Professor Deepak Malghan is an Indian ecological economist, social activist and author. He advocates for

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and transparency at work and against

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. He is professor in

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Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a public business school and Institute of National Importance located in Bangalore, India. Founded in 1973, it was the third IIM to be established, after IIM Calcutta and I ...

. He is an adjunct professor at Ashoka Trust for Ecology & Environment. He started a protest movement against

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for poor environment protection.

Early life

Prof. Malghan was born in

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, UK. His father Dr. Vaman Malghan was an Indian electrical engineer with a PhD from SUNY, Buffalo. Deepak Malghan obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from

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in 2006 for his dissertation titled ''On Being the Right Size : A framework for the analytical study of Scale, Economy and Ecosystem'' under the guidance of Prof.

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. Early research focused on human appropriation of the product of photosynthesis and ecological footprint of economic development. Other areas of interest include urban hydrology and social hydrology.

Activism

Malghan-led activists protested environmental degradation by a

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factory in

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run by

. They accused the company of dumping

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in inhabited areas instead of dealing with it as per international norms. Hindustan Unilever admitted its guilt in 2010. Subsequently, Malghan wrote a letter to IIM students urging them to dis-invite Hindustan Unilever during campus placement, which created controversy.

Polemic against Elitism

Malghan has claimed that social diversity at a workplace can improve accountability and transparency. He accused India's premier business schools of becoming elitist, and not having adequate representation from the underprivileged strata of society. He demanded drastic changes in

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policies at top management institutes, stating that these institutes have been misusing their autonomy for self aggrandizement. He protested against the extra income paid to IIM professors for official work such as conducting admission interviews. He made several RTI queries to obtain the pay details of top IIM officials.

Censure at workplace

IIM Bangalore issued a censure order to him, directing him to retract his e-mails sent to students. Malghan retracted his statement under protest. His fellow faculty members objected to his activities, saying it would hamper campus placement at management institutes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malghan, Deepak Living people 1973 births Indian economists

Early life

Activism

Polemic against Elitism

Censure at workplace

See also

References