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Celebrity profs

India hasn’t reached the stage where top professors acquire celebrity status, but it could be getting there. At an event organised by the All India Management Association, a student asked IIM Bangalore Director Pankaj Chandra for his autograph. Professor Chandra was a bit taken aback and suggested the student get autographs of important persons at the function — the student was adamant, so Chandra obliged.


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