We hope to become a national player: Akanksha Hazari [WSJ - Livemint]

April 25, 2013 By

The founder and chief executive of m.Paani talks about plans to empower the underserved with the help of cellphones Mumbai-based Akanksha Hazari, founder and chief executive officer of m.Paani, aspires to empower the underserved and help build a better India with the help of cellphones. She is currently running two pilots in Mumbai—one in Sewri [...]

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Stephen Hodges: Business schools fail to teach soft skills to students [Livemint]

April 22, 2013 By

Mumbai: Stephen Hodges, chairman of the board and president of Hult International Business School, said business school, or B-school, students are good when it comes to theory but lack so-called soft skills, or attributes that help them get along with others in the workplace. Hodges said in an interview that it was important for B-schools [...]

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Entrepreneur gives loyalty programmes a social spin [dna]

April 22, 2013 By

Collecting reward points to redeem them for more goodies is a rage among upwardly mobile consumers. Now, a social entrepreneur has taken the concept to the lower echelons of the society, but with a difference. m.Paani, a firm started by Akanksha Hazari (pictured), who won $1 million Hult Prize in 2011 for the idea, is [...]

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Hult to Host CSR Evening with Akanksha Hazari

April 10, 2013 By

MUMBAI, 10 April, 2013 — Hult International Business School is proud to announce that one of India’s leading social entrepreneurs and former Hult Prize winner Akanksha Hazari will be the keynote speaker at the school’s first thought-leadership seminar in India. The event, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai on April [...]

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Hult Speakers: Coca-Cola Group Category Director, Ania Jakubowski

June 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

An audience of Hult faculty, staff and students in Mumbai were recently treated to a visit from Coca-Cola Group Category Director, Ania Jakubowski. Discussing the importance of Content and Connections, Ania explained how she stays connected with her team via extended visits. Many managers “go into a country for a day or two, do a [...]

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