Call For Papers

PhD Consortium 2015 on Management in the 21st Century

(November 30 December 1, 2015)
at
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM

THEMES

INVITED DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

SJMSOM, at IIT Bombay announces a two day national

consortium of PhD students on Management in the
21st Century during November 30-December 1, 2015.
The main objective of the consortium is to provide a
platform for doctoral students of management and
social sciences across the globe for presenting and
discussing their research findings with other fellow
colleagues. It is expected that the latest research,
principles, perspectives, techniques and strategies in
all fields of management will be addressed. It will also
provide an opportunity to the outstanding doctoral
students of management, social sciences and other
allied areas to discuss their research work with other
doctoral students and leading researchers in
management.

The themes of the Consortium are:

Economics and Finance
Information System &Technology Management
International Business
Marketing
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior and HRM
Quantitative Techniques and Decision Science
Strategic Management
Any other allied areas of Management

Prof. Pradip Khandwalla, Consultant Ahmedabad and

Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad.

FORMAT OF THE CONSORTIUM

The consortium will include selected paper

presentations by the doctoral students along with
invited talks by leading experts in different domains of
management. Doctoral students will get feedback on
their research work for further improvement to
publish and build network with peers as well as
distinguished experts.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission opens on

April 15, 2015

Notification to Authors

August 31, 2015

Paper submission closes on

Preliminary program

July 15, 2015

September 30, 2015

WHO CAN SUBMIT PAPERS ?

The present doctoral consortium is open for any

registered PhD student in any University/institute, across
the globe. Since the Consortium expects a large number of
papers, only papers, which are directly in line with the
main themes of the Consortium, will be referred by the
committee for review for final decision

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The PhD Scholars are advised to submit their papers using

Times New Roman 12-point font, single spacing and
APA/AOM style of referencing. The paper should be
maximum 15 pages long (all inclusive, with 1 inch margin
on all sides) and include personal particulars like name,
title of paper, affiliation (Department and Institute), email,
telephone and postal address. It should also include an
abstract of maximum 300 words.
Papers should be submitted (in PDF format) by sending
them to phdconsortium2015@som.iitb.ac.in

Prof. M. R. Rao, Provost, Woxsen School of Business,

Hyderabad, Former Dean, ISB Hyderabad and Former
Director, IIM Bangalore.
Prof. Rajan Saxena, Vice Chancellor NMIMS University,
Mumbai and Former Director, IIM Indore.

Prof. Ajay Shah, Senior Fellow, National Institute for

Public Finance and Policy. New Delhi.
Prof. Ramadhar Singh, Distinguished Professor, IIM
Bangalore, Former Professor NUS Singapore and IIM
Ahmedabad.
Prof. Sidhartha Sinha, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Economy Class Airfare (Air India only) from the place

of work (for overseas no airfare) to Mumbai and back
will be reimbursed as per IITB rules. Lodging
(maximum 3 nights beginning 29/11/2015) and
boarding for the paper presenters will also be
provided.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Prof. Devang Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay (Patron)

Prof. S. Bhargava, Head,
SJMSOM, IIT Bombay
(Convener)

Prof. Ashish Singh,

SJMSOM, IIT Bombay
(Organizing Secretary)

Please contact +91-22-25767782/7793 or write to

phdconsortium2015@som.iitb.ac.in for any clarification.