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Press Release Hyderabad, September 24, 2004: The Indian School of Business 'Business and Arts - Creativity Beyond Thought Leadership Programme' reached a grand finale today with an impressive array of artistes sharing insights into their art with the ISB community. Paresh Maity, one of India's renowned artists, unveiled his painting during the highly charged event. The ISB was honoured to have Paresh Maity, the renowned painter, as the 'Artist in Residence' this year. Over the last few days he worked in the ISB campus, while interacting with the student community, to create a painting exclusively for the ISB. The outcome was 'Admiration' which was unveiled to thunderous applause at the seminar today. Says Paresh Maity of his time at the ISB, "The peaceful surroundings and charged atmosphere here helped me create 'Admiration' - a representation of the love and harmony between man and woman that I have long been wanting to create. As I worked, it was certainly encouraging to observe the keen interest of the students and their families, not only in my work, but in the art world in general." "No other B-school in the country has an initiative of this kind. The ISB has recognised the underlying creativity that is common to both business and the arts," said Mr. Vikram Sethi, noted Art Curator. Mr. Sethi has been instrumental in conceptualizing and working with the ISB to make this programme a success over the last three years. Prior to his presentation at the seminar, Ashok Salian took time off his busy schedule to conduct an informal photography workshop for the ISB community. Commenting on the high levels of interest for the Business and Arts programme he said, "It is wonderful to see how keen these students are to be involved in initiatives of this kind. If I had had the opportunity to interact with artistes of this caliber during my college days, I would have realized much earlier my calling to photography." The 'Business & Arts' programme has now entered the third year generating a lot of enthusiasm among the artist and student community. Vikram Sethi, noted art curator, says the ISB's initiative to stimulate creative thinking amongst B school students through arts is in keeping with the global practices of a truly international school. Contributed by - |
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