IMRC 2024: India Management Research Conference: IIM Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Ahmedabad, India, December 7-9, 2024 |
| Conference website | https://conference.iima.ac.in/imrc2024/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imrc2024 |
| Abstract registration deadline | July 31, 2024 |
| Submission deadline | July 31, 2024 |
Established in 1961, the Indian institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is a premier, global institution that spearheads advancements in management education. For over six decades, the institute has garnered enduring recognition for its contributions to knowledge creation, professional practice, and policy formulation. This acclaim is a testament to its exceptional pedagogy, groundbreaking research, and unwavering commitment to cultivating visionary leaders. IIMA fosters a dynamic ecosystem of collaboration, actively engaging with industry, government, and social enterprises to generate a progressive societal impact. The institute prioritises research as the cornerstone of its academic excellence. Our faculty's diverse intellectual pursuits fuel a robust research environment, fostering exploration of cutting-edge, interdisciplinary themes. True to our mission, IIMA's research not only expands the frontiers of knowledge but also translates directly into actionable insights for the business world.
Key Developments in India
Ten years ago, India was placed amidst the ‘Fragile Five’— a set of vulnerable nations, dependent on foreign investments to drive growth. Today, India is the fifth largest economy in the world with a GDP worth $ 4.1 billion. From ‘Fragile Five’ to ‘Top Five’ in less than a decade—India has challenged stereotypes, rewired perceptions, and reframed policy narratives.
Of the many initiatives aimed at creating a pool of opportunities in India, some of the most striking include Make in India, Start-up India, Digital India, the Smart City Mission, and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. From launching a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to promote digital transactions to the implementation of the ‘one nation-one tax’ Goods & Services Tax (GST); from carefully curating a much-needed National Education Policy (NEP) to introducing a new foreign direct investment policy and from developing a new 25,000 km highway network worth ₹ 20,000 crore under the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan to launching a comprehensive National Logistics Policy (NLP) —India has come a long way from being the 10th largest economy in the world back in 2014.
Amidst numerous reforms, a major reform over the last ten years has been the government’s conscious entrustment of the private sector as a co-partner in furthering the nation’s development agenda. It is here that academia bridges the gap by conducting research in management that can help analyse policy effectiveness, identify opportunity with policy interventions and formulate strategies for scaling development among others.
Centres of Excellence at IIMA
The institute hosts 10 Centres of Research Excellence that are committed to engaging with the GoI and the industry at large to solve pressing national and international challenges of the country and beyond, and solving management problems with cutting-edge tools. As researchers, IIMA faculty are pioneers who enable new and exciting interdisciplinary collaborations; they take a solid grounding in theory and run it through a mill of questions and conjectures until future-oriented insights emerge.
IIMA's Centres of Research Excellence act as intellectual engines, each one driving groundbreaking insights across a vast landscape of fields including but not limited to financial markets, artificial intelligence, behavioral science, digital transformation, health services, transportation and logistics, leadership, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and gold policy. Here, researchers don their interdisciplinary thinking caps, examining business challenges through multifaceted lenses. This collaborative spirit fuels rigorous research, leading to the publication of seminal papers and reports that push the frontiers of knowledge. The centres actively engage with industry practitioners and tackle contemporary problems together, fostering lively discourse through panel discussions and roundtables. This vital exchange acts as a two-way bridge, disseminating research findings while simultaneously informing future research directions.
Spearheaded by the institute’s Centres of Research Excellence, IIMA is happy to announce its inaugural India Management Research Conference: IIM Ahmedabad (IMRC)—a three-day mega event that presents research scholars, academics, and industry practitioners with an opportunity to network, explore diverse research themes, and gain valuable insights into IIMA's cutting-edge research. Besides increasing the visibility of the institute's research, another core objective of the IMRC is to serve as a recruitment forum for exceptional Ph.D. students. Over the years, IMRC hopes to evolve as a premium management conference in India.
With 11 tracks spread across three days, the theme for this year’s conference is Confluence of Growth, Sustainability, and Resilience. This dynamic exchange of ideas promises to shape the future of management research, while also serving as a recruitment forum for our exceptional Ph.D. students. Join us at IMRC 2024 to be part of this momentous occasion!
Call for Conference Submissions
IMRC 2024 invites submissions under the broad theme of, ‘Confluence of Growth, Sustainability, and Resilience’ across various multidisciplinary research areas. Tracks have varying submission requirements and hence, participants can visit the conference website where the section, 'Call for Papers' provides access to individual track pages.
Please note that there will not be any proceedings of the paper; however, high quality papers will be recommended for submission to Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers. Publication of papers in Vikalpa is dependent on the feedback and review of members on the journal committee. Participants are requested to adhere to the conference timeline below to ensure timely submission and registration.
Conference Tracks
Track 01: Entrepreneurship: Facilitators & Hurdles Related to Scaling Up of Startups
Track 02: Management in Health Services
Track 03: Gold & Precious Metals: Business and Economic Policies
Track 04A: Finance, Accounting, and Economics
Track 05: Behavioral Science in Management (BSIM)
Track 06: Transportation and Logistics
Track 07: Digital Transformation
Track 08: Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability, & Responsible Capital
Track 09: Leadership Research & Practice in the Context of Changes in the World of Work
Track 10: Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
Organizing Committee
Conference Patron: Prof. Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Ahmedabad
| Sr. No. | Centres & Tracks | Organizing Committee |
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1 |
Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE) |
Prof. Sunil Sharma |
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2 |
Centre for Management of Health Services (CMHS) |
Prof. Viswanath PingaliProf. Rajesh ChandwaniProf. Tarun Jain |
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3 |
India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC) |
Prof. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami |
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4a |
Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy (MCFME) (FAE Track) |
Prof. Sanket Mohapatra |
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4b |
Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy (MCFME) (Real Estate Track) |
Prof. Prashant Das |
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5 |
NSE Centre for Behavioral Science in Finance, Economics and Marketing (NSE-CBS) |
Prof. Joshy JacobProf. Pritha Dev |
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6 |
Centre for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) |
Prof. Debjit RoyProf. Sandip Chakrabarti |
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7 |
Centre for Digital Transformation (CDT) |
Prof. Pankaj SetiaProf. Swanand Deodhar |
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8 |
Arun Duggal Centre for ESG Research (CESGR) |
Prof. Anish SugathanProf. Neerav Nagar |
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9 |
Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organisational Development (ADCLOD) |
Prof. Neharika Vohra |
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10 |
Brij Disa Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CDSA) |
Prof. Ankur SinhaProf. Sriram Sankaranarayanan |
Location & Venue Details
About Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad city is located in the state of Gujarat in the western part of India on the banks of Sabarmati river. Ahmedabad is known for its rich past and its association with Mahatma Gandhi. The city has places of tourist attraction like Gandhi Ashram, Akshardham, Calico Museum, Nal Sarovar (Bird Sanctuary) and monuments which date back to the 15th century.
Reaching Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad is well connected to other parts of India through air, rail and road. There are daily flights to important cities in India. Daily train services to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai and computerised reservation facilities are available. Direct International connections to destinations such as Dubai, London, New York, Paris and Singapore are also available.
Reaching the Venue
IIMA is 45 minutes drive from the airport and 25-30 minutes from the railway station/bus station. For reaching IIMA, on landing in the city ask the taxi/auto rickshaw for “Indian institute of Management (IIM), Vastrapur”. The Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) and Bus Rapid Transit Services (BRTS) operate buses throughout the city.
Contact
For general inquiries, registration support and sponsorship inquiries, please reach out to us at imrc2024@iima.ac.in.