Walking the Char Dham: Notes from a Himalayan Journey

Prof. Deepti Ganapathy, Management Communications area, on why young Indians are increasingly drawn to this centuries-old pilgrimage Setting out on the Char Dham Yatra in May 2025 was an interesting quest of genuine spiritual progress, inner peace, detachment, compassion, and realization. This organized sacred Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Uttarakhand Himalayas comprises four holy sites, the Dev Bhoomi or “Land of God”: Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath, that pilgrims visit to seek salvation (moksha) and wash away their sins. The questions that arise are: do these pillars encompass genuine spiritual…

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EPGP ’27 during Week Two of their international immersion at ESSEC Business School.

Week two at ESSEC takes EPGP ’27 deeper into the making of a competitive moat

Five days in France exploring design thinking, sustainability, luxury, negotiation, entrepreneurship and the forces shaping how businesses create, capture and sustain value The second cohort of EPGP ’27 continued its International Immersion in Paris from 24th to 28th August 2026, spending its second week at ESSEC Business School. Accompanied by Prof. Ludvig Levasseur, Entrepreneurship area, the cohort moved from the broader business and cultural landscape explored during the first week to questions at the heart of how organizations innovate, compete and grow. Across five days of classroom sessions, industry engagements…

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