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ICIER-IIMB International Conference on
Entrepreneurship Education and Training: Design, Delivery and
Effectiveness
29-31 January 2015
At Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore
The ICIER-IIMB 4th International
Conference on “Entrepreneurship Education and Training: Design, Delivery and
Effectiveness” was held at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore during
29-31 January 2015. This is the fourth academic conference organized by the
International Consortium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research (ICIER).
The first ICIER conference was conducted at IIM Bangalore in 2011, the second
was conducted at Moscow International Higher Business School (MIRBIS), Russia,
in 2012, and the third was in 2013 at Instituto de Economia, Rio de Janerio,
Brazil. Selected papers from 2011 ICIER conferences were published as an edited
volume by Springer under the title Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:
Perspectives from Emerging Economies. Another edited volume from ICIER
2013 conference was published by the same publisher under the title Entrepreneurship
in BRICS: Policy and Research to Support Entrepreneurs.
Professor Mathew J.
Manimala, Director, ICIER-IIMB International
Conference, welcomed the gathering and Professor Devanath Tirupati,
Dean-Academic, IIM Bangalore, delivered the Presidential address. The
conference was inaugurated by Mr. Jorn Rohde, Consul General of the Federal
Republic of Germany on 29th January 2015. In his inaugural
address, Mr Rohde discussed the German system of vocational training and
observed that “in any country, entrepreneurs need conducive legal, economic and
social environment to lead their businesses to success and growth. He also
highlighted the importance of education, experience, R&D, confidence of
people, role of SMEs and labour participation in the development of the German
economy.
Ms. Leena Pische
Thomas, Regional Manager-European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) introduced
European Technology Experience Centre (ETEC) an Initiative of EBTC, which
promotes sustained and real-time knowledge exchange between Europe and India to
facilitate collaboration in technology, science, research, innovation and
business. Prof. Stefano Colombo, Co-founder, ArtforEconomy, Italy, has given a
talk on the new initiative of representing the economy through artistic
creation. European Technology Experience Centre and ArtforEconomy were
inaugurated by Professor Fabio Corno, Milano- Bicocca University, during the
inaugural function. The vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. G. Sabarinathan,
Chairperson-NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore. The inaugural function ended with the
National Anthem.
The key note speakers
were Prof. Fabio Corno, Milano-Bicocca University Italy, (Topic: Entrepreneurship
Education and Training: The need for a New Paradigm); Prof.
Piero Formica, International Professor of Knowledge Economics
and Entrepreneurship, University of Tartu, Estonia (Topic: Creative Ignorance and its Role in Promoting
Entrepreneurial Innovation and Learning); Prof. Sari Mattila, Visiting
Professor, IIM Bangalore (Topic: Moving Minds and Matter: Creating
Space for Entrepreneurial Capabilities in Learning and Education) Ms. Robyn
Spens, UK Director at Professional Passport (Topic: Entrepreneurial Skills for the 21st
Century: Developing a Global Mind-set); Prof. Raghu Echempati, Director of Graduate
Programs, Kettering University, USA (Topic: Building an Entrepreneurial Mind-Set among
Students: The Role of Pedagogical Innovation in Engineering /General Education) and Prof. Jay Mitra, University of Essex,
UK (Topic: Holistic Entrepreneurship
Education: An Emerging Economy Perspective).
Prof. K. Kumar,
Apeejay Surrendra Chair Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship, IIM
Bangalore, chaired a panel discussion on Educating the Family
Entrepreneur: Issues and Challenges. The panel members were Mr. N.
Krishnan, CEO of Parampara Family Business Institute, Sapthagiri S. Boggaram,
Director, Sarathi International Inc. and Nitesh Gupta, Director, Vinir
Engineering Pvt Ltd.
