Celebrating a “Humanly Rich” region: Best brains and worst poverty in co-existence

I was delighted to be a part of the Sri Lankan delegation representing the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) at the recently concluded South Asian Management Forum (SAMF) 2026, jointly organised by the Association of Management Development Institutions South Asia (AMDISA) and the Royal Institute of Management (RIM), Bhutan. I was looking forward to visiting the “land of the thunder dragon” (Druk Yul), which is famous for pioneering the G