Solutions for kids with learning disability: Giftolexia

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 admin1 FEATURED News and events Student Connect 0

Teena Paul’s youngest child was diagnosed with dysgraphia when he was 13 years old. “This life-changing expereience motivated me to help children with learning disabilities because I realized that society lacks awareness about learning disabilities in children, as a result, such children often get sidelined,” explains Teena. She started Giftolexia, which offers early digital screening solutions, teacher-parent workshops, and online intervention support. “There is a huge gap between the potential and performance of students with learning disability. Research has shown that early identification and right intervention are crucial for the…

Building low-cost medical devices for the Indian market

November 24, 2020 admin1 FEATURED News and events Student Connect 0

Innodeev Solutions is a healthcare start-up focussed on identifying the unmet clinical needs in the Indian market and developing cost effective medical devices. “We intend to develop products which balance innovation and cost effectiveness with an ultimate goal to have ‘Made in India’ products. We are incubated at IKP Eden and Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre. We are part of the Launchpad programme at NSRCEL in IIM Bangalore,” says Dr. Deevish ND, the founder who is a practising plastic surgeon based in Bangalore. A Stanford India Biodesign fellow, who has trained in…

Build your Adversity Quotient

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Rakesh Godhwani FEATURED Global MBA Stories News and events Research Papers 3

The pandemic has me concerned about how our kids will handle adversities. It is imperative to put in place tools that will enable our youngsters deal with hardships better than we have. We invest a lot of effort into building Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Quotient. Now is the time to look at Adversity Quotient (AQ) – a measure of how we choose to respond and handle adversity, writes Rakesh Godhwani Between 1988 and 89, the Indian cricket team toured the West Indies and played many ODIs and test matches. The…

Unearthing Shared Identities and Cultural Similarities of India & Japan

November 16, 2020November 21, 2020 admin1 FEATURED Global MBA Stories News and events 0

16 November, 2020, Bengaluru: “When we think of Japan, we think of it as an insular culture. However, Japan and India share many cultural similarities such as festivals marking the changing seasons, rituals and art inspired by nature, and an adherence to the lunar calendar,” said sarod artiste and Japanese language expert Anupam Joshi, in his talk, ‘Identifying Our Shared Identity! Astonishing Cultural Similarities between India & Japan’, as part of the ‘Tatsujin – Speak’ – a seminar series hosted by the India Japan Study Centre, an IIM Bangalore Centre…

IIMB journey begins…

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Surbhi Sahu FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 1

Once began the saga of my ceaseless toil, To live my dreams or stay in turmoil From perfect score to coveted calls The day of judgment arrived When one of the mundane phone checks Cultivated the most spectacular moment of life I finally made it to the stone-walled campus! But still there was no respite Pandemic cancelling flights, trains gatherings with its might Conversations, fun, learning will not be cancelled We will put up a strong fight! The first peep into this exciting new life Inspirational lectures from faculty and…

A no-so-ordinary Wednesday morning on August 01 Like many others, Prachi Arora, PGP 2020-22, has also developed a new hobby over this extended lockdown, which in her case is writing

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 admin Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

Five hundred and thirty four students sat in front of their device screens, with backgrounds green with envy! This was it. This was the day they had waited for. Having tied their hopes to the one big dream, they were finally going to get oriented to their dream campus. In that brief moment before the lighting of the lamp, they reflected on the efforts, the dedication and the will it took to get here. IIM Bangalore to them was their Hogwarts! A magical place, with its tapestry of dynamic experiences,…

A Virtual Classroom that is IIMB Trishna Nair, from the PGP Batch of 2020, describes the e-volution of her online life

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Trishna Nair FEATURED Student Connect 0

For the batch of 2022, we began our journey at IIM Bangalore on Zoom this August. We had an online orientation, an online ‘Aarambh’ and are now in the midst of an online ‘Section War’. I am incredibly proud of how resilient and innovative we have been as a batch. And I am also grateful to the seniors and professors, at IIMB, who have tried so hard to ensure that we enjoy a holistic learning experience. This whole month has been a period of acclimatization. The hours spent staring at…

Business simulation games, social media break distance barriers Despite not being able to visit markets, the interactions with various stakeholders and working with cross-functional teams and creative agencies added a lot of value to my internship experience, writes Rituparna Ghosh

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Rituparna Ghosh FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

After being selected for the prestigious Aditya Birla Group (ABG) Internship Program, I was naturally very excited, and I was looking forward to the summers. Unfortunately, the unprecedented situation due to COVID-19, followed by the lockdown resulted in a two-month online internship. However, the management took care of easing out our apprehensions and planned the online internship seamlessly to ensure that our experience was not compromised. Along with our respective project commitments, we were kept engaged in regular social media activities that pushed us out of our comfort zones and…

Virtually perfect! Sirigauri N credits HUL’s Employer Brand Team for delivering a holistic internship experience

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Sirigauri FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

This summer, I had the opportunity to be a part of the Unilever Leadership Internship Programme (ULIP 2020) as a finance intern. On 15th March 2020, two weeks before I was scheduled to begin my internship, I received a mail from the Employer Brand Team stating that the internship would be virtual until further notice. It was an overwhelming situation. The world was battling the spread of a pandemic, and abundant precaution was the need of the hour. However, a virtual internship also meant that I would be missing out…

Let’s hear it for work sans long commutes The hiring managers at Flipkart did a lot of homework while providing real work assignments and modifying project objectives to minimize impact to the virtual job, writes Sameer

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Sameer FEATURED Global MBA Stories Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

I had a fantastic experience as an intern with Flipkart this summer. It taught me more than I could have imagined. I got to work on a data science project that was interesting and important, and could make a significant difference in the way the company operates. It allowed me to learn, think, and execute constantly. I felt that hiring managers at Flipkart did a lot of homework while providing real work assignments and modifying project objectives to minimize impact to the virtual job. The work from the home culture…