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IIM Bangalore to host Doctoral Consortium on Teaching 2026
The Centre for Teaching and Learning to conduct a five-day residential programme for advanced doctoral scholars
17 December, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at IIM Bangalore will host the Doctoral Consortium on Teaching 2026, a five-day, on-campus programme designed for doctoral scholars in management and allied disciplines. The consortium will be conducted in two batches: 12–16 January 2026 (Batch 1) and 27–31 January 2026 (Batch 2).
Effective academic practice demands an aptitude for research and a deep understanding of teaching and learning practices. Recognising this imperative, the Doctoral Consortium on Teaching is structured to support advanced-stage doctoral scholars as they prepare to transition into faculty roles within higher education institutions.
Over the past five years, the programme has played a significant role in strengthening teaching capabilities among emerging academics in the management domain. Through a carefully curated curriculum, the consortium enables participants to engage with pedagogical frameworks, classroom practice, course design, and reflective teaching methodologies central to contemporary management education.
Eligibility:
Doctoral scholars in the concluding stages of their PhD programme (fourth year and above) are preferred.
Application process:
- Nominations sent only by the Directors, Chairpersons, or Heads of Doctoral Programmes from institutes and universities will be considered. The nominations can be sent through official e-mail IDs to the IIMB-CTL ID, i.e., ctl@iimb.ac.in.
- It is mandatory for nominated candidates to submit a *statement of purpose* with the mail.
- Nominators must indicate the nominees’ preferred batch in the e-mail.
Last date for submission of nominations: 30 November 2025.
For further information, interested institutions and nominees may refer to the programme brochure or contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning at IIM Bangalore.
Email: ctl@iimb.ac.in
Phone: +91 80 2699 3852
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Research & Publications Office to host seminar on ‘Jobs, AI, and Trade’ on 15 January
The talk will be delivered by Dr. Franziska Ohnsorge, World Bank
12 January, 2026, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) will host a seminar on, ‘Jobs, AI, and Trade’, to be led by Dr. Franziska Ohnsorge, World Bank (Economics area), at 11 am on 15th January 2026, in Classroom P-11.
Abstract: Productivity gains from the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be substantial for the 15 percent of South Asian workers who are in jobs with strong complementarities with AI and who tend to be highly educated, experienced workers. Demand for AI skills has grown rapidly, and jobs requiring these skills command a wage premium of nearly 30 percent relative to other white-collar jobs. Only seven percent of South Asia’s jobs are highly exposed to AI without being complementary to its use, and are thus at risk of automation – well below the 15 percent exposure in other emerging markets. Moderately educated, young workers are the most vulnerable to job displacement. The introduction of Generative AI has already reduced monthly job listings by around 20 percent for the most exposed and most substitutable white-collar occupations.
The largest relative job losses have occurred in the business services and Information Technology (IT) sectors, and among upper-middle-skilled and entry-level workers. Carefully sequenced tariff cuts, especially in conjunction with broader free trade agreements, would encourage private investment and job creation in trade-related activities, which disproportionately employ South Asia’s younger and higher-skilled workers and have accounted for most of South Asia’s employment growth over the past decade. This could particularly benefit manufacturing, where elevated tariffs on production inputs currently diminish competitiveness.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Franziska Ohnsorge is the World Bank Chief Economist for South Asia. In this role, she is responsible for leading the research program on key economic issues in South Asia to inform the policy debate and World Bank lending. Before starting this position, she was the Manager at the Development Economics Vice Presidency where she spearheaded the flagship Global Economic Prospects report. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked in the Office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and at the International Monetary Fund.
Her research has been featured in peer-reviewed journals as well as policy publications, and has covered a wide range of topics in international macroeconomics and finance, including debt and financial crises, inflation and monetary policy, as well as growth and informal labor markets. Her work has been widely cited, including in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Dr. Ohnsorge holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.
Webpage Link: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/f/franziska-lieselotte-ohnsorge
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2026-01-22 05:30:00
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CSITM at IIMB and INAIS India Chapter invite applications for ‘Scholarship in the AI Age’
Last date for the application deadline is 29 November, 2025
October 28, 2025, Bengaluru: The Centre for Software and IT Management (CSITM) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), in collaboration with the Association for Information Systems – India Chapter (INAIS), invites applications for participation in the two-day workshop titled ‘Scholarship in the AI Age,’ scheduled for 22nd and 23rd January 2026 at IIM Bangalore. The last date for submitting applications is 29 November 2025.
