Mr G. Vijaya Raghavan and Prof K. Balakrishnan from Asian School of Business (ASB) will speak at the International Business Week currently on at the School of Business in University of Kansas of the US.
They will deliver keynote lectures on India's growing clout as an economic power at the event being held Monday to Friday, an ASB spokesman announced here.
CRITICAL COMPONENT
“The high growth rate of the Indian economy, a burgeoning and increasingly affluent middle class and high service emphasis all imply that understanding India is a critical component of today's business education,” said Prof Kissan Joseph, Professor of Marketing at the Institute of International Business (IIB), University of Kansas.
Apart from the keynote address, the ASB duo will also make a presentation at the Kansas Union Edwards Campus titled ‘India: Ancient Land, Modern Opportunities.'
The week will be rounded off by a student case competition featuring a business problem set in the Indian retail setting and a faculty forum.
Prof. Tailan Chi, Faculty Director for IIB said that the most exciting part of our efforts in developing exchange opportunities in India is that we now have a very resourceful host in ASB.
CHEQUERED CAREER
Mr Vijaya Raghavan is the Director of the Board at the ASB and founding CEO of Technopark-Thiruvananthapuram, the first technology and software park in India.
At present, he is also a member of the Kerala State Planning Board. He is also the President of VMA Consultants, Honorary Director of the Trivandum International School and a former president of International Association of Science Parks (Asia Pacific).
Prof Balakrishnan is the Dean of ASB. He has 22 years of industrial experience across various sectors, functions and organisations such as Blue Star Ltd, Sanmar Group and Escorts Ltd.
He was the Chief Operating Office/Chief Executive Officer of Century Wood Ltd and Raman Boards Ltd, an ABB subsidiary.
Prof Balakrishnan has exposure to functional areas of management including marketing, contracting, and corporate management.
Mr Vijaya Raghavan said a group of 30 students from the University of Kansas will visit ASB in December this year.
A group from the university had visited the school last year, too.