IIMB to host policy summit

The Office of Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy Management (PGPPM), in association with the Public Policy Club (PPC), will host a summit titled ‘Utthan’, based on the theme ‘Bridging the Gap – Innovative and Inclusive India’, on November 10, 2019.

The goal of the summit is to create a platform for experts to deliberate, discuss, and drive change through high-level dialogue on the theme. 

C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, will deliver the keynote address at the event. He is also the Minister of Higher Education, Information Technology & Biotechnology and Science & Technology in the Government of Karnataka.

The event will incorporate panel discussions that will see policy speakers and industry leaders discussing and debating on various topics surrounding the theme. 

A policy symposium (paper presentation) will also be hosted on public policy issues within the broad framework of the theme of Utthan, Bridging the Gap – Innovative and Inclusive India. The winners will be given cash prizes.

Quriosity, a quiz competition in collaboration with IndiaSpend, with around 100 participants, will be conducted digitally.

Incubation Center at Great Lakes management school

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, in association with Atal Innovation Mission will launch Atal - Great Lakes-Balachandran – Incubation (AGBI) Center on its premises. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is one of the only four B-Schools in the country to receive this grant. 

The facility, of over 10,000 sq. ft will be inaugurated on November 18, 2019 . 

The new block, which will house the incubation center, is named ‘ARR Lakhamraju Block’ in the fond memory of Late Mr. ARR Lakhamraju, the father of two members of the board, Mr Mohan Lakhamraju and Mr. Gautam Lakhamraju. 

The event will be attended by alumni of the institution along with various successful entrepreneurs whose ideas were conceptualized in the incubator. The event would also witness innovative concepts & ideas from first time entrepreneurs, which can be later incubated in AGBI. The students of the graduating classes will also be provided with a platform to share their thoughts with AGBI and selected business plans will be allowed to set up shop at the incubation center.