Pandemic Diaries: Coping with the Migrant Crisis in Karnataka

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Pandemic Diaries: Coping with the Migrant Crisis in Karnataka By Dr. Kalpana Gopalan, IAS, and Alumna of IIMB

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Kalpana Gopalan Alumni Connect FEATURED 0

Covid-19 was a health crisis, the likes of which the world had not witnessed in over a century. In India, the health crisis was compounded by a humanitarian crisis triggered by the mass exodus of migrant labour. In this narrative, I describe how Karnataka coped with the migrant crisis during the second wave in 2021. To set the context, by 2021, the department of Labour had struggled with the strains and constraints of 2020. Union representatives, volunteers and labour officers had worked round the clock to ensure food, shelter and…

Spotlighting Women’s Health

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 admin FEATURED Opinion 0

The Sustainability Task Force at IIM Bangalore organised an engaging and interactive session on ‘Women’s Health: Safe & Sustainable Management’, on 13th December, at the campus auditorium. The discussion on eco-friendly, economical, comfortable and convenient options for period care was led by Ms Smita Kulkarni, Environmentalist & Entrepreneur, and Dr Meenakshi Bharath, Gynaecologist & Green Warrior. Professor Haritha Saranga, Chairperson of the Sustainability Task Force and faculty in the Production & Operations Management area at IIMB, welcomed the speakers and set the context for the discussion with a presentation on…

From Nurturing Engineering Dreams to Engineering Organ Transplant Feats

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 admin Alumni Connect Alumni Stories FEATURED News and events 0

An alumna of the General Management Programme for Healthcare Executives (GMHE), an Executive Education Programme at IIM Bangalore, Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan is a liver and kidney transplant surgeon. She was recently conferred the ‘Woman Leader in Transplantation Award’, a prestigious international award presented by The Transplantation Society. In this first-person account, India’s first woman multi-organ transplant surgeon shares with her fascinating journey A recent alumna of the General Management Programme for Healthcare Executives (GMHE), an Executive Education Programme at IIM Bangalore, Dr. Gomathy Narasimhan is a liver and kidney transplant…

Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIMB; Prof. R Srinivasan, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Management and Post Graduate Programme in Business Analytics at IIMB, and Col. (Retd.) S.D. Aravendan, Chief Administrative Officer, IIMB, with the organizing team of Sangram 2022.

Sangram 2022 closing ceremony

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 admin FEATURED News and events Student Connect 0

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Sangram 2022: Sports Council of IIMB hosts inter-IIM meet

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 admin FEATURED News and events 0

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MGNF Fellow Archana nominated as nodal officer for the Yadgir Kaushalya Kendra – a skill hub under the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts Programme The project, with a budget of Rs 72 lakhs, aims towards enhancing employability, productivity and competitiveness through skill development

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 admin FEATURED News and events 0

Archana, a Fellow of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme from Yadgir, has been nominated by the Deputy Commissioner as a nodal officer for the Yadgir Kaushalya Kendra, which is going to be set up in the district with a budget of Rs 72 lakhs. She will oversee implementation of the overall project in the district. The project is under the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts Programme. Yadgir Kaushalya Kendra is a first-of-its-kind skill hub which has been approved by the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts Programme. This project was completely…

ANGLO SAXON COUSINS UK and GERMANY: A CONTRASTING PICTURE This article by EPGP alumnus Ram Iyer seeks to contextualize the role reversal between UK and Germany with interest rates rising faster in the West compared to the East

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Ram Iyer Alumni Stories FEATURED 0

After prolonged periods of near negligible borrowing costs, the last six months have seen a role reversal with interest rates rising faster in the West compared to the East. This article tries to contextualize the volte-face from the perspective of the Anglo-Saxon cousins – UK and Germany. Germany, traditionally pro–austerity, has legislated a tax-cut to help tide through the inflation crisis, expected to get worse this winter1 Manufacturing exports to China have been responsible for Germany’s turnaround from the sick man of Europe in the 90s to delivering consistent positive…

NSRCEL hosted the first-ever ‘WSP Santhe’ on 22nd September

September 27, 2022 admin FEATURED Opinion 0

IIM Bangalore’s innovation and entrepreneurship Centre of Excellence – NSRCEL – hosted the first-ever ‘WSP Santhe’ on 22nd September 2022, an event which saw product display of the Women Start-up Program (WSP) ventures (of both WSP 3 incubates and WSP 4 pre-incubates) at the IIMB campus. The day was also the launch day for pre-incubation of participants of the Women Start-up Program 4. The event included a conference at the IIMB auditorium in the afternoon, during which Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula of the Entrepreneurship area delivered the welcome address. Thereafter, the…

Prantae Solutions: Towards early detection and effective cure

September 26, 2022September 28, 2022 admin FEATURED News and events Opinion 0

Prantae Solutions Private Limited (One Person Company) is a healthcare device and diagnostic start-up from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Founder, Dr. Sumona Karjee Mishra, shares that Prantae was set up on 1st June 2015 and has been placed among the top 30 medical device and diagnostic manufacturers of India and adjudged the only one from Eastern India by Biospectrum India 2020-2021. Describing her entrepreneurial journey further, she adds: “The firm has also been winning the CII-IPR award for the last four years. We have strong R&D activity with a DSIR recognized…

ChocoWishes: A way to gift from the heart through the tastebuds

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 admin FEATURED News and events Opinion 0

ChocoWishes is a boutique chocolaterie that, according to the Founder Surbhi Singhania, specializes in high quality, artisan chocolates and healthy bakes with an increasing focus on sustainable and reusable packaging. “Our stash is full of chocolates, cookies and healthy bakes. The treats are eggless, artisanal and handcrafted fresh in small batches. Our products lie at the sweet spot between price and quality and add value to working millennials with a hectic hedule. We are one of the very few brands who have brought the famous Edible Cookie Dough to India,…