Event organized by students and alumni of IIMB elicits enthusiastic response
11 SEPTEMBER, 2017: Students and alumni of IIM Bangalore jointly organized this edition of TEDxIIMBangalore on Sunday, September 10. The theme for this year’s talks was ‘Transformational Ideas’ and featured five eminent speakers.
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd, spoke on the Neem Revolution and how it has been empowering women in rural India.
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, Professor at the Center for Ecological Sciences at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, spoke on ‘Rejuvenating Ecology and Hydrology in Rapidly Urbanizing Landscapes’ with a special focus on Bengaluru’s rapidly changing ecology and how to restore the imbalance.
Sampath (Sam) Iyengar, Partner, Forum Synergies PE Fund Managers (India), shared his thoughts on ‘Dharmic Capital – a Practitioner’s Perspective’. He made a case for quadruple bottom line: Planet, People, Profits and Purpose.
Srinivas Guttal, Founder, Pūrṇapramati School, explained the concept ofPūrṇapramati in his talk. He shared his experience of running an experimental school in Bangalore for the last 20 years and spoke of the need to protect “rich ancient knowledge”. Highlighting the success of a project to rejuvenate river Kumudvati near Bangalore, he said this was possible because of the involvement of the student community.
Mahantesh GK, Founder Managing Trustee at Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, and Vice-President-World Blind Cricket Council, spoke on ‘Give a lever and a place to stand, and I can move the earth’, and shared instances where people with visual disability excelled in their chosen fields when provided with an enabling environment.
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The speakers and IIMB Director Dr. G Raghuram at the TEDxIIMBangalore event organized by IIMB students and alumni on September 10, 2017. Built around the theme of ‘Transformational Ideas’, the event had speakers such as Sampath Iyengar, Partner, Forum Synergies PE Fund Managers, India, Srinivas Guttal, Founder, Pūrṇapramati, School, Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, Professor at Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Mahantesh G.K, Founder Managing Trustee, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled & Vice-President, World Blind Cricket Council, Prof. G Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore, and Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd., delivers a talk on ‘Neem Revolution’
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, Professor at Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, delivers a talk on ‘Rejuvenating Ecology and Hydrology in Rapidly Urbanizing Landscapes’.
Sampath Iyengar, Partner, Forum Synergies PE Fund Managers, India, delivers a talk on ‘Dharmic Capital — a Practitioner’s Perspective’.
Srinivas Guttal, Founder, Pūrṇapramati, School, delivers a talk on ‘Purnapramati’.
Mahantesh G.K, Founder Managing Trustee, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled & Vice-President, World Blind Cricket Council, delivers a lecture on ‘Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth’.
Dr. G Raghuram, Director, IIMB, receives a token of appreciation.
The organizing team of the talks with the speakers and the Director of IIM Bangalore, Prof. G Raghuram.
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