Panelists: Prof. Raghuram Bommaraju, Senior Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business [Moderator], Ms. Aarti Chandra, Associate Director, India Total Reward Leads, Pepsico and Mr. Varun Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Atmax Technologies Date: July 24, 2020 Compiled by: Minal Agarwal, Manager, ISB-Centre for Business Markets Sales [...]

Masterclass By Phil Zerrillo, Deputy Dean and Practice Professor of Marketing Strategy, Indian School of Business; D.V.R. Seshadri, Clinical Professor of Business in the Marketing Area & Director ISB-CBM, Indian School of Business; and Rajesh Pandit, Management Consultant Date: July 10, 2020 Compiled by: Minal [...]

Fireside Chat By Professor Prakash Bagri, Associate Dean - Corporate Engagement, Indian School of Business, Professor Ashish Sinha, Professor of Marketing at UTS Business School and Senior Research Fellow at Indian School of Business, Mr. Rahul Kohli, Advisor Higher Education, and Mr. Santosh Nema, Founder [...]

Webinar by: D.V.R. Seshadri, Clinical Professor in Marketing Area, ISB and Rajesh Pandit, Management Consultant Date: June 25, 2020 Compiled by: Minal Agarwal, Manager, ISB- Centre for Business Markets With a plethora of products available through online platforms and all kinds of information available on [...]

Webinar by Prof. Philip C. Zerrillo, Deputy Dean, Corporate Relations and Marketing Faculty at Indian School of Business (ISB) Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Compiled by Astha Sharma, Senior Manager, ISB-Centre for Business Markets (CBM) It is not surprising that the sales staff [...]

Webinar by Mr. Rajesh Pandit, Management Consultant Date: June 11, 2020 Compiled by: Minal Agarwal, Manger, ISB-Centre for Business Markets Tia, who turned ten yesterday, had many plans for her birthday. She wanted her tenth birthday to be a memorable one. Her parents were planning [...]

Webinar by Professor Kiran Pedada, Assistant Professor Marketing, ISB Date: June 5, 2020 Compiled by: Minal Agarwal, Manager, ISB-Centre for Business Markets “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” The quote from Abraham [...]

Nature’s dangerous decline is dotted with recurrent catastrophes of epic proportions. Unprecedented rate of species extinction, nearly 10 lakh species threatened with extinction, breakdown and decline of indigenous communities, it is now time to focus on and to restore nature. ‘Time for Nature’ has come [...]

By Minal Agarwal, Manager, ISB-Centre for Business Markets Are cash transactions going to be obsolete and be completely phased out? Is COVID-19 going to erode the cash system ultimately? If not eliminate the use of cash, will it speed up the process of moving towards [...]

Webinar by Professor George John, Professor of Marketing, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota and Professor Madhu Viswanathan, Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business (ISB) Date of Webinar: May 14, 2020 Compiled by: Ms. Minal Agarwal, Manager, Centre for Business Markets at Indian School [...]

Prof. D.V.R. Seshadri in discussion with Dr. Shailendra Kumar Joshi, IAS (Retd.), Advisor, Government of Telangana, and Chief Secretary (Retd.), Government of Telangana on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Introduction about the Speaker by D.V.R. Seshadri: Dr. Shailendra Joshi is an IAS (Retd.) officer and former [...]

It was as if an invisible hand picked the 601 of us from different cities and different times in our lives and put us all in that gorgeous campus in Hyderabad. If we were to chalk alternate realities for each of us for the bygone [...]

On top of everyone’s mind is when will the COVID-19 nightmare end? Based on the modelling done by Rajesh Singh and B. Adhikari, illustrated in the figure above, which is making waves in the governmental and corporate circles in the country, there seems to be [...]

There are several studies that show that developing market brands suffer from country of origin disadvantage or “liabilities of origin,” and these perceptions are very difficult to change quickly because of heuristics or mental shortcuts people take to make decisions. “Marketing research has conclusively demonstrated [...]

The Srini Raju Centre for IT and Networked Economy undertakes cutting edge research in the field of IT and ICT. This blog would be a reflection of the thought process of the research and the researchers at the Centre. Through this blog, we would like [...]

Welcome to ISB Institute of Data Science (IIDS) blog.

The rich diversity at ISB is best captured through the various student driven initiatives on campus. Every student brings along a unique talent and helps enhance the student life experience at ISB. One such popular initiative which is providing interim relief to students from the [...]

As clichéd as it sounds, but it seems like only yesterday that we came to the Indian School of Business, prepared (or so we thought!) to take on the biggest leap of our lives. We added ourselves to numerous WhatsApp groups, attended meet ups, ‘connected’ [...]

With just 20 more days left for the Cycle -1 deadline, we thought we should share a glimpse of what we look for in a candidate and how we evaluate applications and some tips on how can you strengthen your application. We believe that “People [...]

