<p> In a new development, Professor Rishikesha Krishnan, the former director of Indian Institute of Management Indore has been appointed as the director of IIM Bangalore (IIM-B).</p>.<p>Prof. Krishnan will take charge on July 31, upon the superannuation of Professor G Raghuram, the current director of IIM-B.</p>.<p>Professor Krishnan makes a comeback to IIM-B after a few years where he was teaching subjects like Corporate Strategy and Policy. </p>.<p>He was also the founding director of IIM Sambalpur. He studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and at Stanford University, USA. He has also co-authored books on innovation.</p>.<p>It is said that Professor Krishnan in his previous role at IIM-B, led crucial activities at the institute which included “placement, PGP, research and publications, corporate strategy, etc.,” said a statement issued by IIMB. He worked in the corporate sector before getting into academia.</p>.<p>As per IIMB’s statement, Krishnan’s main areas of interest are strategy and innovation. He was a visiting scholar at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania in 2008, and at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, over 2011-12. He held the Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship at IIMB from 2007-10.</p>
<p> In a new development, Professor Rishikesha Krishnan, the former director of Indian Institute of Management Indore has been appointed as the director of IIM Bangalore (IIM-B).</p>.<p>Prof. Krishnan will take charge on July 31, upon the superannuation of Professor G Raghuram, the current director of IIM-B.</p>.<p>Professor Krishnan makes a comeback to IIM-B after a few years where he was teaching subjects like Corporate Strategy and Policy. </p>.<p>He was also the founding director of IIM Sambalpur. He studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and at Stanford University, USA. He has also co-authored books on innovation.</p>.<p>It is said that Professor Krishnan in his previous role at IIM-B, led crucial activities at the institute which included “placement, PGP, research and publications, corporate strategy, etc.,” said a statement issued by IIMB. He worked in the corporate sector before getting into academia.</p>.<p>As per IIMB’s statement, Krishnan’s main areas of interest are strategy and innovation. He was a visiting scholar at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania in 2008, and at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, over 2011-12. He held the Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship at IIMB from 2007-10.</p>
