Free Prosthetic Limb Camp
Prayaas, the social responsibility initiative of IIMB’s EPGP students, along with Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (Jaipur Foot), conducted the ‘Free Prosthetic Limb Camp’ on 18th February 2024, at the IIM Bangalore campus, Bannerghatta Road, as part of Prayaas Day 2024.
Social Impact Summit: ‘Sustainable Synergies – Shaping the Future Together’
Prayaas hosted the social impact summit, ‘Sustainable Synergies – Shaping the Future Together’, on 18th February 2024 as part of Prayaas Day, in a bid to share insights and showcase groundbreaking work in sustainability as well as social impact through panel discussions, speaker sessions and keynote speeches.
Prof. Ashok Thampy, Chairperson, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management, and faculty of the Finance & Accounting area of IIM Bangalore, Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore, D R Mehta, former Chairman, SEBI, and Founder and Chief Patron of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti and others inaugurate the social impact summit, ‘Sustainable Synergies – Shaping the Future Together’, on 18th February 2024, as part of Prayaas Day 2024, at IIMB. Prayaas is the social responsibility initiative of EPGP, which is aligned to IIMB’s ethos of building socially responsible leaders.
Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore, delivers the welcome address at the social impact summit.
Prof. Ashok Thampy, Chairperson, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management, IIMB, provides an overview of the EPGP and Prayaas.
D R Mehta, former SEBI Chairman and Padma Bhushan awardee, delivers the keynote address on, 'Empowering Lives through Sustainable Innovation: The Jaipur Foot Journey’.
Prof. Padmini Srinivasan, Chairperson of the Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability and Executive Education Programmes and faculty of the Finance & Accounting area, IIMB, moderates the panel discussion on, ‘Sustainable Synergies: Navigating CSR in the Era of Global Challenges’. (L-R): Anuj Srivastava, Manager, HCLTech Grant, HCL Foundation; Abhishek Ranjan, Senior Director & Global Head, Sustainability & Admin/Facilities, Brillio; Sakina Baker, Head, CSR, Bosch Limited and Bosch India Foundation; Arjun M Ranga, CMD, N. Ranga Rao & Sons Private Limited, Cycle Pure Agarbathi and Trustee, NR Foundation, and Prof. Padmini Srinivasan.
(L-R): Kadali Anand Kumar, Director and Board Member of Annapoorna Trust; Benjamin Mathew, President, Rural Transformation and Innovation Knowledge Center, Deshpande Foundation; Amit Prakash, Co-founder and Trustee, Vision Empower Trust; Shrishail Dhanawade, Head of Program Leadership, Agastya International Foundation, and Prof. Prateek Raj, faculty from the Strategy area, IIMB, at the panel discussion on, 'Sustainability as a Service: NGOs Driving Community-led Solutions'.
Manisha Khemani and Paresh Mohan, CSR, Biocon Foundation, speak on: ‘Future Forward: Pitching for a Sustainable World’.
Gautam Kathuria, Head, Government Initiatives of Feeding India Foundation - a Zomato giveback, addresses the audience at the Social Impact Summit at IIMB.
Pallabi Ghosh, Director, Impact and Dialogue Foundation, during the speaker session.
Nagaraja Prakasam, Mentor & Investor, Social Startups, and Advisor and Mentor-in-Residence at NSRCEL, addresses the audience.
Arun Nathan, Partner, Sattva Consulting, moderates the expert panel discussion on, 'Empowering Change: How NGOs and CSR Can Co-create Sustainable Solutions'. (L-R): Aakash Sethi, CEO, Quest Alliance; Viswanaathan Radhakrishnan, CSR Head, Landmark Group; Shankar AG, Director of Programs, Swasti Health Catalyst; Sagar Sanjay Shinde, Manager, CSR & Sustainability, Alstom and Arun Nathan.
Vivek Wadhwa, author and entrepreneur, speaks on, 'Opportunities to solve humanity's grand challenges'.
A section of the audience at the summit.
Prayaas Day 2024 saw active participation from the IIM Bangalore community.