IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad and ISB Hyderabad jointly hosted a ‘Director’s Panel’ comprising Prof. Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Ahmedabad, Prof. Madan Pillutla, Dean, Indian School of Business, and Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM Bangalore at IIM-B campus. Dr. Raveendra Chittoor, Dean, Jio Institute, moderated the session.
This panel discussed the challenges likely to be faced by academics in the management area in the coming decade as well as the opportunities, in the Indian context.
The session featured the keynote address by Prof. Gurneeta Singh Vasudeva, University of Minnesota. Naming her talk ‘Unpacking the Publication Process’, she spoke about her paper titled, ‘Public-Private and Private-Private Collaboration as Pathways for Socially Beneficial Innovation: Evidence from Antimicrobial Drug Development Tasks’.
Additionally, the last two days of the conference included over 150 academic presentations across tracks including technology, innovation and digital transformation, ESG and non-market strategy, business and corporate strategy, internationalisation and global strategy, family business and entrepreneurship, and leadership and human capital.
Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan highlighted the growing importance of online education and IIMB’s steps to keep pace with such developments, including the launch of programmes in Hospital Management and AI for Managers. “We have also incorporated online modules in our regular MBA programmes, like the one on Accounting. As scholars, we have to be thoughtful of practitioners, get their insights and make research more relevant and comprehensible,” he said.
Courtesy : The Indian Express