Rajagopal is recognized by the Indian Government for his contributions to education.
By JOSÉ ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Rajagopal, professor at EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey, was honored today with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest honor given by the Government of India to its nationals abroad for their contributions in and out the South Asian country.
The academic received the prize consisting of a medal and a diploma from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, during the valedictory session of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, in the city of Indore, in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Rajagopal was particularly distinguished for his contributions to education among 27 men and women of Indian origin who received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in its 2023 edition.
Representing the excellence achieved by the Indian diaspora in different fields, the laureates are selected by a jury and awards committee headed by the President of India and the Minister for External Affairs.
“(Rajagopal) has made a seminal contribution to rural development, farming communities, and women entrepreneurship in India through the transformation of conventional practices. Through social laboratories, he has infused business orientation among farm and non-farm entrepreneurs from 1984 to 2001. He is also credited for the synergy between the higher education systems of India and Mexico,” highlights an official publication of the awards.
The award-winner is a professor in the Department of Marketing and Business Intelligence at EGADE Business School and a researcher in the Thematic Area Group on Responsible Production, Marketing, and Consumption at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. He is also a Visiting Professor at Boston University and a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London.
Their teamwork and competitive spirit were deemed outstanding among participants from 36 business schools worldwide.
ByJOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
A team of students representing EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey received the Richard Outcault Team Spirit Award, within their participation in the 41st edition of the John Molson MBA International Case Competition, in Montreal, Canada.
This is a special accolade awarded to the team that demonstrates exemplary teamwork and competitive spirit.
"It is difficult to explain how wonderful this experience is. It opens an impressive door to the world; we have very different perspectives than the rest of the competitors who come from countries that are world powers. To learn how and what they think, what ideas they bring to the table, their analysis, and their experiences is very enriching. Thus, the competitiveness and excellence of the teams is notorious, and as the days went by, each case required more effort, more knowledge, and strategy as well," said Jarrín.
"The unpublished cases presented in the competition were exceptional, varying in industry, company size, and problems presented. It was a real challenge and honor to be able to analyze, solve and present these problems from real companies that generally have to deal with situations of the contemporary world," said Argüelles.
"Being surrounded by highly competitive professionals gives you a new perspective of the world and great humility to continue developing in the business world. In addition, learning how professionals from different parts of the world deal with problems help you get out of the paradigms that you had formed during your career and opens you up to many new possibilities and possible solutions for real-world problems," said Mellado.
“It is a life-changing event; Competing in an international arena with top-level schools from all over the world makes us work hard. The level of demand from the judges and the quality of the presentations are lessons that I will take with me and put into practice at work and school,” said Salinas.
THE COMPETITION
The competition, organized by the John Molson School of Business - Concordia University, and recognized globally as the most important of its type, was held from January 1 to 6, enjoying the participation of 36 business schools worldwide.
In the initial phase, under a round-robin format, all the teams had the opportunity to analyze five business cases and present their solution to a jury, applying their skills, knowledge, and experience.
The semi-finalists and finalists in the competition evaluated a fifth and sixth case, respectively, with the team from DeGroote School of Business - McMaster University winning first place.
EGADE Business School alumnae are on the list of leading women in the marketing industry.
By FERNANDA MORALES BACA | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Merca2.0 magazine published its 65 Marketing Women 2022 list, which includes three alumnae of EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
The list highlights leading women in the marketing industry who demonstrate the importance of creating democratized workplaces with a sense of governance, leadership, and inclusive representation.
The EGADE Business School alumnae are:
Silvia Dávila (MNE'97) President of Danone Latin America and General Director of Danone Mexico
"I am very curious, and the experience, my objectives have changed how I conceive my work, now I measure it in impact, in how this transforms the life of the communities," said the alumna of the Master in Business Economics.
Claudia Elizabeth Trujillo (MMT'15) Brand Manager at Ualá
"There is a need for equal opportunities for development, regardless of gender, age, sexual preference... it is not necessary to be given a position just for being a woman," said the alumna of the Master in Marketing.
Rosalva Rivera (MBA'18) UPS Marketing Director for Mexico and Latin America
“From my trenches, I have proposed and led different efforts to support and give tools to all women entrepreneurs. This motivates me to generate a real change,” said the EGADE MBA alumna.
The list was published in the September 2022 edition of Merca2.0.
We will soon say goodbye to 2022, a time to reflect on a year marked by numerous challenges that have disrupted business.
Added to the economic uncertainty derived from the pandemic is a context of war in Europe, a challenging global macroeconomic context, and a clearer and more severe diagnosis of the urgency of the global climate challenge. None of these topics is unrelated to our responsibility, as a global learning community, to redouble our efforts to contribute to solutions in an increasingly complex and volatile world.
