Dear Sir / Madam, Warm Greetings from Welingkar We are extremely happy to inform you that the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) is holding its most prestigious event, the AIMS 20th Annual Convention during August 27-29,2008 at Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai. The theme for this year's convention is: "Nurturing Thought Leadership through Management Education" The sub themes are: 1. India- The Knowledge Capital 2. Leadership development at the grass root level 3. The Innovation imperative – Expectations from B-Schools 4. B-Labs-Incubating the Enterprise of the future 5. Ecology for Thought Leadership 6. Responsible Leadership 7. Voice of the Customer 8. New tools in Management You are requested to submit the research papers on the Theme / sub-themes in two hard copies and 2 CDs (Soft Copy) to the Convention Director on or before July 31, 2008 to facilitate the publication of the refereed research papers in time. The paper and the abstract should be in double space with appropriate margin using Times New Roman Font, Font Size 12 along with a brief profile of the author. View guidelines for writing papers. As a tradition of the Annual Management Education Convention, AIMS recognizes the best talent in management education by bestowing upon the below mentioned awards in the following categories: - Ramaswamy P Aiyar Best Young Teacher Award - Best Case Study Presentation Award - ICFAI Best Teacher Award - J L Batra Best Research Paper Award - Best Student Paper Award Please click on the above mentioned awards for details on each of them. The last date for receiving the nominations and the research papers to the panel of judges is July 31, 2008. Prominent personalities who have consented to address the convention include Mr. K.V. Kamath, Prof. Dr. Vijay Govindarajan, Mr. Kumaramangalam Birla, Mr. Kishore Biyani, Swamy Parthasarathy, Ms. Supriya Sule, Ms. Roopa Purushothaman, Mr Aftab Seth, Ms. Poonam Kasturi, Ms. Heather Fraser, Mr. Furqan Qamar, Dr. Sten Ekman, Mr. Banny Banerjee, Mr. Rajeev Narang, Mr Damodar Mall, Mr. Aquil Busrai, Dr. Ms. Leena Srivastava, Mr. Alwin Agnel, Capt. Raghuraman, Mr. Surya Vanka, Dr. Daynand Dongaonkar, Dr. Kewal Handa. You along with your faculty are cordially invited to participate in the convention and share views on various issues of management education with academia and industry. For any further information please feel free to contact: Prof. Amarkant Jain, Convention Coordinator Mobile : 9821117300 E-mail: amarkant.jain@welingkar.org Mr S N Patnaik, Executive Secretary - AIMS Tel No.: 040-23750247 / 8 E-mail: atma_aims@vsnl.net The Brochure along with Registration form and the details of awards for the 20th AIMS Annual Management Convention have already been sent to your Institute. You may also register online. Looking forward to receiving you in person. With warm personal regards Yours Truly, Prof. Dr. P S Rao Convention Director Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research Lakhamsi Napoo Road, Matunga (CR) Matunga, Mumbai – 400019 Tel No. 24178300 Ext. 201