International Management Conference (ImCon),2020, an intellectual conglomeration of Management Gurus, Administrators, research Scholars, Industrialists and Students was organized from 9th to 11th January 2020, in ASBM University. ‘Rise of the BRICS Economies: The New Globalization’ was the theme of this International Management Conference. Subthemes of the Conference were Managing Money- Maximizing Value, Managing People and Process, Managing Market Competitiveness and Managing Technology and Operations. This three-day long event was inaugurated on the 9th January, 2020 by Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, Former Foreign Secretary of India, by lighting the ‘Lamp of Wisdom’.
In his address, Chief Guest Ambassador Lalit Mansingh provided a kaleidoscopic view of the current global economic situation with specific thrust on the BRICS countries. He has traced the chronological evolution of the economic reforms of India and the major hurdles that encompasses the economic stronghold. Ambassador Mansingh has enumerated the major problems pertaining to BRICS countries such as International Terrorism, HIV AIDS, Cyber Crime.
The Guest of Eminence Prof. Fon Sim Ong, Vice Provost, University of Nottingham, Malaysia (UNM) spoke about the global population ageing and the need to understand the aged customers.
Guest of Eminence Dr. Rozalini M. Fernandez-Chung, Director, Centre of Academic Partnership and Engagement, University of Nottingham, Malaysia (UNM) emphasized on the role of education on sustainable economic prosperity. She proposed various approaches to promote education collaboration among the BRICS countries to develop a sustainable economic foundation. Another Guest of Eminence Prof. Lutfar Rahman, Registrar, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh spoke about the importance of the rise of BRICs countries as the emerging economic forces for the coming future. ASBM University has published a book on this occasion titled – New Globalisation: Integrating People, Technology and Market which was released by the Honourable Chief Guest Ambassador Lalit Mansingh.
In his Presidential Address, Prof. (Dr.) Biswajeet Pattanayak, President, ASBM University highlighted that cross – border trade barriers have been demolished through advanced smart technology, open mind approach of the developing countries. Further, he said that contribution of the BRICS to the world economy is expected to continue to account for more than half of the global economic growth by 2030.
The valedictory session of the International Management Conference (ImCon)-2020 was organized on 11th January 2020, in ASBM University. The Valedictory session was attended by Guests of Eminence Mr. Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Odisha., Ambassador Abasar Beuria, Ambassador Malay Mishra, Mr. Vivek Pattanayak, IAS (Retd.), Former Director, ICAO, Montreal, Canada.
Eminent speakers who delivered talk in different technical sessions include Dr. Ashish Banerjee, Professor, IIM Calcutta., Mr. Raj Banerjee, Business Head-East, Small Format, Future Group, Prof. Jyotirmaya Mohapatra, Vice Chancellor, AIPH University., Dr. Kishore Kumar Das, Head, Department of Business Administration, Ravenshaw University., Dr. Santosh Kumar Tripathy, Dean, Business Studies and Management, Utkal University., Prof. Bibhuti B. Mohapatra, Head, Department of IR & PM, Berhampur University., , Prof. Dasarathi Sahoo, Head, department of Business Administration, Utkal University., Mr. Jatindra Kanungo, Former Senior Specialist, Portfolio Management & Corporate Strategy, Cameco Corporation, Canara.
Prof. (Dr.) Kalyan Shankar Ray, Vice Chancellor, ASBM University introduced the theme and gave the welcome address of the session. In the ImCon’2020 a substantial number of research papers by many academicians, research scholars and industry practitioners from different countries & throughout India have immensely contributed. The conference conveners are Dr. Bhakta Bandhu Dash, Dr. Barada Prasanna Mohapatra, Dr. K Shubramanyam, Dr. Sitanath Raiguru & Dr. Sudhanshu Sekhar Nanda.