MDI Gurgaon to host 11th edition of Indian Management Conclave 2021; Galaxy of Thought-leaders, Policy Makers & Whos Who from IIMs, ISB, MDI

The Stage is all set for the 11th edition of Indian Management Conclave (IMC) 2021, India’s most prestigious MBA education Conference and Awards Platform, to be held at MDI Gurgaon on Dec 20-21, 2021. IMC 2021 will be addressed by galaxy of speakers including Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog; C P Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra; and Dr Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE.Who’s Who from Indian management education from IIMs, ISB, MDI and many other leading B-schools will also address IMC 2021.

Organized by MBAUniverse.com in partnership with India’s top B-schools and knowledge Organizations, IMC is India's definitive annual Management Education Conference & Awards Platform. IMC is very thankful to leading institutions for hosting past Conclaves - ISB Hyderabad (2015), IIM Ahmedabad (2016), IIM Lucknow (2017) and IIM Bangalore (2018). IMC celebrated its 10th Anniversary in August 2019 in New Delhi with Former President of India Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee gracing the conference as its Chief Guest.

MDI Gurgaon, a pioneer in Executive Education and one of the Top B-schools, is the Partner and Host for 11th IMC 2021.

Theme 2021 – Learner Centric Management Education
In context of Industry 4.0 Trends, IMC focused on Sequential Themes of MBA Curriculum (2017), Pedagogy (2018) and Faculty (2019). IMC 2021 shall focus on the MBA Student or the Learner. To provide a roadmap, more than 25 thought leaders from all across the world shall address following sub themes at IMC 2021 conference:

• Understanding Student Expectations
• The Right MBA Batch-Mix
• Student Engagement & Learning Modes
• Learner-led B-school: A Leadership Conundrum?

Speakers for the plenary sessions include Dr Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur; Dr Ranjan Banerjee, Dean, BITSoM Mumbai; Dr Prafulla Agnihotri, Dean, Vijay Patil School of Management Mumbai; Dr Srinivasan Iyengar, Director, JBIMS Mumbai; Dr Suresh Ramanathan, Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai; Mr Dibyendu Bose, Senior Director of Admissions, Indian School of Business (ISB); Dr MadhuVeeraraghavan, Director, TAPMI Manipal, Dr Monica Khanna, Director, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai and many other distinguished speakers.

Director’s Roundtable on ‘NEP 2020 and Standalone B-schools’
In addition to detailed discussions on the chosen conference theme, each IMC is also designed to reflect on Policy challenges of our times. In a special Director’s Roundtable on ‘NEP 2020 and Standalone B-schools’, we shall discuss this critical issue.

Speakers for the Directors Roundtable include Dr Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE;Dr H Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH; Alternate President, EPSI; Dr Ajit Parulekar, Director, Goa Institute of Management; Mr Narayanan Ramaswamy, National Leader - Education and Skill Development,  KPMG in India; Mr Raghav Gupta, Managing Director, India and APAC, Coursera; Mr Shreevats Jaipuria, Vice Chairman, Jaipuria Group and Dr Vishal Talwar, Director,  IMT Ghaziabad.

EPSI and MBAUniverse.com will publish a Whitepaper based on this roundtable and submit to Policy Makers.

IMC MasterClass by Harvard Professor
MC Faculty Masterclass 2021 will be held on the theme of “Future of Leadership Development in a Hybrid World”. Dr Das Narayandas, Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School will be conducting this MasterClass.

Celebrating MDI –the Academic Leadership Incubator
One of the salient contributions of MDI Gurgaon to the management education ecosystem in India has been the academic leaders it has proffered to IIMs and many other leading institutions. This session celebrates this unique contribution and also aims to discuss the challenges and opportunities of academic leadership development in Indian context.

Speakers for this special sessions include Dr Pawan Kumar Singh, Director, IIM Tiruchirappalli; Dr Bhimaraya Metri, Director, IIM Nagpur; Dr Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director, IIM Sambalpur and Dr Anup K. Singh, Director General, NIRMA University Ahmedabad

IMC 2021 to host Academic and Alumni Awards
At IMC 2021, a series of awards including ‘IMC Distinguished Alumni Award’ and ‘IMC Award for Excellence in Management Education’ will be presented to put a spotlight on excellence and best-practices.

IMC believes that Alumni are the best ambassadors for Indian Management Education. IMC Distinguished Alumni Awards (IMC DDA) are presented to outstanding business leaders every year, who had graduated from an Indian business school and are making a national and global impact. IMC DAA 2021 will be presented to XIMB Alumnus Mr Ravi Kumar S, President, Infosys.

‘IMC Award for Excellence in Management Education’ Awards will be adjudged by Dr J K Mitra, Former Dean & Professor, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi (Jury Chair) and Dr SR Singhvi, Former Faculty, IIM Indore, MDI Gurgaon, IMI New Delhi & IMT Ghaziabad.

It is noteworthy that IMC 2021 is an exclusive in-person leadership conference. Sessions will not be telecast online or virtually. Visit 11^th IMC 2021 website for more details.

Also Read:

• IMC 2021 Day 1 hosts Global Thought-leaders & 150 Directors from IIMs, ISB, MDI and top B-schools: C P Gurnani, MD, Tech Mahindra; AICTE Chairman Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe; edX Founder Dr Anant Agarwal; Infosys President Ravi Kumar call for Learner Centric MBA
• IMC 2021 Day 2: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, AICTE Vice Chairman Dr M P Poonia put spotlight on MBA Education Policy in NEP regime; Dr Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur and top Directors discuss learner centric MBA

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for IMC 2021 Highlights.