Conference Objectives

• To explore key events, policies, and initiatives shaping Bharat's leadership role
• To evaluate best practices and strategies that can serve as models for others.
• To analyse the economic and industrial shifts that have positioned Bharat as a dynamic force on the global stage.
• To explore innovations and technological breakthroughs that position Bharat as a global leader.
• To provide a platform for young leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators to share ideas and insights.

Program Schedule

Themes

• 1. Finance & Economics
  • Investment Tourism in Global Investment arena
  • Currency Dynamics and International Trade
  • Technological Disruption with FinTech
  • Stock Market Resilience for Global Stability
  • Bharat’s Sustainable Finance Practices
  • Bharat's Financial Excellence through Corporate Governance
• 2. Taxation and Laws
  • Cross-Border Transactions and GST
  • Corporate Governance
  • Taxation of Digital Goods and Services
  • Cross-Border Data Flow and Privacy Laws
  • Compliance and Risk Management
  • Environmental and Sustainability Laws
• 3. Marketing
  • Strategic Alliances through Global Partnerships
  • Digital Marketing for Global Outreach
  • Marketing Bharat's Cultural Richness
  • India's Leadership in Heritage Tourism
  • Innovative Global Marketing: Technological Focus
  • Brand Building for Indian Healthcare Leadership
• 4. International Trade and Investment
  • Influencing Global Views via Diplomacy
  • Bharat's FDI Trends and Outlook
  • Bharat's Global Networks: Bridging Markets
  • Bharat's Role in Regional Stability and Security
  • Impact of Bharat’s G-20 Presidency
  • Bharat’s role as voice of Global South
• 5. Women’s Impact
  • Entrepreneurial Women in Global Markets
  • Women Tech-driven Empowerment
  • Global Tech Disruption: Women-led Start-ups Breaking Norms
  • Global Impact: Women-led Social Enterprises
  • Women Entrepreneurs: Environmental and Social Impact
  • Women in Cultural Diplomacy: India's Soft Power
• 6. Human Resource Management
  • Bharat’s Innovative Global Talent Practices
  • Bharat’s way for Agile Global Workforce Management
  • Bharat’s Global Learning Collaborations
  • Global Impact through Bharat’s Leadership mantra
  • Bharat’s Tech-enhanced HR management
  • Global Workforce Harmony through Bharat’s way
• 7. Agri- Business & Rural Economy
  • Agri-tech Start-ups and Bharat's Global Agricultural Impact.
  • Agri-business Powers Bharat's Global Change
  • Boosting Rural Economic Empowerment
  • Sustainable Agriculture for a Better World
  • Collaborative Initiatives by Agricultural Diplomacy
  • Empowering Women via Agri-Business
• 8. Supply Chain & Operations
  • Innovative Logistics Boosting Global Competitiveness
  • Bharat’s Sustainable practices and global influence
  • Bharat’s Supply Chain Resilience and their impact on global trade
  • Quality management Indian systems in global operations.
  • Operational Excellence for Global Competitiveness
  • Bharat’s E-commerce Reshaping Supply Chains
• 9. Entrepreneurship and Start-up Management
  • Global Collaborations for Entrepreneurs
  • Sustainable Growth for Bharat's Global Start-ups
  • Global Funding Avenues for Bharat's Start-ups
  • Scaling Start-ups with Strategic Partnerships
  • Impact Investing for Socially Responsible Start-ups
  • Global Expansion in relation to Start-up Regulations
• 10. Business Technology & systems
  • Bharat's Global Impact through Fintech Innovation
  • Data Privacy in Bharat: Global Compliance.
  • AI Integration in Business Intelligence
  • Bharat’s Smart Governance Solutions
  • Enhancing Business Environments with Urban Tech
  • Digitization's Role in Resilient Global Trade

The list of topics above is indicative and may not be exhaustive. The Authors may look forward to contributing their thoughts with encouraging topics pertaining to the Core Theme.

