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ISB
Hosts First Ever International Conference on Entrepreneurship
Education
Hyderabad
,
February
4, 2003
: The
Indian
School
of Business hosted the first
ever, international conference on Entrepreneurship
Education to
be held in
India
. Hosted in conjunction with
the Society of Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE), the conference was
held from
February 2 – 4, 2004
.
The
conference
focused on entrepreneurship in management education. It provided a
forum for discussion on the quality of entrepreneurship education, and
served as a platform for entrepreneurship educators to create and
share teaching, training, and research resources.
The
conference was led by Professor Malcolm Harper, Professor
Emeritus of Entrepreneurship,
Cranfield
,
UK
.
Talking about the Conference he said, “Vibrant entrepreneurial
activity fuels the growth of any economy. At a time when
India
presents an opportunity for the young entrepreneur like no other, this
initiative by the ISB is both, well-timed and much-needed.”
The
conference featured a host of renowned, international academicians in
the field of entrepreneurial research such as Professors Phanish
Puranam, London Business School; V Seenu Srinivasan, Stanford
University; R Sukumar, Thunderbird, the
American
Graduate
School
of International Management;
and Professors K Ramachandran, and Atanu Sinha from the ISB.
Participants also linked up via videoconference with Professor
Venkataraman from the
Darden
Business
School
at the
University
of
Virginia
.
The
SEE is an initiative of the Wadhwani
Centre for Entrepreneurial Development (WCED). The WCED is
one of five Centres of Excellence being set up by the ISB with the aim
of promoting research and thought leadership. Founded
in February 2003, the SEE’s mission is to augment the quality of
entrepreneurship education and research resources in the country, as
well as support entrepreneurs through a number of activities.
About the ISB
The
Indian
School
of Business is a research-oriented independent
management institution that grooms future leaders for
India
and the world. Its partnership with the
Kellogg
School
of Management, The
Wharton
School
, and
London
Business
School
make it one of its kind in
Asia
. The School offers a one-year Post Graduate
Programme; short-duration, high-powered Executive Education programmes
for CEOs and senior executives; and a two-year Research Fellowship
Programme. The origins and distinctive research of our faculty members
ensure that our programme content is contemporary and global in its
perspective, and develops our students’ understanding of modern
management opportunities and challenges.
Contact:
Ms.
Bhuvana Ramalingam
Director
– Communications
Indian
School
of Business
Tel.:
91 40 2 318 7431
email:
bhuvana_r@isb.edu
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