ABOUT

The All Management Association (AIMA) is the national apex body of the management profession in India. Over the last five decades, AIMA has contributed immensely to the enhancement of management capability in the country.

AIMA has a broad base of 65 Local Management Associations including two cooperating LMAs abroad, with a membership crossing 30,000 in number. AIMA is a non-lobbying organisation, working closely with Industry, Government, Academia and students to further the cause of the management profession in India. AIMA is represented on the Boards of India's premier Business Institutions like Indian Institute of Management – IIMs. AIMA is also represented on Boards of Government bodies including the All India Council for Technical Education, National Board of Accreditation, National Productivity Council to name a few.

AIMA makes a salutary contribution to management learning and practice in the country by offering various services in the areas of testing, distance education, research, publications and management development programmes.

AIMA brings to the Indian managers, the best management practices and techniques through numerous foreign collaborations with professional bodies and institutions. AIMA is a member of the Asian Association of Management Organisations (AAMO) and works closely with several international management institutions like Robert H Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland; St Gallen Foundation etc. in organising international conferences and management development programmes.

01 ENHANCE Management Development Programmes

Focusing on today's potential for tomorrow's performance, AlMA’s Management Development Programmes (MDPs) align with AlMA's mission to enhance the competitiveness of Indian managers across functional areas while improving their knowledge. These MDPs help in enhancing the professional and personal development of management professionals who will play increasingly important management and leadership roles within their organisations. The high point of AIMA MDPs is their unique pedagogy-experience sharing by some of the best practitioners in the business.

The delegates at GAMP USA 2012 with Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the USA.

Global Advanced Management Programme AIMA has been conducting its flagship Global Advanced Management Programme (GAMP) in collaboration with international universities of repute. AIMA has so far organised these programmes in Shanghai, China and in the as well. These programmes are organised by AIMA and are moderated by faculty from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. They offer their learning through a combination of Class Room Lectures, Small Group Work, Case Discussions, Presentations,

02 President of India, Pranab Mukherjee with AIMA Managing India Awards 2013 winners and AIMA office bearers. (Seated L-R) H M Nerurkar, then Vice President, AIMA; D Shivakumar, then President, AIMA; Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.; Preetha Reddy, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group (Standing L-R) Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan Industries Ltd.; Vivek Jain, Managing Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd., Inox Group; Pawan Munjal, Managing Director and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.; late Karl Slym, Managing Director, Tata Motors Ltd.; B P Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, BHEL; Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group; Shyam S Bhartia, Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group and Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-Chairperson and Editor-in-Chief, NDTV.

Retreats AIMA has also initiated a ‘learning community’ in the form its Retreats which are based on relevant themes catering to

RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. addressing AIMA’s 39th National Management Convention.

Executive Panels and Site Visits which includes interaction with Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group addressing AIMA's National the top management teams of leading companies. Foundation Day after receiving the AIMA - JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.

03 Anand G Mahindra, Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. addressing on receiving the AIMA – JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.

specific audiences. These Retreats offer developing managers, supervisors and leaders an opportunity to break free from the continuous distractions of their daily work by providing an environment that is conducive to reflecting on goals, honing skills and building winning strategies. Some of the Retreats

conducted by AIMA include HR Leadership Retreat, Young Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Government of India addressing Leaders Retreat, Leadership Retreat, Senior Leadership AIMA's Managing India Awards 2014. Retreat, Marketing Retreat etc.

Rajiv Vastupal, then President, AIMA and Chairman & MD, Rajiv Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. presenting a memento to Narendra Modi, (then Chief Minister, Gujarat) with D Shivakumar, then Sr. Vice President, AIMA.

04 SHARE National Conferences & Seminars

AIMA organises several conferences, events and forums throughout the year at both national and international levels. These sessions act as platforms for industry leaders, policy makers, academicians and thought leaders to articulate and share their views on current trends, practices and challenges and their impact on the business scenario. AIMA regularly organises conferences on pivotal issues like 'Business Sustainability', 'Innovation', 'Public Private Partnerships', 'Public Governance', 'Learning & Development' etc. AIMA also creates industry specific forums that focus on important sectors of Indian economy such as IT & Knowledge Services, Public Sector Enterprise, Healthcare etc. Thus, AIMA provides exclusive platforms to brainstorm at the highest level and deliberate on some of the critical issues being faced by the Indian industry today.

(L-R) Preetha Reddy, then President, AIMA and Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group; M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India; Sudhir Jalan, Chairman, Neo Foods Pvt. Ltd.; H M Nerurkar, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd. and Firdose Vandrevala, then Vice President, AIMA, and Executive Vice Chairman, Essar Steel India Ltd.

