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ALSO READ: Severe unemployment and anti-incumbency could dampen Nitish Kumarís bid for another term in Bihar

Labour pains

Severe unemployment and anti-incumbency could dampen Nitish Kumar’s bid for another term in Bihar

10+ mins

Strength in numbers

Parties in Jammu and Kashmir join hands to restore the former state’s special status, but the Centre has other plans

5 mins

Covid-19 & Winter - Worries Of A Second Wave

A second wave of infection may be coming, and if India is not careful, it could lose all its recent gains against Covid-19

4 mins

Best B Schools - How We Train Managers To Cope With The Unknown

B-Schools have a key mandate: Create future-proof managers who can oversee our foray into the unknown

10 mins

New CEO Will Be Orchestrator Of Experiments

By the time India confront-ed Covid-19 in mid-March, IIM Bangalore had completed all its degree-granting programmes. Only the convocation remained. The immediate decision was to cancel the event and replace it with a small ceremony to recognise the award winners. We did not have enough time to visualise an online event with digital avatars that has now become the default convocation practice at most institutions. We have, however, promised to host a grand physical event for the 2020 graduating class, when conditions permit one!

4 mins

Managers as plumbers

Managers are increasingly working in volatile environments. This requires that they focus on the big picture and pay attention to detail. As MBA graduates enter the real world, theoretical knowledge equips them to think through the problems at hand. But, they also learn which analytical models and theories do not give much guidance.

4 mins

SUITED FOR CHANGE

Innovation and flexibility are the buzzwords for b-schools in these testing times

4 mins

WIDENING GAP

Beyond the economy and the pandemic, the Centre-state tussle could continue to be vexing

5 mins

Tight embrace

Encouraged by strong bipartisan support from Washington, India commits to closer defence cooperation with the US

6 mins

Light comes alive

Fireflies took Mumbai girl Aishwarya Sridhar to the podium in the 56th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

3 mins

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