The intensive two-day workshop aims to explore how the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not merely introducing new tools but fundamentally transforming the very nature of academic research and inquiry. In this rapidly evolving landscape, scholars are called upon to move beyond being passive users of technology and become strategic, critical thinkers who can harness AI’s potential responsibly, ethically, and with intellectual rigor.
The session is designed to be a dialogue-driven engagement rather than a “how-to.” It is intended for scholars and educators who want to comprehend the profound, structural changes that AI is bringing to research, as well as build the sophisticated mindset required for this new age. We will not give quick fixes. Instead, participants will have a high-level discussion about how to design, perform, and publish high-impact research in a world where AI is always collaborating, criticizing, and catalyzing. The goal is to provide you with the frameworks to lead, not just adapt to, the future of research.
Senior faculty members from IIMs and IITs will be facilitators at the workshop and will lead discussions in the classroom, breakout sessions, and the Editors’ Roundtable on AI in Peer Review and Dissemination.
For the course outline, please visit: here
Workshop Co-Chairs:
Prof. Sujeet K. Sharma, President, AIS India Chapter, Dean (Research) & Professor, IIM Nagpur
Prof. Mayank Kumar, Chairperson, CSITM, IIM Bangalore
Important Dates:
Application Due: 29 Nov 2025
Acceptance Notification: 13 Dec 2025
Registration Deadline: 02 Jan 2026
Upon completion of the workshop, a certificate of participation will be issued under the aegis of CSITM and the AIS India Chapter.
Registration Fees:
₹ 10,000 (excluding GST); ₹ 8,000 (excluding GST) for AIS members
Notes:
A partial fee waiver may be offered for selected participants.
Chargeable on-campus accommodation is available.
Call for Applications
Applications are invited from scholars and educators who seek to understand the deep, structural changes AI is bringing to research and to develop the mindset required for this new era.
To apply, please submit the following by email to csitm@iimb.ac.in with the subject line ‘Scholarship in the AI Age.’ The link for registration, along with further details, will be sent to shortlisted applicants.
a) Curriculum Vitae, including details of research interests
b) A one-page statement explaining how you think the workshop will benefit you.
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2026-01-23 05:30:00
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CDPG to host launch of book authored by IIMB Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Balakrishnan Mahadevan
Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys, to join the author in a fireside chat
15 December, 2025, Bengaluru: The Center for Digital Public Goods (CDPG) at IIMB will host the launch of the book, ‘Designing Change: My Journey Through Digital Payments Transformation’, authored by Dr. Balakrishnan Mahadevan, Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIMB. The launch event will be held on Friday, 23 January 2026, at the Institute auditorium, from 3:45 PM to 7:00 PM.
The day will convene leaders from policy, industry, and academia to reflect on India’s extraordinary journey in building one of the world’s most advanced digital payments ecosystems.
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A key highlight of the event will be a fireside chat between Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys, and Dr. Balakrishnan. A former Chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India, Mr. Murthy brings a rare vantage point on the values, governance principles, and institutional choices that underpinned India’s digital payments transformation. The conversation will situate the book within a broader reflection on how integrity, rapid execution, and a public-good orientation enabled the creation of a world-class, real-time payments infrastructure.
The program will also feature reflections by distinguished leaders of policy, industry, and academia, offering multi-dimensional perspectives on the themes explored in the book. These reflections will lead into a panel discussion on the Future of Payments that is set to examine emerging trends such as DPI for developing economies, the coexistence of banks and fintechs, and the implications of new forms of digital money, including central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and tokenised deposits.
The book launch is expected to be a significant moment for policymakers, regulators, financial sector leaders, scholars, and practitioners interested in understanding how thoughtful institutional design and technological innovation can drive large-scale economic transformation.
About the author
Dr. Balakrishnan Mahadevan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIM Bangalore, whose research focuses on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Digital Public Goods (DPGs). He holds multiple postgraduate qualifications, including an MA in Political Science/Public Administration, an MBA in Finance, and a Master’s degree in Bank Management, and is a distinguished techno-functional expert in banking and payment systems with over three decades of experience.