Some of AlMA's other key events include the National Management Convention; Foundation Day & National Management Day; World Marketing Congress; Innovation Practitioners Summit; Conference on New Age Leadership; Business Responsibility Summit; HR Summit; Learning and Skills Development Summit to name a few. All of these events are chaired by eminent thought leaders from across

05 the Industry and Government and have included luminaries like Najma Heptullah, Union Minister of Minority Affairs; NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, lnfosys Technologies Ltd.; M Damodaran, former Chairman SEBI; , Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India; Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL, Foundation and N Chandrasekaran, CEO & Managing Director, TCS. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Information and Broadcasting, Corporate Affairs, Government of India addressing at AIMA's 40th National Management Convention.

Affairs; Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Ministers of State (IC) of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports; BJ Panda, Member of ParIiament, BJD; RA Mashelkar, Chairman & Partners; S Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder & Executive Co- National Innovation Foundation, India; , Chairman, Chairman, lnfosys Technologies Ltd, amongst many others. Wipro Ltd.; Sunil Kant MunjaI, Joint MD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. Our unique 'Shaping Young Minds Programme', provides a and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd.; R Gopalakrishnan, platform for young professional and management students Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd.; Jack Trout, President, Trout to interact with leading icons from different fields, aimed at helping them manage their career with added confidence, experience and zest. Since 2004, over 45 programmes have been conducted and addressed by stalwarts like Azim Premji, Piyush Pandey, Justice Santosh Hegde, Kiran Bedi, Tarun Das, R Gopalakrishnan, , Sanjeev Kapoor, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sachin Pilot, JJ Irani, M Damodaran, Vijay Thadani, and many others.

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod maestro; Shobhaa De, Author & Columnist and Prahlad Kakkar, Ad film Director at AIMA’s Shaping Young Minds Programme.

06 GROW Training

AIMA has developed unique and innovative HR training tools that equip corporates and institutions with the requisite means to facilitate a free flow of knowledge within their organisations. Competitions are held at an all India level providing excellent platforms for young and aspiring managers to exhibit their creativity, leadership & business acumen and hone their managerial skills. Both the corporate sector and educational institutes see these events as an important and keenly anticipated training tool.

L to R 1st Row: Naren Dey, then Minister for Agriculture, ; B Muthuraman, Chairman of the 37th NMC and Vice Chairman of Tata Steel; MK Narayanan, then Governor, West Bengal; Pratibha Devisingh Patil, then President of India; Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Gautam Thapar, Chairman & CEO, The Avantha Group; Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA. 2nd Row: D Shivakumar, then Sr Vice-President, IMEA, Nokia; Ramesh Gelli, Chairman, Swarnim Multi Ventures Pvt Ltd.; JS Juneja, Chairman, Global Projects & Services (P) Ltd.; PVRN Iyer, Chairman, Optisurgicare (India) Pvt Ltd.; Atmaram Saraogi, Founder Trustee & Honorary Director, International Centre Calcutta; Rajiv Vastupal, Chairman & Managing Director, Rajiv Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd.; Rajive Kaul, Chairman, NICCO Corporation Ltd.; Sudhir Jalan, Chairman & MD, Meenakshi Tea Company Ltd.; Kewal Handa, Former MD, Pfizer Ltd.; SK Swamy, Chairman & MD, RK Swamy BBDO Pvt Ltd.; P Dwarakanath, Advisor, Group Human Capital, Max India Ltd.

Centre for Skill Development & Training AlMA’s Centre for Skill Development and Training has been set up with an aim to bridge the competence gap towards building skilled and productive work force to meet challenges of global business competition. This new division focuses on productivity enhancement, training design, delivery, assessment and certification. CSDT provides customised quality in company training solutions and services as per client needs across all management areas through best of class trainers/experts. CSDT is also involved in certification of management professionals for specific skills and competencies.

07 Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland Ltd., TATA Steel, Atos India Limited, Jindal Steel Ltd.,Sulzer India Limited among others AIMA also offers this as a national level championship for corporates and B-schools, through national competitions. The winners of National Management Games represent India in the Asian Management Games and also the Global Challenge Trophy.

National Competition for Management Students & Young Managers To recognise excellence in B-school students and young managers, AIMA also conducts National Competitions for

Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Government of India, presenting the Lifetime Contribution Award to , Chairman, HDFC Ltd., as Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group looks on.

Chanakya - Management Simulation Programme ‘Chanakya’ is AlMA's Business Management Simulation tool modeled on the philosophy of ‘learning by doing’; it exposes participants to a life-like corporate environment where they deal with business issues related to finance, operations, marketing etc. Participants run their ‘company’ in a hypothetical situation and see the impact of their decisions through AlMA's indigenously developed software. AIMA conducts in-house

programmes for companies like ONGC, Power Grid, NTPC, Nita M Ambani addressing on receiving the AIMA Managing India Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., LG India, Alstom, , Award for Corporate Citizen of the Year.