In this EGADE 2022 Report: A year of transformation, innovation and social impact, the achievements and success stories experienced this year as members of the extraordinary EGADE Business School community are reflected. I invite you to recognize your effort in these pages and to dream of the ones you will want to write from 2023 onwards.
Likewise, I thank the entire community for their great commitment to our transformation as a school, to the update of our 2025 Strategic Plan and to our renewed purpose of "Rethinking the future of business so that it impacts the sustainable development of Latin America." Through innovative teaching, high-impact research, and our permanent relationship with our graduates, industry, civil society, and our global academic and institutional partners, I am sure that we continue to strengthen our contribution to the transformation of our society.
On the eve of a new year, which will undoubtedly bring us great challenges and new opportunities, receive my best wishes. I am sure that 2023, the year of the 80th anniversary of Tecnológico de Monterrey, will be a year full of many new lessons.
Five of EGADE Business School’s MBA and master’s programs were positioned in the top spot nationally and regionally of diverse business categories in the global ranking.
By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey reaffirmed its leadership in graduate business programs in Mexico and Latin America, according to the results of the 2022 Best Masters & MBAs prepared by the global ranking agency Eduniversal.
The programs from EGADE Business School’s portfolio that obtained first place nationally and regionally are:
EGADE MBA: #1 in Mexico and Latin America in the category Top 20General Management.
EGADE Full-Time MBA: #1 in Mexico and Latin America and #5 worldwide in the category Top 120 Entrepreneurship.
EGADE - UNC Charlotte MBA in Global Business & Strategy: #1 in Mexico and Latin America in the category Top 20 MBA Full-Time.
Master in Finance: #1 in Mexico and Latin America in the category Corporate Finance, and, at the same time, #23 worldwide in the category Financial Markets.
Master in Business Management: #1 in Mexico and Latin America and #13 worldwide in the category Top 100 Leadership.
“This recognition by Eduniversal, which we are proud to receive as a global learning community and basically thanks to the prestige, relevance and vibrant leadership of our faculty, students and graduates, reaffirms our commitment to deliver a transformative, international and superior academic experience, backed by an innovative, flexible program portfolio to drive the transformation of businesses and their positive impact on society,” commented Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School.
For this edition, the Eduniversal Best Masters & MBAs ranking evaluated 5,600 graduate programs from more than 1,800 universitiesand business schools in 154 countries and 9 geographical zones.
The ranking methodology evaluates graduate programs based on three criteria: reputation of the program, salary in graduates’ first job, and student satisfaction.
EGADE Business School has been featured as the best business school in Mexico and Latin America for 15 consecutive years, according to the results of Eduniversal Business Schools Ranking 2022, and is the only business school in Mexico to have earned the highest classification of the “5 Palmes of Excellence,” which includes the 100 top business schools recognized as ‘Universal Business Schools with strong global influence.’
Eduniversal is a global ranking agency specialized in business schools and universities, evaluating institutions and programs in France since 1994 and internationally since 2007.
Talks, conferences, panels, workshops and forums were offered by EGADE faculty, students and graduates, within the event organized by Tec de Monterrey.
ByJOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
EGADE Business School faculty, students and graduates participated as speakers at the tenth edition of INCmty 2022, the most important entrepreneurship festival in Latin America, organized by Tecnológico de Monterrey.
During the event, held from November 15 to 17 at the Cintermex convention center in Monterrey, ideas, opportunities and tools for the entrepreneurial community were presented in different talks, conferences, panels, workshops and forums.
Félix Cárdenas, director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, moderated a panel in which search funds and business acquisitions were discussed by experts in these topics.
In a conference, Carlos Dotor, director of the Innovative Entrepreneurship Zone at Tec Campus Toluca and Ph.D. in Administrative Sciences student at EGADE Business School, offered tips to drive family intrapreneurship.
Christian Salazar, Ph.D. in Administrative Sciences student at EGADE Business School and director of Social Entrepreneurship at Tec, recounted how the SME SOS program emerged, which, to date, has helped 800 SMEs with advice on digital inclusion within the framework of the crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, Fernando Padilla Ezeta, cofounder and CEO of Lendera Crowdfunding, and EGADE Business School MBA graduate, explained how to capitalize on leasing for company growth and development.
Jaime Rodríguez Himes, CEO of Merkauto.com and graduate of the Master in Marketing at EGADE Business School, shared how he went from 0 to 100 million by pursuing scalability with his nearly-new car dealership.
