We launched this unique Online Program today. Will run from Sept. till Jan 2026, twice a week. Free, online. We had representatives from the Bramho Samaj of Raja Rammohan Roy, ISKCON, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, apart from Belur Math of Ramakrishna Paramhans, whose disciple Swami Vivekananda was. Pics from the launch event held at Austin Tower campus, New Town-
At Prestige University, we inaugurated Batch 24-26 of the MBA program. Incoming students and parents had the opportunity to listen to Mr. Vikram Gulia, former MD and CEO of A.P.P.L., a Tata Group company which manages its plantations. Most of these are in Assam and West Bengal.
He narrated interesting stories of how he got his first job, and challenges faced as a rookie assistant manager in remote locations, brushes with wild elephants included. Many career and life lessons were a part of his welcome address to this group of students.
Some senior students also spoke of their experience. The Chancellor of P.U., Dr. Davish Jain, and Director PEF, Mr. Ketan Jain, also motivated the incoming students through their talks. Divya Sairam was the Emcee for the function, which concluded with lunch at the campus.
She comes from the ad world, having served Dentsu as "one of the boys" in her own words. Fascinating career in advertising, working with some of India's best brands and companies, including MNCs we call our own. She is a storehouse of great stories, some of which she shared with us in conversations before and after the event she was here to inaugurate. The launch of the 5 year Integrated Management Program. At Prestige University, Indore, at our brand new campus. Since I worked in advertising briefly, we got along very well. Some pics with her-
IIM Bangalore, my alma mater, chose three distinguished alumni for the awards. This awards ceremony was also combined with the inauguration of the 50th batch of PGP (MBA). I was among the invitees and it was wonderful listening to the achievements of the awardees in different areas- the corporate world (Abhijit), entrepreneurship (Teamlease) and Social Entrepreneurship (Samina). They were from these batches-
The Chief Guest, Rashmi Mohanty, also was an alum, and is now the CFO at SBI Cards. There were around 600 new entrants into the MBA programs lapping up every word. Some pics..
The excitement is building up. A new batch of students is coming in this week, and the inauguration is slated for June 9th. There are a variety of things planned for them, including talks from industry experts and alumni.
But as a slightly different take, we also have a Golf intro session planned in our campus. I tried this with the help of colleagues at IMT Nagpur before, and some batches after 2009 may remember this outing. We had developed a golf green at IMT. Here at NMIMS Bangalore, it's only a green patch of grass we have, but the lawn serves well as a putting green. So a tee shot and some putting is possible for a basic introduction to the game.
Golf is a useful game to future managers to know and talk about, or play. Helps network and make new friends or business partners too. Apart from being a fun-filled intro to our MBA program out on the field! We could be the only B school doing this!
I am also doing a session on Personal Branding for them, separately on another day.
There are multiple programs at NMIMS Bangalore. The first was the Executive PGDM launched in 2008 at Koramangala. Today (June 26, 2021), we inaugurated Batch 28, with 23 students from a diverse range of industries and backgrounds. Some glimpses. A couple of Alums, Grishma and Apoorva, also spoke to the incoming batches,
It was a grand welcome with the M.D. of Boston Consulting Group addressing the MBA Batch 12 who formally joined today for the orientation program. We had the formal inauguration followed by an alumnus speaking to them (Supratim Datta), and some fun and games after that! Some pics.
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