The 20th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention will be held in Mumbai from August 27-29, 2008 and will focus on the theme of 'Nurturing Thought Leadership through Management Education'. The Convention will be held at Mumbai based Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research. MBAUniverse.com is the Official Management Portal for the Convention.
The Convention will have renowned speakers from management education fraternity and industry leaders. The key speakers at Convention are Mr KV Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank; Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group and Prof Dr Vijay Govindarajan, Professor, Tuck School & Chief Innovation Consultant at GE.
Mr Kishore Biyani, Group CEO, Future Group; Prof Dr Kewal Handa, President, AIMA & Managing Director, Pfizer India and Dr Uday Salunkhe, President – AIMS, and Director, Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai.
Taking about the Convention, Dr Uday Salunkhe said, "We look forward to the active participation and the privilege of valuable insights on various issues related to management education to enable us to develop better future leaders for India and the world as a whole."
The organizing committee for the 20th AIMS Convention is headed by Dr Uday Salunkhe, President, AIMS and Director, Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Dr MR Rao, President Elect AIMS (2008-09) & Dean – Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad and Dr P S Rao, Convention Director, Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research.
At the convention, AIMS will also recognize the best talent in management education by awarding academicians in categories like Ramaswamy P. Aiyar Best Young Teacher Award; Best Case Study Presentation Award; ICFAI Best Teacher Award; J.L. Batra Best Research Paper Award and Best Student Paper Award.
Formed in 1988, AIMS is as a network of 423 management institutes including the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs), Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Xavier Institutes, Welingkar Institute, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, ICFAI, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, SP Jain Institute of Management Research, Mumbai and others.
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