IIMB to celebrate 51st Foundation Day with special lecture on ‘Opportunities & Challenges for Education in Today’s India’
Talk to be delivered by CEO of Pratham Education Foundation Ms Rukmini Banerji on 28 Oct
The 51st Foundation Day of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) will be celebrated on 28 October 2024, with speeches, awards and more.
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The highlight of the event will be the Foundation Day Lecture on, ‘Opportunities & Challenges for Education in Today’s India’ by Ms Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Pratham Education Foundation, apart from addresses by Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIMB and Dr. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIMB.
Ms Rukmini Banerji was trained as an economist at St. Stephen’s College (Delhi) and the Delhi School of Economics. She was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and completed her PhD at the University of Chicago.
Ms Banerji has worked extensively for Pratham’s education programs in rural and urban areas. Along with her teams, she has played a major role in designing and supporting large-scale partnerships with state governments in India, for improving children’s learning outcomes. She led Pratham’s research and assessment efforts including the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) exercise from 2005 to 2014. Since 2015, she has been the CEO of Pratham.
In 2008, she received the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Shiksha Puraskar conferred by the Government of Bihar, India. She was the first recipient of this award. In 2021, she was awarded the Yidan Prize for Education Development. Ms Rukmini Banerji writes frequently on education in both Hindi and English dailies in India. She enjoys writing books and stories for children.
The Foundation Day celebrations will also see Long Service Awards being presented to faculty and non-teaching IIMB staff. The IIMB community of faculty, former faculty, students, staff and alumni will be part of the event.
