INDIAN MANAGEMENT CONCLAVE

Indian Management Conclave (IMC), India's definitive annual Management Education Conference & Awards Platform, is organized by MBAUniverse.com in partnership with India’s top B-schools and knowledge Organizations. Launched in 2010, IMC celebrated its 10th Anniversary on August 2-3, 2019 in New Delhi with Former President of India Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee gracing the occasion as our Chief Guest. IMC is very thankful to leading institutions for hosting past Conclaves: ISB Hyderabad (2015), IIM Ahmedabad (2016), IIM Lucknow (2017), IIM Bangalore (2018) and MDI Gurgaon (2021) IIM Kozhikode (2022). Hon’ble Former President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind was the Chief Guest for 12th IMC 2022. SPJIMR is the Partner & Host for the 13th IMC 2023.

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.

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 Timelines & Evolution:

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.

After its launch in 2010, IMC gained momentum with world class speakers & cutting-edge themes in 2011. At IMC 2012, our MBA Employability survey was released and widely quoted by Media. It drew the attention of policy makers & stakeholders towards the crisis facing Indian management education. From 2013, IMC shifted its focus from 'Problems' to 'Solutions', by choosing themes and taking initiatives that help build competitiveness. IMC Awards for Excellence in Management Education was launched at IMC 2013, to identify, document and recognize the best practices and successful initiatives undertaken by Indian B-schools.

At IMC 2014, we released the EPSI-MBAUniverse.com whitepaper titled ‘Vision 2025 for Indian Management Education’. Based on this document and discussions at IMC 2014 conference, a book titled 'Envisioning the Future of Indian Management Education' was published by McGraw Hill.

After first phase of IMC journey (2010-2014), IMC expanded its footprint and started working with leading B-schools in India with the objective of bringing the best knowledge and resources from these institutions for the benefit of entire ecosystem.

Hosted by ISB at Hyderabad campus, IMC 2015 focused on the theme of Enhancing B-school Competitiveness. Two new initiatives - IMC Distinguished Alumni Awards (IMC DAA) and IMC Faculty Workshop - were initiated at IMC 2015.

7th IMC 2016, held at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), focused on the theme of nurturing Institutional Leadership in B-schools. Pearson has published IMC 2015 and 2016 Conference Proceedings.

8th IMC 2017 was held at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) at its Noida campus on the theme of ‘MBA Curriculum for New Era’.

9th IMC 2018 was held at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) on the theme of ‘MBA Pedagogy for 21st Century Business School’.

IMC celebrated its 10th Anniversary on August 2-3, 2019 in New Delhi with Former President of India Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee gracing the occasion as our Chief Guest.

11th IMC 2021 was held at MDI Gurgaon on the theme of ‘Learner Centric Management Education’.

12th IMC 2022 was held at IIM Kozhikode with Hon’ble Former President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind was the Chief Guest.

IMC Journey: Dates, Venues & Themes

IMC Event	Location	Theme	Date
13th IMC 2023	Held in SPJIMR Mumbai	Business Value Creation in the Age of Disruption	October 13-14, 2023
12th IMC 2022	Held in IIM Kozhikode	Measuring MBA Outcomes	December 9-10, 2022
11th IMC 2021	Held in MDI Gurgaon	Learner Centric Management Education	December 20-21, 2021
10th IMC 2019	Held in New Delhi	Effective MBA Faculty for 21st Century Management Education	August 2-3, 2019
9th IMC 2018	Held at IIM Bangalore	MBA Pedagogy for 21st Century Business School	August 3-4, 2018
8th IMC 2017	Held at IIM Lucknow Noida Campus	MBA Curriculum for New Era	August 4-5, 2017
7th IMC 2016	Held at IIM Ahmedabad	Institutional Leadership in Management Education	August 5-6, 2016
6th IMC 2015	Held at ISB, Hyderabad	Enhancing B-school Competitiveness	July 29-30, 2015
5th IMC 2014	Held in New Delhi	MBA EDU 3.0 Envisioning the Future	August 8-9, 2014
4th IMC 2013	Held in New Delhi	Enhancing The Value of MBA	August 2-3, 2013
3rd IMC 2012	Held in New Delhi	Survival of the Fittest: Lessons from the Best	August 9-10, 2012
2nd IMC 2011	Held in New Delhi	Building a great B-school what's the new DNA?	August 11-12, 2011
1st IMC 2010	Held in New Delhi	Rethinking and Rebooting Indian Management Education	August 13-14, 2010