XIME Bangalore holds conference on Revisiting MBA in Asia Pacific context

Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) Bangalore organized an international conference on January 30-31on the theme of Revisiting the MBA in the Asia Pacific Context. Eminent speakers from eleven countries addressed the forum.

Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Founder Director, School of Management & Entrepreneurship, Shiv Nadar University and Former Director, IIM Calcutta was the chief guest. Keynote address was delivered by Dr. M J Xavier, Executive Director, VIT University and Former Director, IIM Ranchi.

On the occasion, felicitations were given by Dr. Kirill Flegonov, State University of Management, Moscow, Dr. V G Dhanakumar, Director, Indian Institute of Plantation Management and Dr. N Ravichandran, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad and Former Director, IIM Indore.

A book titled Human Resource Practices and Labour Laws: An International Perspective was released during the conference by Mr. Arun Balakrishnan, Former Chairman, Hindustan Petroleum.

Country papers on Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, USA and Vietnam, were presented by Prof. Evan J. Douglas, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Head - Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, Australia; Prof. Dr. Alimullah Miyan, Founder & Vice Chancellor, International University of Business Agriculture & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Dr.Yuping DU, Associate Professor, Business School, GDUFS, China; Dr. Kavita Laghate, Director, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies; Dr. R.C. Natarajan, Director, T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal; Dr. Tetsuhiro Kishita, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan; Mr. Pradeep Nair, Dy. Vice Chancellor, Taylors University, Malaysia; Dr. Kirill Flegonov, State University of Management, Moscow; Prof. Young-Ryeol Park, Dean, Yonsei Business School, South Korea; Prof. Dr. Ian Fenwick, Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Prof. Dr. Kamlesh Mehta, Professor & Director, MBA Program, National University, California, USA and Prof. Julian Teicher, Monash University, Victoria, Australia and Formerly, Professor in RMIT International University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The program was organized in collaboration with the Association of BRICS Business Schools (ABBS) & the Karnataka Association of Autonomous Business Schools (KAABS). The occasion also marked the fifth anniversary of the founding of Association of BRICS Business Schools (ABBS).

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