Mani Ratnam to Speak
at IIM Calcutta on Career Opportunities in Entertainment Industry
On September 9, 2007
9th September 2007 will see IIM
Calcutta students witness critically acclaimed director Mani Ratnam,
deliver a Guest Lecture about opportunities and challenges for people aspiring
to make a cut in the entertainment industry. Being organized jointly by
Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) and Center for Entrepreneurship &
Innovation (CEI)
exclusively for students of IIM Calcutta, this talk is part of a series of talks
being organized by E-Cell to expose B-school students to different careers and
industries, including emerging and unconventional functions.
To this end, E-Cell had
previously organized Ascent '07 - a workshop on various aspects of
starting up one's own venture, which saw speakers (including leading venture
capitalist Mahesh Murthy and ad-man Prahlad Kakkar) and over 200
participants coming in from all over the country. It also plans to conduct theme
workshops on different industries which offer significant entrepreneurial
opportunities but are typically not the focus of B-school curricula, ranging
from apparel, restaurants, wellness and entertainment.
When it comes to the
entertainment industry, with over two decades of experience in the industry and
his education (Mr. Ratnam himself did an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Management Studies and worked as a management consultant before he decided to
follow his ambition of weaving celluloid magic), Mr. Ratnam was an automatic
choice for talking about an industry which would appear distant and unrealistic
as a career option for most B-school students.
As an acclaimed director, an
enterprising businessman (he is owner of Madras Talkies, a big-banner
production house), an acknowledged talent-spotter and of course the unique
ability to speak to B-school students in their language, Mr. Ratnam's talk
promises to be a crowd-puller at IIM-C. Known for his distinctive film-making
style which revolutionized Indian cinema, National Award winner Mr. Ratnam has
made films on a variety of topics. He has also been involved in business forays
into the entertainment industry. Mr. Ratnam has also been involved with Focus
Investments, a group concern of Madras Talkies that provides professional
services to film-makers in creative and technical domains like film editing,
outdoor production services, Line production services and training.
