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27 July, 2018, Bengaluru: The world stands at the edge of an unprecedented technological revolution, also termed as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, that will fundamentally change the way we live, work, and do business. What will be the impact of this revolution on education, particularly management education? As the expectations of industry and learners change, how should the universities and B-schools reassess and revise their MBA programmes? Industry leaders, management thinkers and academicians are congregating at the 9th Indian Management Conclave (IMC), hosted by IIM Bangalore in association with MBAUniverse.com,…

07 July, 2018: The Research and Publications office of IIMB hosted a seminar on July 05, by Professor Sarang Sunder, on ‘Unpacking the Wisdom of the Crowd and Friends: The Role of Rater and Firm Expertise on Social Influences in Online Ratings’. It was an enlightening discussion about his upcoming paper. Professor Sarang Sunder The talk started with Professor Sunder speaking about the initial idea based on his colleague’s obsession with board games and the existence of an online board game rating community. They wanted to find out whether there…

03 May, 2018, Bengaluru: Providing management education requires mastery of course design, class preparation and delivery, and creation of specific teaching aids. A unique programme, ‘Effective Teaching’, launched by IIM Bangalore’s Centre for Teaching and Learning, along with the school’s Alumni Relations Office, seeks to develop and enhance specific competencies required for management teaching among its alumni.The first five-day programme, led by programme directors Prof. R Srinivasan and Vasanthi Srinivasan, was launched on April 30. The teaching faculty included Prof. Bringi Dev, Prof. Chetan Subramanian, Prof. Haritha Saranga, Prof. PD Jose, Prof.…

“I never thought I would find a seminar on a financial topic so interesting,” exclaimed a student of the one-year full time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management at IIM Bangalore. And, he was not alone. All his batch mates were visibly engrossed as Professor Ravi Sundar Muthukrishnan,  Head, Institutional Equity Research at Elara Securities, discussed the market, its future and its impact on financial careers. Prof. Muthukrishnan’s experience as both an academician and an industry leader placed him in a unique position to share, with the students, his ideas related to…

05 March, 2018, Bengaluru: “This book is an outcome of both grief and elation. Grief because I see so much going wrong with our civilization, the killings, massacres, scams, man-made starvation, pollution, domestic violence and many other ills of the society. But I am also thrilled by the excellent things that are happening. Some amazing young talented people have made a valuable contribution to society, with work on improving government schools, work on differently abled, website for social improvement, resettling beggars, campaigns against child abuse, improving education and livelihoods, health,…

Prof. Abhoy K Ojha, Chairperson, Israel Centre @ IIMB, welcomes Israeli diplomat Ishmael Khaldi to the IIMB campus on February 19, 2018. Israeli diplomat Ishmael Khaldi addresses students at IIMB on ‘Israeli Minorities… Insights of a Bedouin Diplomat’, on February 19, 2018. Hosted by the Israel Centre @ IIMB, Mr. Khaldi takes questions on ideas around integration and assimilation. admin