The IILM Second International Conference on Responsible Management Education Training and Practice began on 8th January 2015. Prof. Rakesh Chaudhary , Senior Director, IILM, opened the conference and shared "Responsible Management Education are a timely global call for business schools worldwide to adapt their curricula, research, teaching methodology and institutional strategy to the new business challenge.”
Mr. Jonas Haertle, Head - PRME Secretariat, United Nations Global Compact Office, New York gave a brief on framework of PRME and United Nations Global Compact. During the session Jonas also discussed the Proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the United Nations. He also shared the seven sins highlighted by Mahatma Gandhi.
During the course of the day, various dignitaries Prof. TL Raghu Ram- XLRI, Jamshedpur; Dr. Gurram Gopal, Elmhurst College, Illinois; Dr. Radha Sharma, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany; shared their experiences and initiatives of taking responsible management education forward and making a difference not only in the curricula, but also in research, teaching methodologies and institutional strategies towards the new business challenges and opportunities.
The session by Dr. Gurram Gopal, Elmhurst College, Illinois highlighted how it is more important to train and sensitize the faculties about sustainable development than the students. Dr. Preethi Srinivas, IILM, shared how all the modules offered at IILM are mapped with the program level goals while also talking about the various CSR initiative taken by IILM on regular basis.
The day gave direction to the opening to the two-day long conference on Responsible Management Education Training and Practice which would cover aspects like lifelong learning, gender equality, women empowerment , training and sensitization. Research Scholars presented their research papers related to PRME.
The mission of Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative is to inspire and champion responsible management education through research and enhancing leaders globally. IILM Institute for Higher education is one of the 30 Champion Business Schools inducted by PRME Initiative of UN Global Compact.
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Day 1 Speakers- From the right - Dr. Radha R. Sharma, Mr. Jonas Haertle, Prof. Rakesh Chaudhary, Dr. Raghu Ram, Dr. Gurram Gopal & Dr. Preethi Srinivas
Mr. Jonas Haertle, Head - PRME Secretariat, United Nations Global Compact Office, New York sharing his thoughts on enlightening the vision and framework of PRME
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