Gen. (Dr.) V.K. Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd), Minister of State (IC) of Statistics, Programme Implementation, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India with the Bosch Jaipur team, NCYM 2014 winners.

08 students and young managers on a topical theme every year. Participants are evaluated and ranked on the basis of their written and oral presentations of the theme. These competitions are first held at qualifying regional levels with finals at a national level. These competitions are keenly attended and help provide a platform for young managers to demonstrate their talent and evaluate their knowledge and skills levels.

(L-R) Gautam Thapar, Founder & Chairman, The Avantha Group; Mohammad Zubair, Minister of State & Chairman of Privatisation Commission, Government of Pakistan and Amin Hashwani, Director, Hashwani Group.

Hero MotoCorp, ONGC, HPCL, PowerGrid, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Maruti Suzuki, Nalco, Dalmia Cement, IOCL, ITM, NIIT amongst others. These tools can be tailor-made to suit individual requirements and can be conducted as in-house exclusive events. Prathap C Reddy, Founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group addressing AIMA’s Healthcare Conference.

Cross Fire - Management Quiz AIMA offers a range of national level quizzes on management called 'Cross Fire'; which are conducted for B-school students students and corporate managers separately. 'Cross Fire’ has been designed as an innovative, interactive programme to facilitate a copious flow of knowledge and ideas packaged in exciting rounds, and is an eagerly awaited event by the management community. Some of our clients include JSPL,

Dilip Shanghvi, Founder and Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. addressing on receiving the AIMA- JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.

Pragati Pragati is a special event cum quiz programme conducted exclusively for women around International Women’s Day. The programme entails a panel discussion on a topical theme and also includes a quiz on varied topics while covering the achievements of women in various fields. The programme PRS (Biki) Oberoi, Chairman, EIH Ltd., receiving the AIMA Life celebrates the achievement of women and provides them a Time Achievement Award for Management from Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India. unique learning opportunity.

09 TEST Testing Services

AIMA initiated and pioneered several national level tests and evaluation programmes that are recognised and endorsed by several AICTE approved management institutions, university departments across the country. AlMA’s expertise in testing design, development and delivery has also been extended to other organisations. AlMA’s Testing Services are availed by Government organisations, PSUs, corporates, universities, educational institutes and independent bodies. AIMA provide its clients with rapid, innovative and cost effective solutions for their recruitment or admission tests.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India; Preetha Reddy, then President, AIMA and Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and H M Nerurkar, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd. at AIMA’s 58th Foundation Day & 8th National Management Day.

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) MAT is a well-established evaluation & screening test that is being extensively used by India's management academia to screen and select candidates for B-schools. It is the largest test of its kind in India. MAT is designed to assess the aptitude of the candidates to be a successful management professional. MAT is approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India as a national entrance test and over 600 management institutes/ universities and over 2,50,000 candidates avail it every year.

10 Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Isha Foundation and , Editorial Advisor, India Today Group.

Under Graduate Aptitude Test (UGAT) UGAT is a single test to screen quality candidates for undergraduate programmes which in turn orients the candidates Pranab Mukherjee, President of India presenting the Entrepreneur of the Decade Award to Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing in pursuing MBA or other professional programmes in a Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. focused manner. UGAT has been designed and administered at national/international level with an objective of supporting 10+2 students for admission to bachelor programmes i.e. integrated Research Management Aptitude Test (RMAT) MBA, BBA, BCA, BHM etc. RMAT is a test designed to screen candidates for the AIMA

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (then Chief Minister, Gujarat) addressing AIMA's special session at Ahmedabad.

11 (L-R) Aditya Ghosh, President, Indigo Airlines; D Shivakumar, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Roopen Roy, Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche Consulting India Pvt Ltd. at AIMA’s 39th National Management Convention.

and Aligarh Muslim University joint PhD programme. This test is conducted twice a year across the country.

Customised Tests for Recruitment & Admission Customised and tailor-made tests are designed on need and turnkey basis. These tests are professionally undertaken under a stringent and secure environment and are certified as per ISO 9001:2008 standards.

N Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services addressing AIMA’s 39th National Management Convention.

Some of our clients include Bharat Electronics Ltd., NTPC Ltd., Central Warehousing Corporation, Delhi High Court, Engineers India Ltd., Food Corporation of India, ITBP, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, National Human Rights Commission, Supreme Court of India, Security Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA with Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group at AIMA’s Jury meeting. Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited, NIFT, IITTM to name a few.

12 LEARN Post Graduate Management Programmes

AIMA has been a pioneer in the field of education as well and was instrumental in introducing India's first ever management programme through flexible learning, with an aim to harness the professional competence of the human resources by providing world class education.