He has served in senior roles across ABN AMRO, Citibank, DCB Bank, and NPCI, with extensive expertise in IT infrastructure, data centres, and mission-critical core banking and financial services applications. As Chief Operating Officer of NPCI, he led business, operations, and technology initiatives that shaped India’s modern digital payments ecosystem, implementing systems such as IMPS, AEPS, APB, NACH, CTS, and RuPay. He has also worked with the World Bank to strengthen financial and payments infrastructure across multiple countries.
About the book
The book offers a definitive, insider account of how payments in India evolved in the 21st century, from a slow, cheque-dominated system to a real-time, interoperable digital public infrastructure that underpins inclusion, competition, and economic growth. Blending lived professional experience with institutional insight and policy analysis, the narrative spans the period from the 1980s to 2025 and positions payments as a critical form of public infrastructure rather than merely a transactional utility.
Structured across four parts and twenty-six chapters, Designing Change traces the evolution of India’s payments ecosystem with analytical depth and narrative coherence. It revisits early reforms in cheque clearing and the emergence of electronic systems, examines the blueprinting of institutional reform that led to the creation of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), and chronicles the rise of fast payments through platforms such as IMPS and UPI. The book also explores the role of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a catalyst and reflects on India’s growing influence on global payments thinking, alongside critical issues of interoperability, inclusion, and systemic risk.
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2026-01-30 05:30:00
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IIM Bangalore to host fireside chat with Mr. Aditya Puri and Mr. Narayana Murthy on ‘The Art of Building Legendary Companies’
The session is being facilitated by Catamaran, the family investment office of Mr. Narayana Murthy
Catamaran will organize a special interactive session titled, ‘The Art of Building Legendary Companies’, featuring two of India’s most consequential institution-builders – Mr. Aditya Puri, Senior Advisor, Carlyle Asia, former CEO and Managing Director of HDFC Bank, and Mr. Narayana Murthy, Founder, Catamaran and Founder, Infosys, on January 30, 2026, at 3:30 PM, at the IIMB auditorium.
The event will open with a welcome address by Prof. U Dinesh Kumar, Director In-charge, IIMB, followed by a fireside chat with Mr. Puri and Mr. Murthy, moderated by Mr. MD Ranganath, Chairman, Catamaran. The discussion will be followed by an extended Q&A session with students. Drawing on decades of leadership experience, Mr. Puri and Mr. Murthy will reflect on how to build and nurture a large, globally respected organization.
Following the auditorium program, participants will have the opportunity for an informal interaction with Mr. Murthy, the Catamaran team, and a curated group of invited guests, including IIM B alumni, from India’s entrepreneurial, investment, and corporate leadership circles over high tea.
About Catamaran
Catamaran is the family investment office of Mr. Narayana Murthy, established in 2011 with the purpose of funding high quality entrepreneurship over a long period of time. Now in its fifteenth year of operations, Catamaran manages approximately USD 1.3 billion in assets across public markets and private equity and venture capital portfolios in India and the United States.
With a team of 17 professionals based in Bengaluru, Catamaran has engaged with over 2,000 startup founders, made 31 direct investments in early-stage and growth companies, and invested in 20 venture capital funds. The firm has also forged successful joint venture partnerships with global organizations such as Amazon and Aon.
Guided by Mr. Murthy’s belief in learning from global best practices, the team has studied enterprise and innovation ecosystems across countries, including the United States, China, Japan, Israel, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
Catamaran’s vision is to be a globally respected catalyst, investing in innovative, value-driven businesses with the potential for significant impact and lasting success.
About Mr. Aditya Puri
Few leaders have shaped India’s financial landscape as decisively as Aditya Puri. When he took on the challenge of building HDFC Bank in 1994, private banking in India was still nascent, and public trust in financial institutions was fragile. Over the next 26 years, Mr. Puri led the bank’s transformation into India’s largest private sector bank, setting benchmarks in risk management, customer service, and operational excellence.
Under his leadership, HDFC Bank helped institutionalize many services now taken for granted in Indian banking, from retail credit products to technology-enabled service delivery. Today, HDFC Bank is India's largest private bank, with a 14% market share of India's banking sector. It is the 2nd largest company in India by market capitalization, with a market cap of ~$160 bn. It has a revenue of ~$40 bn and a net profit of ~$8 bn employing ~2,15,000 people. Since the bank went public in 1995, it has delivered a return to investors of 24% p.a. including dividends.
