ‘Business Process Improvement’, an elective course taught by Prof. Haritha Saranga, from the Production & Operations Management area at IIMB. The case, written by Prof. Haritha Saranga, along with Prof. Sirish Kumar Gouda of IIM Trichy, discusses the efforts of Puneet Dalmia and Mahendra Singhi, the Group Managing Director (MD) and the…

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