Before joining IIMB, I worked for ITI Ancillary Unit Pvt Ltd as Power Press Operator for about four years. In 1982, I got an opportunity to work for IIM Bangalore. Since then, my journey here has been a memorable one working her for the last 38 years. When I joined the Institute, I was posted in Hostel mess for five years, during which I worked 16 hours a day. Being new and unaware of the responsibilities the role entailed, I worked hard to understand the process and enjoyed working here.…
Incubated at IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL, Series-5 Lab has launched a technology platform for Software Defined Marketing (SDM), a programmatic cloud-based platform to manage assets across all mass media, create TG specific next-generation experiences, run marketing campaigns and report real-time analytics with machine learning and artificial intelligence. The start-up has been working with the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). In 2019, they launched BMTC Namma Pass, a digital ticketing facility for the Volvo Vajra service. So far, over 3000 passengers use this digital cashless mode of ticketing service, and the founders say…
27 December, 2019, Bengaluru: Balavidyalaya, the Chennai-based school for young deaf children, hosted the international conference titled ‘Parenting Children to Listen from Infancy & Talk for a Lifetime’, on December 19 and 20, 2019, at the Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, as part of its golden jubilee celebrations. The conference brought together policy makers, special educators, speech therapists, audiologists, doctors, psychologists, social workers and parents engaged or associated with deafness. A healthy interaction and exchange of information between professionals from different parts of the world during the conference threw…
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.…
From helping churn out sambar-rice and chapati-dal-subzi for 50 students of IIM Bangalore in 1977 to dishing up woks of noodles and degchis of biryani, along with the usual dal-roti, for 1,000 students on the B-school’s Bannerghatta Road campus, Krishna Munilakappa, Head Cook, IIMB Students’ Hostel, can also serve up a feast of delicious stories about wielding the ladle at IIMB. Krishna M will be felicitated on completing 40 years of service at IIMB on the B-school’s Foundation Day on October 28th, 2019. “Just as how there is no limit…
Dark above the world, under this scenic sky, We feel the frostiness of snow, with moonlight as a spy. We finished our mission, and assembled as a group, Warming our hands, cherishing a cup of soup. Came our trek leader, who was a local host, Frightening us all, with his tale of ghosts. Every mountain has its story, he said with a smile, This landscape creates memories, with every passing mile. Away from home, with phones free from network, This nature-imposed isolation acted as a perk. Little did…
07 January, 2019, Bengaluru: I am a student of the 2017-19 batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM) at IIM Bangalore. Like most of the PGPEM aspirants, I joined the programme to keep career plateau at bay. I perceived that IIMB is a big brand and creating a career pivot based on an IIMB education would be smooth sailing. Although I did not know the destination (my next career move), I was confident that I would figure that out during the two-year journey at IIMB. At the…
Life on IIMB campus is so vibrant, and stimulating, I didn’t really miss the fact that I rarely went to town to enjoy what the rest of Bangalore had to offer. I arrived at IIMB in Term 5, namely September to November 2018, from NYU Stern, where I am an adjunct professor of marketing. It wasn’t my first trip to India. I had visited twice in the past, as a tourist and a conference speaker. But this was my first extended stay, and chance to really settle in, and get…
Over the last two years, most of my reading, beyond my work, have focussed on the role of technology and how it can shape the future of individuals, corporations and society, in ways that we can conceive and mostly in ways that we cannot even imagine! As a student of human behaviour, technology has always fascinated me. I am technologically challenged which means that I adopt technology only when I am forced to, but I find myself spending time in museums that house new technologies, in reading about the new…
01 February, 2018, Bengaluru: At a panel discussion hosted by IIM Bangalore on February 1, 2018, post the Budget being presented by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley earlier in the day, industry watchers hail the emphasis on health and agriculture but express concern about tax payers and corporates being ignored. The expert panel comprised V K Viswanathan, Chairman, Board of Bosch Limited, S Raghavan, on the Board, L&T Finance Limited and Surin Automotive Private Limited, B. P. Rao, Founder & Senior Partner, M/s B. P. Rao & Co., Chartered…