Category: Opinion

Ravedesign, incubated at NSRCEL, is a design consulting firm with a special focus on retail and the shopping centre industry.  Says Co-founder Sangeeta Vernekar, “For retail brand store designs, we add value through creative thought processes based on thorough research on international trends, shopper behavior and operational management. In case of design of shopping centres, we have the required expertise of handling all aspects of design from master planning to architecture, interiors, signage design and placemaking, which is a unique mix of design services. We also offer fit out management…

Highlights: The Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme by IIMB conducted an Exhibition on January 25 and 26.  Products were brought by MGNF fellows from around 40 districts covering six states – Karnataka, Goa, Odisha, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Tripura.  The exhibition’s objective was to espouse local artistic livelihoods and surface perceptions of urban consumers on products made by SHGs, tribal communities, and others. The Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme held an exhibition showcasing sustainable handcrafts, toothsome edibles, native-knit clothing, recycled books, etc., at the IIMB Campus on January 25 and 26,…

Mrs Chanda Kochhar, former head of ICICI Bank and her husband were arrested on December 23, 2022.  I have been tracking the development relating to Mrs. Kochhar and the “high value” loans she is alleged to have made to the Videocon group ever since the story was broken in 2018. Not so much for the enormity of the scam, if it were established to be one.  Niravbhai and Mehulbhai have proven that they can do far better, more than even a certain shipyard firm.  When it comes to plundering at…

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…

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…