Learning through Stalwarts:

About IILM Global Thinker Awards – The Global Thinker Award at IILM is presented each year to a distinguished thought-leader and honors an outstanding individual who has made a significant difference to the national and global community.This year the award was conferred on Prof. Jagdish Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University, USA.</>

Awardees Year
Prof. Lord Bhikhu Parekh
Political Theorist 2006
Dr. MS Swaminathan,
Indian Geneticist & International Administrator 2007
Prof. CK Prahalad,
Professor at University of Michigan, USA 2008
Lord Meghnad Desai,
British Economics & Labor Politician 2009
Dr. Shashi Tharoor,
Indian Politician, Writer, Public Intellectual & Former Diplomat 2010
Prof. Andre Beteille,
Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics 2011
Mr. Sam Pitroda,
Former Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations (PIII) 2013
Prof. Soumitra Dutta,
Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University 2014
Mr Naveen Jain,
Co-Founder and Chairman, Moon Express Inc., Philanthropist 2016
Prof Ashish Nanda,
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 2016

 

IILM’s International PRME Conference:

IILM, one of the leading B-Schools of India, is committed to the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) as envisaged by UN Global Compact (UNGC) in letter and spirit. As one of the Champion Business School of the UNGC, we are committed to taking the case of responsible management to educational institutions and corporations across South Asia and beyond. Towards that end, IILM has held conferences annually since 2014 based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The first International Conference on Responsible Management Education and Practice was organized in January 2014, followed by subsequent conferences on various aspects of Sustainability linked to Responsible Management.

We are extremely happy and honored to announce, that carrying on this tradition of the UN PRME, IILM’s Fifth International Conference “Resolution to Resolve: Sustainability Practices in Industry and Education”, is inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on the aspects of Quality Education, Innovation, Infrastructure, and Industry is scheduled to be held on 15th – 17th February 2018. Kindly find the detailed agenda of the conference attached to this mail.

One of the key objectives of this Conference is to create awareness of SDGs among companies, educational institutions, policy makers, NGOs, etc. to initiate activities for the inclusion of SDGs related initiatives in business school courses and research. The conference this time will specifically focus on the following specific areas which are inextricably linked to the 17 SDGs:

• Quality Education (based on SDG 4)
• Industry (based on SDG 9)
• Innovation (based on SDG 9)
• Infrastructure (based on SDG 9)

This year’s eminent panelists include Dr. Guruprasad Mahapatra, Chairman Airport Authority of India, Prof. Furqan Qamar, Director General of Association of Indian Universities, Mr Lee Kironget, Innovations Lead, UNICEF, Mr Subrahmanyan, Addt. Secretary MHRD. In the past conferences , we have had the pleasure to hear Mr Jonas Haertle, Head – PRME Secretariat, UN Global Compact, New York, USA ,Shri Bibek Debroy, Member, Niti Aayog , Address by High Commissioner of Canada H.E. Mr Nadir PatelAddress by Ambassador Mexico, H.E. Melba Pria , Mr Richard Everitt, Director Education, British Council India to name a few.

 

Chat with Diplomats

IILM Institute for Higher Education proudly hosted the prestigious “Chat with Diplomats” event, on the occasion of the “International Day of the Girl Child”, in partnership with the High Commission of Canada, on October 7, 2016, at their Lodhi Road Campus. On this occasion, Mr. Matt Friesen, Head of Advocacy, Canadian High Commission, The Deputy High Commissioner of Canada, Jess Dutton, The Mexican Ambassador, Melba Pria, The Deputy High Commissioner of Australia, Chris Elstoft, His Excellency Ben Joubert, The Ambassador of South Africa, The Ambassador of Finland, Nina Vaskunlahti and The American Ambassador, Richard Verma shared their thoughts and enlightened the audience.

 

Book Release

On September 15, 2017, IILM hosted the book release of “Loktantra ke Utsav ki ankahi kahani”, Hindi translation of “An Undocumented Wonder: The Great Indian Election Book” authored by Dr. S.Y.Quraishi, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India and Chairman of IILM Board of Governors. The book was released by the Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu on International Day of Democracy at IILM Lodhi Road Campus. The function was presided by Shri A.K. Joti, Chief Election Commissioner of India. The occasion was graced by several eminent people from the media, government, IILM faculty, and students. Prominent people like the eminent journalist Shri Shekhar Gupta, Prof. Pushpesh Pant, Ms. Sheela Bhatt and Shri Nirmal Pathak were the experts who contributed to the panel discussion that took place after the book launch.

 

UG Convocation

Prof. Bert Wolfs, Academic Dean, SBS Swiss Business School and Ms. Izabela Karanfiloska, Program Manager – MBA, SBS Swiss Business School, Switzerland visit IILM and interact with the undergraduate students annually. Prof. Wolfs also chairs the thesis viva of the Stage 3 students and confers the degree on students on the day of their convocation.