IIMBue
IIMBue is an annual leadership summit organized by the Alumni Association of IIM Bangalore. It is host to speakers who are thought leaders and role models in their respective fields. IIMBue was first launched in Dec 2015 and the second EDition of it is being held in Bangalore on December 17 and 18 2016.
IIMBue 2016
IIMBue 2016 is to be organized on 17–18 December at Taj Bangalore. It will be attended by alumni, students, and faculty of IIM Bangalore along with the speakers. The two-day event will be a potpourri of different activities including speaker sessions, discussions and networking sessions.
The theme of IIMBue 2016 is “Multiple facets of Leadership: Start, Scale and Disrupt”.
The speaker list includes various thinkers, entrepreneurs, and artists like:
- Piyush Goyal, Union Minister, GOI
- Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Ayog
- Kiran Majumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon Ltd
- Deepika Padukone, Indian Film Actor
- Kunal Shah, Founder and Chairman, Freecharge
- Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-founder, Taxi for Sure
- Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Director, Tata Medical Centre
- Javagal Srinath, Cricketer and ICC official
- Mohandas Pai, Head, Aarin Capital Partners
- Arunachalam Muruganantham, Social Entrepreneurs
- Shivakumar Ganeshan, Co-founder, Exotel
- Preetha Reddy, MD, Apollo Group of Hospitals
- Sharad Sharma, Co-founder, iSPIRIT Foundations
- Karan Bhagat, MD and CEO, IIFLW
- Joy Bhattacharjya, Director, FIFA U17 World Cup
- Shekhar Gupta, Indian Journalist
- Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Board of Bank of Baroda
The speakers are expected to deliver their insights on topics aligned with the theme and conversations will range from a wide spectrum of leadership, changing business environment, regulatory support, disruptive innovations etc. The event is expected to be attended by 1200 alumni.
IIMBue 2015
IIMBue 2015 was a three-day event held at the Leela Palace, Bangalore. The first edition of the annual leadership summit was attended by over 600 alumni besides 200 other guests. The event featured personalities from varied fields like business, sports, and entertainment who shared their thoughts and experiences through various formats like panel discussions and fireside chats. The motto of IIMBue 2015 was to “Engage, Energize, Enhance” aimed at enhancing the engagement between the 15000 member strong alumni network.
The final day of the summit was held at the IIM Bangalore campus. This day had activities like craft and dance workshops, and music performances.
The list of speakers who spoke at IIMBue 2015 are:
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian Film Actor
- Anil Kumble, Indian Cricket Coach
- Azim Premji, Chairman - Wipro
- Vidya Balan, Indian Film Actor
- Kabir Bedi, Indian Film Actor
- Vijay Amritraj, Former Indian Tennis Player
- Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament
- Kaushik Mukherjee, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka