IMC 2026 Speakers: Policy Makers, Global Deans, CXOs, and Academic Leaders

IMC 2026 Speakers: Announcements Coming Soon
The past fifteen editions of Indian Management Conclave (IMC) have featured Former Presidents of India, Policy makers including Union Secretaries, Deans of Harvard Business School, Oxford Saïd, MIT Sloan, Yale SOM, and Chairmen and CEOs of India’s largest enterprises. See list of past IMC speakers below. 

The 16th Indian Management Conclave 2026 will bring together a distinguished line-up of Policy Makers, Thought Leaders, Business Leaders and CXOs, Academic Leaders, Journal Editors, and other important voices. Confirmed list of speakers for IMC 2026 will be announced progressively in the lead-up to September 18–19, 2026 at IIM Lucknow Noida.
Watch this space. Speaker announcements will begin soon.

IMC PAST SPEAKERS
IMC has convened some of the most respected voices in education policy, business and management education over fifteen editions. A partial list follows.

Chief Guests

  • Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India | Chief Guest, 10th IMC 2019
  • Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Former President of India | Chief Guest, 12th IMC 2022
  • Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India | Valedictory Address, 15th IMC 2025


Thought Leaders @ IMC

  • Dr Srikant Datar, Dean, Harvard Business School, USA; Co-author of Rethinking the MBA
  • Dr Henry Mintzberg, Management Guru and Author; Cleghorn Professor, McGill University
  • Dr Soumitra Dutta, Dean, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK
  • Dr Vijay Govindarajan, Thinker, Author, and Coxe Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
  • Dr David Schmittlein, Former Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
  • Dr Edward A. Snyder, Former Dean, Yale School of Management, USA
  • Dr Jikyeong Kang, President and Dean, Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Manila, Philippines
  • Dr Dipak C. Jain, President, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai.
  • Dr Pankaj Ghemawat, Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School, Spain
  • Dr Bharat N. Anand, Faculty Chair, HBX Initiative (now Harvard Business School Online), Harvard Business School, USA
  • Dr Lin Zhou, Former Dean, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Dr Howard Thomas, Former Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB), Singapore Management University


Corporate Leaders @ IMC

  • Mr R C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India
  • Mr Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nestlé India
  • Mr Dilip Shanghvi, Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Mr Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Limited
  • Mr C P Gurnani, Former MD and CEO, Tech Mahindra
  • Mr Shyam Srinivasan, Former MD and CEO, Federal Bank
  • Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Former Joint MD, Hero MotoCorp; Chairman, Hero Enterprise
  • Mr R S Sodhi, Former Managing Director, GCMMF (AMUL)
  • Mr Vineet Nayar, Former Vice Chairman, HCL Technologies; Author of Employees First, Customers Second
  • Mr Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India and South Asia
  • Mr Kamal Bali, President and MD, Volvo Group India
  • Mr Hemant Malik, Executive Director, ITC Limited
  • Mr Neetan Chopra, Chief Digital and Information Officer, IndiGo


Policy Makers @ IMC

  • Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • Shri Rajesh Agrawal, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India; Recipient, IMC Distinguished Alumni Award 2025
  • Dr Rajiv Kumar, Former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
  • Dr T G Sitharam, Former Chairman, AICTE
  • Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe, Former Chairman, AICTE
  • Dr S S Mantha, Former Chairman, AICTE


Academic Leaders @ IMC 

  • Dr Bakul Dholakia, Former Director, IIM, Ahmedabad
  • Dr M R Rao, Dean Emeritus, ISB and Former Director, IIM Bangalore
  • Dr Shekhar Chaudhuri, Former Director, IIM Calcutta
  • Dr KRS Murthy, Former Director, IIM Bangalore
  • Dr Pritam Singh, Former Director, IIM Lucknow & MDI Gurgaon


IMC Founder and Chair

  • Mr Amit Agnihotri, Founder and Chair, Indian Management Conclave; Founder, MBAUniverse.com. Co-author of Envisioning Future of Indian MBA Education (McGraw-Hill, 2015) and Enhancing B-School Competitiveness (Pearson, 2016)