Prof. G. Sabarinathan,
Chairperson-NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, chaired a panel discussion on Role
of Incubators in Promoting Entrepreneurial Learning, in which the
panelists were Prof. Rajagopal, Chairperson, Entrepreneurship
Centre at IIITB, C. S. Murali, COO, Society for Industrial Development,
IISc, Bangalore, Nagaraja Prakasam, Mentor in Residence at
NSRCEL and Active angel investor at Indian Angel Network, Sunil
Maheswari, Founder and CEO, Mango Technologies and Hrishikesh
Kulkarni, Founder and CEO, 1clickstreet.
The conference
received more than 250 research papers. These were subjected to a rigorous
review process, following which 92 papers were accepted for presentation. These
papers were presented in 18 parallel sessions on 29th and 30thJanuary
2015. A summary of these papers was presented in a plenary session on the final
day by Dr. Princy Thomas, Conference Administrator, ICIER-IIMB International
Conference.
The valedictory
function on 31st January 2015 started with the welcome speech
of Professor Suresh Bhagavatulla, NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, followed by the presidential address of
Margie Worthington-Smith, Executive Director, Allan Gray Orbis
Foundation, South Africa. Awards for the best papers and artistic works were
presented by the Chief Guest and the Panel of Judges. The Valedictory Address
was delivered by Mr. Sohan Roy, CEO, Aries Group of Companies and renowned film
Director/ Producer. The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. P.K. Thomas,
Co-founder and Trustee, ICIER-India. The valedictory function ended with the
National Anthem.
Art Competition &
Exhibition
As part of the conference, ARTforEconomy and Fondazione Rivoli2 organized
an International Art Competition and Exhibition related to the themes of “Business
and Economy”. There were more than 40
art works from India and Italy and two ( one from India and other from Italy) were
selected as the best art works.
CONFERENCE
ORGANIZATION
Conference
Advisory Council
Prof. Sushil Vachani, Director, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Prof. Devanath Tirupati, Dean, Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore.
Prof. Jay Mitra, Professor of Business Enterprise and innovation, University of Essex,
UK.
Prof. Y. K. Bhushan, President, Council for Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, India.
Prof. Thomas Kalliath, Australian National University College of Business and
Economics, Canberra, Australia.
Prof. J. Philip, President, XIME, Bangalore.
Prof. Fabio Corno, Milano-Bicocca University, Italy; Member International
Advisory Council of ICIER.
Prof. Renata Lebre La Rovere, Instituto de Economia (UFRJ), Brazil;
Member International Advisory Council of ICIER.
Prof. Elena Pereverzeva, Moscow International Higher Business School (MIRBIS),
Russia; Member International Advisory Council of ICIER.
Prof. Zhao Youzhen, School of Management, Fudan University, China; Member International
Advisory Council of ICIER.
Prof. Luo
Lingling, North Eastern University,
Shenyang, China.
Conference
Organizing Committee
Prof. Mathew J. Manimala, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore,
India; and Member International Advisory Council of ICIER.
Prof. G. Sabarinathan, Chairperson-NSRCEL, Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore.
Prof. K. Kumar, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Prof. P. D. Jose, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Dr. S. K. Prasad, Professor, Gitam University, Bangalore Campus; and Chairman-National
Academy of Management and Entrepreneurship (NAME)
Dr. Sandeep Krishnan, Associate Director, People in Business (India) Pvt.
Ltd, Bangalore.
Mr. P. K.
Thomas, Co-founder and
Coordinator, ICIER-India
Conference Directors
Prof.
Mathew J. Manimala, IIM Bangalore.
Email: manimala@iimb.ernet.in
Prof.
G. Sabarinathan, IIM Bangalore
Email: sabari@iimb.ernet.in
Conference Coordinator
Mr. P. K. Thomas
Email: thomas@icier.org
Mobile:
+91-9986431562
Conference Administrator
Dr.
Princy Thomas
Mobile: +91-9741414089
Conference Supporting Team
Ms Vishnupriya
Hymavathi
Mr.
Siji Cyriac
Ms.
Vallarie Shisha Lyngdoh
Secretarial
and Logistic Support
R
Gowri
N
Ravi
Masters
of Ceremony
Kaushik J
Krishna Prasad
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