SPJIMR, IMT Ghaziabad win Gold at IMC Awards 2017; Symbiosis B-schools win 3 awards

SPJIMR Mumbai and IMT Ghaziabad emerged as the winners of Gold Award at IMC Awards 2017 held at the 8^th edition of Indian Management Conclave (IMC), organized by MBAUniverse.com and hosted by IIM Lucknow on August 4 and 5, 2017. The awards were presented by AICTE Chairman Dr Anil D. Sahasrabudhe and Mr R Sukumar, Editor, MINT newspaper.

Eminent Jury for IMC Awards 2017 comprised Dr KRS Murthy, Former Director, IIM Bangalore (Jury Chairman); Mr S Sivakumar, Divisional Chief executive, Agri Business Division, ITC; Dr CP Shrimali, Acting Director, MDI and Dr K K Jain, Dean - Academic, IIM Indore.

IMC Awards 2017 were presented on two themes. Theme 1 was on ‘Developing a Future-ready Curriculum’ and Theme 2 focused on ‘Aligning Curriculum with desired MBA Competencies’.  Entries from B-schools were judged on both the themes and winners for IMC Awards 2017 were presented with Gold, silver and Bronze separately in both the categories.

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Winners of Theme 1: Developing a Future-ready Curriculum

GOLD WINNER

Institute: Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad
Case Title: I’M The Change – An Initiative on Sustainability & Social Responsibility
Presented by: Dr Kasturi Das, Faculty-in-Charge, Sustainability & Social Responsibility, IMT Ghaziabad

SILVER WINNER

Institute: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
Case Tile: Inspiring Equipping & Enabling Youngsters to be Job Creators
Presented by: Dr R Raman, Director, SIBM Pune

BRONZE WINNER

B School : SCMHRD Pune
Initiative Title: Towards Vision Accomplishment of Nation Development through MBA in Infrastructure Management (IM) Programme
Presenter: Prof Vasundhara Sen, Adjunct Faculty, Infrastructure Management, SCMHRD Pune & Dr Netra Neelam, Deputy Director, SCMHRD Pune

Winners on Theme-2: Aligning Curriculum with desired MBA Competencies

GOLD WINNER

Institute: SP Jain institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai
Case Title: Embedded Simulations and Decision making
Presented by: Dr Rajiv Agarwal, Head of case Centre and Simulations Development, SPJIMR Mumbai

SILVER WINNER

Institute: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Bangalore
Case Title: SC IE NCE Approach of Curriculum Development
Presenter: Prof. A Vidyasagar, Deputy Director, SIBM Bengaluru

BRONZE WINNER

Institute: Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) Greater Noida
Case Title: Quality Audit for Aligning MBA Curriculum
Presenter: Dr A K Dey, Professor, BIMTECH Greater Noida

Overview of each initiative will be published by MBAUniverse.com in coming days.

IMC Award for Excellence in Management Education (IMC Awards) furthers the vision of IMC Conference by identifying, documenting and recognizing the best initiatives by Indian B-schools. India's most distinguished MBA educators like former Directors of IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, XLRI and ISB judge the award entries and select the winners. Awards have earlier been presented by HRD Minister, AICTE Chairman, Global Management-Thinkers and Business icons. The winning initiatives are published by Pearson and McGraw Hill.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on Indian Management Conclave 2017.

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