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IIM Shillong Hosts “Youth, Managerial Competence and National Growth’’ Key Business Leadership Summit

March 3, 2023: The Business Leadership Summit, with the topic "Youth, Managerial Competence, and National Development," will be held at IIM Shillong on March 4 and 5, 2023. The summit is expected to have a significant influence as it brings together seasoned business executives, entrepreneurs, legislators, and thought leaders to set a new course for the growth of the nation's enterprises and economy. 

The institute is aware of how important youth are to the future of the world's economies and industries. The summit will thus include eminent speakers and panels who will share their wealth of knowledge and ideas on how young people can build the managerial skills necessary to spur national prosperity. Dhruv Sharma, a lead economist at the World Bank, and Dhuwarakha Sriram, the chief of Generation Unlimited, Youth Development and Partnerships with UNICEF India, will give the keynote addresses, respectively. Both speakers will discuss how businesses can use the potential of young people to spur innovation and growth. 

This year, IIM Shillong is excited to combine the leadership summit with "Learning on the Green Turf," a unique event that includes a corporate leader tournament, panel talks on various facets of management learning, and a discussion on how to collaborate effectively to create an educational experience. IIM Shillong wants to leave a lasting legacy by providing its students with an exceptional learning opportunity while they network, share ideas, and spend time among the "strategists" in the natural spaces.

The summit is organised in partnership with Yuwaah, the India chapter of the Generation Unlimited initiative by UNICEF, aimed at preparing young people for the future of work. The partnership underscores the summit's focus on the critical role that young people play in shaping the future of businesses and economies globally.

IIM Shillong has partnered with Mariott, a leading global hospitality brand, to provide world-class accommodation and hospitality services to the summit participants. Fablabs, a provider of innovative merchandise solutions, has also come on board as a merchandise partner for the event.

IIM Shillong’s Inaugurates 9th International Conference on Sustainability

November 4, 2022: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong opened its ninth edition of the three-day International Conference on Sustainability, commonly known as SUSCON IX, today on November 3, in keeping with the institute's aim of sustainable development. Participants from all over the world are attending the conference both on-site and virtually in a hybrid format.

This year's SUSCON is centred around the themes of collaboration, compassion, and co-creation in order to advance a holistic developmental paradigm. SUSCON's mission is to "bring together the world's best brains working on sustainability."

Several of the conference's well-known speakers will interact with the attendees of the event. They will actively participate in modern issues while employing a range of perspectives to investigate novel interpretations, applications, and assessments of sustainability. Additionally, they will have the potential to actively promote sustainability both within and outside of their immediate environments.

Incorporating Buddhism with sustainability gave the guest of honour, Shri Dasho Karma Ura, President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH Research Bhutan, a unique perspective on the topic. He spoke in-depth about this relationship while referencing happiness generally.

Speaking from his experience managing wildlife, Dr Talukdar emphasised the necessity to plan development activities in a way that is less harmful to the environment. This can help to resolve a number of regional and global environmental problems.

IIM Shillong Hosts EmergE– The Annual Entrepreneurship Summit 2022

October 31, 2022: The annual Flagship Entrepreneurship Summit, EmergE 2022, was hosted by the students of IIM Shillong on October 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday), 2022.

After a two-year hiatus, this year's event, with the subject "Harnessing E-Dreams," took place entirely offline. Speaker sessions, workshops, and business case contests in the domains of marketing, finance, analytics, and other topics were all part of the event.

The event's topic was utilising the entrepreneurial spirit. Shivansh Awasthi, an IAS officer in charge of PRIME Meghalaya, attended the occasion as the principal guest. The two-day celebration was kicked off by the Diya lighting ceremony. Professor Sanjoy Mukherjee delivered a brief introductory speech at the ceremony outlining the seven principles that every aspiring entrepreneur should adhere to in order to succeed. In his inaugural address, Professor Rohit Dwivedi emphasised the importance of adopting a fresh perspective on start-ups.

Anuj Sharma, the founder of ALSiSAR Impact, Santosh Ram Somasundaram, the co-founder of BrightBlu, Flo Oberhofer, the programme head of PRIME Meghalaya, and Avelo Roy, the managing director of Kolkata Ventures, then kicked off the panel discussion by discussing the importance of long-term social projects in the Indian economy. All of them discussed their individual entrepreneurial experiences. They discussed how to start a business, how to discover interests, what products could be sold, what problems the idea could address, how to assemble a group of investors and co-founders, and other topics. Discussions also centred on issues like privilege vs. intelligence, equality and equity, and the social responsibilities of aspiring businesspeople.

On the second day of EmergE, attendees from prestigious B-Schools had the opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of entrepreneurs and investors in order to comprehend the logic behind entrepreneurial decisions and the difficulties they faced. The judging panel included Jitender Sharma, founder and CEO of HairOriginals, Jash Shah, co-founder and CEO of Get-a-whey, and Ravi Kabra, co-founder and CEO of Skippi Icepops.

Students and prospective emerging entrepreneurs enthusiastically participated in the event, which contributed to its success and allowed them to pitch their ideas to investors and gain knowledge from the expertise of business professionals. A significant cultural event was organised by the Tyngkai Cultural and Welfare Organization, and over 25 artists presented a variety of North Eastern Indian folk forms.