Fifty-First Annual Report 2012-13
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Fifty-First Annual Report: 2012-13 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 2 Fifty-First Annual Report: 2012-13 CONTENTS THE YEAR IN RETROSPECT ......................................................................................... 5 The New MoA ....................................................................................................5 The Board’s First Test .........................................................................................5 The Convocation ................................................................................................5 Institute’s Performance .......................................................................................5 Staff Excellence .................................................................................................8 Social Transformation .........................................................................................8 Societal Obligations ............................................................................................8 Personal Note ....................................................................................................9 ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES ......................................................................................... 10 1. POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT .........................................10 2. POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN AGRI-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.................13 3. POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT FOR EXECUTIVES ..............15 Marketing Activities ..........................................................................................17 4. FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT .....................................................17 5. PLACEMENT ................................................................................................18 6. CONVOCATION .................................................................................................... 21 7. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT ..............................22 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................... 23 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ...................................................... 25 INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRES AND GROUPS ....................................................... 26 1. CENTRE FOR ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE (CEG) ...........................................26 2. CENTRE FOR GENDER EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSIVITY (CGEDI) ........... 26 3. CENTRE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY AND REGULATION (CIPR) ................28 4. CENTRE FOR INNOVATION INCUBATION, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CIIE) ..... 29 5. CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE (CMA) ...................................32 6. CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (CMHS) ..........................32 7. CENTRE FOR RETAILING .............................................................................33 8. COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS GROUP (C&ISG) ...........................33 9. PUBLIC SYSTEMS GROUP (PSG) ...................................................................33 10. RAVI J. MATTHAI CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION (RJMCEI) ......... 34 3 DISCIPLINARY AREAS ................................................................................................ 35 1. BUSINESS POLICY......................................................................................35 2. COMMUNICATION .......................................................................................36 3. ECONOMICS ...............................................................................................36 4. FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING........................................................................36 5. MARKETING ...............................................................................................37 6. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ...................................................................38 7. PERSONNEL AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ..................................................38 8. PRODUCTION AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS .............................................38 ALUMNI ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................... 40 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS.............................................. 44 GRANT-IN-AID ............................................................................................................. 47 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................... 48 PERSONNEL .................................................................................................................. 49 STUDENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 51 VIKRAM SARABHAI LIBRARY .................................................................................... 68 WELFARE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 70 APPENDICES................................................................................................................. 73 VISION To become an Institute that is globally recognized and respected as a thought leader in management. MISSION To transform India and other countries through generating and propagating new ideas of global significance based on research and creation of risk-taking leader-managers who change managerial and administrative practices to enhance performance of organizations. OBJECTIVES To create knowledge through applied and conceptual research, relevant to management and its underlying disciplines, and to disseminate such knowledge through publications. To establish educational facilities to prepare young men and women for careers in management and related fields in all forms of organizations. To develop teachers and researchers in management with specialization in different fields relating to management. To improve the decision making skills and administrative competence of practicing managers through innovative and cutting edge management education programmes and providing opportunities for continuing education. To provide advisory services so as to enhance: a) the decision making skills and processes in organizations, and b) the effectiveness of public policies. To improve the quality of management education and research in other management schools by building their capabilities through meaningful collaborations. To globalize the institute’s operations and linkages in the context of any or all of the above objectives so as to emerge as the pre-eminent management school in India that is globally respected. 5 THE YEAR IN RETROSPECT The year that has gone by was truly a year of transition. The year began with a new Chairman taking charge of the IIMA Society and the Board. After protracted negotiations among various stakeholders a new MoA of the Institute was finally approved by the Government. The new MoA makes the Institute a Board managed and governed entity. This is a historic development as for the first time in India the government ceded so much authority and responsibility to the Board of a public academic institution. This change was overdue and one hopes that similar changes would be effected for other public institutions also. The New MoA The Board has now been empowered to suggest names for the Chairperson as well as the Director of the institute. The Institute has complete freedom to decide the portfolio of its activities, the locations for creation of facilities as well as acquisition and management of resources needed for its functioning. The Board got seriously engaged in the task of searching for a new Director. The incumbent Director had alerted the Board in December 2011 itself about the need to start and complete the process of identifying the next Director well before November 2012, the time when his term as Director was to be over. He had also suggested that the next person should be identified a few months prior to the end of his term so that the transition could be seamless. The Board’s First Test A double change of guard at the top is always fraught with uncertainty for any organization. In such situations, key stakeholders are expected to ensure orderly transition. No single stakeholder can and should insist that its view be the one that dictates decisions. It is indeed heartening that despite the unseemly behaviour of a small section of one key stakeholder, the Board acted with wisdom that lent credibility to the new found status of IIMA being a board managed institution. Going forward the board would have to put mechanisms in place to ensure that the independence conferred on it is not jeopardized through boorish behaviour of sections of stakeholders or poor performance of the institute. The Convocation It was indeed fitting that at a time when it is becoming increasingly clear that India’s future will be decided by its entrepreneurial youngsters, an intrepid Indian entrepreneur, Mr. Laxmi Niwas Mittal, was the chief guest for the convocation in 2013. Institute’s Performance The unprecedented global economic crisis that began in 2008 continued unabated through 2012-13. The Institute has not only weathered effectively the impact of the prolonged crisis but has emerged stronger from the crisis. In the five years ending 2013, the Institute has made significant progress on all dimensions. 6 Fifty-First Annual Report: 2012-13 Financial Situation Despite the continuance of the economic crises for the sixth year in a row, I am happy to report that the Institute was