Project Udaan, a joint initiative of NSDC- Government of India and corporate body CII, is a novel initiative to help Kashmiri youth join the mainstream of corporate India. Welingkar played the perfect host to the group of management students from Jammu and Kashmir, the state of longstanding political and social avalanches. While tourism, handicrafts, handloom [...]
How India’s Liberalization Shaped a Generation of Entrepreneurs
We are delighted to share with you an article that quotes Prof Kaustubh Dhargalkar, Associate Professor- Business Design & Innovation & Head- Innowe-Center for Innovation and Memetics at WeSchool. Prof Dhargalkar was telephonically interviewed by the editorial team and requested to share further details on some of his ideas before the article went up on [...]
A Cerebral Engagement with China
A Chinese delegation from Tianjin University of Technology visited Welingkar, exploring how the two can work together in fields Innovation, R & D and similar arenas. Sino –Indian relations have always been grabbing public attention for variety of reasons. Recently Foreign minister SM Krishna visited the neighbour for boosting relations and inauguration of the new [...]
Dr SS Mantha felicitated on his appointment as Chairman, AICTE
Dr S.S. Mantha who has been appointed as the Chairman of AICTE was felicitated by the Forum of the Management Institutions, the Forum of Minorities Institutions and the University of Mumbai College Principal’s Association (UMCPA) and Consortium of Management Education (COME) at Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, on Sunday, 8 Jan 2012. Among [...]
Think big, think different: Venkatesh Iyer, MD & CEO-Goli Vadapav
Venkatesh Iyer, MD & CEO-Goli Vadapav shares the mantra to his entrepreneurial success with students at Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research. “The inspiration to think big and be different came from Paulo Coelho, Gandhiji and Jonathan Livingston Seagull.Can I overcome fear and soar like a daring eagle, dreamt little Jonathan. He didn’t mind [...]
‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’ – Chinese Philosopher Lau Tzu
Prayaas -2011, an initiative taken by Welingkar Institute of Management to help women entrepreneurs has reached a stage where the efforts seem to be nearing fruition as their aspirations take shape. While the network of micro-finance sector is growing by leaps and bounds giving a boost to economy and paving the way for rural women [...]