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Updated on: Thursday, September 29, 2011

To celebrate their golden jubilee year IIM Calcutta and IIM Ahmedabad have come together to jointly host a conference on management education, ‘Meeting the Challenges of Globalisation’ to be held at IIM Calcutta campus on October 14 and 15.

In view of the significant changes in the environment in which organisations would function in the future, it is imperative to examine the manner in which management education is being imparted in India. A series of conferences have therefore been planned to take stock of the state of management education in India. Faculty teams would lead the discussions from the IIM Calcutta and IIM Ahmedabad as well as faculty from US business schools.

The first conference in this series held at the IIMA campus in July brought together leaders in management education for a two-day conclave to discuss various facets of management education so as to make the education imparted more relevant to the needs of emerging economies. It was agreed that the conference would be followed by several conferences on specific themes that would emerge from the discussions on which in-depth deliberations are required.

The second conference in this series is scheduled to take place at the IIM Calcutta campus during October 14-15.This conference will focus on the theme of ‘Meeting the Challenges of Globalisation’. In an increasingly integrated world, managers must be able to formulate effective strategies for their organisations across the globe and be able to manage diverse teams of individuals coming from widely different economic and cultural backgrounds. Business schools have tried to teach these skills in various ways.

The conference will provide an opportunity for faculty, deans and directors of business schools in India to exchange their knowledge and experience about globalising the MBA education in their schools.

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