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The Vaccine Dilemma - Stop Spreading, Start Living - Prof. Rajeshwari K & Shaina Dewan

• Jun 01, 2021 | ET BrandEquity

This is the topic of discussion in India today, where we have begun vaccinating1.39 billion people. It is the first time that we are attempting this scale- the earlier mass vaccination drives were aimed at segments of pregnant women or children under 12 years of age. Whereas the current drive is targeted towards all adults.

Shantanu Gandhi (PGDM Co'22) Wins InsideIIM's Most Employable CA Challenge

• May 25, 2021 | InsideIIM

With the belief that one needs to constantly evolve in order to change the world, Shantanu has never limited himself to fixed views and ideologies and has always tried to be flexible to changes. With his interests spanning from Audit and Taxation to business analytics and also trying his hand on open-source satellite imagery, he has always been open to new ideas that can change the norms of the business. All of this has led him to become the Winner of InsideIIM’s Most Employable CA Challenge. Know more about Shantanu here.

A gender gap in ideals of weight reveals lack of progress - Prof. Vidya Mahambare

• May 25, 2021 | LiveMint

According to the World Health Organization [WHO], obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century". This is the opening line of the abstract of an NBER working paper released this month. Given the apparent emphasis on health, it comes as a surprise when the abstract ends with: “Married couples, therefore, agree on one thing, that keeping the wife svelte is even more valuable than keeping the husband fit." The abstract doesn’t mention the country under consideration, and we presume somewhat naively it must have been based on data from a developing country with deep-rooted beliefs about gender identities. The country in question, however, is seen as among the world’s most progressive: Switzerland.

How does one begin to save - A personal finance article by Prof. Vidya Mahambare

• May 25, 2021 | Outlook Money

Ask yourself, are you impatient? Do you fail to stick to your plans and New Year resolutions? Do you worry about your social status and public image? Are you a spender or a saver? If your answer to the first three questions is yes, then it is more likely that your answer to the last question would be a spender. Here, a spender refers to a person who overspends today, which may have adverse long-term consequences on their material well being, and hence their welfare.

Higher-education should instil social consciousness

• May 17, 2021 | Education Today

The corporate world has the potential to make business leaders become ‘greedy’ and they could encourage unethical behaviour and malpractices. These practices are largely an outcome of false justifications and any means whatsoever to win the rate race prevailing in the society. Be it companies influencing their credit ratings or automobile organisations lying about the emissions level testing or various other instances- these reinforce the need for ethical education and social consciousness in future business leaders .

How did Indian households cope with the COVID crisis? - Professors Vidya Mahambare, Trichy Krishnan, Ranjitha A, Udaya N, Suresh Ramanathan

• May 11, 2021 | ET BrandEquity

The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we know it in myriad ways. With the second and more severe wave currently cascading across India and a number of states once again announcing localised lockdowns, loss of income for businesses and causal workers seems inevitable. Understanding how households coped with a loss of income during the last year’s lockdown is critical to comprehend how the impact of the ongoing second wave may unfold.

Stockal: A Startup that helps you buys stocks abroad - A Great Lakes Alumni Venture

• May 05, 2021 | Livemint

In a world where goods and services move fairly easily across borders, it seemed rather restrictive that an Indian investor couldn’t buy shares of companies like Tesla and Amazon. So Bengaluru-based startup Stockal, registered in New York, has created a platform to make it easier for Indians to buy shares of companies in the US—even if it’s meant that they had to jump through a few hoops.

A realistic growth outlook for India amid uncertainty - Prof. Vidya Mahambare

• Apr 27, 2021 | LiveMint

In an article nine years ago in Mint, I had argued that India can at best sustain 7.5% economic growth, measured by the year-on-year change in real gross domestic product, with retail inflation of 4-4.5%. The Indian economy grew at a slower rate, with an average of 6.6% between 2012-13 and 2019-20, with higher consumer-price-index inflation of 5.7%.

What will be the COVID vaccination bill for the centre and states?

• Apr 26, 2021 | Hindu BusinessLine

The total cost of vaccinating the adult population will be ₹58,282 crore.

The second wave of Covid-19 is wreaking devastation through the country with daily cases crossing 3.4 lakh and death tally above 2,500. With healthcare infrastructure gasping to cater to increasing needs, vaccination is the only way out to bring the infection under control.

India's G-SAP versus Japan's yield curve control policy - Prof. Vidya Mahambare

• Apr 21, 2021 | LiveMint

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India's central bank, recently announced its Government Securities Acquisition Programme (G-SAP). Under this programme, RBI has explicitly committed itself to purchasing ₹1 trillion worth of outstanding government securities (G-secs) from the market during the April-June 2021 quarter. The first round of purchases worth ₹250 billion were done on 15 April.