2017
INDIAN SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS & FINANCE
NEW DELHI
JUNE
Vol 1, Issue 1
the
the INQUIRER
INQUIRER
When Wall Street suffered the
worst points fall in its history
in October, 2008, there were
499 fallers in the Standard &
Poor's 500 index. There was
only one climber – the world's
biggest soup manufacturer.
Campbell's Soup stood ever
taller while all around fell.
So, is it really true that
people slurp more soup in
moments of economic
hardship?
The Inquirer is about perspective.
It could, at the cost of a seeming overclaim, change your life in many ways. You
could be a student, a parent, an instructor, an advisor, a counselor, an employer
or even one of our treasured alumni. We wager that The Inquirer has the power to
encourage you to think critically and creatively and increase your understanding of
how and why modern societies, institutions and economic systems function in the
way they do.
The London School of Economics and Political Science, which designs, curates
and evaluates the EMFSS (Economics, Management, Finance and Social Sciences)
undergraduate programme at the Indian School of Business and Finance (ISBF)
believes religiously in its motto ‘rerum cognoscere causas’: to understand the
causes of things. You can only find out the causes of things by asking questions.
The Inquirer will help you think about why things are the way they are. Potentially
engaging and intellectually rewarding, The Inquirer requires YOU, dear reader. It
is meant to trigger dialogue. We, at ISBF do not believe in monologues. The only
way in which this will be meaningful is if you suggest ideas. Let them be disruptive,
counter-intuitive. That’s what we relish!
You can expect The Inquirer in your inboxes mid-month, once every two months.
This, our Pilot Issue, or if you like, our catch-up edition, demonstrates how our
pedagogy encompasses the gamut of student or faculty driven activities here (Page
2). It also gives you a sneak peek into the latest academic and co-curricular
happenings at ISBF (Page 3). And asks you a few (not-so-serious) questions of its
own (Page 4).
So, let’s do a quick check. Ask yourself these questions.
Do I want to develop a questioning outlook and be critical of my own work?
Do I want to link ideas from various disciplines to create new ways of thinking
about issues in the real world?
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Do I want the challenge of developing more than one way of thinking about
the social, economic, business and political world(s)?
Do I want to work co-operatively with others to share my ideas and learn how
to develop this important skill for the world of work?
Events If you have a yearning to answer ‘YES’ to the above, then you are certainly
someone who is the rightful reader of The Inquirer.
Alumni Spotlight We look forward to interacting with you.
Quiz May your wits be with you!