‘Social Inclusiveness and our Education System’ will be the theme of the Foundation Day Lecture as the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore prepares to celebrate its 43rd Foundation Day on October 28.
Dr. H. Harish Hande, Managing Director, SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd., as the chief guest, will deliver the Foundation Day Lecture at the IIMB Auditorium at 5.30 pm.
An IIT Kharagpur and University of Massachusetts alumnus, Dr. Hande is recognized as a pioneer of rural energy service across the globe. He and his company have received several national and international awards, including the Ashden award, the Tech Museum award, the Khemka Social Entrepreneur of the year 2007 and the Financial Times – Arcelor Mittal Boldness in Business award. Dr. Hande was one of the 21 CEOs invited to meet US President Barrack Obama during his visit to Mumbai in 2014.
During the event, Professor Raghavan Srinivasan, Director In charge, IIMB, will present a report on the Institute’s achievements.
The IIMB Foundation Day celebrations will also see Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) being conferred to Ramesh Srinivasan and Haragopal Mangipudi. They would be honoured for their significant professional excellence as well as contribution to industry, academia and society, IIMB said in a press statement.
Srinivasan is the CEO of Ooyala Inc. in Santa Clara (Silicon Valley), California. He was previously President and CEO of Innotrac Corporation, a leading eCommerce Fulfilment Services provider. Prior to joining Innotrac, he spent nine years of his professional career at Bally Technologies, Inc., a global leader in Gaming Technology Products and Services. He is an alumnus of the PGP 1984 batch.
Mangipudi is currently CEO & MD of finUNO. He founded a twin-engine start-up in the US & India simultaneously and co-created the world’s first multi-modal Intelligent Financial Assistant, which was launched at the Global Intelligent Assistance Conference in New York. Forrester mentioned finUNO as one of the global top 3 innovations in financial services and customer experience. He was previously Global Head of Finacle, Senior Vice President and Member of the Executive Council at Infosys Ltd. Mangipudi is from the first batch of IIMB’s PGSEM (2001) program.
Each recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award receives a citation and will have their name engraved on the Wall of Fame at the institute.