Speakers and Panel Members

Keynote Speakers

Chief Guest - Inaugural Session

Mr. Aashish Chandorkar Counsellor Permanent Mission of India to the World Trade Organization Geneva, Switzerland

Chief Guest - Valedictory Session

Dr. Bhimaraya Metri Director IIM Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Mr. Sven Hoose Director J. Wagner India Pvt Ltd.

Other Esteemed Speakers

Ms. Garima Garg Associate Vice President Network Engineering, Verizon                                New Jersey, United States

Saawani Raje Byrne Lecturer War Studies, King's College                               London

Panel Discussion Members

Dr. Shweta Bapat President Business Ethics Foundation                                  HoD Human Resource, Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Poornima Tapas Professor and Head of Executive MBA Programme Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. A. M. Joshi Visiting Faculty in various Business Schools & Corporate Trainer Pune, Maharashtra, India

Prof. Prabhakar Nankar Chief Mentor Rayat Talent Search Life Member Business Ethics Foundation                 Pune, Maharashtra, India

Prof. Narayan Gune Visiting Faculty in various Business Schools            Life Member Business Ethics Foundation  Pune, Maharashtra, India

Venue

Past Conferences

Deccan Education Society
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune

Organising International Conference on Emerging Economies, Trade and Markets

10^th - 11^th March 2023, Venue: DES Campus, IMDR, Pune, India

Deccan Education Society
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune

Organising International Conference on Circular Economy and Sustainability

18^th - 19^th March 2022, Venue: DES Campus, IMDR, Pune, India

Deccan Education Society
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune

Organising National Conference on Atma-Nirbhar Bharat, Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities

5^th - 6^th March 2021, Venue: DES Campus, IMDR, Pune, India

Deccan Education Society
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune

Organising National Conference on Small and Medium Enterprises in India - Challenges, Growth Opportunities and Ease of Doing Business

28^th - 29^th March 2020, Venue: DES Campus, IMDR, Pune, India

Deccan Education Society
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune

Organising National Conference on Indian Startups: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

1^st - 2^nd March 2019, Venue: DES Campus, IMDR, Pune, India

Organiser

 

About DES and IMDR

The Deccan Education Society (DES) is a prominent educational organization based in Pune, India. Established in 1884 by notable figures such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar., the society has played a significant role in the field of education and has contributed to the intellectual and social development of the region. Shri Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi, Shri. Vaman Shivram Apte and Shri Vishnushastri Chiplunkar were instrumental in its growth later on. These leaders were instrumental in the social and educational reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in India.

IMDR, the Institute of Management Development and Research, is AICTE approved and NBA Accredited management institute in Pune. Celebrating now its 50th year, it was established in 1974 by DES with the primary objective of providing quality management education. IMDR offers postgraduate and doctoral programs in management. The institute focuses on developing business leaders with a strong ethical foundation and a commitment to social responsibility.

 

 

Steering Committee

Patrons

Mr. Pramod Rawat                                               Chairman Council and Governing Body Deccan Education Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Mr. Jagdish Kadam                                              Trustee  Member-Council, DES Chairman and MD  Raj Path Infracon Pvt Ltd, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Vinay Acharya                                               Member, Council-DES  Finance Controller, IMDR, Technologist  Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune, Maharashtra, India

Mr. Rajendra Jog                                                 Member-Council  Industrialist, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Mr. Makarand Patil                                             Member-Council, Managing Director Softview Technologies Pvt Ltd  Industrialist, Pune, Maharashtra, India

CA Vikas Mathakari                                            Member, Governing Body  Industrialist, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Shikha Jain                                                  Director IMDR, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Organising Committee

Dr. Abhijit Shivane Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Shweta Jain Associate Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Suraj Kamble Associate Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Sanmath Shetty Associate Professor  Institute of Management Development & Research   Pune, Maharashtra, India

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AMDISA

Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia, established in 1989, is a network of Management Education and Management Development Institutions in South Asia. It is an international not-for-profit association. It has 316 institutional members. AMDISA is the only Association which networks management development institutions across the eight South Asian Nations through exchanging information, facilitating inter-country research initiatives, conducting regional conferences, workshops, colloquia and programmes, and thereby providing a forum for interaction among academics and business leaders.

