Bengaluru business school conducts innovation meet

St Joseph’s Institute of Management has organised a two-day international virtual conference on innovation strategies in challenging business and social landscape on February 26 and 27.

In his inaugural address at the session, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) director Rishikesha Krishnan narrated how India’s two-wheeler industry has been innovating to become the world’s biggest motorcycle producer.

He also explained to the students how Indian Overseas Equipment Manufacturers (OWMs) have innovated design and technology to the global standards.

Castrol India chairperson R Gopalakrishnan, the key speaker at the conference, said: “Innovation is natural to human beings and we need to know how to sustain that curiosity for a much longer time."

While ideas are good, real innovation lies in their execution, Gopalakrishnan added.

The institute’s director Rev Dr Manoj D’Souza said innovation, entrepreneurship and design thinking are some of the disciplines gaining prominence in business schools' curriculum in the current technology era.

The conference also saw keynote speeches from industry stalwarts, panel discussions, expert talks and research paper presentations on the topic.