IMC-IRC 2024 Best Research Paper Award 2024 Announced! Eminent Jury from IITs, XLRI, IIMs select Papers by Aindrila Chatterjee & Tulika Sharma, Neethu Ismail & Lishin Joshy, Pooja Jain & Yukti Ahuja as Winners

After two rounds of highly competitive presentations, eminent jury from IITs, XLRI, IIMs selected Papers by Aindrila Chatterjee & Tulika Sharma as Winners of the prestigious IMC-IRC Best Paper Gold Award 2024.

Jury also announced Neethu Ismail and Lishin M. Joshy as winner of the IMC-IRC Best Paper Silver Award 2024. Pooja Jain and Yukti Ahuja won the IMC-IRC Best Paper Silver Award 2024. IMC-IRC 2024 theme was ‘Advancing Management Education.'

A total of 40 papers, selected from about 150 papers, were presented in Six Tracks during IMC-IRC 2024. Award winners were decided by an eminent Jury Members and Track Chairs including Dr Sanjay Patro, Dean-Academics, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Arpan K. Kar, Chair Professor, IIT Delhi; Dr Sangeeta Sahney, Dean, VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur; Dr Debasis Pradhan, Editor, XLRI Management & Labour Studies, and Dr Aditya Shankar Mishra, Editor of IIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies. 

The IMC-IRC Best Research Paper Award 2024 was presented during IMC 2024 Valedictory function by Mr Prabhjeet Singh, President, UBER India & South Asia; Fr Sebastian George, S.J, Director, XLRI Jamshedpur and Mr Amit Agnihotri, Founder, Indian Management Conclave & MBAUniverse.com.

Other three finalists for the IMC-IRC Best Research Paper Award 2024 Round were:
1. Title: Sustainable Development: Lessons from Kautilya’s Arthashastra
Authors: Prof. Abhoy K. Ojha (IIM Bangalore)

2. Title: Gender Dynamics and Entrepreneurial Actions: A comparative analysis within the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Authors: Ashutosh Mishra (EDII Ahmedabad), Raunak Gupta (EDII Ahmedabad)

3. Title: The Highlights and Shadows of NIRF Rankings: A Granular Analysis
Authors: Anindya Mitra (IIM Tiruchirappalli), Gopal Varadharajan (IIM, Tiruchirappalli), Goutam Bhaskar (IIM, Tiruchirappalli), Godhuli Dutta (IIM Tiruchirappalli)

IMC-IRC Best Research Paper Award 2024 Winners: Key Highlights

IMC-IRC Best Research Paper Award 2024 - Gold Winner
Title: Extension of Lessons from Business Ethics Education to Business Situations: Evidence of Role of Authority from an Experimental Study
Authors: Aindrila Chatterjee (IMT Hyderabad) & Tulika Sharma (IMT Hyderabad) 

Key Highlights of the Study
This study aims to extend the repertoire by examining the business ethics dimension among  B-school students to see if pedagogical interventions could actually bring about change in the ethical conduct of the student once he/she sets out to become a professional in the corporate world or is there any other dimension that adds to the efficacy of the business ethics education in the B schools.

IMC-IRC Best Research Paper Award 2024 – Silver Winner
Title:  Unravelling the Influence of a Paradox Mindset on Technology-Driven Self-Learning: A Moderated Mediation Model among Indian Management Graduates
Authors: Neethu Ismail (SCMS Cochin) & Lishin M. Joshy (SCMS Cochin)

Key Highlights of the Study
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technological paradigm shift that will profoundly change how we view and interact with robots. In this paper, an attempt has been made to understand how post graduate management students view AI technologies with respect to learning. This is to gain an insight on their attitude towards technology directed self-learning, AI anxiety, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and to know if they have a paradox mindset.

IMC-IRC Best Research Paper Award 2024 – Bronze Winner
Title: An Experiential learning field study for sensitization and sustainability literacy of Management Graduates
Authors: Pooja Jain (JIMS Rohini) & Yukti Ahuja (JIMS Rohini) 

Key Highlights of the Study
This paper aims to present a case of how a renowned management institution based in Delhi, has strategically linked social sensitization and sustainability and successfully encapsulated these in all its post-graduate programs. The work features the pursuit of a management institution to embed social sensitization as a core value in its curriculum through experiential learning and deliver on the SDGs while shaping the future leaders of the country.

