EPGP 2014 batch alumnus named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

Hitesh Wadhwa, the alumnus of the 2014 batch of IIM Bangalore's one-year MBA, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), who is currently Global Business Leader & Technology Executive at Tech Mahindra, has been named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

As part of the Young Global Leaders (YGL) Class of 2021, Hitesh joins the world’s most promising 112 Young Global Leaders under the age of 40, and a prestigious network of high profile individuals who head governments and Fortune 500 companies, who are involved in activities ranging from advocating for public healthcare to campaigning for inclusivity in medical research. They join a group of Nobel Prize recipients, Pulitzer winners, heads of state and chief executive officers committed to improving the state of the world.

The class of 2021 is gender-equal and has representatives from 56 countries. Members will take part in a five-year program, which offers executive education courses, expeditions, and opportunities to collaborate and test ideas among a trusted network of peers.

The Forum of Young Global Leaders was founded in 2005 by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, to create a world where leaders take responsibility for a sustainable future while meeting increasingly complex and interrelated challenges. Today, there are 1,400 members and alumni from more than 120 countries.

YGLs are active in today’s most exciting and dynamic fields and focus on impact. In the past year, they have worked on more than 30 COVID-19-related initiatives, including expanding the use of free public digital health services, launching data challenges to build an ecosystem that can help tackle the pandemic, creating mobile intensive care shelters, opening mental health support platforms and working on vaccine development.

Webinar on "Reimagining Adoption" | Fri, March 05, 2021, 7pm IST

Join us for a webinar on “Reimagining Adoption” by Avinash Kumar, an Alumnus of the PGP 1994 batch.

The webinar will focus on a broad overview of the adoption ecosystem in India, legal processes, Positive Adoption Language, and the role that each one of us has in enabling adoption.

Avinash is the founder of Families of Joy Foundation, an NGO set up by families-in-adoption and other like-minded people to facilitate safe & legal adoption, bust myths, and offer resources and services across the adoption life cycle. They have been able to influence policies on adoption, develop a network of certified Adoption Counsellors across 7 locations in India (a first in the country), set up a Counselling Center with WCD Ministry, and establish a National Repository of Families in adoption.

Date: Fri, March 05, 2021, 7 PM IST

Registration Link:

https://iim-b.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckdu6vqjIoE9RT4ezgTJEigQ4qVcv3NCIu

Fireside chat between Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula and Raja Rajamannar, Author – “Quantum Marketing” at 7 PM IST, Sat, 27 Feb

Dear Alumni,

We cordially invite you to attend an exciting fireside chat session between Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula and Mr. Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare business, Mastercard, PGP 1985 and Distinguished Alumni of IIMB scheduled at -

7 PM IST, Saturday, 27 Feb
Join Zoom Meeting
https://iim-b.zoom.us/j/98876136374

Meeting ID: 988 7613 6374
Passcode: 726049

The session is focused on the recently published book by Rajamannar titled - "Quantum Marketing". The book (published by Harper Collins) had a worldwide release during the second week of Feb and is already a best seller! The book has received rave reviews from global leaders and leading academicians.

The world is changing with such unprecedented speed and disruption that classical marketing theories, strategies, and practices are failing. Quantum Marketing is the new framework for that brave new world of tomorrow. The book challenges all aspects of classical marketing is challenged and frontline strategies are outlined for marketers to thrive. A classic in the making, do not miss the session!

Click on this link to place your order of the book!

https://www.amazon.in/Quantum-Marketing-Mastering-Tomorrows-Consumers/dp/1404116192/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Looking forward to your participation

We are back again with one more powerful topic and speaker.

17th Edition of Utkarsha(Talk series organized by EGMP Alums and students)

Topic: Technologies of Future: Managers must know

Speaker: Mr. Alex Ouseph, Senior VP, Technology and Infrastructure Group, Wells Fargo, EGMP Batch 15 Alumnus) , Spearheads Automation and Site Reliability Engineering, Wells Fargo. Lead global teams in Infrastructure & Platforms and End User Technology verticals.

Event Date: 27th February 2021 (Saturday)
Time : 6.00 PM (IST) - 7.30 PM (IST)

Register here : shorturl.at/diwH5

Session Highlights:
The strategic advantages leaders gain with the technological advancements.

Current and upcoming trends: Hyper Automation, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud and Quantum Computing