L-Square gets its Wall of Fame

The PGP Class of 2009 had donated INR 52 lakhs as part of their “Giving Back” campaign during their 10th-year reunion in December 2019. A part of the contribution (INR 12 lakhs) was used to fund the ambulance for use by the IIMB community. The remaining amount has been channelled towards fractional naming rights at L-square, which is vibrant part of the IIMB Hostel. As a part of this initiative, the IIMB Alumni Relations & Development Office has installed a board called ‘Wall of Fame’, with a collage of the Class of 2009, to acknowledge their donation. The event was marked by a lamp lighting…

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Canebot products GannaPanna® and Immunity Shots.

Sugarcane juice, revolutionised Founded by Kirty and Milind Datar and incubated at IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL, Canebot launched two products, during the pandemic, which proved to be game changers

Canebot® has been among India’s most diverse agro-based farm direct companies in the organized cane juice sector since 2012. Canebot builds on the synergy between culture and technological advancements and aims to create an organized sugarcane juice industry. The firm has been operating hygienic kiosks in cafeterias in corporate enterprises and has served over 28 lakh glasses of fresh sugarcane juice. Incubated at IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL, Canebot is a part of the Atal Innovation Mission ‘AIM Catalysts’ under NITI Aayog, a Government of India initiative. When the pandemic hit, all the Canebot corporate kiosks were closed down, that too, overnight. They very quickly succeeded…

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All play, some hard work!

Kydzadda is a chain of indoor play centres in Bengaluru. With the first outlet commencing in the year 2014, Kydzadda now provides entertainment for children along with hosting birthday parties, organising theme-based activities and workshops for children and conducting school field trips. They now have two outlets spread across 10,000 sq ft. The centre in Banashankari, in south Bengaluru,  has a jungle theme while the centre on Bannerghatta Road (Arekere), also in south Bengaluru, has an ocean/ marine theme. “The integrated play is designed to encourage children to jump, hop,…

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

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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Celebrating ‘50 EGMP Star Alumni’ IIM Bangalore has led the way in delivering innovative learning experiences for business executives through its Executive Education Programmes. It provides informed global perspectives, an exceptional faculty and flexible, forward-looking practices to its participants. The Executive General Management Programme (EGMP) is one such transformational learning experience. Meet the ‘50 EGMP Star Alumni’ here…

The Executive General Management Programme (EGMP), an Executive Education Programme offered by IIM Bangalore, is celebrating a milestone this year. This is the 50th batch of the programme and as part of the year-long celebrations, illustrious alumni of the programme, who have created impact in their respective fields, will be acknowledged as ’50 EGMP Stars’ on the occasion of IIM Bangalore’s 46th Foundation Day on October 28th, 2019. The objective of this initiative is to highlight the impact that IIM Bangalore’s EGMP has made in business, government and society. The…

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Professor G. Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore, lights the lamp and is watched by Dr. Suranjan Bhattacharji, former Director, Christian Medical College, Vellore.

“Rendu varsham aachu saar…”

It’s two years since I saw the charpoy – Kasinathan, a person who spent the first 15 years after his spinal cord injury at age 14 on a charpoy inside and occasionally outside a small hut in a village near Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu.  He fondly held the charpoy, the only stage prop, and also indicated that ever since he sat on a wheelchair in 2017, he has been on a roll.   This moment enthralled the 200-plus who joined the 10-year celebration of The Ganga Foundation on September 28, 2019…

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SEED CAPITAL Bharat Khanna, PGP Class of 2018 from IIM Bangalore, develops ‘Zero Maintenance Garden’ supported by the school’s incubation hub – the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning. His Student Run Venture shows that some start-ups do need a different kind of capital

“I always wanted to do something on my own, and I got the push after taking up the Entrepreneurial Mindset course with Professor Suresh Bhagavatula in Term IV of my PGP programme at IIMB”. Bharat Khanna, Co-Founder, ErbGro and PGP Class of 2018. Bharat Khanna at ErbGro’s first exhibition in a residential society on Bangalore’s Kanakpura Road Bharat Khanna, who graduated from IIM Bangalore’s Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) in 2018, has co-founded ErbGro, the ‘Zero Maintenance Garden’, as a Student Run Venture (SRV) of NS Raghavan Centre for…

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Online vs. Offline Study Meghana Manay | PGPEM 2016

To answer the question on whether online or offline classes work better for a Master’s level programme, we need to go back to the fundamentals of communication. Each individual works differently and has differences in understanding and in learning. Finance may seem like a cakewalk for some while Operations may not be as simple. We take time observing and picking up the momentum. We have been taught and have understood the need to communicate important, sensitive information in person rather than over a phone call or an e-mail unless absolutely…

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‘I learnt how to build an institution by seeing how IIM Bangalore was built’: Dr K Radhakrishna The ISRO Chairman, who is a distinguished alumnus of the PGP batch of 1976, lists the future thrust areas of ISRO and dwells on the role of a Chief Executive in organization building and succession planning

Update: 27th Feb, 2018: K Radhakrishnan, is the chairman of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, since December 2014. Source Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, ISRO Chairman, received the Padma Bhushan Award on the eve of Republic Day (January 26, 2014) for his immense contribution to Science and Engineering, especially in the field of Space Science and Technology. In this interview, he shares his assessment of what has been achieved so far in India’s Mars Orbiter Mission and what lies ahead. Dr. Radhakrishnan, who is Chairman, Space Commission and Secretary,…

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Breaking new ground comes naturally to her No glass ceiling, no sticky floor. Radio City CEO and IIMB alumna Apurva Purohit says nothing – neither biases nor boundaries — can stop a determined woman professional from reaching the top

Update, Feb 27th 2018: Apurva Purohit, PGP ’89, is now the President of Jagran Prakashan Ltd. Source CEO of a popular radio station, author, evangelist and public speaker, Apurva Purohit, IIMB alumna (PGP ’89), wears many hats with panache. One of the very few women CEOs in the Media and Entertainment industry in India, Apurva has built several media brands like Zoom TV and Radio City. She strongly believes in building organizations around an enabling culture and employee focus; and in encouraging diversity of opinion and thought. Her formula for success…

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