IFIM to organize Convergence 2014 on January 9-10, 2014

IFIM Business School, Bangalore is going to organize its 6th International Conference - ‘Convergence 2014’ at IFIM B School, Electronics City, Bangalore on January 9, 2014-January 10, 2014.

The theme of the conference is Ethical Leadership- the Indian Way. It is being organized under the aegis of V. B. Padode Centre for Sustainability, an IFIM and INFOSYS initiative, in collaboration with European SPES Forum, Leuven, Belgium and Business Ethics Centre of Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary. 

Mr. C.K Venkatraman - CEO Jewellery Division, Titan Companies will be the Chief Guest on the occasion.   This year the conference is being organized under the aegis of ‘Convergence 2014’ to offer a platform for educationists and practicing communities of different areas to exchange ideas, research and opinions on the subject of business ethics. It will also create an opportunity for research aspirants and young professionals to explore new avenues in ethical business with spiritual influence and articulate their vision for a sustainable future.  

The eminent speakers participating in the two day conference will be Mr. Venkataraman, CEO Tanishq – Jewellery Division and Chief Ethics Counselor; Dr. Luk Bockaert, President European SPES-Forum Belgium; Mr. Prakash Sethi, Professor , City University of New York and Yale University  Baruch College, CUNY, New York; Mr. Raghunathan, CEO, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation; Prof. Peter Pruzan, Professor Emeritus,  Dr.Polit. & Ph.D. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Dr. Sanjoy Mukherjee, Associate Professor, IIM Shillong; Dr. Subhash Sharma, Director, Indus Business Academy; Dr. Katalin Illes, Principal Lecturer in Leadership and Development and others.
The conference will highlight the various similarities and differences between Indian and European philosophies of leadership focusing on the ethical and sustainable business models in India to that of other parts of the world. It will talk about the spiritual orientations to businesses in the country and the contribution of spirituality to renew contemporary management theory and practices.

IFIM Business School, Bangalore was founded in the year 1995 with its first batch of students graduating in 1997. It has taken a number of initiatives in collaborating with leading academic, research and corporate organizations, for conducting executive education, corporate training, research & consulting. Apart from a 2 year full time PGDM course it offers the courses of PGDM (Finance) and PGDM (International Business). It is one of the few private management institutes that have been approved to offer a Ph. D program in Management.