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How PGDM-BM at MDI Gurgaon Accelerates Careers

Management Development Institute, Gurgaon tries to weave together the participant’s work experience and understanding of management theories into management insights through its PGDM-BM programme

Hiring the Best Talent

Assessing and allocation play a major role in understanding whether a potential hire fits the organization and by extension their team

CELEBRATING A RICH HISTORY

The Institute of Public Enterprise has a state-ofthe-art campus that provides a serene academic environment congenial for students, research scholars and faculty

Reimagining Business School Education in a Post Pandemic World

The inclusion of technology-centric courses and incorporation of online modes of collaboration into the course design are examples of the positive changes to the program architecture and delivery

‘Focus On Triple Bottom Line Must'

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar talks of management education and advocates a focus on the ‘triple bottom line’ of profits, the environment, and the equity around it.

Nurturing Disruptive Thinking In B-Schools

It is imperative for B-Schools to focus on developing a future-ready, resilient and agile workforce

LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS

The key differentiator for India’s Best Workplaces™ in IT and IT-BPM 2021

Setting The Benchmark

As the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad celebrates 60 years of excellence, 2021 will count as one more year in which the university continued to challenge the norm and set new benchmarks

“Bright Times Ahead For Management Education In India”

Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore discusses the importance of having the right combination of qualified faculty, keeping up with the latest technology and blending both these aspects into teaching for managerial education.

Gearing Up For New Consumer Needs

Bhupesh Tambe, Managing Director, EbixCash Global Services aims to focus on employee training and empowerment as necessary growth elements

“WE TRY TO GROW OUR BUSINESSES SYSTEMICALLY”

Leadership structure at EbixCash has put a premium on people and business empowerment, says Sumit Khadria, CFO, EbixCash India

THE FUTURE PARADIGM PERFECTING FINTECH DISRUPTION

An infra mindset, convergence as its strategic lynchpin, and connecting the many divergent dots that have mushroomed across the Indian fintech space, EbixCash is redefining the sector to build a future-perfect model — one that is difficult to emulate and puts miles between it and the competition

“WE'LL PAVE THE WAY FOR TRAVEL INDUSTRY TO BOUNCE BACK”

The past 20-odd months have been challenging for the travel industry. During this period EbixCash not only held its ground but also paved the way for the sector to bounce back. BW People spoke with Naveen Kundu, MD, Ebixcash Travel Services about the industry and what’s in store for the travel and hospitality sector

TECHNOLOGY SHOULD ENABLE THE DOMAIN

Domain expertise must take precedence to technological application in a journey towards consumer-friendly growth, according to Dhawal Kamath, Chief Business Officer, EbixCash

HOW'S THE MOTIVATION? IS IT THAT HIGH?

Aruna Savant, Chief Management Officer, EbixCash Financial Technologies talks about the new way of working post-Covid, and the challenge of resistance to going back to work from office

THE TIRELESS MAVERICK

ROBIN RAINA, the Chairman and CEO of Ebix Inc, who wears the dual hat of founder and promoter of EbixCash, firmly believes that India is ready for a greater presence on the global financial stage and EbixCash, his end-toend financial services provider, is ideally placed to tap this opportunity. With a slew of high-profile acquisitions, nurturing a discipline of growth and establishing strong governance practices, Raina’s speed of decision-making highlights the ambitious goal he has set for himself and his company. The building blocks that include a unified all-inclusive offer and the business model that intuitively houses recurring growth avenues, topped with his overall efforts, place him on the fast track to reaching this mark. Excerpts from an interaction with BW Businessworld’s Group Editorial Director, NOOR FATHIMA WARSIA:

EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH

Technology offers and changes in both market and consumer dynamics are opening up newer opportunities for relevant businesses, according to TC Guruprasad, MD & Board Member of EbixCash Payments Solutions Division

DEMOCRATISING HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION

The pandemic induced rise of the edutech sector presents the opportunity to democratise high-quality education by taking the best of concepts and faculties to every student in the country

Economy's Inflection Point

The Indian Economy faces a pivotal moment. A post-pandemic bounce is visible. But there are headwinds on the horizon as well.

Citizens Must Trade Votes for Growth

HISTORY, INSIGHT, AND A LITTLE OBSERVATION tell us that economic growth is the most powerful instrument for scaling the socioeconomic pyramid. It is pivotal to poverty eradication and sustainable development. Growth triggers a virtuous circle of prosperity, catalyses a progressive ecosystem. It vitalises the quality of life, social harmony, equality and opportunity.

Talking-Straight The # 1 Behaviour Of High-Trust Leaders

IN TODAY’S WORLD most people in their personal and professional dimensions can think of several situations everyday where they have felt like others were beating around the bush and indulging in double-talking, pussy-footing, soft-pedalling, diplomacy (the words they use to cover-up their blatant lies, half-truths, falsehoods, glib-talk and spin-doctoring), obfuscating tergiversation and strange circumlocution about facts, truths, viewpoints, intentions, ideas, opinions or agendas. While distorting facts and omitting information may sound legally/technically correct, this practice will lead to wrong impressions, and will never inspire trust.

It is Okay to Fail

FAILURE − A WORD THAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT MEANINGS, many different connotations and many different interpretations. Failure is used for individuals, organisations, products, experiences and actions.

Rebuild Trust

BW Wellbeing World hosted the Festival of Wellbeing where Raj Yog meditation teacher, spiritual guide and mentor SISTER BK SHIVANI, explained Rebuild Trust – a corporate culture gradually overcoming distrust developed due to the pandemic

WAKE UP, ADVERTISING!

Advertising continues to reinforce implicit codes in its portrayal of women even though the real women no longer represent those stereotypes

THE NEW AGE DIGITALPRENEURS

Industry captains and young entrepreneurs pondered on what makes tech startups tick in these times of stress at the YEA Summit

“‘RETURN TO OFFICE' IS PLAYING OUT IN INDIA AS WELL”

Mindspace Business Parks REIT (real estate investment trust) offers one of the largest, grade A office portfolios in India spread across Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai. Mindspace REIT is managed by K Raheja Corp Investment Managers LLP. VINOD ROHIRA, CEO, Mindspace REIT shares with ASHISH SINHA of BW Businessworld how the hiring done after the pandemic is leading to a renewed demand for grade A office spaces that conform to compliance, governance, health, and safety protocols. Excerpts:

Retail Tech Trends That Are Reset To Last In 2022

Over the last two years, adopting robust tech solutions became the mantra leading businesses to reform their modus operandi to survive and deepen their connections with customers but there is a slew of top technological trends to reshape the retail industry in 2022

Reskilling: The Lead Enabler

As India invests in emergent technologies and big-ticket projects such as Smart Cities, PLI scheme and NDCP lead to a rise in demand for new skill-based jobs, a whole generation of frontline workforce needs to be skilled, reskilled or upskilled to match demand

BNPL For Merchants Through Embedded Finance — The Next Opportunity

A new Buy Now, Pay Later variant, Merchant BNPL is making its way into mainstream credit for small businesses when they buy from suppliers

The Open Platform & The Big Opportunity

The open internet must be protected and first-party data is the queen, asserts Megan Clarken, Global CEO, Criteo as she points to the strategy that is getting Criteo back on its feet