AIMA President D Shivakumar to address MBAUniverse.com Bengaluru forum

The stage is all set for the 2nd Annual MBAUniverse.com Directors RoundTable 2013, to be held on April 2 in Bengaluru. Global CXOs & Newsmakers, Global Management Thought-leaders, Bestselling Authors & HR Gurus & leading MBA Directors will address the forum on the Programme Theme: Doing the Doable: The New Models for Sustainability & Growth in MBA Education.

Mr D Shivakumar, Nokias Operations Head for India, West Asia and Africa, & President, All India Management Association (AIMA) will be delivering the Inaugural Address at the MBAUniverse.com RoundTable. With his rich experiences of running the global operations in 90 countries for Finish mobile giant, Mr Shivakumar will speak on how to produce MBAs with global mindset.

The Keynote Address will be delivered by Global Management Thinker Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Ranked at number 11 on the Thinkers 50 Worlds Top Business Thinkers & Harvard Business Publishing author of 11 books on Talent Management & HR.

Other key speakers include Mr Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, TeamLease Services; Mr Abhijit Bhaduri, Chief Learning Officer, WIPRO Group & Author of Dont Hire the Best; Prof J Philip, Founder, XIME & Founder-President, AIMS. Many more academic thought leaders will be addressing the forum.

The MBAUniverse.com Round Table aims to put spotlight on key challenges like policy conundrum, over supply, shrinking demand. The speakers will also highlight how B-schools can stimulate demand and develop strategies to effectively reach & engage with MBA aspirants in the Digital Era. Simultaneously, the forum will also focus on enhancing learning experience and increasing employability of MBA graduates.

The distinguished academicians who will address the forum include Mr. Sanjay Padode, Secretary, IFIM Business School; Dr. Tapan K. Panda, Director, PGDM & Kotler Srinivasan Center for Research in Marketing, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai; Prof William Verdini, Associate Dean and Director of External Relations, MYRA & Prof Emeritus, Arizona State University; Prof Swaminathan Murthy, Dean, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore; and Dr. N.R.Parasuraman, Director, SDM Institute For Management Development, Mysore.

The forum will highlight what progressive B-schools are doing to sustain and grow, even if the environment is tough & unpredictable.

Talking on the Directors Round Table, Mr. Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com, said, The annual Directors Round table at Bengaluru is aimed at creating a healthy debate on the state of MBA education in our country and find ways of sustaining qualitative growth in the management education sector. We also expect leading scholars, Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Directors, CXOs, and distinguished educators to brainstorm on the way forward for management education in India.Venue and other details:

Date & Time: Tuesday, April 02, 2013; 4.30 PM-8.30 PM, followed by Dinner
Venue: The Century Club, 1, Seshadri Road, Cubbon Park, Bengaluru
More than 150 Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Presidents, Directors, Deans & Decision-makers from Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and other parts of southern region are expected to attend the forum.
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