INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUTONOMOUS BUSINESS SCHOOLS TO HOLD THE FIRST INDIAN B-SCHOOLS SUMMIT IN BANGALORE

29th September, 2015: Indian Association of Autonomous Business Schools (IAABS) is to organize The First Indian B-Schools Summit in collaboration with Karnataka Association of Autonomous Business Schools (KAABS) on 9th and 10th October, 2015 in Bangalore. The theme of the summit is – “HERALDING A NEW ERA IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN INDIA”.

Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director, XLRI- Xavier School of Management and the President of IAABS will Chair the Conference.

The two-day Summit to be held at XIME, Bangalore aims to bring together Directors of leading autonomous, private PGDM Schools from all over the country and leading management educationists of the country to discuss and review the present situation and make a request to the Government to protect the interests of private, autonomous PGDM Schools.

Fr. E. Abraham commented, “The autonomous PGDM Schools (including the IIMs) represent only about ten per cent of the total number of business schools in the country. However, their contribution to the field of Management Education has been far more than what the numbers speak. India’s position today in the global league of Management Schools is primarily due to their stellar performance. The numbers of PGDM schools that are internationally accredited speak for themselves”.

“Of late, considerable concern has arisen among private, autonomous PGDM schools in regard to the possible promulgation of the IIM-MBA Bill. In this context, many private PGDM schools have been examining the possible ramifications if IIMs are allowed to grant MBA degrees. Based on a series of interactions amongst many of the reputed private institutions from the PGDM system, we felt the need to organize the Conference of autonomous B-Schools (particularly PGDM) to discuss some of the important issues”, Fr. Abraham further added.

Mr. B. Muthuraman, Former MD- Tata Steel & Former President- CII would grace the event as the Chief Guest while Dr. Samuel Paul, Former Director- IIM Ahmedabad , Dr. R. Natarajan, Former Chairman- AICTE , Dr. N Sambandham ,Chairman AIBMS are to be present as Guests of Honour.

The other major topics to be deliberated on during the conference are – Significant contribution of PGDM Schools to Indian Management Education; Indian B-Schools: Catching up with the best Globally; Autonomy as the Core of the New Order; Facilitation and not Control to be fundamental to the New Order; The Profession’s Submission to the Government to protect the interests of autonomous, private PGDM Schools.

Besides Fr. Abraham, the conference is to be attended by dignitaries like – Dr. Bakul Dholakia, Director General -IMI (Former Director – IIM Ahmedabad); Dr. Abad Ahmed, Former Director, FMS, Delhi; Dr. A K Sengupta, Director, SEISCOMS (Former Director, S P Jain Institute of Management; Dr. Bibek Banerjee, Former Director, IMT Ghaziabad; Dr. C.P. Srimali, Director MDI, Gurgaon; Dr. Devi Singh,Vice Chancellor, FLAME, Pune (Former Director – IIM Lucknow); Prof. J Philip, President XIME (Former Director IIM Bangalore); Dr. R C Natarajan. Director TAPMI, Manipal; Dr. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Former Director, IIM-Kolkata; Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, Wellingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai & Bangalore; Dr. Y.K.Bhushan, Director-IBS, Mumbai among others.

About IAABS

This National PGDM Association was founded on 16 June 2014 and registered in Madras with Fr. E. Abraham SJ, Director XLRI as the first President. The main objective of the Association is to establish a network of PGDM/Autonomous Management institutions engaged in education, training and research in India and also to contribute to the development of management education in all aspects. The founding institutions included: XLRI, MDI, IMT Ghaziabad, TAPMI Manipal, XIME Bangalore, Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune and PSG Coimbatore.

About XLRI

XLRI is a premier, private management institute in India founded in 1949 by Fr Quinn Enright, S.J. in the ‘steel city’ of Jamshedpur (www.xlri.ac.in). Over the last six decades, the institute has grown into a top-ranking business management school of international repute with a wide portfolio of management programs and research publications. Its alumni are spread around the globe and have demonstrated responsible business leadership in their organizations. XLRI continually strives to contribute its mite to the professional growth and management of numerous organisations and institutions across industry sectors.

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