AICTE Chairman, top MBA educators @ MBAUniverse.com Pune meet at Tata Center, March 28

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Amit Agnihotri
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Updated on March 25, 2014
The stage is all set for MBAUniverse.com Western Region RoundTable, to be held on March 28 in Pune, where Chairmen, Trustees, Directors from 50 leading B-schools from Pune, Mumbai and the Western Region will be sharing their concerns and suggestions with

The stage is all set for MBAUniverse.com Western Region RoundTable, to be held on March 28 in Pune, where Chairmen, Trustees, Directors from 50 leading B-schools from Pune, Mumbai and the Western Region will be sharing their concerns and suggestions with AICTE Chairman Dr SS Mantha. In addition, MBAUniverse.com is bringing many national and international thought leaders to present the global perspective on MBA education.

The speakers for MBAUniverse.com Western Region RoundTable include AICTE Chairman Dr SS Mantha, top Indian MBA educators, Dr Peter Lorange, former President at IMD Lausanne, and CXOs from global knowledge organizations like IBM FULCRUM, Harvard Business Publishing & Emerald Insights. The venue for MBAUniverse.com Western Region RoundTable is Tata Management Training Center (TMTC), Pune.

Dr SS Mantha, AICTE Chairman, accepting the invitation from MBAUniverse.com to address this meet, said, “I am happy to be addressing this MBAUniverse.com Program. I look forward to sharing my views on Management Education in my Keynote Address. I will also be interacting with B-school Directors and representatives to understand their concerns.”

The key topics for discussion at the MBAUniverse.com Round Table are:

-Sustaining Pune as the Hub of Management Education

-Innovative Delivery Models in MBA Education

-Reinvigorating PGDM: The way forward

The program will witness a lively Panel Discussion on ‘State of Indian MBA education’, which will be chaired by Dr Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, NMIMS University Mumbai and a well known management educator and administrator. Dr Rajni Gupte, VC, Symbiosis International University, Pune; Dr Ashok Joshi, Director, Indian Institute of Cost and Management Studies & Research (INDSEARCH), Pune; Dr Indira Parikh, former Dean of IIM A and President of FLAME Pune and Dr Pradeep Racherla, Director‐Postgraduate Programs, Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad will be participating in the panel discussion.

Other key speakers for the program include Dr Shubro Sen, noted management thought-leader & co-founder of 'Conscious Capitalism Institute USA'; Mr. Michael J Cruz, Vice-President & Managing Director, Emerald Group Publishing (India) and Mr Vinay Hebbar, Managing Director, Asia Pacific of the Harvard Business Publishing.      

Perhaps the highlight of the MBAUniverse.com Western Region RoundTable is a unique ‘Open House’ session where AICTE Chairman shall listen to the concerns and suggestions of B-school Chairmen, Trustees & Directors. Participants and Special Invitees for this session include:

- Dr Promod Kumar, Group President, ISB&M Group (Pune, Kolakata, Bangalore and Gurgaon)

- Ms. Madhumita Patil, CEO Chetana's Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai

- Dr D Y Patil, Former AIMS President & Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's BVIMSR, Navi Mumbai - Dr Dinesh D Harsolekar Director, IES MCRC, Mumbai- Dr Pandit Mali, Director, Indira Institute of Management, Pune

- Dr DP Apte, Director, MIT SOB, Pune

Speaking on the rationale behind the meet, Mr Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com said, "The MBAUniverse.com Western India RoundTable presents a big opportunity for the Chairmen, Trustees, Directors and Deans of the leading B Schools of Western India to discuss about the ongoing challenges being faced by the management education in India. The meet will also aims at generating viable solutions to the burning issues. We are thankful to AICTE Chairman and distinguished MBA educators for accepting to address this program. MBAUniverse.com will prepare a summary of our discussions and present it to AICTE for further consultations."

Being held in all major centers of management education in India like Bangalore, Chennai and Pune, the MBAUniverse.com Roundtable series has been attracting top notch speakers. Past speakers include Ms Vinita Bali, former MD, Britannia Industries; Mr Subrato Bagchi, Co-founder, MindTree; Mr D Shivakumar, CEO, Nokia; Mr Ravi Venkatesan, Director on the Boards of Infosys and AB Volvo; Mr Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, TeamLease Services and Mr Abhijit Bhaduri, CLO, WIPRO Group.

The meet is supported by IBM FULCRUM Worldwide, Emerald Insight, Woxsen School of Business and Harvard Business Publishing.

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