IMC 2016: Set to begin; AICTE Chairman, top Deans, CEOs to address the conclave on Aug 5 & 6

The 7thIndian Management Conclave is all set to begin on August 5 at IIM Ahmedabadwith its two days agenda of thought-provoking discussions on conference theme Institutional Leadership in Management Education.
Top global management thinkers and Deans, CEOs from marquee companies, and Whos Who from Indian management education, and 250 delegates including Directors and Deans from almost all Top 100 B-schools are all set to congregate at IIM Ahmedabad on August 5-6, 2016.

The key note addresses and thought provoking plenary sessions during 2 days of IMC 2016 will witness addresses by Policy makers, CXOs from corporate India, Directors and finest minds from Indian and global management education.
IMC 2016 Programme Agenda

August 5
The inaugural session on day 1 of IMC 2016 will see the Conclave inaugural address by Dr Ashish Nanda, Director, IIM Ahmedabad; Keynote Address by Dr Jitendra V. Singh, Chair Professor, Former Dean, HKUST Business School & Nanyang Business School; Faculty Emeritus, The Wharton School; Special Address byMr Harish Bhat, Member, Group Executive Council, Tata Sons and theWelcome Address by Mr Amit Agnihotri, Convener, Indian Management Conclave.
Key sessions on Day 1 are:

-- PLENARY Session on Attaining Academic Leadership
-- IMC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION 2016 - PRESENTATIONS BY FINALISTS on Theme 1: Academic Leadership: Ideas in Action
-- INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Dr David Schmittlein, Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
-- IMC DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS will be presented to outstanding business leaders who graduated from an Indian B-school and are now making a national and global impact.

August 6
On day 2 at IMC 2016, there will be special session on Case writing, teaching and distribution: An IIMA Perspective on Academic Excellence followed by plenary sessions; Directors round table; IMC Awards finalists presentation on theme-2; Presentation of IMC Awards 2016 and valedictory addresses by Dr A Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of AICTE; Mr. R S Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF Ltd (AMUL)

Important sessions on Day 2 are
-- SPECIAL SESSION on Case writing, teaching and distribution: An IIMA Perspective on Academic Excellence
-- PLENARY Session on Attaining Leadership in Corporate Engagement
-- IMC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION 2016 - PRESENTATIONS BY FINALISTS on Theme 2: The Leadership in Corporate Engagement: Models that work
-- DIRECTORS ROUNDTABLE on Achieving & Institutionalizing Leadership: Roadmap for Leaders
-- VALEDICTORY SESSION & PRESENTATION OF IMC AWARDS 2016 - Valedictory Address by Guest of Honour DrAnil D. Sahasrabudhe,Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Mr RS Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF Ltd (AMUL)

The stellar line up of speakers at IMC 2016 includes also Indias Top management thinkers and academic leaders namely Dr Bakul Dholakia, Director General IMI and former Director IIM Ahmedabad,Dr Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, NMIMS University; Dr M R Rao,Dean Emeritus, ISB and Former Director, IIMB; Dr Rishikesha T Krishnan,Director, IIM Indore; Dr Ranjan Banerjee, Dean, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) Mumbai; Dr H Chaturvedi, Alt President EPSI and Director, BIMTECH; Dr C P Shrimali, Acting Director, MDI Gurgaon; Dr Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur and Dr Arvind Sahay, Dean, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Distinguished business leaders from Corporate India will be joining IMC 2016 speakers line-up as well.

IMC 2016: FDPon August 4 at IIMA
One of the highlights of IMC conclave will be IMC faculty development workshop by IIMA Case Centre on Case Method.IIM Ahmedabad is well known for propagating Case Method of Teaching, and for developing the most insightful Cases. Dr Vijaya Sherry Chand, Professor, Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, IIMA and Dr M. R. Dixit, Professor, IIMA will be conducting IMC Faculty Workshop on Case Method.
Preceding the inaugural day of IMC 2016, on August 4, Faculty Development Workshop will be held at IIM Ahmedabad campus. The pre-registeredfaculty members from business schools can participate in the workshop which will be held from 2.30PM to 6.30PM atConference Hall, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Management Development Centre (KLMDC) Annexe, IIM Ahmedabad.

More details are onthis link.
IMC Awards for Excellence in Management Education
IMC Awards are Indias most prestigious awards for Excellence in Management Education. The core objective is to identify, document & recognize the Best-practices by B-schools & Universities. IMC Awards were presented byHRD Minister Mr Shashi Tharoor (2013); Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt-MD, Hero Motocorp (2014) and Mr Dilip Sanghvi, MD, Sun Pharma (2015). More than 30 leading B-schools have participated in IMC Awards 2016 Nomination Process, making it Indias biggest platform for collaborative learning for the benefit of 200 B-schools attending IMC 2016.

On August 5-6, top 10 Best-Practices/Cases, selected by eminent Jury, will make detailed presentation at IMC conference and the winners will receive awards from DrAnil D. Sahasrabudhe,Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Mr RS Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF Ltd (AMUL). More details are onthis link.

IMC Distinguished Alumni Awards
Initiated in 2015 to mark completion of 5 years of IMC platform, IMC Distinguished Alumni Awardsare presented to top CEOs who completed their MBA from Indian business school and are now making a global and national impact. 2016 Awards recipients have been announced and they are SPJIMR Alumna Ms Shilpa Divekar, CEO, India Region, Monsanto and IMT Ghaziabad Alumnus Mr Dev Amritesh, President & Chief Business Officer, Dominos Pizza India. More details are onthis link.
Conclave partners to IMC 2016 include Alliance University; BIMTECH Greater Noida; CFA Institute; EDII Ahmedabad; Emerald; Harvard Business Publishing; Hindu Business Line; IBM; IFIM B-School, Bangalore; Jaipuria Institute of Management; NMAT by GMAC; NMIMS University; Pearson; TalentEdge (all names in alphabetic order).

Initiative of MBAUniverse.com, the 1st Indian Management Conclave (IMC) was held in 2010. Today, six years later, IMC is widely recognized as Indias definitive thought-leadership platform for MBA educators, which brings the best minds from India and abroad to discuss the burning issues facing Indian MBA. Every year, IMC host 300+ Chairmen, Chancellors, VCs, Directors & Deans from Indias top 100 B-schools & Universities and from countries like UK, USA, Canada, China, Singapore and many more.

While the 6th edition of IMC was hosted by ISB at its Hyderabad campus, IIM Ahmedabad is hosting IMC 2016, the 7th edition of Indian Management Conclave at its campus.
The programme agenda can be accessed and downloaded fromDownload Program Agenda.