What makes Aditya Puri especially remarkable is not just the size of the bank he built, but how he built it. He believed in growing carefully rather than chasing quick profits, managing risk responsibly, and hiring people with strong values. During multiple crises, for example the global financial crisis of 2008, HDFC Bank remained stable and profitable, earning the trust of millions of Indians. His career is often used as an example of how patience, integrity, and long-term thinking can create lasting success.
Mr. Puri has won several awards and accolades during his tenure, including being named among Barron’s Top 30 Global CEOs from 2015 to 2018 and Fortune’s Top 20 Businesspersons globally in 2017. He was also named Banker of the Year by Business Standard, and most recently, received Euromoney’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
About Mr. Narayana Murthy
When we speak about people who helped put India on the global map, NRN is one of the first names that comes to mind. At a time when India was not known for technology or innovation, he co-founded Infosys with a small group of colleagues with an idea that Indian talent could build world-class technology companies. This was at a time when it took 3 years and 50 trips to Delhi to import one computer.
Starting with very limited resources, he helped grow Infosys into a global IT services leader, working with some of the world’s largest companies and creating thousands of high-quality jobs in India which helped build India's middle class. In doing so, he played a key role in shaping India’s reputation as a global technology powerhouse.
Infosys was one of the earliest Indian IT companies to list on an international stock exchange. It also pioneered practices such as employee stock ownership, large-scale training, world-class campuses and structured processes, elements that came to define the modern Indian IT services industry. Infosys was also a pioneer in how Indian companies were run. It set new benchmarks in corporate governance, disclosure, and merit-based promotion, long before these became common practice.
Today, Infosys is India's 2nd largest IT services company by revenue with a market cap of ~$75 bn. It has a revenue of ~$20 bn and a net profit of ~$3 bn employing ~3,31,000 people. Since Infosys went public in 1993 it has delivered a return to investors of 35% p.a. including dividends.
What makes NRN especially important is the values he stood for. He strongly believed in honesty, transparency, and fairness. Infosys's tagline "Powered by intellect, driven by values" symbolizes its culture.
In 2014, Mr. Murthy was ranked 13th among CNBC’s 25 global business leaders and was listed among the ‘12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time’ by Fortune magazine in 2012. He received the Legion d’honneur from France, CBE from Britain and Padma Vibhushan from India. The Economist ranked him among the 10 most-admired global business leaders in 2005. He is the first Indian winner of Ernst and Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year award.
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6th edition of Human Resources International Conference (HRIC) to be held at IIMB from April 09 - 11, 2026
Global Summit on the theme ‘Sustainable Human Resource Management in the Age of Disruption’, focusing on AI’s impact on work and workforces
10 October, 2025, Bengaluru: IIMB will host the 6th edition of the Human Resources International Conference (HRIC), to be organized by the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management (AOM), from April 9–11, 2026. The academic gathering, previously held in China, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa, is set to bring together scholars, practitioners, and doctoral students to reflect on the future of HR in an era defined by technological transformation and workplace disruption.
The theme for the 2026 edition is ‘Sustainable Human Resource Management in the Age of Disruption’, with an emphasis on the profound and evolving impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on work and workforces. The conference aims to reimagine HRM practices that respond not only to the opportunities presented by technological advancement but also to the human and ethical challenges they pose.
Submissions are invited from academics, industry professionals, and doctoral students across a range of formats, including papers, posters, symposia, and professional development workshops, that explore the conference’s central theme and its diverse implications.
For more details: https://www.iimb.ac.in/hric2026/index.php
For Registration: https://enidhi.iimb.ac.in/?p_id=80C261EDB669B5C5C162F27DBED9EC36
Conference Tracks
1. Digital Transformation in HRM: Exploring how technology, including AI, is reshaping HR practices, including employee relations in remote and hybrid work environments.
2. Future of Work and HR: Examining how HR can lead organizations through change as work evolves due to societal and technological shifts, including ethics and Common Good HRM. It further includes investigating the challenges and strategies for managing a diverse, global workforce.
3. Employee Safety, Well-Being, and Mental Health: Focusing on initiatives and policies promoting mental health, work-life balance, and overall well-being.
4. Entrepreneurship and HRM: Exploring the intersection of entrepreneurship and HRM, focusing on how HR practices can support entrepreneurial ventures and foster innovation within organizations.
