Som-Lalit Education and Research Foundation International E-Conference-2021
An International E-Conference titled “Being Covid Antifragile: The Sustainability & Growth Perspective” was organised on 11-12 February 2021 jointly by–Somlalit Education & Research Foundation (SREF), Tolani Motwane Institute of Management Studies (TMIMS), Narmada College of Management (NCM), (all colleges affiliated to Gujarat Technological University) and Universal Business School (UBSS), Sydney, Australia.
The conference had an interesting format with a pre-conference workshop and a post conference workshop aimed at helping participants especially academicians understand and appreciate the nuances of qualitative research and data analysis practices.
The conference was convened byDr. Supriya Bhutiani, Associate Dean, Faculty of Management, GTU and Additional Director – SomLalit Institute of Business Management; Dr. Trupti Almoula, Dean, Faculty of Management GTU and Director NCM, and Dr. Sampada Kapse, Associate Dean, Faculty of Management, GTU and Additional Director TMIMS.
The keynote speakers for the conference included Dr. Navin Sheth, VC. GTU and Prof. Greg Whateley, DY VC and ED, Group Colleges, Australia.
The conference included three tracks – Economic Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability and Ethical & Social Responsibility.
While Dr. Devendra Kodwani, executive dean of the faculty of business and law at the The Open University Business School spoke on economic sustainability ; Dr Andrew West Executive Dean.UBSS addressed the audience about Environmental Sustainability.
Prof Anil Gupta, pioneer in the field of grassroots innovations, and founder of the Honey Bee Network and visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management spoke about the ethical and social sustainability.
The valedictory session was presided over by Dr Unnat Pandit& the registrar of GTU –Dr Kher. Best papers in each of the three tracks were awarded. More than 90 authors participated in the conference leading to great participation and phenomenal exchange of ideas.
The pre-conference workshop had speakers like Prof Sushil from IIT-Delhi and Prof M R Dixit from IIM – Ahmedabad. The post conference workshop scheduled for 15th will be addressed Dr Ajay Kumar Chauhan and Dr Keyur Nayak.
This was a successful international endeavour under the leadership of 3 leading Management Institutes of the state – SomLalit Institute of Business Management, Narmada College of Management and Tolani Motwane Institute of Management Studies.