TERRITORIO NEGOCIOS
During INCmty, there were two special episodes of Territorio Negocios, the podcast of EGADE Business School and the Tec de Monterrey School of Business, reaching its 100th episode.
Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School, served as guest host of the special episodes recorded in the TecSounds Podcast Room at the festival.
The Dean talked with Alejandro Preinfalk, CEO and president of Siemens for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, on digital enterprises and technology with purpose.
Arredondo then discussed the transition to sustainable business models with Ariana Gómez, founder and CEO of Technology for Impact.
Preinfalk and Gómez also participated as speakers within INCmty.
As part of the INC Family Forum 2022, Horacio Arredondo, dean of EGADE Business School, delivered a workshop on the creation of the family board in family businesses, at the Tec Campus Monterrey congress center.
The INC Family Forum, which brings together entrepreneurial families from Mexico and Latin America, is organized by Tec de Monterrey’s Entrepreneurial Family Institute (IFEM).
During the fifth International Conference on Research in Entrepreneurship (EiiE), also on the INCmty 2022 agenda, Felipe Symmes, research professor at EGADE Business School, moderated a panel on conscious entrepreneurship in the face of the huge challenges of the future.
Moreover, Ernesto Amorós, research professor and associate dean of Faculty at EGADE Business School, participated in the presentation of the results of the 2022 GUESSS México Report: Entrepreneurial Spirit of University Students.
One of the most outstanding findings was that 31% of university students aim to start up an enterprise upon completing their degree, a figure which increases to 57% up to five years after graduation.
Amorós is a member of the group of authors of the report produced by EGADE Business School and the Entrepreneurship Observatory of Tec de Monterrey’s Eugenio Garza Lagüera Entrepreneurship Institute.
The fifth edition of EiiE took place in the La Carreta Pavilion at Tec Campus Monterrey.
An institution of higher education in India pays tribute to Carlos Scheel for his professional journey, contributions and leadership in circular economy.
By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Woxsen University, in Hyderabad, India, established the Chair Professorship Carlos Scheel Professor of Circular Economy and Sustainable Innovation, as a tribute to his professional journey, contributions and leadership in his field of study.
Scheel is an emeritus professor of EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey and leader of the research group that created the award-winning SWIT model (Sustainable Wealth Creation Based on Innovation and Technology).
The Woxsen University Carlos Scheel Chair Professorship, led by Dr. P. Swami Sairam, key initiatives include the creation of a Think Tank focused on developing a circular economy ecosystem for India’s metropolitan cities.
Within the framework of this recognition, Scheel recently visited the Indian institution where he offered sessions on circular economy for professors and MBA students, and witnessed the presentation of posters as part of the James Stoner Sustainability Competition.
Dr. Carlos Scheel Mayenberger from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, visits Woxsen’s campus to take sessions with faculty, and MBA and BBA students on Circular Economy.
The exhibition shows the winning images of the contest, whose objective is to promote the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
By JOSE ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
The exhibition of the fourth contest "Photographs to transform our world," in which the students, alumni, professors and collaborators of EGADE Business School participated, was inaugurated on November 1 at its Monterrey site.
The contest's objective, open from August 29 to October 2, was to invite the EGADE Community to rethink the future of business so that it impacts the sustainable development of Latin America by promoting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.
The exhibit was integrated with the three winning photos and the ten photos with honorable mentions of the contest.
The opening ribbon was cut by Horacio Arredondo, Dean of EGADE Business School; Sonia Monárrez, Director of Strategic Intelligence at EGADE Business School; and Daniel Maranto, Director of EGADE Business School, Monterrey headquarters.
WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS
1st place. Alonso Campos Almochantaf. Student. SDG 1: End of Poverty.
2nd. place. Jose Ernesto Amoros. Professor. SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
3rd. place. Eva Maria Guerra Leal. Alumna/Professor. SDG 1: End of Poverty.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Eduardo Enrique Aguiñaga. Alumnus/Professor. SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
Catalina Maria Velez. Alumna. SDG 15: Life on Land Ecosystems.
Jose Ernesto Amoros. Professor. SDG 14: Life Underwater.
Charmein Izaguirre González. Collaborator. SDG 15: Life on Land Ecosystems.
Eduardo Enrique Aguiñaga. Alumnus/Professor. SDG 15: Life on Land Ecosystems.
Erika Trevino Longoria. Collaborator. SDG 15: Life on Land Ecosystems.
Ricardo Antonio González Arriaga. Student. SDG 15: Life on Land Ecosystems.
Alonso Campos Almochantaf. Student. SDG 13: Climate Action.
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