5. The Role of HR in Environmental Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Analyzing the role of HR in promoting sustainable practices and corporate social responsibility within organizations, such as Green HRM.
6. Talent Management and Succession Planning: Focusing on innovative approaches to attracting, retaining, and developing talent in a competitive landscape, including gig working, skunk teams/project-based organizations.
7. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Examining strategies for fostering inclusive workplaces and addressing systemic biases in HR practices.
8. Indigenous Knowledge System and HR: Exploring how indigenous knowledge and thoughts can shape HRM in the changing context.
9. Poster Presentations: Encouraging informal and open dialogue between researchers, providing a platform for networking and feedback. If accepted, researchers are expected to create a poster presentation summarizing their key research questions/ideas/findings.
10. Doctoral Submission: Doctoral Colloquium and Junior Faculty Development Workshop Submissions
Submission Timeline
Submissions Open: May 01, 2025 (Thursday)
Submissions Close: September 22, 2025 (Monday)
Communication of Acceptance: November 10, 2025 (Monday) - Extended
Early Bird Registration Deadline: December 22, 2025 (Monday)
Pre-Conference Workshops: April 08, 2026
Conference Dates: April 09 - 11, 2026
Submission Guidelines
All extended abstracts and symposium/workshop submissions should be in the English language.
Extended abstracts should be a maximum of 1000 words (excluding tables, figures, and references) attached only in PDF format.
Poster submission abstracts are limited to 300 words. Researchers must focus on their research question and the aim of the proposed study.
Symposia and workshop proposals should be a maximum of 500 words and include the following:
Title
Names of organiser(s)
Potential participants – including presenters as well as those interested in attending
Topic/theme
Structure/Format, including any specific space or room requirements
Purpose/value/aim
To preserve anonymity, author names should be excluded from the header/footer or the body.
Submission is final, and changes cannot be made afterwards.
A maximum of three papers as an author or a co-author may be submitted.
Formatting Guidelines
Extended abstracts should include a short background, problem, objectives, method, results, and conclusions (only in PDF format).
Formatting: Single spacing and Times New Roman 12-point font.
The entire submission (title, abstract, text, figures, graphs, tables, and references) must be contained in one document.
The title should be listed in the header of each page.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
The HRIC 2026 submission system will be open for submissions from May 01, 2025.
Figures, graphs, tables, appendices, and references should follow the Academy of Management Journal’s Style Guide.
Please follow the above guidelines to ensure your paper is reviewed. Papers that are not prepared according to these formatting instructions will not be reviewed.
Review Process
Papers will be double-blind reviewed:
All papers will be blind peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
All submitting authors are expected to review one to two papers.
Reviewers will be invited to provide review comments to authors, but a review report to the author is not compulsory.
Reviewer decisions are final, and the outcomes will not be revisited
Doctoral Colloquium and Junior Faculty Development Workshop Submissions
A Doctoral Colloquium and a Junior Faculty Development Workshop, providing both feedback on research endeavors and specific workshops that will be valuable to doctoral students, will also be held. The colloquium/workshop will comprise a feedback session with peers and senior academics, a seminar on a topic of relevance to doctoral students, and an interactive panel session focused on publishing.
To apply for the Doctoral Colloquium and Junior Faculty Development Workshop, participants must develop and submit a summary proposal of their doctoral research/working paper (approximately 1000 words).
The following details are to be included:
Name, email address, university affiliation, PhD/research area/discipline, number of years in the PhD program/as junior faculty.
Title of your thesis/research proposal/working paper title
Motivation for your research
Research question(s)
Brief literature review and overview of key concepts/theories
Methods/data/analysis approach
Potential contributions of the research
All participants will receive copies of all proposals and will be expected to provide feedback to those in their assigned group.
For more details, contact: hric.2026[at]iimb[dot]ac[dot]in
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Call for Papers: XXI International Conference on Public Policy & Management to be held from 2-4 September at IIMB
Themed ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the deadline for paper submissions is 31 May 2026
6 January, 2026, Bengaluru: The Centre for Public Policy (CPP), a public interest-oriented policy think tank housed at IIM Bangalore, announces the Call for Papers for the XXI International Conference on Public Policy & Management to be held from September 2 to 4, 2026, at the institute campus. The upcoming edition of the conference is themed, ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
The interdisciplinary conference draws scholars representing diverse perspectives on public policy issues and provides a forum for showcasing the latest developments in policy research and practice. The annual conference hosts pre-conference activities, academic sessions, topical policy debates, workshops, panel discussions and practitioner-oriented discussions on contemporary topics in public policy and management.
