CHAITANYA KALIPATNAPU

BITS Pilani alumni Sid Mookerji and Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi have pledged $1 million each to the BITS Endowment Fund, totaling recent commitments to $3 million. Prashanth Palakurthi, a technology entrepreneur, and Anuradha, his wife, previo...

This pledge not only propels the initiative forward but also sets a precedent for alumni engagement and contribution, the institute said in a statement on Monday.

The study, titled ‘Emeritus: Achieving impact, providing access’, traces the first phase of the Emeritus’ founding journey by cofounders Ashwin Damera and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu. Authored by HBS senior lecturer Ashish Nanda and research associate Zac...

The markdown has translated to a valuation of about $2.9 billion as of March 31, 2023, a drop from $3.2 billion in August 2021, a price at which the Mumbai-based startup had last raised equity-based capital from investors.

Eruditus’ mammoth funding has made it a unicorn, thrice over. Twitter locks Congress accounts days after complying with India IT rules. A bipartisan trio of US senators have sponsored a bill to rein in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store.

Two decades ago, it seemed you couldn't walk down a street in Bengaluru without bumping into a software engineer. Today, one of the hottest jobs in tech startups is that of a product manager.

The company plans to use the funds to add new programmes with the existing and new university partners as well as expand its geographical reach to China, Latin America and Europe.

Firms like Mercer and institutes like ISB and Wharton attest to an increased demand for leadership training programmes from companies.

Balancing the demands of work with studying and applying for an MBA can be taxing. A few tips from successful applicants that could help one cruise along.