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At the inauguration of the fourth edition of the Foundations of Management (FoM) programme, held 27 April to 1 May 2026, Programme Director Prof. Sushanta K Mishra, Chairperson, CTL, welcomes 49 meritorious final-year undergraduate students from diverse disciplines.

Prof. YLR Moorthi, Marketing area, delivers a keynote on branding, marketing and consumer behaviour.

Prof. Jitamitra Desai, Decision Sciences area, presents a keynote on ‘Operations Research in the Decision Sciences’.

Prof. Varun Jindal, Finance & Accounting area, delivers a keynote session on shareholder wealth maximization.

Anirudh S, Strategy area, delivers a session on ‘profitability in a capitalist system’, during the sessions conducted by IIM Bangalore’s senior doctoral scholars.’

Ronit Neogy, PhD scholar from the Decision Sciences area, introduces linear programming using practical, real-life examples.

Pradyun Rame Mehrotra, PhD scholar from the Economics area, contextualizes regression analysis, causality and prediction.

Abhishek Bhattacharjee, PhD scholar from the Production and Operations Management (POM) area, highlights the role of operations management in process design, capacity planning, quality and supply chain coordination.

Indu Poornima, PhD scholar in the Public Policy area, on the consequences of non-compliance and the question of responsibility across stakeholders

Biswapriya Saha, PhD scholar in the Strategy area, adopts an interactive, discussion-led approach to her session on building and sustaining long-term competitive advantage.

Shweta Sogani, PhD scholar in the Economics area, delivers a session on ‘Macroeconomics for Managers’.

Highlights from the group presentations.

A snapshot of the participants, alongside senior IIMB faculty members, at the Foundations of Management programme, organized by the Centre for Teaching & Learning (CTL) from 27 April to 1 May 2026.