IIM Lucknow to host IMC 2017: Nominations for IMC Awards open; Jury chair is Dr KRS Murthy, former IIM Bangalore Director

Indias biggest Management Education Conclave, the 8th Indian Management Conclave (IMC) has been announced. IIM Lucknow will host the IMC 2017 at its Noida campus on August 4 & 5, 2017. IMC 2017 has also announced the opening of nominations forIMCAward for Excellence in Management Education 2017 for the B-schools and Universities in India. The theme of IMC 2017 is Curriculum for New Era.

ThenominationprocessforIMCAwards2017isnow open for the B-schools.Management education doyen and great institution builder,Dr KRS Murthy, Former Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, is theJury Chair for IMC Awards 2017.

The annual IMCAward for Excellence in Management Education is one of the key highlights ofIMCConclave. Set up in2013 to further the vision ofIMCConference to document and recognize the best initiatives from B-schools and Universities in India, IMCAwardsare today recognized as Indias most prestigious and credible Management EducationAwards.

The B-schools can now nominatetheirinitiativesforIMCAwards2017. Last date of Nomination forIMCAwards2017isMay 31.B-schools offering MBA/MMS/PGDM programmes can initiate the process of nominating their best initiative by downloading the IMC Award 2017 nomination form

IMC Awards2017Themes
IMC Awards 2017 will be given away on two themes related to future of MBA education in India and abroad.

Theme 1: Developing a Future-ready Curriculum
The need for updating and modifying MBA curriculum is more urgent than ever. The core MBA curriculum aims to create a strong foundation in fundamental aspects of business management in areas like Economics, Finance, Marketing, Strategy, HR, IT & Operations. Electives aspire to give a deeper insight into a business function, domain or practice.

The theme will explore the successful initiatives taken by B-schools to make their curriculum more relevant. Such Initiatives could be Reviewing and Revamping the Core Curriculum; Offering new disciplines as part of Core Curriculum in areas like Decision-making, Risk management, Digital business management; Revisiting the Elective Curriculum for emerging business realities; Corporate Partnership Models for development and continuous review of Curriculum with in partnership with the Industry Championing emerging or untapped disciplines/sectors/practices for developing differentiated curriculum strategy.

B-schools can document & share their best initiative in this category with peers, policy-makers and industry colleagues through IMC Awards 2017 platform.

Theme 2: Aligning Curriculum with desired MBA Competencies
The theme is based on Global and Indian researches which clearly indicate a miss- alignment between the coverage of MBA curricula and competencies required on the job.

Reasons for this miss-alignment can be many. The theme explores the successful initiatives taken by the B-schools after carefully understanding their students profile, limitations and after assessing competencies required for placements like conducting research to understand employers expectations from management graduates.

IMCAwardsHighlights are:

Indias most prestigious and credible Management Education Award
Conceptualized by IMC for documenting & recognizing Best-practices from Indian B-schools
Selection by unbiased & eminent Jury purely on the merit of nomination/case/initiative
Award Presentation byHRD Minister, Global management-thinkers and Businessicons
No registration or participation fee charged for participation
Past Award WinningInitiativespublished by Pearson Education & McGraw Hill


Eminent Jury for IMCAwards2017
IMC Awards 2017 will be judged by eminent Jury comprising Dr KRS Murthy, Former Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore (Jury Chair); Mr S Sivakumar, Divisional Chief Executive, Agri Business Division, ITC Ltd andDr KK Jain, Dean - Academic, IIM Indore.

IMC Awards 2017: National stage to showcase the achievements and initiatives
IMC Awards provide an opportunity to the B-schools to get a national stage to showcase the good work they are doing by nominating their initiative. IMC Award winners are awarded and appreciated by Policy-makers, Corporates & HR community and the Education community in India and Abroad.

Among the key benefits derived by the B-schools from IMC Awards are that the IMC Awards provide opportunity to documenttheirsuccessfulinitiativesin Curriculum Design areas and provide opportunity for learning and Faculty Development by participating inIMCAwardsand attending IMC conference. It offers Branding & Visibility oftheinstitution amongst top academic institutions in India and Abroad

More than 100 past participants
More than 100 institutions have participated in Indian Management Conclave (IMC) each year. Some of the past participants include IIM Calcutta; IIM Lucknow; IIM Udaipur, IIM Kashipur; IIM Trichy; ISB Hyderabad; IIFT Delhi; XLRI Jamshedpur; JBIMS Mumbai; MDI Gurgaon; SPJIMR Mumbai; NMIMS Mumbai; NITIE Mumbai; SIBM Pune; IMI New Delhi; IMT Ghaziabad; XIM Bhubaneswar; K J Somaiya Mumbai; SITM Pune; SCMHRD Pune; MICA Ahmedabad; NIRMA University Ahmedabad; BIMTECH Greater Noida; IFMR Chennai; GIM Goa; Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida; IFIM Bangalore; SIBM Bangalore; XIME Bangalore; TAPMI Manipal; DSIMS Mumbai among others.

IMC attracts international participants from all over the world. Some of the past participants are The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School, Hong Kong; Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Macquarie International Australia; Eastern University Dhaka, Bangladesh, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Pakistan among others.

The winning initiatives in IMC awards are documented and shared with 1000+ Institutions and 10,000+ educators in India and abroad. IMC Awards is a non-profit initiatives and no fee is charged from participating institutions.

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