Rai Business School Bangalore got the doyens speaking to the students on October 14 at the campus during the "Ignited Minds" Lecture Series. Under its industry-academia interface of fall 2006 Session RBS hosted three eminent speakers: Mr. Balaji Pasumarthy, IIT-M, IIM-B -Chief Catalyst, Business Gyan; Mr. Anup Varma, IIT-K, IIM-B-Regional Director, Mid Market Technology Sales, Oracle India and Dr. Anil Kulkarni, IIT-B, PhD, Professor, Pennsylvania State University, US. Prof. K. Balasubramanian Regional Director, RBS, Bangalore in his introductory words established an interesting link between the stand-alone topics. It's a regular practice RBS to give students grounding in the realities of the corporate world.

The lectures were aimed at enhancing students' understanding of current trends, future challenges and industry demands in terms of professional knowledge. Mr. Balaji himself a product of premier institutions and a successful entrepreneur presented various aspects of 'E ntrepreneurship' and what a prospective entrepreneur must know before embarking on an industrial or business venture. Mr. Balaji has brought out the concept of trade off between the time and earnings during the different stages of entrepreneurship. Mr. Verma's lecture on ' Lateral Thinking ' provoked the audience to shift their thinking patterns away from entrenched and predictable to new or unexpected ideas. He started the discussion on lateral thinking in our daily life then swiftly moved to business situations. Prof. Kulkarni discussed about the major dynamic reality, which is being faced by modern-day organization in the business across culture, in his talk on ' Professional Ethics & Business.'

The multifaceted participation from other Business Schools and corporate members made the whole session a learning experience. This was in continuation of the several lectures RBS students had in a span of 9 weeks by professionals from the industry leaders like: Wipro, Oracle, etc. Regional Director K. Balasubramanian said that the series was in synch with the quality parameters set by RBS, Bangalore. Our faculty and students always vie to exceed the expectations.