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AIMS INSTITUTESPeenya, Bangalore

AIMS School of Business

&

“PATHWAYS TO

GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY:

STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORKS”

10 & 11 March, 2017

AIMS Auditorium

www.theaims.ac.in

Platinum Partner Co Platinum Sponsor

AIMS Institutes

AIMS was established in the year 1994 by a group of eminent educationists and philanthropists to impart quality education and with a vision to expand the horizons of teaching-learning realms, wherein, the students' intrapersonal and interpersonal disposition is groomed. AIMS fraternity is enduringly infusing resilient confidence among the students to excel in their academic, professional endeavours and personal lives.

AIMS Institutes comprising AIMS Institute of Higher Education, AIMS Academy for Higher Education, Leadership Institute of AIMS, AIMS PU College and AIMS Centre for Advanced Research. AIMS Institutes are now offering 8 PG, 8 UG and Ph.D Programmes in Management, Commerce and English having more than 2000 students at the campus.

AIMS was accredited by NAAC with one of the highest CGPA of 3.46 on a scale of 4 for an institution that is being accredited for the first time. AIMS B-School programmes have also been accredited by IACBE which is an international accreditation body for B-Schools. Apart from being consistently ranked among top 1% of B-Schools in India in various leading surveys, AIMS has also been rated as best college for Entrepreneurship Education in India and ISB, Hyderabad has selected AIMS as a local delivery partner for the global Goldman Sachs 10000 women entrepreneurs development programme.

AIMS AIMS IHE Institute of Higher Education ( - ) has made a mark within a decade of its inception by consistently being ranked & rated as one of the best private B-Schools in the country by various rating agencies over the years. During 2014, the Businessworld B-School survey has ranked as 18th Best B-School in the country. By the same survey - is also rated to AIMS AIMS IHEhave 5th best intellectual capital among more than 3000 B-Schools in the country. Times of India B-School Survey, 2015 rated as 4th Best B-School in South India. The hospitality AIMSprogramme has also been consistently ranked among top-10 in the country and the graduates are widely accepted by leading chains in India and abroad. Also, students of various programs have been securing university ranks. is permanently affiliated to Bangalore University.AIMS

School of Business at AIMS Institutes was set up in the year 1998 with the broad objective to impart professional education and training in various aspects of modern management. AIMS School of Business takes into account the process of preparing a student to master the art of solving business problems. our aim is to provide students with the best opportunities to develop conceptual & analytical skills during their course of study. AIMS Institutes fosters an attitude essential for the aspirant's growth and ultimate development into competent, skilled and effective managers.

School of Business at AIMS Institutes seeks to provide the perfect learning ambience for budding management professionals. Equipped with highly reputed faculty and one of the best educational facilities, its goal is to spearhead the growth of its students into well-versed and skillful managers of the future.

AIMS School of Business

AIMS centre for sustainability objective is to facilitate, collaborate and connect academia and industry through progressive initiative in the area of sustainability and share the best practice, methodologies and technologies adopted anywhere in the world . ACS will strive to achieve excellence in the sustainable development by Industry –Academia-government interface and motivating society and all other stakeholders to become part of sustainable movement by adopting best practices of sustainability.

AIMS Centre for Sustainability objective is to get connected with less privileged in the villages and work with them in creating better sanitation and hygiene to contribute in the Swatch Bharath Mission.ACS interest lies in developing international tie ups with educational institutes, universities and work in tandem to conduct research in sustainable development. The focus area ACS sees at present is in the field of Clean Energy, Water, Solid Waste Management, greenhouse emissions, carbon foot prints which is very serious problem growing economies are facing.

ACS seeks to enable and empower students to become ambassadors for sustainability and implement the sustainable practices when they embark upon the journey of a professional or entrepreneur. The ultimate learning objective of ACS for students is to be able to implement sustainability after completing education through their actions and influence actions of others.

AIMS Centre for Sustainability

RTC Objectives

AIMS School of Business, AIMS Centre for Sustainability (ACS) is proud to announce the

conduct of an International Round Table Conference on “Pathways to global sustainability:

Strategies and frameworks” An international interdisciplinary Round Table Conference (RTC) on th

March 10 and 11 2017.

The AIMS Centre for Sustainability of AIMS Institute of Higher Education encourages a greater

appreciation of global sustainability with a particular focus on manufacturing and service

industry, agriculture sector, corporate houses, government, academic institutions, researchers

and NGO. The ACS views global sustainability as an integrated concept, rather than as separate

environmental, economic, and social as each of these elements is inseparable from the each

other. The main aim in organizing the International Round Table is to motivate all stakeholders to

explore contributions, opportunities, best practices, new research and share experiences for

potential contribution under the broader topic of Global Sustainability.

ACS plan to have wide ranging interactive interdisciplinary discussions by domain experts and

research paper presentations. RTC will generate a better understanding, appreciation and make

recommendations towards achievement of the goal of global sustainability to make world a

better place to live. The outcomes of the RTC will be published in a book having ISBN.

“Pathways to global sustainability:

Strategies and frameworks”

RTC will have following associates.

1. Academic: BA School of Business and Finance, Riga, Latvia, Europe, Charted Institute

of Management Accountant (CIMA, UK).

2. NGO: ECO WATCH, United Way, and Global Citizens for Sustainable Development, Sathi

and Prerana.