AMDISA launched the global benchmark quality assurance and accreditation system for Business Schools - SAQS. SAQS is the International Quality Assurance Program run by AMDISA as a service to the management education profession worldwide. AMDISA publishes a Newsletter three times a year and the South Asian Journal of Management, a quarterly double blind refereed journal. The South Asian Journal of Management (SAJM) is a prestigious publication and is indexed by two internationally acclaimed database services, EBSCO and ProQuest. Since its inception, AMDISA has organized sixteen biennial South Asian Management Forums (SAMFs) by rotation in all the South Asian countries. The 16th SAMF on the theme "Impact of Pandemic on Business and Management: Strategies for Sustainability and Growth" was organized by IUBAT—International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in December 2021. AMDISA's administrative structure includes the General Assembly of members held every two years, which elects an Executive Board representing all member nations. The Presidents of National Networks in South Asia, Past Presidents of AMDISA and Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad are Invitees to the Executive Board.

 

 

Review Board

External

Dr. Anthony Rose Professor Controller of Examination Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Manisha Paliwal Professor Dy. Head-R&D Cell, Head-Entrepreneurship Sri Balaji University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Varsha Deshpande Professor Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce             Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Shyamala Garikipati HOD and Associate Professor                                DCRC, University of Pune Pune, Maharashtra, India

Internal

Dr. Abhijit Shivane Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Shweta Jain Associate Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Suraj Kamble Associate Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Sanmath Shetty Associate Professor  Institute of Management Development & Research   Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Sonali Khurjekar Assistant Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Prashant Dhopavkar Associate Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Vipra Tiwari Assistant Professor Institute of Management Development & Research Pune, Maharashtra, India

Call for Papers

Who can participate?

We are inviting Industry Professionals, Academicians, IMDR Alumni, Research Scholars and PG Students for participation. 

Conference Tracks and Sub tracks

• Finance & Economics
  • Investment Tourism in Global Investment arena
  • Currency Dynamics and International Trade
  • Technological Disruption with FinTech
  • Stock Market Resilience for Global Stability
  • Bharat’s Sustainable Finance Practices
  • Bharat's Financial Excellence through Corporate Governance
• Taxation and Laws
  • Cross-Border Transactions and GST
  • Corporate Governance
  • Taxation of Digital Goods and Services
  • Cross-Border Data Flow and Privacy Laws
  • Compliance and Risk Management
  • Environmental and Sustainability Laws
• Marketing
  • Strategic Alliances through Global Partnerships
  • Digital Marketing for Global Outreach
  • Marketing Bharat's Cultural Richness
  • India's Leadership in Heritage Tourism
  • Innovative Global Marketing: Technological Focus
  • Brand Building for Indian Healthcare Leadership
• International Trade and Investment
  • Influencing Global Views via Diplomacy
  • Bharat's FDI Trends and Outlook
  • Bharat's Global Networks: Bridging Markets
  • Bharat's Role in Regional Stability and Security
  • Impact of Bharat’s G-20 Presidency
  • Bharat’s role as voice of Global South
• Women’s Impact
  • Entrepreneurial Women in Global Markets
  • Women Tech-driven Empowerment
  • Global Tech Disruption: Women-led Start-ups Breaking Norms
  • Global Impact: Women-led Social Enterprises
  • Women Entrepreneurs: Environmental and Social Impact
  • Women in Cultural Diplomacy: India's Soft Power
• Human Resource Management
  • Bharat’s Innovative Global Talent Practices
  • Bharat’s way for Agile Global Workforce Management
  • Bharat’s Global Learning Collaborations
  • Global Impact through Bharat’s Leadership mantra
  • Bharat’s Tech-enhanced HR management
  • Global Workforce Harmony through Bharat’s way
• Agri- Business & Rural Economy
  • Agri-tech Start-ups and Bharat's Global Agricultural Impact.
  • Agri-business Powers Bharat's Global Change
  • Boosting Rural Economic Empowerment
  • Sustainable Agriculture for a Better World
  • Collaborative Initiatives by Agricultural Diplomacy
  • Empowering Women via Agri-Business
• Supply Chain & Operations
  • Innovative Logistics Boosting Global Competitiveness
  • Bharat’s Sustainable practices and global influence
  • Bharat’s Supply Chain Resilience and their impact on global trade
  • Quality management Indian systems in global operations.
  • Operational Excellence for Global Competitiveness
  • Bharat’s E-commerce Reshaping Supply Chains
• Entrepreneurship and Start-up Management
  • Global Collaborations for Entrepreneurs
  • Sustainable Growth for Bharat's Global Start-ups
  • Global Funding Avenues for Bharat's Start-ups
  • Scaling Start-ups with Strategic Partnerships
  • Impact Investing for Socially Responsible Start-ups
  • Global Expansion in relation to Start-up Regulations
• Business Technology & systems
  • Bharat's Global Impact through Fintech Innovation
  • Data Privacy in Bharat: Global Compliance.
  • AI Integration in Business Intelligence
  • Bharat’s Smart Governance Solutions
  • Enhancing Business Environments with Urban Tech
  • Digitization's Role in Resilient Global Trade

