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...library to get my work done.” But with few spaces open all night, students have no choice but to study at Lamont all night. And the temptation to take breaks and socialize is often too great. Lamont “regulars” Neesha M. Rao ’08 and Adam M. Jasienski ’08 count Lamont’s social atmosphere among its major perks. “We cuddle,” said Jasienski, who spent last Saturday night in Lamont studying with Rao. “It?...
...hint of the types of performances to be highlighted at Arts First, then next week promises to be as diverse and varied as it is interesting and talented. The one-hour show will give the audience a glimpse into a traditional South Indian music called Carnatic. Vocalists Samir V. Rao ’08 and Vasanthi Sridhar ’07 will perform, accompanied on traditional Carnatic instruments by violinist Vivek A. Rudrapatna ’06, and mridangam (a double sided South Indian drum) player Shakeel Avadhany (MIT ’09). According to Rudrapatna, Carnatic music is very...
...does Rao bring business-school Type A's in touch with their inner yogi? He draws on his knowledge of Indian spirituality but speaks to businesspeople in a language they understand, says Sreedhar Kona, who took the course at Columbia in 2004. Rao has a Ph.D. in marketing from Columbia and spent half a dozen years in that business, including working in a pivotal position on promotions for the movie The Exorcist. It was then that he asked himself the question he regularly poses to his classes: "Is this what you want your legacy...
...Rao, who is on sabbatical from Long Island University in Brookville, N.Y., where he has taught the course since 1994, is expanding his mission beyond business students. A book based on his principles, Are You Ready to Succeed?, was published early this year, and he recently started teaching seminars based on this course for the public...
Ultimately Rao is counting on his students to create a more genuine ethic of business, one that would not allow a scandal like Enron to take root. He likes to imagine what a generation of other-centered businesspeople could do for the world. "In about a decade, my students will be in leadership positions," he says with a satisfied smile. "And they will ask, What can I do to make things better...