Past Imperfect: Indian Histories of Business, Politics, and Leadership
We at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research's Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL) invite you to our four-part series "Past Imperfect: Indian Histories of Business, Politics, and Leadership". In the inaugural event, we bring to you an exciting conversation with Mircea Raianu, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of "Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism (Harvard University Press, 2021)." This is the first book to extensively engage with the Tatas' archival records, thereby providing a sweeping narrative of a corporation which has played an outsized role in the making of modern #India. Raianu will be in conversation with R Gopalakrishnan and Dinyar Patel.
You can view the event on Friday 3rd September between 7:00 pm IST and 8:00 pm IST on SPJIMR's Facebook page https://lnkd.in/eu_qkYu, or please drop us a mail at cwil@spjimr.org for Zoom webinar details.
We at SPJIMR's Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL) invite you to the second talk in our four-part series "Past Imperfect: Indian Histories of Business, Politics, and Leadership". This time we bring to you a conversation with Vinay Sitapati, Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Ashoka University and author of Half-Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India. Half-Lion chronicles the life of one of India's most consequential prime ministers. It explores how, against seemingly insurmountable opposition, Rao was able to implement reforms which put India on the path towards economic liberalization. Sitapati will be in conversation with Dinyar Patel.
The event will be live on SPJIMR Facebook page -https://www.facebook.com/SPJIMR/. To view the event on Zoom, please register here: https://forms.gle/Tvzi4jPUeHUfAPXX8 You can also drop us a mail at cwil@spjimr.org.
We at SPJIMR's Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL) invite you to the third talk in our four-part series "Past Imperfect: Indian Histories of Business, Politics, and Leadership". This time we bring to you an exciting conversation with Danish Khan (journalist and historian) and Ruhi Khan (independent journalist), author of "Escaped: True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London". Escaped examines the lives of several high-profile Indian fugitives abroad, from Vijay Mallya to Iqbal Mirchi, and asks an important question: why do they all flee to London? They will be in conversation with Dinyar Patel and Mihir Ajgaonkar, of S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research.
You can view the event on Friday, 8th October 2021 between 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm IST on SPJIMR's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SPJIMR/
We at SPJIMR's Centre for Wisdom in Leadership (CWIL) invite you to the fourth talk in our four-part series "Past Imperfect: Indian Histories of Business, Politics, and Leadership". This time we bring to you an exciting conversation with Ross Bassett, author of The Technological Indian (Harvard University Press, 2016). Bassett's book examines the very roots of India's IT economy, demonstrating how Indians from B.G. Tilak to Mahatma Gandhi played a role in fostering technological education in India -- and, in particular, how the model of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) inspired Indians. He will be in conversation with Dinyar Patel.
You can view the event on Friday, 22nd October 2021 between 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm IST on SPJIMR's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SPJIMR/
