Temple University professor delivers talk themed ‘Who’s Afraid of Land Commodification?’

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 Bhaumik Shah FEATURED News and events Uncategorized 0

28 August, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore hosted a research seminar titled, ‘Who’s Afraid of Land Commodification?’, on August 22 (Wednesday), 2018, on campus. The talk was delivered by Professor Sanjoy Chakravorty, Temple University, USA. Offering an overview of land commodification in India, Prof. Chakravorty discussed ‘primitive accumulation of land’, and questioned the suitability of ‘enclosure’ for interpreting land grabs. Emphasizing the significance of global commodification and price, he explained various topographic graphs and mentioned the differences in the listed price and take…

Madras Institute of Development faculty speaks on ‘Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy Transmission in India’ at IIMB’s research seminar

August 27, 2018August 29, 2018 Bhaumik Shah FEATURED News and events 0

27 August, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore hosted a research seminar titled, ‘Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy Transmission in India’, on August 24 (Friday), 2018, on campus. The talk was delivered by Professor Shesadri Banerjee, from the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS). Using empirical evidence from literature (Kletzer, 2012; Mishra et al. 2016) as the reference point, Prof. Banerjee examined whether the frictions of a bank-led credit market can explain low pass-through of the monetary transmission mechanism. He also addressed the research…

Prof. P.D. Jose conducts workshop on role of MOOCs and Digital Platforms in MBA Programs The workshop, held as part of the 9th Indian Management Conclave on August 02, covered topics like the importance of digital learning, its future, how MOOCs have revolutionized the learning model across the world, and the need for instructional designing in today’s digital world

August 9, 2018August 20, 2018 Bhaumik Shah FEATURED News and events Uncategorized 0

08 August, 2018, Bengaluru: Professor P D Jose, IIM Bangalore faculty from the Strategy area and Chair, Digital Learning at IIMB, conducted a faculty development workshop on ‘Role of MOOCs and Digital Platforms in MBA Programs’, in association with mbauniverse.com, on August 02, 2018 at the IIMB campus.The workshop was a precursor to the 9th Indian Management Conclave, co-hosted by IIM Bangalore and mbauniverse.com, on August 03-04. Amit Agnihotri, Founder, mbauniverse.com, set off the discussion by pointing out that creativity is going to be at a great premium. He also…

‘Shrinking space for curiosity-driven scientific research is a matter of concern’: Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy at a Policy Talk at IIMB

July 27, 2018August 21, 2018 Bhaumik Shah FEATURED News and events 0

25 July, 2018: “In this modern century, science and technology policies must include people, skills and knowledge. Innovative policies alone can enhance the country’s net comprehensive national development,” said Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy, nuclear scientist and Padma Bhushan awardee, at an talk hosted by the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM) at IIMB. Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy at IIMB Describing the 20th century as the “century of discoveries”, he placed emphasis on the role of the science and technology enterprise model for national security and economic development. “USA, Japan,…

Vidwan TM Krishna and environmentalist N Jayaraman engage with the IIMB community on the ‘Kodai Still Won’t’ campaign

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27 July, 2018: Magsaysay awardee and music maestro TM Krishna and environmentalist N Jayaraman came to IIMB on July 26 (Thursday) to engage with the community and drum up support for the ongoing campaign to clean up Kodaikanal.Vidwan TM Krishna set the context for the discussion by singing the Tamil song, ‘Chennai Poromboke Paadal’, about climate change. N Jayaraman opened his talk by quoting from an article called, ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson, an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.…