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                                                                                                   Malavika R Harita
             I have been associated with IIMV for a little over a year and have learnt             Distinguished Alumna of IIM Bangalore
             so much about institution building.                                                     Former CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Focus
                                                                                                 Founder & CEO, BrandCircle, Bengaluru &
             I have enjoyed every minute of my tenure on the Board of Governors at                     Member, Board of Governors, IIMV
             IIMV.

             I fell in love with Visakhapatnam on first sight. So clean, thanks to the
             Naval influence with wonderful roads. Such a contrast to “namma Ben-         humanity. Having said that, Prof. Chandrasekhar, strongly believes
                                                                                         that God is in the details, and ensures that every piece of the plan for
             galuru”, where I live.
                                                                                         IIMV is in place and nothing is left to chance. He subscribes to my
                                                                                         strongly held belief that strategy is as important as execution and






             Then the wonderful people I have had the good fortune to meet. My           leaders have to walk the talk.
             fellow board members, our Chairman, the dynamic Hari Bhartia,
             Satish  Reddy,  Rajiv  Kapoor,  Uma  Sudhindra,  Prasad  Dahapute,          I also had the pleasure of teaching a short course on Digital Market-

             Ameeta  Chatterjee, and  last  but  not  least  Prof.  Raghuram,
             Director  of  IIM  Bangalore.  All,  achievers  in  their  own  right,  but   ing at IIMV and enjoyed meeting a very diverse and interesting group
                                                                                         of young people, who were eager to learn and explore.
             so simple in their outlook with a common goal to make IIMV the best.
                                                                                         We want IIMV to be the absolute best and it was great to be part of
             All credit for the growth of this fledgling institution (by academic stan-   the visioning workshop where we debated on why we exist and where
             dards), must go to the director, M Chandrasekhar. He has brilliantly










             combined the strengths of our mentor institute, IIMB, which are the         we want to be in the next 5 years. I think it was unanimous that IIMV


                                                                                         is going to be one of the top management institutions in the country.
             processes and the academic rigor with the start-up attitude that a new      And I am so proud to be part of the journey.
             organization like IIMV needs. He has built a wonderful team of dedicat-


             ed  staff and  faculty who run  the place with humility,  efficiency and





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