Welingkar, Bengaluru bags the ‘Best Industry-linked Management Institute’ at India -UK Tech Summit-2016

Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research , Bengaluru bagged the AICTE-CII Award for the ‘Best Industry Linked Emerging Management Institute’ on the second day of India -UK Tech Summit held in the capital. Dr Anil Rao, Dean Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Bengalore along with his faculty coleagues Dr Madhavi Lokhande and Dr Sonia Mehrotra was present at the venue to receive the award. Giving away the awards, Dr Anil Sahasrabuddhe-Chairman- AICTE, Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan-Co founder Infosys, Dr YS Rajan - Professor ISRO, Pradyumna Das- director, NID and Mrs. Sushma Paul Berlia -President and Co -founder Apeejay Stya University. All the legendary panelists were unanimous on the need to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem, promote innovation on all turfs, enhance research and above all an effective industry and academia connect. Dr Anil Sahasrabuddhe emphasized the need of mutual cooperation between the two along with an integrated solution approach. They emphatically stressed the need to bring about the conversation between the industry and academia. As of now there is little knowledge on IPR. That also needs to be further enhanced, said the AICTE chairman. Dr Rao, expressing his sentiments while receiving the honour said, “modern times not only demand for rapid upgradation at all fronts, keeping pace with the unfolding developments but also responding to the demands of an everchanging ecosystem. And this can happen effectively when academia works in tandem with industry. And we are happy that we have faring well on that front. And the industry aacknolwedges that.” The Summit that had its inaugural on 7 November witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the visiting UK Prime Minister Theresa May addressing the audience that included experts from diverse domains. The various turfs that shared their expertise included bureurcrats, industry and the academia. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences also addressed the august gathering during the inaugural session of the Summit. The Summit discussed the various issues and challenges of modern times and the way ahead. It brought together the best of the science and technology with the knowledge industries from botrh the countries. Both the countries are known for setting up high benchmarks in education, scientific research and innovation. At the core of the Summit was the desire to connect and streamline the scientific knowledge creation with business enterprises to bring a holistic, expansive and inclusive impact. Welingkar Insitute of Management Development and Research, popularly known as Weschool is a known b school with campuses in Mumbai and Bengalore. It is known for its international collaborations with some of the best Insitutes and organisations across the globe. Besides it is also known for its thrust on innovation, technology and design thinking to make the world a better place. A strong intersection with the central theme of the Indo-UK Tech Summit. WeSchool, Bengaluru was also awarded B-school of the Year by Bengaluru Management Association recently.