Business and Arts

This initiative is an extension of the Indian School of Business (ISB) curriculum, which encourages students to think creatively. For a week each year, the School holds a series of lectures, presentations and workshops by well-known artists, who present and explain their works to students. Students get the chance to explore the minds of these artists through their art forms – photography, paintings or dance. By balancing the learning of academic subjects with an appreciation and understanding of arts and culture, a whole new thought process is opened up. The interactions also throw new light on innovation.
Among artists who have participated in this programme are Baiju Parthan, Mahendar Singh, Jitish Kallat, Harsh Goenka, Nagesh Kukunoor, Ashok Salian, Pheroza Godrej, Shekhar Kapur, Atul Kasbekar, and Padmasri Dr Shobha Naidu.

Artist-in-Residence
Reputed artists are invited to live on the ISB campus from time to time. The artists interact with the ISB community while pursuing their creative activities.

So far, renowned painters Laxma Goud, Paresh Maity, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Laila Khan, as well as well-known sculptor Karl Antao, are among the artists who have participated in the programme.

During their time at the ISB, they helped students discover how artistic expression can give form to unstructured thought. Their works are examples of elegant solutions within limitations of a medium, thus highlighting the power of creative thought.

Visitors to the ISB

Artist-in-Residence

2010-11 Probably there was a connect because we were all MBAs and a lot of students have similar passions Anuj Malhotra- Artist and Head, Retail Business and Marketing, Citi Wealth Advisors 2009-10   It is about putting on canvas my thoughts, my vision, the way I see things and me Bharti Prajapati- Artist

Nobody stops you from painting, but yourself Prenita Dutt- Artist

2008-09 Students here were really creative, some of them were so good with the can just on the first take Aviral Saxena-Graffiti artist White collar job is not the only important job, and I try to show this in my paintings Amarnath Sharma-Painter   2007-08 Commercialisation of art is inevitable                       Julius Macwan - Artist 2006-07 Criticisms are important without which artists will stagnate for the lack or ignorance of it, and it is important for the spirit of criticism to show up in one’s work. Laila Khan Rajpal- Artist

Business and Arts Speakers

2007-08  The vibrant colour that I am wearing today    shows that I won’t succumb to any fiscal  constraint                       Kalpana Lajmi - Film Maker

We need a change of mindset. People need to be educated about such movies like Unni, in order to appreciate them.                      Murali Nair - Film Maker

Bollywood doesn’t sell abroad. What sells is  authenticity and the uniqueness.                        Aditya Bhattacharya – Film maker

2006-07 Girish Shahane – Art Historian Kailash Surendranath – Ad Film maker