Kannadiga Dr Amitabh Anand named one of top 50 best undergraduate business professors in world
Bengaluru, Nov 18: An young Kannadiga professor Dr Amitabh Anand was named one among the top 50 best undergraduate professors in the world.
American-based prestigious Poets and Quants, a web-based Communication Institute, focusing and helping many aspiring students to choose business courses worldwide annually, picked up a select group of professors from across the world to inspire the students with their charisma, creativity and learning inspiration.
This year, Institute has received more than 400 nominations worldwide and in the final selection of top 50 best professors, Dr Anand, working as the Assistant Professor and Head of International Business Programme for BBA at SKEMA Business School, University of Cote D'Azur in French Riviera, has been selected. This year, American professors dominated the list. But Dr Anand is the only person from Europe and France to be selected in the annual list which was announced on November 13 on their website officially.
On the other hand, SKEMA Business School is also top ranked business school in Europe and one of its programme was ranked within top 10 in the world. According to Poets and Quants, Dr Amitabh Anand was among the top three to get the highest nomination worldwide and Poets and Quants quoted that, the micro-pedagogical method he deploys ensures students to learn with keen interest, both in and outside the class. Students cite the rapport he builds with them is the reasons he is so popular. Apart from this, he is well-networked and frequently brings industry experts to class. Above all, he has made his mark with his passion and kind attitude which attracts students and colleagues.
Students say that his class is always full of curiosity and makes everyone hungry for more stuff. To help the students better, he makes the most use of the class and his contents go way beyond what’s there in the textbook. Dr Anand has inspired many young researchers in Europe who aspire to become good teacher to inspire students. This news has come as a proud moment for France as Dr Amitabh is the only member to reach the Top 50 position in the world.
For Anand, he feels his mission as a professor is accomplished when students can help their fellow classmates in learning and be bold enough to express their honest opinions. Dr Anand gave the credit of his success to his parents who have been a constant support for him, to his colleagues and students at SKEMA and to the dean of SKEMA Madam Alice Guilhon for her constant support and encouragement. Dr Anand has inspired many young researchers aiming for teaching and it is a proud moment for the people of India.
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Leadership issue: Cong high command will call us at 'appropriate time,' will wait, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Dec 20 (PTI): With the leadership issue involving him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah coming to the fore again, deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday said the Congress high command has told the two leaders as to when they will be called to Delhi to to discuss the matter.
He said that both of them will go to Delhi and meet the high command, when summoned.
"I will inform you, I won't do anything without informing you. I will not go hiding from you," Shivakumar told reporters here in response to a question on him and Siddaramaiah's likely visit to the national capital to meet the party high command after the just concluded legislature session.
Asked if there was any invitation from the high command, asking him and CM to come to Delhi, he said, "they have told something to both of us, they have told both of us over phone as to when they will call us. We will go, both of us will go."
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"They (high command) have said they will call both of us at the appropriate time, we will wait for the call," the Karnataka Congress chief added.
Shivakumar's statement came a day after Siddaramaiah asserted in the Assembly that he would continue in office. He had also said that the Congress high command was "in my favour" and asserted that no decision was made on him staying at the helm for only two-and-a-half years, as per a rumoured 2023 agreement on power-sharing with his deputy.
Shivakumar, had said that he and CM Siddaramaiah have come to an agreement with the involvement of the Congress high command, and both of them will abide by it.
The power tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculations about a change in chief minister in the state, after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20.
The speculation was fueled by the "power-sharing" pact between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar in 2023.
Meanwhile some 'Naga Sadhus' visited the Deputy CM's residence and blessed him.
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Stating that he is going to Delhi on Tuesday to meet various central ministers, Shivakumar, who is also the Minister for water resources said, "the central government's water resources department has called us regarding interlinking of rivers."
"I will go there and discuss matters related to the state's river projects like Mahadayi, Krishna water award, Mekedatu, and Upper Badhra."
He said he will also meet the central water resources minister, forest minister, urban development minister.
"There are a lot of issues. We wanted to meet them along with MPs from the state, but still I will go and meet. Then after that, if needed, we will meet the Prime Minister also with the issues," Shivkumar added.
Hitting out at the Modi government at the Center for replacing the existing rural employment law MGNREGA, and removing Mahatma Gandhi's name from it, Shivakumar accused it of insulting the father of the nation.
He also challenged the government to remove Gandhiji's image from currency notes.
"The country wants Gandhi. People of the country will respond to it," he said.
"They want to change Gandhi's name...let them change this picture of Gandhi also," he said, showing a currency note.
"With Gandhi's name we had started an employment guarantee scheme under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and (late) Manmohan Singh (former PM), the MGNREGA.....they want to kill the scheme, so they have changed its name. A big movement will start against it from Karnataka itself," he said.
