1st INDIAN MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE 2010

India’s biggest annual MBA Education Conference & Awards Platform

Organized by MBAUniverse.com in partnership with India’s top B-schools and knowledge Organizations, INDIAN MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE (IMC) is India's definitive annual Management Education Conference & Awards Platform. IMC has been hosted by India’s leading Institutions who contribute as Knowledge Partners. Past Partners & Hosts include: ISB Hyderabad (2015), IIM Ahmedabad (2016), IIM Lucknow (2017), IIM Bangalore (2018), MDI Gurgaon (2021), IIM Kozhikode (2022), SPJIMR Mumbai (2023) and XLRI Jamshedpur (2024).

The 1st edition of INDIAN MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE (IMC) 2010 was organized by MBAUniverse.com on August 13-14, 2010 in New Delhi on the theme of “Rethinking and Rebooting Indian Management Education”.
IMC Journey

(From Left to Right): Dr Debashis Chatterjee, Former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode; Mr Salman Khurshid, Honorable Minister of State (Ind. Charge) for Corporate Affairs, Govt of India; Mr Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, TeamLease and Member of Prime Minister’s Skill Development Mission; Dr Bakul Dholakia, DG, IMI New Delhi and Padma Shri awardee and Mr Amit Agnihotri, Convener, Indian Management Conclave & Chairman, MBAUniverse.com

The Journey of IMC reflects the challenges and reorientation of Indian management education in the last decade.

After two decades of heady growth, since 2008 Indian MBA education has been facing unprecedented challenges. While there isn't an existential question on the Top-tier B-schools, they are yet to make a global impact. Stakeholders have been questioning the value of mid-tier and bottom-tier B-schools. In this backdrop, a serious platform to discuss the impact of massive changes impacting management education in India was missing. To fill this void, MBAUniverse.com conceptualized and organized first Indian Management Conclave (IMC) in 2010.

IMC Journey: Dates, Venues & Themes

IMC Event	Location	Theme	Date
1st IMC 2010	Held in New Delhi	Rethinking and Rebooting Indian Management Education	August 13-14, 2010

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IMC Guiding Principles

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PLATFORM: IMC is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together Policy makers, Industry, Knowledge organizations and Service providers for the benefit of B-schools.
FACT-BASED PLATFORM: IMC is a fact-based platform, and not a podium for rhetoric. We conduct research and also invite knowledge organizations to share their analysis.
RESEARCH & DOCUMENT: IMC plays a role in researching and documenting best practices of Indian Management Education.
GLOBAL OUTLOOK: In a global world, there is no place for jingoism. B-schools must compete to excel or perish. IMC invites global thinkers and international organizations to share global best-practices.

IMC Key Initiatives
To meet the objectives, IMC Conference has evolved into following initiatives:

IMC Conference: Platform for global thinkers, policy makers, CXOs and top B-school leaders to share views and ideas to improve Indian management education.
IMC Awards for Excellence in Management Education: Initiative to research & recognize the best initiatives from Indian Management Education.
IMC Distinguished Alumni Awards: Recognizing Alumni Achievers who are true brand ambassadors for management education.
IMC Faculty Workshops & Master Classes: To share latest teaching and pedagogical tools with faculty members.

IMC Founder & Convenor Mr Amit Agnihotri
Mr Amit Agnihotri is the Founder & Convener of Indian Management Conclave (IMC). After earninghis PGDM from MDI Gurgaon, Mr Agnihotri started his corporate career at world's largest media and advertising network – WPP. He soon turned a serial entrepreneur. In 2000, he co-founded exchange4media Group which owns many media publications in India. In 2008, he founded MBAUniverse.com, an online platform to connect B-schools and Universities with prospective students and other stakeholders. In 2010, he conceptualized IMC Conclave as an unbiased knowledge forum for all stakeholders. Mr Agnihotri has co-authored many books on management education including Envisioning Future of Indian MBA Education (McGraw-Hill, 2015) and Enhancing B-School Competitiveness (Pearson, 2016). He has authored many research papers in leading internation journals including The International Journal of Management Education, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, and Development and Learning in Organizations. He has also served on the Advisory Committees appointed by AICTE and as a member of AIMA's Board of Management Studies.

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