3. Government: Centre for Sustainable Development, Government of Karnataka, Pollution

Control Board.

4. Corporates: Grant Thornton, ACC, Geocycle India

RTC Associates

Who can Participate?

• Professionals from the Manufacturing / Service / Business Management / Hospitality / Information Technology / Telecom / Banking / Commerce / Healthcare / Tourism.

• Faculty from institutions that offer programs in Hospitality & Tourism / Business Management / Information Technology / Healthcare / Telecom / Banking / Commerce in India and abroad.

• Students of Hospitality & Tourism Studies / Information Technology / Business Studies / Healthcare / Banking / Telecom and Commerce.

• Freelance / Entrepreneurs in manufacturing / Service Sector

• Consultant / Professionals involved in sustainability area

• Corporate professionals from CSR discipline

• Professionals from NGO and government sector

Themes for Technical Sessions

RTC will have following themes.

1 The role and contribution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) towards sustainability.

2 Initiatives required or taken by government, Service and manufacturing sectors in the

following areas of sustainability.• Green Power• Water Conservation• Carbon Neutrality• Solid waste Management• Environment • Agriculture

3 NGO and global sustainability

4 Initiatives from Educational institutions

Participation

This Round Table Conference on “Pathways to global sustainability: Strategies and frameworks”

will bring together sustainability experts from Europe and India, Academicians from Europe and

India, Senior level corporate executives, Manufacturing and Service industry experts, NGOs

and Government officials who will discuss and debate the new pathways to achieve global

sustainability.

RTC will have several research paper presentations on the each theme.

Accommodation assistance could be provided to outstation candidates on request.

Registration Fee Details (per participant)

₹ 500/- ₹ 1500/- ₹ 1500/- ₹ 750/-

Student Faculty Professional Research Scholar

• Papers must be written in A4 paper size. (21 cm x 29.7 cm) and the automatic margins that

have been set for this paper size must be strictly adhered to for all text, headings, tables and

figures.

• Title of the paper should not be more than ten words, centered and in 16-pt font.

• Author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and email address(es) should appear below paper title in 14-

pt font and centered.

• All text in Times New Roman.

• Section / sub-titles are to be numbered sequentially, in bold and 14-pt font.

• Line spacing throughout paper must be single-spaced.

• Abstract in italics and justified with 2.5 inch margin on both sides.

• Keywords are to be indicated after the abstract.

• All text must be in 12-point font except section/sub-titles.

• The abstract must be less than 500 word with 3 to 5 key words and length of full paper must

not exceed 12 pages.

Please send us your paper in word format, not PDF files

» All accepted papers for presentation will be published in the conference proceeding book

having an ISBN: 978-81-931-603-5-0.

» The paper will be invited for publication in the AIMS Journal of Research.

th Last date for submission of abstract: 04 March 2017

thLast date for submission of full paper: 08 March 2017

Mail your research paper to conference mail ID: conference@theaims.ac.in

Certificates will be provided to all the participants and paper presenters.

Certification

For further details, contact

Dr. Brahm Sharma, Mob: +91 98860 30824Email: acs@theaims.ac.in

Dr. R. SrinivasanMember - SecretaryExecu�ve Director,Center for Sustainable development, Government of Karnataka

Mr. Ulhas Parlikar

Dy. Head - Geocycle India

Dr. Janis Grasis

Associate professor, BA School of

Business and Finance in Riga,

Latvia, Europe

Mr. K. N. Rao

Director - Energy, Environment &

Sustainability ACC Ltd

Mr. Harish H V

Partner and Member India

Leadership Team, Grant Thornton

Dr. Denisa Abrudan

West University of Timisoara,

Romania

Mr. Bhaskar Ranjan Das

Head, South Asia, CIMA

Eminent Speakers

Mr. Pramod Kulkarni

Promoter Secretary of “Prerana”

and “Sathi”, NGO

Dr. Nimish ShahDirector at Unilever R&D

Mr. John Anugraha

Founder and Executive Director of

Global Citizens for Sustainable

Development (GCSD)

Mr. Akshay Heblikar

Director & Trustee of Eco-Watch

Prof. Maurice Codourey

Senior Advisor Health & Science at

Burson-Marsteller Switzerland

Zurich Area, Switzerland

Mr. Manish Michael

Executive Director,

United Way of Bengaluru, India

Dr. Inese Mavlutova

Professor at BA School of Business

and Finance in Riga,

Latvia, Europe

Eminent Speakers

Bhanu PottaBoard Director at Worldreader Indiaand Advisor to Worldreader Global

Abhishek Ranjan

Global Head of Sustainability,

CSR Brillio

Dr. TV RamachandraProfessor, IISC

Mr. Girish Chaitanya

MD, Venson Green

Dr. Dzintra Atstaja

Professor, BA School of Business

and Finance

Mr. Rajesh Babu

Co Founder at

Swachha Eco Solutions

Mr. Nagaraja (Naga) Prakasam

Adviser, Acumen Fund and

Independent Director Guardian

Ms. Daniela Florentina Gheorghe

Co Founder V chalk

Ms. Daniela Florentina Gheorghe, Co founder V chalk

Ms. Madhura Mitra

Sustainability & Climate Change,

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mr. Krishna Murthy R

President, Peenya Industrial Association

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