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IIMC Sandesh - An Internal Newsletter for IIMC Community
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From the Editor’s desk
An Internal Newsletter for IIMC Community After a
hiatus, Sandesh is back. The delay has been mainly because
of the need to accommodate the flurry of activities in the
last fewmonths. As soon as we finalized one version of
our magazine, we would realize that we had
forgotten to include some significant issue. At
some point we had to stop, but with a lot of
reluctance.
In keeping with IIM Calcutta’s mission of advancing
the theory and practice of management, the
Institute has decided to institute five Post-doctoral
Research Fellowships (PDRFs) from 2013-14.
Post-doctoral research represents an opportunity
for a researcher to make a transition from
supervised research to independent research.
The candidates selected for the PDRF will be
attached to an appropriate Group depending on
the post-doctoral research and will be associated
with a faculty member of the group who will
essentially perform the role of a mentor and
collaborator. The duration of the fellowship will
be for a period of 2 years. Fellowships will
generally be awarded to “fresh” Ph.Ds, i.e.
researchers who have completed their Ph.D in
the last five years.
International Management (CEMS MIM) postgraduate,
pre-experience program. IIMC is the first and the only
Indian member to be part of this global alliance.
CEMS, formerly known as “The Community of
European Management Schools” had a beginning in
1988, when an alliance was made between Università
Bocconi, ESADE, HEC Paris and the University of
Cologne. The alliance grew into 27 leading European,
Asian, Australian and American schools of business.
IIMC is the 28th member to join this distinguished
group. CEMS also includes 71 corporate partners and
4 social partners.
CEMS has featured in the Financial Times Master’s
in Management ranking since its creation and the
CEMS MIM has permanently featured in the top 3,
including Rank 1 in the world ranking in 2009, top
place in the 2010-12 3-year ranking and the strongest
combined international results over the entire period
2005-12. Some of the key differentiating features of
the MIM program are the strong association with the
corporate partners of CEMS. These partners play an
active role during the program through a structured
seminar such as the Block Seminar, which is conducted
to kick-start the MIM program. This program is
successful in bringing all the stake-holders- schools,
students, companies and alumni together to offer a
program which is truly international, with a combination
of academic theory and business practice.
Post-doctoral Research Fellowships
In keeping with IIM Calcutta’s mission of advancing
the theory and practice of management, the Institute
has decided to institute five Post-doctoral Research
Fellowships (PDRFs) from 2013-14. The objectives of
the PDRF are to provide management researchers in
India an opportunity to contribute to theory of
management specially suited to the Indian context
and to enable faculty members at IIMC to collaborate
on research projects with bright young researchers in
India.
Post-doctoral research represents an opportunity for
a researcher to make a transition from supervised
research to independent research. The researcher
can work alongside an experienced researcher and
gain from the former’s expertise. Mentoring for
independent research is an indispensable element of
post-doctoral training. The post-doctoral fellowship
can therefore play an important role in grooming young
researchers for a fruitful academic career.
IIMC's Participation in the first
ever public lecture on NEN
On 23rd January 2013, IIM Calcutta participated in
the first ever public lecture on the National Knowledge
Network (NKN). The lecture was delivered by the
philosopher, Prof. Michael Sandel of Harvard University
and chaired by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime
Minister. IIMC was one of the five institutions nationally
that participated. The participation took place using
Video Conferencing through IP. Students from PGP II
and PGPEX participated. There was a Q&A following
the lecture.
The technical aspects of the event were handled by
Mr. Samir Sadhukhan and Mr. Tapan Sen with the
cooperation of the VLMP office. Inter- Programme
coordination was done by Mr. A. Bhaduri (SAO-PGP)
and Ms. A. Rudra (Asst. Manager, PGPEX). Mr. A.
George, President, Students Council, coordinated on
behalf of the student body. Prof. B.P. Abraham
participated in the VC and oversaw the entire process.
The Acting Dean (Academic), Professor Mritiunjoy
Mohanty thanked and congratulated the whole team
for conducting a very successful event at the cutting
edge of new technology in the education.
Conference on 'Politics of the
Changing World Economy'
IIM Calcutta along with the Niehaus Center for
Globalization and Governance at Princeton University’s
Woodrow Wilson School, and the University of
Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs jointly sponsored a research conference, “Politics
of the Changing World Economy, ” that was held at
the Vivanta by Taj - Fort Aguada in Goa, during January
4 to 6, 2013.
The conference brought together political scientists
and international economists from the United States
of America and India who are engaged in research on
how the global economy affects domestic politics and
institutions. Papers presented and discussed during
this conference explored political dynamics and policy
implications that may be relevant for the global
economy, international politics and domestic political
stability.