In Homer’s Odyssey, Mentor is a trusted friend of Odysseus. More importantly, often actually, Mentor is Athena in disguise guiding, counselling and advising Odysseus’s son, Telemachus, through ups and downs in his journey while searching for his father.
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On November 26, 2008, Mumbai was held hostage. Gunmen stormed into many prominent places in the city and shot down people. One of these places was the Taj Mahal Hotel. Stories of exemplary courage and sacrifice emerged, as ordinary citizens of Mumbai stood united in the face of terror.
Maha Mandi has increasingly become a common name among the B- school gentry. For those of you who are still living under a rock, Maha Mandi is a one of its kind event where students sell educational toys and handicraft products, sourced from NGOs, on the streets of Mumbai. While the academia, students and media alike focus on and rave about Maha Mandi-the event, I am going to lay focus on Maha Mandi-the learning method.
For all the students of IIM Ranchi, the wait finally got over as it once again welcomed its Management Fest -AGON. Ever since its inception last year, AGON had generated great interests and garnered participation from B School from around the country. This year too, registrations poured in as one by one teams from all across India began to arrive in Ranchi. There was an air of excitement as students readied themselves to battle it out not only for the exciting prizes on offer but also for the prestige that comes along with victory in an AGON event.
CineMBA is a series where InsideIIM and Professors from Top Business Schools endeavour to make learning fun and interesting instead of dull and boring. In this video, Mr Carlo Altomonte from MISB Bocconi explains what went wrong with the financial markets of 2008 with the help of the 2015 movie called 'The Big Short'.
The first batch of IIM's Indore's ambitious Integrated Program in Management students have been introduced to the industry this year, and everyone is waiting to find out how well they fair. This interview with a recent graduate tries to answer some questions.
