IBS Hyderabad, a constituent of the IFHE, a deemed university, offers high quality programs in different areas of management to a wide cross-section of students, executives and professionals across India. IBS has a reputation for innovative program design and delivery, quality courseware, personalized instruction, strong industry interface, research, consultancy and publications.

Within a short span of time since it was established in 1995, IBS has grown impressively and achieved widespread recognition from industry, academic circles, and professional bodies. IBS has also been consistently ranked among the top B-Schools in the country, in the annual B-School surveys conducted by independent research agencies.

In the globalized economy, business schools should excel in teaching, learning, research and overall professional development of all the stake holders. To achieve this agenda the business or management schools should create a mini 'Global village' in the class room by attracting qualified and trained faculty members and by also  attracting students from across the globe. The leaders of the business schools play a major role in creating a global or cross cultural atmosphere in business school  especially in a competitive business environment. Faculty members and students in a business school require a challenging forum, world class facilities and an open  learning environment. There is a need for innovating the pedagogy, course curriculum and also the administrative system to keep abreast with the latest developments in  the business world. Hence there is a need for brain storming sessions on the Academic, Faculty, Co-curricular and Institutional Development aspects of the business school. Some of the areas that warrant discussion are:

Academic aspects

1. Curriculum

2. Pedagogy

3. Assessment of the students

4. Professional development of the students

5. Continuous Quality Improvement

6. Internship

Faculty aspects

1. Teaching

2. Research

3. Projects and Consultancy

4. Institutional development

5. Faculty training and research

6. Professional development

Co curricular and extracurricular aspects

1. Students activities

2. Self learning

Institutional development aspects

1. Marketing Strategies

2. Business School Rankings and Accreditations

3. International Alliances & Exchange Programs (Faculty members and students)

4. Placements

5. Alumni relations

Aims of the conference

1. To provide an opportunity to the Business Schools' leaders to meet and involve in high level strategic discussions, to benchmark and to set new standards in the global business and management education field.

2. To enable the business school leaders to share their experiences and explore new avenues in the areas of modern management education.

3. To provide a platform for collaborating opportunities and networking.

1. Presidents, Vice Presidents, Chairpersons, Directors, Deans, Associate Deans and other people in administration with decision making capacity in Business Schools who would be expected to present a paper and lead discussions on the issues outlined below.

2. Universities/Corporate Groups/Individuals who are planning to start management schools.
   
   The conference invites articles/papers on any of the following topics:
   

   1. Trends in global business and management education field

   2. Challenges of Business School leaders in a globalized world

   3. Courseware Development and Curriculum Design

   4. Recruiting and Training Faculty Members

   5. Issues in retaining Quality Faculty Members

   6. Challenges in Developing Modern Teachers

   7. Collaborations and Alliances with other business schools

   8. Faculty Research – a pre-requisite for quality management teaching

   9. Importance of Faculty Publications in enhancing school reputation

   10. Innovations in Management Education and Pedagogy

   11. Alumni Relations – an avenue for better Industry Interface

   12. Student Placements – Challenges and Concerns

   13. Challenges and Issues in Internal Employer Branding and External Employer Branding

   14. Importance and Relevance of Business School Rankings and Accreditations

   15. Management Development Programs and Executive Education Programs in a business school

   16. Management Consultancy – a forum to bridge the university-industry interface

   17. Institutional Development – Issues and Challenges

Papers/Articles are also invited on any other topic that helps in creating a world class business school environment for students and faculty members.

Panel Discussion:

The Conference committee would organize the panel discussion across the critical issues related to management education and try to set the benchmark for creating world class learning environment and practicing environment.

Learning outcomes of the conference:

It is hoped that the presentations followed by panel discussion will

1. Lead to derive best practices to tackle the issues cited above and the same may be implemented to become a successful business school.

2. Help to understand the common practices as well differentiated practices of different business school.

3. Lead to networking and collaborations.

Note:

1. Fee includes accommodation, breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Conference kit, Conference Dinner, Proceedings of the Conference, Transportation from City to Campus.

2. Participants wishing to stay outside the campus will have to bear the cost by themselves.

3. Demand Draft (DD) should be Drawn in favor of IBS, Hyderabad and mailed only by registered post: Dr. S.Venkata seshaiah, IBS, Hyderabad, Survey No. 156/157, Dontanapalli Village, Shankerpally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District-501504, Phone: 9247021029 Fax: 08417-236653.

4. Please note that the fee once paid, will not be reimbursed.

1. The full paper can be uploaded on line in PDF or word document or www.ibshyderabad.org/icsbm mailed to ibs.bschoolleaderscon@gmail.com or venkatas@ibsindia.org

2. Papers submitted for the conference should be in English, Font type (Times New Roman), Font size 10 and typed in double space only on one side with a wide margin.

3. With the submission of the paper, the following items should be included in the first page :

• Cover page-showing title of the manuscript, the author's name, affiliation, and full address with e-mail ID including acknowledgment if any.

• Information about the author (s) up to 100 words each, including qualifications, written on a separate sheet to appear at manuscript end.

• Abstract of up to 100 – 150 words.

• Five or fewer key words.

• Running heads, if title is of more than 10 words.

• Acknowledgments if any.

• Dr S. Venkata Seshaiah (09948394557)
  Professor and Associate Dean (Research)

• Prof. Hilda Amalraj ( 09948394558)
  Associate Dean (Academics)

IBS, Hyderabad,
Survey No. 156/157, Dontanapalli Village,
Shankerpally Mandal,
Ranga Reddy District-501504,
Phone: 9247021029 Fax: 08417-236653
Website: www.ibshyderabad.org

Conference date: January 8th - 9th, 2010

Venue of Conference:
IBS, Hyderabad
Survey No. 156/157, Dontanapalli Village
Shankerpalli Mandal,
Ranga Reddy District - 501504

Last date for submission of full paper: October 15th, 2009

Last date for receiving the registration forms: November 20th, 2009

Category

Paper presenters and delegates from abroad USD 300/-

Paper presenters and delegates from IndiaRs. 5,000/-