IIMB to celebrate 45th Foundation Day on October 28
Abhay Anand | October 12, 2018 | 06:10 PM IST
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 12: The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) will celebrate its 45th Foundation Day on Sunday, October 28, 2018, with a plethora of events and activities on campus. The events include the Foundation Day Lecture, and the Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) ceremony. In yet another achievement for the institute, IIMB’s Distinguished Alumni are growing by the year.
Prof. G. Raghuram, Director, IIMB, will present his report on IIMB growth, while acknowledging all those who played a role in building and nurturing the country’s premier management school, during the event. This year’s theme for the Foundation Day Lecture is ‘Real Empowerment’ and the lecture will be delivered by the Chief Guest, Malavika R Harita, Founder-CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Focus, at the IIMB auditorium from 5.30 pm.
Passionate about the power of communication, storytelling and digital marketing, teaching, mentoring start-ups and empowering women are what drive Malavika Harita. Malavika has 36 years of experience in communication and entrepreneurship. After her accountancy training and MBA from IIM Bangalore, Malavika joined HMT Watches. She then ran her own interior design firm before joining Saatchi. In 1998, Malavika founded Saatchi & Saatchi Focus, a specialist B2B and Healthcare Agency in India. Malavika was one of the first Gurukul Chevening Scholars chosen to study at the London School of Economics. She is also the first woman to be honored with the Distinguished Alumna Award by IIM Bangalore. She is on the Governing Council of Mount Carmel College and the Advisory Board of the NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore. Malavika was President of the IIMB Alumni Association and the Advertising Club Bangalore. She has been teaching at various post graduate institutes of management and communication for the last 25 years.
The IIMB Foundation Day celebrations will also see Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) being conferred.
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