7th Spandan-IBA Annual Award in Human Values – 2015
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Spandan Foundation for Human Values in Management & Society | In association with | Indus Business Academy Bangalore & Greater Noida |
On 27th of Jan. 2015 the 7th Spandan-IBA Annual Award in Human Values took place in IBA Campus. The award aims at identifying and honouring individuals involved in inculcating human values as an integral part of work ethic and culture in their spheres of activity.
The ceremony started with a welcome speech given by Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director – IBA Bangalore, and was followed by an inspiring speech by Prof. G.P.Rao, Founder Chairman of Spandan and Prof. Rajuswamy, Founder & President of PROMAG, in which they detailed the background and ideology for the award. The Guest of Honour for the event, Dr. Masood Ahmed, Director General of AIMS, then addressed the gathering. The shortlisted nominees were namely – Mr. Stephen Randall, Director of Time, Space, and Knowledge Association, Berkeley, USA, Dr. V.Balamohandas, Former Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India, Dr. Tikhe Sham Ganpat, Assistant Professor at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) University, Karnataka, India, Dr. Madhu Viswanathan, Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois, Champaign, USA, and Mr. J. Jagatheesh Jayanand, Senior Manager at Accenture Services Private Limited, Karnataka, India.
Although it was tough to adjudge one winner, but in the end, Dr. V.Balamohandas emerged as the jury’s choice for the 7th Spandan-IBA Annual Award. Dr. V.Balamohandas has more than 67 years of experience and belongs basically to Sattenapalle of Guntur District in Karnataka. He completed his Ph.D from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and also served there as Professor of Management Studies. He later went on to become the Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University.
The day came to a close with the jury presenting the award to Dr. Balamohandas, who expressed his gratitude to one & all for recognising his humble work in education suitable for this award
