The IMC Awards 2014 promise to be bigger and better, with greater participation from 100+ B-schools & Universities.
Dr Bakul Dholakia, well known management academician and Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad is the Chairman of IMC Awards 2014 Jury. Much respected for his bold stance on the ‘Autonomy of Higher Education Institutions’, Padma Shri awardee Dr. Bakul Dholakia has been a major motivator and guiding force behind the expansion of activities at IIMA. Dr Bakul Dholakia is currently the Director of Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad and Advisor to Adani Group. He has been a Consultant to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank besides advising various National and International organizations. He has authored numerous books in Business Economics, Corporate Strategy, and Development Economics etc.
Awards Themes
There are three contemporary themes for inviting nominations for IMC Awards 2014.
Theme 1: Expanding Applicant Pool: Approaches that work
Theme 2: Rethinking What to teach and How: Innovations in Curriculum & Pedagogy
Theme 3: Deepening Industry-Institute engagement: New models for greater connect
More details on each of the themes will be available soon on IMC 2014 microsite on MBAUniverse.com.
IMC Conference 2014
The 5th edition of Indian Management Conclave (IMC), to be held in New Delhi on August 8-9, 2014, will bring the best minds from India and abroad to discuss the conference theme – ‘Envisioning the Future’. Recognized as India’s biggest & the best MBA education conference, IMC 2014 will draw on the rich experience of global thought-leaders in MBA education to shed light on possible future directions of Indian MBA education.
The keynote address will be delivered by Management Guru Dr Howard Thomas, Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Dr Howard Thomas is a globally recognized thought-leader on the burning topic of Sustainability & Future of Management Education. His two recent books ‘The Business School in the 21st Century’ and ‘Promises Fulfilled and Unfulfilled in Management Education’ offer a fresh perspective on Sustainability of Management Education. He is a highly-cited scholar, who is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, USA, the British Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. Dr Thomas is a past Chair of the Board of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). the Association of Business Schools (ABS) and the Global Foundation of Management Education (GFME).
IMC 2014 will host many other distinguished international speakers from US, Canada, China and Singapore.
Talking about IMC 2014 theme ‘Envisioning the Future’, Amit Agnihotri, Convener, Indian Management Conclave, and Founder, MBAUniverse.com said, “We all know the challenges that our B-schools are facing. The bigger issue is - how do we see Indian MBA education 10 years from now – in 2025? It’s time, we came together to develop a vision for the future of Indian MBA education. With guidance from gurus & stakeholders, IMC 2014 will help develop a vision for the future. The vision document will then galvanize our thinking & also become a tool to influence policy.”
Indian Management Conclave 2014 on Aug 8-9; Keynote by Dr Howard Thomas, Dean, SMU
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