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Guidelines

Authors are requested to send their full-length papers along with abstract as per instruction given below in soft copy:

• Research papers describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, experimental, applied and theoretical work or research. Submission of a manuscript implies that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• The author’s name or affiliations should not appear anywhere else in the body of the manuscript to facilitate the blind peer review process.

• Research Paper Format:
  • Abstract: 150-200 words (adequately describe the work and highlight its significance. The abstract should only include text and avoid use of any abbreviations and references in it. Followed by relevant 4 to 5 keywords.)
  • Full Paper: 5000-6000 words (Including Tables, Figures and Appendix etc.)
  • Font Type: New Times Roman
  • Font Size: Size 12 (14 for headings)
  • Paragraph Spacing: 1.5
  • Normal Margin: 1”
• Suggestive Paper Structure
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology/ Approach
  • Findings/Results
  • Conclusion/Implications
  • Recommendations
  • Acknowledgements (when appropriate),
  • References,
  • Appendices
  • Tables / Figures (at appropriate in the text).
• Headings and subheadings must be short and numbered. The primary and sub-headings should be in title-case capitalization first letter of each word in the capital and in bold.
• Figures/ diagrams/ graphs preferably in an editable form and numbered consecutively. The source should be indicated at the bottom. The figures, diagrams and pictures should also be given relevant titles.
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources.
• Tables preferably in an editable form and numbered consecutively. It’s ‘title’ should be placed above the table and ‘source’ should be indicated at the bottom. Tables should be numbered and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Tables should not duplicate results in graphs. The minimum amount of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawings (label curves, points, etc. with single letter symbols). The tables and figures should be clearly visible, readable and monochromatic in nature. Avoid inserting pictures of tables and figures in the manuscript.
• References should be included at the end of the paper and arranged in alphabetical order. The references must follow the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition (refer: https://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th/referencelist)
• All manuscripts will be subject to double-blind peer-review and are expected to meet the scientific criteria.
• The text should be in English. American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of both.
• All submissions should report original and previously unpublished research results no matter the type of research paper you are presenting.
• All papers will be tested for plagiarism through a plagiarism software and papers with less than 10% plagiarism will be considered for publications in UGC care and ABDC Journals.

All Papers will be reviewed by the panel at the Institute and authors of the selected papers will be communicated via email.

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