Mandar Kagade Analyst at the Bharti Institute expresses his views in the context of the recent proposal by transport regulators in Karnataka to prescribe both a floor and a cap price for cab aggregators operating in the state. Mandar feels the impact of minimum price [...]

Business school competitions are a great avenue to test yourselves against the best. Participating in these through the year at ISB can be a very useful addition to your self-development initiatives. Though competitions aren't always directly relevant or helpful during placements, they can be a [...]

Thu, Jan 19 2017. 04 31 AM IST Sovereign digicoin: a road map for RBI By pushing banks to issue wholesale debt on the capital markets, a central bank digital currency may induce market discipline The emergence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have led central banks [...]

In the last two decades there has been an exponential growth in “Performance Auditing” in governments around the world, a phenomenon often characterized as an “audit explosion.” Increasingly, Supreme Audit Institutions in most countries (e.g., the US Government Accountability Office, the UK’s National Audit Office) [...]

In a time when developments in science and technology are far outpacing human evolution, ethical dilemmas crop up with the commercialization of each new phenomenon. Surrogacy in India has recently emerged as a battleground for fierce debate on gendered ethics, morality, exploitation, rights, regulation and [...]

Mandar Kagade, Analyst at Bharti Institute of Public Policy has an Oped co-authored with the erudite Sakshi Chadha of Microsave, arguing for Interoperability of wallets. Swift action will be needed to put in place infrastructure facilitating digital transactions. Photo: PTI Debates in the aftermath of [...]

With just 7 weeks more to go, the Cycle 2 deadline is soon approaching.Here are the tips for you submit a stronger application. 1. Start early: Understand your fit with the school and start your application essays. These essays would require you to reflect on [...]

The Indian finance ministry recently put up a draft Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill for public comments. The Bill proposes to establish a comprehensive framework for resolution of financial firms (founded on the premise that bankruptcy of a financial firm can have implications that [...]

One of the most crucial part of your application to ISB is your recommendation letter. This year the PGP application process requires one independent evaluation. All PGP applicants have to choose one evaluator who can give the admissions team a snapshot of the candidate’s abilities. This evaluation [...]

Nalin Jain, PGP Alum, Class of 2002 was on campus recently. In an hour-long interaction session with the current Class, he shared insights about his journey post-ISB and his passion for the aviation industry. Nalin was a Mechanical engineer from NIT, Surat. He started off his [...]

My Transformational Journey - Ashish Poddar Class of 2016 Prior to joining the PGP program at ISB, I had worked in a fintech startup for several years eventually leading its India operations based in Gurgaon and later on started an online tea store called Kadambri Teas. I joined [...]

The Indian School of Business (ISB) sets itself apart from all other B-Schools in having a rich blend of students coming from diverse backgrounds and work experience. At its Mohali Campus (part of the One school two campus theme of ISB), the institute boasts of [...]

Mandar Kagade, Aalayst at Bharti Institute points out certain fundamental issues with the design of the proposed Bankruptcy Code drawing on economic principles, empirical evidence and Bankruptcy frameworks in US and UK. The article was published on livemint.com on May 10, 2016. To start with [...]

RBI and peer-to-peer lending: One step forward, two steps back Regulating P2P companies as non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and requiring them to adhere to commensurate minimum capital requirements will merely act as an immense market barrier for new start-ups. In the C.D. Deshmukh memorial address [...]

Participants of founding Class of Management Programme in Public Policy at Indian School of Business, called on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today (April 18, 2016) at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Addressing the participants of the course, the President said the scale and speed of [...]

The graduation day event was organized on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Diwan-I-Am,The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh [...]

Graduation of founding Batch of MPPP, April 17, 2016

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Business Insider published op-ed on "Why a sovereign bad bank is a bad idea" as part of series on "Expectations from the Budget" authored by Mandar Kagade, Analyst, Bharti Institute Of Public Policy. The mainstream business media is abuzz with reports that Finance Minister Arun [...]

The article is authored by Mandar Kagade, Policy Analyst with the Bharti Institute of Public Policy ("Bharti") at the Indian School Of Business Going against the expectations, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not allocate more than the proposed Rs 25, 000 crore towards public sector [...]

ISB believes that leaders can be identified early and mentored such that they realize their true potential. The Young Leaders Programme (YLP) has been introduced with this motive in mind. It is an exacting foundation that gives college students pursuing their bachelor’s or master’s studies - a head [...]

ISB-Plan competitions are a great way to challenge yourself, test your ideas and showcase your talent. Though truth be told, our main motivation to take part in these competitions was to build our resumes but little did we realize that it was probably the most [...]

"The path from dreams to reality does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get onto it, and the perseverance to follow it." -Kalpana Chawla These words epitomize my journey to ISB. I made it in my third attempt and [...]

I first heard about the Economic Times Young Leaders Awards B-School Edition when I saw the picture of a friend, Mitali Bhandari, in the Economic Times last year. She was an ISB PGP Class of 2015 student and one of many friends who motivated me [...]