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Jointly Announce International Conference 2019

on Human Resource Development and

MSME Development

January 24, 2019 Theme I: Human Resource Development

Conference Date: January 24-25, 2019

Conference Venue: EDII, Gandhinagar

January 25, 2019 Theme II: MSME Development

Special Focus on: SAARC and ASEAN Countries

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Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII)

Academy of Human Resources Development (AHRD)

January 24, 2019 Theme I: Human Resource Development

Sub themes:

· Human: A Resource or a Possibility

· Multi Generation Workforce-Issues & Prospects

· Artificial Intelligence is here to ‘stay’

· Leadership Challenges in 21st Century

· Demographic Challenges and HRD

· HRD for Nation building

Note: Any relevant paper on HRD specific to SAARC/ASEAN beyond the sub themes are also invited.

Call for Papers

With emergent economic scenario the game changers for success are entrepreneurial thought leadership and

tapping the Human Resource potential for excellence. The Alexa - Netflix generation demands focus entirely

on self reliant nation, seamless world without boundaries and limitations. The Conference themes pick these

two buzz words of development in a combination theme to create a platform of learning and exploring Hu-

man Resource Development and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development. AHRD/EDII invites

Thought leaders, Practitioners, Academicians, Industrialists, Research Students, Entrepreneurs and aspiring

youth to present Scholarly papers, Conceptual papers, Case studies and Success/ Failure stories specific to

SAARC/ASEAN Nations in these two sunrise sectors.

Sub themes:

· Entrepreneurship Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Countries

· Knowledge Management for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

· Entrepreneurship, SMEs & Micro Enterprises in Developing Economies

· Public-Private Partnerships

· NGOs & Social Enterprises in Developing Countries

· Start Up: The Sunrise Sector Note: Any relevant paper on MSME specific to ASEAN/SAARC beyond the sub themes are also invited

January 25, 2019 Theme II: MSME Development

Submission Guidelines

· Full Papers/ Work-in-Progress Papers (WIP)/Case Studies/Success/Failure Stories not exceeding 3,000

words in length (all inclusive) with an abstract of no more than 200 words with at least 3 Keywords

· Selected papers will be published in the proceedings in a book form by AHRD with an ISBN Number

· The official language for this International Conference is English

· To facilitate the blind review process, REMOVE ALL AUTHOR-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, includ-

ing acknowledgements, from the submission as this is the document reviewers will be reading.

· An author can be named on no more than two submissions regardless of their submission category and the

author order. · Please send your submission to: submission@academyofhrd.org

Formatting of Papers

· A strict adherence to APA style guide

· All submissions are required to include the following information in a separate Cover Page: Title of Paper,

Name (s) of Author (s), Position (s), Organization Affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address and contact

number (Telephone, Fax).

· Be sure to number all of the pages of the paper and please avoid the use of footnotes and Endnotes

NOTE: If any of the above guidelines and formatting instructions are not met, the submission

will not be reviewed.

Revised Dates

July 30, 2018 Abstract Submission 200 words in APA format

August 31, 2018 Review Comments and Acceptance Notification

September 15, 2018 ¨ For Travellers who require

Visa - Last date for submit-ting Registration form for Ministry of External Affairs Clearance.

Work-In-Progress/Full Papers/Case Studies (Maximum 3000 words in APA format) Abstract submission open till September 15 Note: Procedures for Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Clearance Certificate · Applying for Online Visa · Registering for the conference · Fill in the registration form in our website (Complete filling up of the

registration form is mandatory for MEA Clearance) · send it to registration@academyofhrd.org

November 15, 2018 Revision Comment

December 15, 2018 Final paper submission

Visa

· For Visa application please visit: https://indiavisaonline.gov.in

Note: MEA Clearance certificate is issued by the Ministry of India and it will take a time span of one month after sending the final list of participants.

Registration

Industrialists/ Corporate Delegates ₹10000

Academician from India ₹7000

Students from India ₹4000

International Participants $250

International Students $150

Spouse or Accompanied $100

· GST or any other taxes as per Govt. norms · Please Register at: registration@academyofhrd.org

Conference Advisory Board

Academy of Human Resources Development Ayana Complex, 2nd Floor, Opp. Suvarnvilla Bunglows Thaltej Hebatpur Road, Thaltej, Ahmedabad-380059

Phone: 079-29707307/29707305

Important E-mail ids

Specific to enquiry : conferenceahrd@academyofhrd.org

Specific to submission : submission@academyofhrd.org

Specific to registration : registration@academyofhrd.org

AHRD Conference Team

Dr. DM Pestonjee Chairman, AAC, Academy of HRD, India

Dr. Rajeshwari Narendran Academy of HRD, India Dr. Sunil Shukla EDII, Gandhinagar Dr. Sunil Maheshwari IIMA Dr. Pradip N Khandwalla IIMA Dr. T V Rao TVRLS Dr. Rakesh Basant IIMA Dr. Rajesh Chandwani IIMA Dr. Pradyumna Khokle IIMA Mr. Shrikant Lonikar Pernod Ricard India

Ms. Merlin George Ms. Aparna M Ms. Savita Gopalan Mr. Jyothu Francis

Ms. Hema Mani Lennox India

Ms. Anjana Vivek Venture Beans &IIMU

Ms. Beena Handa POIESIS Achievement Foundation

Mr. Nayan Parikh Nayan Parikh & Consult-ants

Dr. Vishal Gupta IIMA

Mr. Vinay Kumar GSPL