New Delhi : The 5th edition of the Indian Management Conclave (IMC), the flagship event of MBAUniverse.com which began on August 8, came to a befitting conclusion on August 9 with the IMC Awards 2014 being conferred upon the winners by Shri Sunil Kant Munjal, Joint Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp and by Dr Subramanian Swamy, Former Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Senior BJP Leader. The finalists from different B-schools from across the country presented their case-studies, including presentations by Deans of IIMs, XLRI, SPJIMR, NMIMS, and Symbiosis, talking about the best practices for improving the landscape of management education in India. The two day conference saw several workshops being conducted including on Curriculum Development, Business Simulation, Case Study Teaching, MBA Education in SAARC Countries etc.  The Conclave came to a close with the IMC award ceremony as an initiative to recognize the best practices in Curriculum, Pedagogy & industry engagement in Indian Management Education.

The IMC Award were judged by three respected MBA educators – Dr. Bakul Dholakia, Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad; Dr. Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor, NMIMS University and Dr. Rishikesha Krishnan, Director, IIM Indore. Global publisher McGraw Hill will be publishing ‘IMC 2014 Conference Proceedings’, a hard-copy 200 page book, documenting and highlighting the learning’s from each of the IMC Award Winners. This in turn, will help B-schools in the future to learn and adopt these best practices.

The first day of the conclave also saw the unveiling of the EPSI-MBAUniverse.com approach paper -‘Vision 2025 for Indian Management Education’, by Mr. Amit Agnihotri, Convener, Indian Management Conclave (IMC) and Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Alternate President, Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI). The document examines the history, progress and current state of Indian management education, and also provides the much needed recommendations to improve the current state of affairs in next 10 years by taking policy measures which are aligned with the Government of India’s National Vision & Priorities. Vision 2025 became the topic for many a discussions during the two day conclave, for taking steps towards improving the future of the management education in India.

“I am happy to announce the conclusion of a very productive two-day Indian Management Conclave 2014, which brought together some of the brightest and most intelligent minds from across the world to discuss the future of management education in India. I am greatly humbled by the presence of the stalwarts of the education industry and look forward to the recommendations of the Vision 2025 document being taken up for discussion now at the policy change level to usher in the new changes. We are extremely proud of the response received for the second edition of the IMC Awards and it gave us immense pleasure in honoring and recognizing the best-practices and initiatives that continue to make positive impacts at different Indian B-schools”, says Amit Agnihotri, Convener, Indian Management Conclave & Chairman, MBAUniverse.com.

A Director’s Round Table during the second day of the conclave, chaired by Dr. Pritam Singh, Director General, IMI, New Delhi, saw the delegates review, analyze and discuss the Vision 2025 document which can serve as the foundation stone for building the future roadmap. Closing the Conclave, Shri Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt. Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp delivered a special keynote address and Dr Subramanian Swamy, Former Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Senior BJP Leader delivered a valedictory address.

IMC Awards 2014 Winners were felicitated in the categories of –

 

Theme 1: EXPANDING APPLICANT POOL
IMC Gold Award 2014 winner	IMC Silver Award 2014 winner
Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communications, Pune   Case Title: ‘Campus Connect’   Presented by Dr. Chandan Chatterjee, Director, SIMC, Pune	T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal   Case Title: ‘Experience TAPMI’   Presented by Prof. Chowdari Prasad, Dean (PR) & Chairman-Admissions, TAPMI, Manipal

 

Theme 2: INNOVATIONS IN CURRICULUM
IMC Gold Award 2014 winner	IMC Silver Award 2014 winner
Jaipuria Institute of Management Group   Case Title: ‘Approach to Enhancing Student Learning Experience Through Individual Development Plan IDP’   Presented by Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Director General, Jaipuria Institute of Management Group	MICA   Case Title: ‘Specialization in Digital Communication Management’   Presented by Prof. Rajneesh Krishna, Senior Faculty, MICA & Prof. Raghu Chaitanya, Associate Faculty, MICA

 

Theme 3: INNOVATIONS IN PADAGOGY
IMC Gold Award 2014 winner	IMC Silver Award 2014 winner
NMIMS University, Mumbai   Case Title: Innovations in Pedagogy in the 2-year MBA HR program   Presented by Dr Veena Vohra, Associate Professor & Programme Chairperson MBA, NMIMS University, Mumbai	Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University (BHU)   Case Title: ‘SoIL- Social Innovation Leadership’ program   Presented by Prof. Harish Chandra Choudhary, Former Dean and Head Coordinator, FMS-BHU

 

Theme 4: DEEPENING INDUSTRY INSTITUTE ENGAGEMENT
IMC Gold Award 2014 winner	IMC Silver Award 2014 winner
S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai   Case Title: ‘Business Consulting Project’   Presented by Dr Atish Chattopadhyay, Deputy Director, SPJIMR, Mumbai	Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong   Case Title: ‘EmergE’ & The podium Series   Presented by Dr Sanjoy Mukherjee, Chairman -Placement, PR & Student Activities, IIM Shillong

 

Agnihotri further added, “With management education evolving globally and market forces working as change agent in business education space, it is the right time for course correction among Indian B-schools. Vision 2025 recommends a definitive framework to the consolidation of management education providers.”

The two day conclave which was organised at the India International Centre in New Delhi, aimed at restoring the glory of management education in India. Launched in 2010, IMC has established its presence as India’s biggest & most reputed MBA education conference in the last few years, turning out to be a prestigious platform for discussion on the challenges faced by the MBA education in India.

Source :  Lokesh Shastri