The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has partnered with IT major Wipro for boosting
research initiatives as part of its doctoral programs. Following the tie-up, the company will support the
Wipro Sustainability Fellowship and the Wipro Sustainability Grant for Fellow Program in Management
(FPM) students to research on the broad area of sustainability.
Professor Shashidhar Murthy, IIMB’s FPM Chairperson, said, “We at IIMB are glad that Wipro values our students and the nurturing provided by our faculty. We thank Wipro for their generosity. This will provide an impetus to students’ research in the area of Sustainability.”
PS Narayan, Vice President and Head-Sustainability, Wipro Limited, said, “The business sector has a critical role to play in facing the manifold challenges of sustainability. Therefore, embedding sustainability in management education has become a critical imperative.”
