This year, students at IIM Bangalore have voted Professor Rejie George Pallathitta as their Professor of The Year in 2021! Professor Pallathitta, a professor of Competition and Strategy at IIM Bangalore, has won this accolade once again since last winning it in 2019. Find out why MBA students at IIM Bangalore have voted Professor Pallathitta as their favorite professor on campus!
Meet Rejie George Pallathitta: Professor At IIM Bangalore & InsideIIM's Professor of The Year In 2021
Professor Pallathitta is a professor of Competition and Strategy at IIM Bangalore, and in fact obtained a PhD in Strategy from the Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He also completed his Masters in Business Economics from Cochin University of Science and Technology.
Professor Pallathitta has published multiple research articles, including a co-authored paper that was selected as one of the six finalists of the prestigious Carolyn B. Dexter Award. He has been associated with IIM Bangalore for over a decade.
Take a look at Professor Rejie's rich curriculum vitae here.
InsideIIM Professor of The Year 2021 - What IIM Bangalore Students Have To Say About Their Favorite Professor
"His style of teaching brought out the various aspects of Strategy throughout the course which cemented the learning in the 2nd year courses. He pushed me and my peers to take a choice, to think beyond the literature and was successful in unlocking the 30k feet view which has since served me personally extremely well to get the best learning in all other courses."
"Awesome engagement, his pre-class preparations are excellent that just gets cascaded to the class, excellent energy levels and patience. His knowledge on the subject of Competition & Strategy is phenomenal."
"Makes the classes interesting and make students set high goals for oneself. One of the rare teachers that does not form opinion on individuals. Every person feels special in his classes."
"In today's competitive landscape, being in such a dynamic marketplace, Prof Pallathitta Rejie George gave us a strong fundamentals on the Competition & Strategy. The sessions were so well managed with a thorough discussions on the case studies, facilitated lot of real world situations correlating with the key frameworks and concepts built during these sessions. Prof Pallathitta Rejie George also took us with the Corporate Governance and Ethics which is another important subject to understand today's corporate companies. Prof Pallathitta Rejie George delivered both these subjects online very seamlessly and made the learning experience so enriching and eventually made me realize that I was missing this great subject and learning experience big time by not being on campus due to the current COVID situation."
"I admire him for his enthusiastic lectures with strong foundation along with tips for enhancing the knowledge in those areas in future. His recommended books on each topic to read further in future is a great value add."
What The InsideIIM Professor of The Year Series Is About
In the last year, the whole country struggled in coping up with the pandemic and lockdowns. In this time of crisis, it was the great leadership shown by our teachers and professors to ensure that learning never stops. They went beyond just teaching and found solutions and created new learning environments for their students to continue learning.
We at InsideIIM want to recognize the efforts that various B-School professors throughout the country put in to ensure that their students are not left behind and continue to meet their potential and achieve great things. This is why we asked MBA students of the current batches in 2021 to nominate their favorite professors on campus for the title of
'Professor of The Year' as a small token of gratitude for professors who have made so many efforts in the last year, just so that students can head out to etch a successful career for themselves!