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Equip, enable and empower Khushboo Chhangani reports on a workshop on best practices for inclusion of persons with disability

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The Diversity and Inclusion Office at IIM Bangalore organised a half-day workshop on ‘Inclusive Best Practices in Higher Education’, in collaboration with the Department for International Development (DFID), UK, on 28th November, 2019.  David Finch, Director, International Development and Research, National Star College, UK, conducted the workshop and discussed the duties of higher education institutes to ensure equity, strategies and adaptations for inclusion of persons with disability.  National Star College, based in the UK, has done remarkable work towards enabling people with disabilities realise their potential through personalised learning programmes.…

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Strong fundamentals are necessary for the growth of the economy, says Dr. Hasmukh Adhia in a policy talk at IIMB By Harsh Singh

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25 June, Bangalore: The Office of the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM) at IIMB hosted a talk on ‘Tax Challenges in India’ by Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, currently Non-Executive Chairman of Bank of Baroda, former Finance Secretary to Govt. of India, and Distinguished Alumnus of IIMB. Dr. Adhia emphasized the need for strong fundamentals for the growth of the economy, remarking that there are no sustainable shortcuts to growth. He also stressed upon the need to create an environment necessary for growth.  One of Dr. Adhia’s key…

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Gearing up for the Golden Jubilee in 2023 The interviews with the former Directors are being brought out in the form of a compendium, ‘The Evolution of IIMB: Directors’ Perspectives’, and will be unveiled at the Foundation Day Celebrations on October 28th, 2019

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An important aspect of institution building is a record of the trajectory of the growth of the institution. The subject of documenting the journey of IIMB since its inception in 1973, through a series of publications and outputs, leading up to a comprehensive history of IIMB ahead of the Golden Jubilee year in 2023, was mooted by the Director, Professor G. Raghuram, in June 2017.  It is only befitting that the first output from the IIMB History Project should be a record of the experiences of the former Directors of…

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‘Catch FIRE before you get burnt’: Mutual Fund Research expert At EPGP Seminar, Vidya Bala, from fundsindia.com, shares advice on ‘Financial Independence to Retire Early’. Vedant Mimani reports

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01 June, 2019: this the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. Remember that money is of a prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more – Benjamin Franklin For the class of one-year MBA students at IIM Bangalore, a talk by Vidya Bala, Head of Mutual Fund Research at fundsinida.com, was an eyeopener. Early retirement might be an objective for a few in the cohort, but financial independence was relevant to all. ‘FIRE’, as Ms Bala explained, is an acronym for ‘Financial…

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IIMB hosts talk on Management Practices in Indian Healthcare EPGP student Abhishek Chainani reports

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01 June, 2019: Dr. Ajay Bakshi, CEO of Parkway Pantai and a veteran in the Indian healthcare industry, addressed the students of IIM Bangalore’s one-year MBA, the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management, on 27th May 2019 on management practices in the healthcare industry. First as neurosurgeon, then as management consultant, and most recently, as CEO of one of the largest hospital chains in India, Dr. Bakshi has worn several hats in his career. He shared his learnings from and vision for the Indian healthcare industry during his talk. He…

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IIMB-Christ Behavioural Research Seminar A result of the ongoing collaboration between the two institutions, the seminar covered a variety of topics, including cognitive science, decision-making, and different sub-fields within marketing

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08 February, 2019, Bengaluru: The IIMB-Christ Behavioural Research Seminar was hosted on January 19, 2019 on campus by the Behavioural Sciences Lab at IIM Bangalore. This seminar was one of the events as a result of the ongoing collaboration between the two institutions, after an MoU was signed in February 2018. This was the third event, after the first one on IIMB campus on February 9, 2018 and the second one at Christ Deemed to be University, Main campus, Hosur Road on June 30, 2018. The seminar was preceded by…

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No mountain too high to climb, no summit too tall to scale: Divyanshu Ganatra At an event co-hosted by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at IIMB, the blind super achiever shares stories of triumph. Arun Nayan Singh reports

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05 February, 2019, Bengaluru: Imagine, you are nineteen years old. One morning, you wake up and realize that you cannot see. You are in a state of disbelief and people tell you that the blind can only make cane furniture or be telephone operators. But you refuse to be corralled. You believe you can do much more, and you actually do. This is the story of Divyanshu Ganatra, for whom achieving firsts and setting records is par for the course. He is the first blind Indian to paraglide solo, the…

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Keep language simple and accessible Well known lyricist, poet and author Surinder Kohli shares thoughts how language must be a living, breathing and evolving entity on the occasion of ‘Hindi Divas’ at IIMB

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Hindi Day celebrations at IIMB were marked by an afternoon of poetry, music and sharing of thoughts of how language can bring people together. Led by the Hindi Cell of IIMB, the Director, the Dean Administration and the CHRO, the programme highlighted the beauty and power of effective communication, where language is but a means to an end. The inaugural lamp was lit by IIMB Director, Prof. G. Raghuram, Dean Administration Prof. MS Narasimhan, Chief Human Resources Officer Shivakumar Venkateswaran, Chief Guest Surinder Kohli, Hindi Officer Neetha John and guest…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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