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Day 10 – Indian Cultural Immersion
All good things must come to an end. The travel aspect of the UGBA193i travel study course officially wrapped up on January 12, 2014, and students celebrated with an Indian cultural immersion. Professor Solomon Darwin, with the support of Dr. Umapathy, CEO of Apollo...
Day 9 – UGBA193i Reflections and Recap
With the corporate visits over and final presentations done with, students were asked to sit back, relax, and reflect on their learnings over the past eight days. Unsurprisingly, what stood out most to the Haas group was the quality of operations that the firms...
Day 8 – Final Presentation Day
Today is the last day of the study-aspect of the UGBA193i students' official India trip, the Haas group delivered their final presentations to a panel of executives spanning from Apollo Hospitals to design institutions at IDIOM. In their presentations, students were...
Day 7 – General Electric and IBM
The students visited the largest research and development center outside the United States today in Banglore: GE's innovation center with over 6000 scientists and research spanning seven main sectors, including energy, healthcare, aviation, transportation, capital,...
Day 6 – Philips, CITRIX, and Apollo Surprise!
January 8th, Day Six of the UGBA 193i travel study course was a busy and eventful day. Students rushed through breakfast and headed to the Philips Innovation Campus (PIC) located in Manyata Tech Park, Bangalore. The Philips Innovation Campus is a key division of...
Day 5 – SAP and Apollo Hospital
The Haas students visited the SAP’s Research and Development Center, and Apollo's Main Hospital in Bangalore today. They were warmly welcomed at the SAP Labs. Haas Alum and Managing Director of SAP Labs India, Anirban (Andy) Dey, gave the Haas group a well-rounded...
Day 4 – DREAM:IN Workshop
This morning, the students got to sleep in a bit before preparing for Professor Darwin's lecture at the Lalit Ashok Hotel. Over breakfast, the students conversed about the open innovation they had been introduced to by SELCO the previous day. The general manager of...
Day 3 – SELCO Innovation and IDIOM
In addition to developing the most cost efficient solutions, jugaad or frugal innovation, more importantly, involves maximizing constraints to elicit the greatest benefits or utility for a select objective. Today, UGBA193i students experienced yet again how jugaad...
Day 2 – Medical Innovations by Apollo Hospitals
Day two started off bright and early for the students. Everyone met up in the lobby and piled into the bus at 5:30am; ready for the 4 hour drive ahead to the Aragonda Village in the Chittoor District. Professor Darwin had arranged for the students to visit the village...
Day 1 – Overview of India, and Xerox and IDIOM Visits
Overview of India Nowadays, developing global mindsets is extremely important to gain a competitive edge in business and politics. Due to technological progress, connecting and transacting business with each other has become immensely convenient. It is also this...