Mangalurean Dr Amitabh Anand among top 50 best business professors in the world

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November 18, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Dr Amitabh Anand, hailing from Mangaluru, the port city of coastal Karnataka, currently residing in France, has been chosen one among ‘the top 50 best undergraduate business professors in the world’ by the American-based Poets and Quants, a web-based communication Institute.

Dr Anand, who is the Assistant Professor & Head of International Business Program for BBA at SKEMA Business School, University of Cote d’Azhur in French Riviera, is the only Kannadiga and only professor from France and Europe to get this recognition this year.

Poets and Quants, which has been focusing and helping many aspiring students to choose business courses worldwide, annually picks a select group of professors from across the world to inspire students with their charisma, creativity and learning inspiration.

This year, it received close to 400 nominations worldwide and the final list of 50 best professors was posted on Nov 13, 2018 on their website officially. This list is dominated by the American professors from universities such as MIT Sloan, Michigan Ross, Berkeley Hass, and Wharton School.

On the other hand, SKEMA Business School, a top ranking business school in Europe and one of its programmes is ranked within top 10 in the world.

According to Poets and Quants, Dr Anand was among the top three to get highest nomination worldwide and poets and quants quoted that, the micro-pedagogical method he deploys ensures students learn with keen interest, both in and out the class. Students cite the rapport he builds with them is the reasons he’s so popular. In addition, Dr Anand 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 alike.

Students describe that Dr Anand’s class is always full of curiosity and makes everyone hungry for more knowledge, to help students better make the most use of the class, his contents go way beyond what’s in the textbook.

Dr Anand has inspired many young researchers in Europe aiming for good teaching and inspiring students. This news has come as a proud moment for France as this Dr Anand is the only member to reach the Top 50 in the world.

Dr Anand 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. He gave the credit of his achievement to his parents and people of Karnataka, who, have been a constant support for him and to his colleagues and students at SKEMA. A special support from Madam Alice Guilhon, the Dean of Skema for her constant support and encouragement. Dr Anand has inspired many young researchers aiming for teaching and it is a proud moment for people of Karnataka and India.

Dr Anand holds Engineering degree from Mysore, MBA from Stockholm University and Ph D from NEOMA Paris.

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Young achiever, wonderful achievement...

Mangaloreans really proud of him.

Congratulations. That’s a great achievement.

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Hotels in Karnataka capital likely to reopen in June

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: The hotel industry is one of the worst-hit industries due to lockdown, along with the tourism industry. Bengaluru's hotel industry has incurred a loss of around Rs 1200 crore during the lockdown period however, the hotels here are likely to open in June if the State government issues guidelines for the resumption of their services.

Speaking to media, PC Rao, President, Bangalore Hotelier's Association said, "It's not only the loss of business, but we have lost the customer base as well.
We don't expect any good future for the next six months. There will be a slow down in the business even after opening."

"We have requested our CM to give first preference to the hotels. We are going to restart our business in June if granted permission. Around 10 per cent of the hotels cannot open at all. They are in the stage of merging or closing down position. Few hotels may open after five or six months," he added.

He continued saying that many hotels are for sale but there are no buyers. There are around 21,000 restaurants in Bangalore, 3500 hotels with rooms and restaurant which has an average turnover of Rs 20 crores per day, Rao informed.

"We expect losses of around Rs 1200 crores in these two months. We are giving special online training to all the hoteliers and to our managers particularly to deal with the COVID-19 situation, including how to deal with the guests, employees, how to start the hotel services.

Each and every manager has already been trained and we are still continuing it. We will conduct face to face meeting as well and brief the managers," said Rao.

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Coronavirus scare: Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, two other districts put on high alert

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February 3,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 3: After neighbouring reported the second confirmed case of dreaded Coronavirus, the government of Karnataka today ordered high alert across border districts including Dakshina Kannada.

Apart from Dakshina Kannada, district administrations in Kodagu, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru that share boundary with Kerala have been put on high alert over the movement of people with suspected cases.

In a statement released on Monday, the Health and Family welfare department said that these districts have been directed to immediately report to the State Surveillance Unit (SSU) if they come across any suspected cases of people infected with Coronavirus.

Currently, about 51 people who returned from Coronavirus-affected regions have been identified and 46 are under home isolation across Karnataka.

So far, 44 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for analysis and out of which 29 samples have revealed negative results. Yet, the state government has put in all possible measures to check the spread of the virus in any part of the state.

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