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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Hyderabad, May 19: Prabhsimran Singh set the tone with a quickfire fifty before skipper Jitesh Sharma finished it off in style to lift Punjab Kings to an imposing 214/5 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, here on Sunday.
The new look opening pair of Prabhsimran and Vidarbha's Atharva Taide put on 97 runs from 55 balls as PBKS did well to see through the power play without losing a wicket after opting to bat.
Prabhsimran smashed seven fours and four sixes for his 45-ball 71, while Taide will regret missing out on a fifty after being dismissed for a well-made 46 off just 27 balls.
Taide smashed five fours and two sixes and after his departure, Prabhsimran got the company of Rilee Rossouw as the duo put together 54 off 32 balls to keep the momentum going in the middle overs.
It looked a one-way traffic at 151/1 in 14 overs when leg-spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth dismissed the set batter Prabhsimran off a quicker delivery that took a faint edge and Heinrich Klaasen did well to take a one-handed catch behind the stumps.
Cummins (1/36) ended his spell taking the wicket Rossouw one run shy of a half-century in the 18th over that left two new batters at the crease -- Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma.
T Natarajan (2/33) then did well to remove the inform Ashutosh Sharma in the penultimate over.
PBKS went on to lose four wickets for 44 runs in five overs before the stand-in skipper Jitesh's last over assault took them to a fighting total.
Jitesh (32 not out from 15 balls; 2x4, 2x6) finished with two sixes against Nitish Kumar Reddy in a 20-run final over.
It was a fearless batting display by the Punjab Kings who had nothing to lose and playing the last match of the season.
There was no Jonny Bairstow or Liam Livingstone -- the English duo who have left home for national duty -- but PBKS batters never felt their absence after they opted to bat.
Following a tidy start by Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar where the duo conceded just 12 runs, Prabhsimran took on the veteran Indian seamer slamming him for consecutive boundaries.
The lefthander Taide then got into the act in Natarajan's opening over, when he dragged one from outside off to through mid-on and followed it up with a mighty pull.
The diminutive Punjab batter Prabhsimran added to their misery, hammering a 145kph delivery from Cummins over deep square leg with sheer timing.
Taide also matched his senior partner Prabhsimran and took on Bhuvneshwar with a six and four, as PBKS cruised to 61 for no loss in the power play and the home side looked desperate in search of a breakthrough.
Natarajan finally broke the opening partnership in the 10th over with a short and widish delivery to dismiss a well set Taide.
But Prabhsimran continued his belligerent batting in the company of Rossouw and raced to a 34-ball fifty, his second this season in the 11th over.
His big assault came in Nitish Reddy's next over when the duo spanked him for 20 runs two sixes and one four as there was no stopping PBKS.