The conference is ideal for academicians, students, research scholars, policy practitioners, lawyers, NGO professionals and anyone with an interest in public policy.
Key dates:
- Complete paper submission: May 31, 2026
- Announcement of acceptance results: June 30, 2026
To submit your Research Paper/ Practitioner Case Study, visit: https://cpp2026.iimb.scholarit.net/
Conference theme: Atmanirbhar Bharat
This year, under the broad theme of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the conference will explore a range of interconnected sub-themes that focus on strengthening domestic capabilities – across institutions, industries, technologies and human capital – so that India’s development is driven by resilience and innovation. Advancing this vision requires rethinking regulatory, administrative and policy frameworks, furthering ease of doing business, enhancing human capabilities, and addressing implementation challenges ex-ante. Evidence from India and abroad on development policies, technological adoption, supply chain resilience, and governance innovations including AI tools, provides valuable insights, as do learnings from ongoing schemes, missions and programs aimed at manufacturing, digital empowerment, livelihoods, and public service delivery.
From building stronger primary healthcare systems and reducing dependence on external medical supply chains to empowering MSMEs, enhancing agricultural value chains, deepening digital public infrastructure, improving labour markets, and enabling climate-resilient development, the pursuit of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ spans diverse and critical themes. The call for papers invites theoretical, empirical, and case-study-based research addressing these issues and others, contributing to a growing body of knowledge that explores how self-reliance can be advanced across India’s economic and social landscape. Advancing this vision requires rethinking regulatory, administrative and policy frameworks, and addressing implementation challenges ex-ante. Evidence from India and abroad on industrial policy, technological adoption including AI tools, supply chain resilience, and governance innovations provides valuable insights, as do learnings from ongoing schemes, missions and programs aimed at manufacturing, digital empowerment, livelihoods, and public service delivery. Submissions not falling within these themes, but otherwise related to public policy topics, are also welcome.
For more details on the conference theme, event details, etc., click HERE.
Call for Research Papers and Practitioner Case Studies
Authors are invited to submit their original research findings and case studies relating to the above-mentioned themes and other public policy topics under any one of the following two avenues:
A. Research Paper
The full paper should adhere to the following guidelines:
The topic of the paper should be directly related to public policy.
The word limit of the paper is 5000-8000 words, and the abstract is 250 words.
Please use British English.
Please send the paper using PDF format, Times New Roman font, 12 font size, 1.5 line spacing.
Please send author/co-author’s biography (2-3 lines) indicating affiliation, designation, and contact details.
Please check for plagiarism, grammar, punctuation, and spelling before submitting the paper.
During Signup/Login, please indicate, in case your paper is not selected for full paper presentation, whether you are willing to include it as a poster presentation.
B. Practitioner Case Studies
Policy practitioners from both the public and private sector and researchers are invited to submit case studies from their successful experiences in the field, challenges faced in policy implementation, and learnings that could drive policy recommendations.
The word limit of the case study is 5000 words.
Please use British English.
Please send the paper using PDF format, Times New Roman font, 12 font size, 1.5 line spacing.
Please send practitioner’s biography (2-3 lines) indicating affiliation, designation, and contact details.
C. Post-Acceptance Guidelines:
Registration fee is applicable for all the authors and co-authors attending the conference as per the guidelines.
PhD scholars selected for travel and accommodation support will be notified separately.
The organizing committee of this year’s conference comprises Prof. Gopal Naik, Senior Fellow, Chairperson and Jal Jeevan Mission Chair Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore; Prof. Arnab Mukherji, Chairperson, Master of Management Studies (Public Policy) – PGPPM and faculty of Public Policy at IIMB; Prof. Soham Sahoo, Chairperson of the Public Policy area of IIMB; Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath, Chairperson, Internal Committee and faculty of the Public Policy area of IIMB, and Dr. Anjana Dube, Chief Policy Officer at CPP.
Conference Venue:
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore – 560076
Contact Information:
Email: cppconference@iimb.ac.in
Phone: +91 80 26993051/3323
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