20th AIMS Annual Convention: KV Kamath, Vijay Govindarajan, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Kishore Biyani to address theme 'Thought leadership in Management Education'

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Amit Agnihotri
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Updated on August 5, 2016
The stage is all set for the 20th AIMS Annual Convention, to be held on August 27-29, 2008 at the Mumbai based Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai.

Leading Management Experts and Business Leaders will address the theme of 'Nurturing Thought Leadership through Management Education' at the Convention.  

Noted management guru and expert on Strategic Innovation Prof Dr Vijay Govindarajan, Professor, Tuck School & Chief Innovation Consultant at GE will deliver the Keynote Address. The Inaugural Address will be delivered by Mr KV Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank and President of Confederation of Indian Industry. The Valedictory Address will be delivered by Mr Kumar Managalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group.  

The convention will host discussions on sub themes including India- The Knowledge Capital; Leadership development at the grass root level; The Innovation imperative – Expectations from B-Schools; B-Labs-Incubating the Enterprise of the Future; Ecology for Thought Leadership; Responsible Leadership; Voice of the Customer and New tools in Management. 

The three day convention will have renowned speakers from management fraternity.  

On day one, Dr Aftab Seth, Chaiman, International Advisory Committee-KEIO University Japan; Ms Roopa Purushothaman, Head- Future Capital Research & Co-Author BRIC report; Ms Anjali Raina, Executive Director – India Research Centre, Harvard Business School; Ms Supriya Sule, Grassroot Leader in Education, Member of Parliament and Swami Parthasarathy, Founder, Vedanta Academy will address the convention. 

The Day 2 speakers at the Convention include noted entrepreneur and Group CEO of the Future Group Mr Kishore Biyani; Prof Dr Sten Ekman, Research Director, Malardalen University, Sweden; Prof Dr Banny Banerjee, Director, Stanford Design Program, Stanford, USA; Mr Rajiv Narang, Founder CMD, Erehwon Innovation Consulting; Mr Damodar Mall, CEO, Innovation & Incubation, Future Group; Ms Heather MA Fraser, Director, Designworks & Adjunct Professor, Business Design Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada; Mr Satish Pradhan, Executive Vice President Group HR, Tata Sons; Prof Ms Poonam Kasturi, Founder Faculty, Srishti School of Art, Design & technology; Mr Mahesh Tharoor, Director, Energy Solutions, Asia, Johnson Controls; Dr Furqan Qamar, Advisor, Education Planning Commission, Government of India; Mr Alwin Agnel, Founder CEO, Pagalguy.com; Dr Dan Ie Clair, Vice President & Chief Knowledge Officer, AACSB International; Capt Raghu Raman, CEO, Mahindra SSG; Mr Surya Vanka, Sr Manager, user Experience, Microsoft, USA and Mr Magnus Ericsson, COO, Ericsson, Sweden. 

Prof Dr Zahoor Hasan, Past President, AMDISA, Pakistan; Prof Dr Kewal Handa, President, AIMA & Managing Director, Pfizer India Ltd. and Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, Mythologist will be the speakers on the third day. 

With a power-packed line up of distinguished speakers, the 20th AIMS Annual Convention is expected to show the way for development of management education in the country.  

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