On a visit to IIM Bangalore on 6th November, facilitated by Prof. D. Krishna Sundar, Chair of the India Japan Study Centre at IIMB, Mr. Koji Fujiwara, President and CEO of Mizuho Bank, spoke of the opportunity to enhance Mizuho Bank’s engagement with the India Japan Study Centre (IJSC) at IIMB.  Interacting with IIMB faculty at the IJSC, and at IIMB’s incubation and innovation centre, NSRCEL, Mr. Fujiwara expressed “great pleasure and honour to be at an excellent school like IIMB” and lauded the G2G relationship initiated by the Prime Ministers of India and Japan. “This would be the foundation…

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Ashok Reddy, alumnus of PGP 1995, makes acontribution to the school’s Alumni Fund and handsover a cheque to Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan,Director, IIM Bangalore, on December 01, 2020. MrReddy is the Co-Founder and MD of TeamleaseServices India. His wife Pooja accompanied him onhis campus visit. Professor K. Kumar, Dean, AlumniRelations & Development, Mr. K. Suresh, Head –Development, & Mr. K. Parthasarathy, Head – Alumni Relations, look on.

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ICICI Securities has funded Fin-tech start-ups at NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at IIM Bangalore. India is young and growing given the strong demographic dividend where more than half of the population is under 25 years and the economy is rising rapidly due to a continual focus on digitalization, policy reforms, technological innovation and digital transformation.  While these advances have made India more competitive in the global landscape the larger challenge is on creation of employment opportunities and jobs for the young population. India’s start-up ecosystem is looking at the threshold of the next wave of growth by…

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Dell, Intel & MicraLand Fund the Aritra Leadership Accelerator Program at IIMB The companies – Dell India Pvt Limited, Intel Technology India Pvt Limited and MicroLand Ltd have all funded the the Aritra Leadership Accelerator Program at IIMB. They have particularly funded the women candidates for this program. Aritra is a 12-month intensive, part-time, fast-track leadership learning journey for mid-to-senior leaders in the social sector. The program equips them with knowledge, perspectives and networks, to help build strong organisations, a network of collaborative influence and drive scalable and sustainable social impact. Leader capacity is built in myriad ways – through…

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The family of Prof. M. R. Krishnamurthy wished to commemorate his life and accomplishments in a manner that was consistent with his interests, background and values. After exploring several options, the family decided to create an endowment in his name at IIM -B, an institution that he had great respect for. His daughter Ms. Sheila Mohan has created an endowment to fund an annual lecture series by distinguished speakers who had done extensive research related to Bengaluru and the challenges facing the city. Prof Hema Swaminathan the Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy CPP) at IIMB accepted the check…

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