IMC-IRC 2024 Theme ‘Advancing Management Education’ & Six Tracks
Advancing Management Education serves as the overarching theme of the conference, highlighting the crucial role of management institutions in shaping the socioeconomic landscape of the future. Throughout history, Management Education has remained at the forefront of innovation, continuously adapting to the changing dynamics of business and society. As industries undergo transformation and global challenges emerge, the pedagogy of Management Education must evolve to equip forthcoming leaders with the essential skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for success. In pursuit of this overarching theme, the conference delved into following six interrelated tracks, each offering a unique perspective on advancing management education.

Track 1: Advancing Management Education for Sustainable Development
Track 2: Teaching Methodologies & Pedagogical Innovation in Management Education
Track 3: Academic Processes, Quality Assurance, & Outcome Assessment
Track 4: Competencies for Employability, Career Advancement, & Entrepreneurship
Track 5: Entrepreneurship Development through Management Education
Track 6 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Digital Technologies: Leveraging for Management Education

IMC IRC 2024 Awards were decided by Eminent Jury Members
IMC IRC 2024 Award winners were decided by eminent IMC Research Award Jury Members and Track Chairs:
Dr Arindam Mondal, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Kalyan Bhaskar, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Kumar Alok, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Manoj Thomas, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Munish Kumar Thakur, XLRI NCR Delhi Campus; Dr Prashant Kumar, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Sourav Snehvrat, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Tata L Raghu Ram, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Tina Stephen, XLRI Jamshedpur; Dr Trilochan Tripathy, XLRI Jamshedpur (All names in Alphabetic Order). 

IMC IRC 2024 Ensured Quality of Research Presentations
To ensure high quality of research presentations at IMC-IRC 2024, following steps were undertaken:

• Conference Review Committee, which comprised of senior academics and led by Prof Sanjay Patro, Dean-Academics, XLRI Jamshedpur was constituted.
• After critical review of all submissions, less than 45 papers were selected for presentation at the conference.
• In effect, almost 100 submissions were rejected -- rejection rate of about 70%.
• Further, submission of Full Manuscript before the conference was made mandatory to ensure rigorous preparation.
• Finally, no virtual paper presentation is permitted. To facilitate rich interaction, all papers have to be presented in persons. 

IMC IRC 2024 Award Presented by UBER President
IMC IRC 2024 Award was presented at Valedictory function by Mr Prabhjeet Singh, President, UBER India & South Asia and Mr Amit Agnihotri, Founder, IMC & MBAUniverse.com in presence of Fr Sebastian George, S.J, Director, XLRI Jamshedpur. Mr Prabhjeet Singh is the President of Uber and leads the Mobility business in three countries: India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He joined Uber in 2015 from McKinsey where he was an Associate Partner. Mr Singh is an IIT Kharagpur and IIM Ahmedabad alumni.

Leading Journals associated with IMC-IRC 2024
Leading Journals have accepted to publish selected papers presented at IMC-IRC. The Journals associated with the conference are:
 

S.No	Journal	Published by	Editor
1.	Business Perspectives and Research	K J Somaiya Mumbai	Prof. Preeti S Rawat, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai
2.	FIIB Business Review	FIIB New Delhi	Prof. Sudhir Rana, FIIB Business Review
3.	Global Business Review	IMI New Delhi	Prof Kakali Kanjilal, IMI New Delhi, India
4.	Journal of Human Values	IIM Calcutta	Prof Nisigandha Bhuyan, Professor, IIM Calcutta
5.	Management and Labour Studies	XLRI Jamshedpur	Prof Debasish Pradhan, XLRI
6.	The Journal of Entrepreneurship	EDII Ahmedabad	Prof Sunil Shukla, Director General, EDII Ahmedabad
7.	Vision- Journal of Business Perspective	MDI Gurgaon	Prof Sajal Ghosh, MDI, Gurgaon

 Journals are arranged in alphabetic order.

Thanking the Journal Editors, Mr Agnihotri, said: “We are indeed very thankful to Journal Editors for their guidance and support.” 

IMC 2024 and IMC-IRC 2024 Partners 
IMC Conclave and IMC International Research Conference Partners are AACSB International; BIM Trichy; EMERALD; GMAC; IFMR GSB, Krea University; IILM New Delhi; Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida, Lucknow, Jaipur and Indore; K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai; SDMIMD Mysore; TAPMI Manipal and host XLRI Jamshedpur (All names in alphabetic order).

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