Prof J Philip, Vice Chairman and President, Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, receiving the AIMA – Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education from Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India.

PGDM: The Flagship Programme to Accelerate Career Growth AlMA's Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is one of its most sought after programme and is recognised by the AICTE and UGC (DEB), Ministry of HRD, Government of India. It is widely acclaimed for its strong curriculum in the industry and academic circles and is designed to prepare graduates for careers in management and enable working professionals to rise in their organisations. AIMA has also introduced a postgraduate diploma in management through the e-learning mode.

13 PGDITM AIMA’s Post Graduate Diploma in IT Management (PGDITM) is recognised by the AICTE and UGC (DEB), Ministry of HRD, Government of India. This programme aims at developing IT professionals to be fully equipped with the knowledge and competencies required for a variety of roles like CIO, Business Analyst etc.

PGCM Post Graduate Certificate in Management (PGCM) is designed for both working candidates as well as fresh college pass- outs. PGCM is offered in 7 key functional areas - HR, Finance, Dr Najma Heptullah, Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India addressing AIMA’s ‘PRAGATI’ a special women’s programme.

Marketing, Retail Management, International Business, Pharmaceutical Marketing and Operations Systems. PGCM is also offered through online mode in association with Hughes Network. The specialisations on offer are Retail and Sales & Marketing. PGCM is approved by the joint committee of AICTE and UGC (DEB), Ministry of HRD, Government of India and is recognised for Central Government jobs and promotion.

Advanced Certificate in Management Programmes

SS Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education The Advanced Certificate Programmes are short duration addressing AIMA’s National Research Conference in New Delhi. programmes to meet the knowledge upgradation needs of working managers and professionals. AIMA offers Advanced Certificate Programmes in six vital areas of management to

AIMA students at AIMA’s Annual Convocation ceremony in New Delhi.

14 equip professionals for the competition of today and tomorrow. The programme is recognised by Distance Education Council, Government of India.

PhD: To Position Careers in Teaching, Consulting and Research AIMA also conducts a PhD programme in Business Administration in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim University. The programme is divided in two phases - Foundation Phase and Doctoral Research Work Phase. The Foundation Phase of the programme is conducted by AIMA.

Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Auto addressing AIMA’s ‘Just Power’ Conference in New Delhi.

Professional Diploma in Public Procurement AIMA in collaboration with the World Bank has taken an initiative to offer Professional Diploma in Public Procurement. The programme will help in promoting professionalisation of public procurement in the country.

Customised In-Company Programmes The distance learning mode of AIMA's Management programmes have an ‘ln-company version’ for upgrading NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Technologies skills and competencies of working professionals for their at AIMA’s conference on Public Governance. career enhancement. Curriculum, pedagogy and delivery of these programmes coupled with virtual class rooms have been primarily designed to meet the requirements of working professionals. These can be further customised to meet the specific needs of the company. Some of the organisations who have benefited from AlMA’s ‘ln-company Management Programmes’ include HDFC Life, SAIL, SETCO, IDBI, EXL, Tata Power, Welspun Group of Companies, IBM Daksh, GE Money amongst others.

Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd. at AIMA's 40th National Management Convention.

15 THINK Reports, Research & Surveys

AIMA continues to be at the forefront in driving industry and academic based research, surveys and reports. Carefully identified and defined research projects are carried out by AIMA.

Release of the AIMA KPMG Management Capability Index Report 2014 by the Chief Guest Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. (L-R) Richard Rekhy, Chief Executive Officer, KPMG in India; Sudhir Jalan, Chairman, Neo Foods Pvt Ltd and H.M. Nerurkar, then Sr. Vice-President, AIMA & Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd.

Research and Development Research and development is one of the key focus areas of AIMA. With an objective to unleash new potential in individuals and organisations, AIMA conducts research and consultancy in various facets of management. These researches mainly cater to corporate and academic needs. Faculty development workshops are also conducted like Workshops on Research Methodology, Case Teaching & Data Mining etc.

16 AIMA Management Capability Index As pioneers in management thought leadership, AIMA initiated an innovative study on the management practices of corporate India in 2010 to gauge the robustness and competitiveness of business performance for corporates and institutions operating in India. MCI is an international index, being promoted by the Asian Association of Management Organisations (AAMO). The index which originated in New Zealand has now been adopted by India, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and . The AIMA MCI India Report endeavours to explore how the management practices of companies in India fare in the global context and what are the key areas of improvements that managers and business leaders need to be thinking about in the rapidly changing business environment. The survey covers 10 parameters, including, visionary & strategic leadership, performance leadership, people leadership and organisational capability among other factors. This survey is conducted annually by AIMA. Shahrukh Khan, Actor, Producer, Television Presenter addressing at AIMA's 40th National Management Convention.

Perception Survey ‘Indian Economic Outlook - A Perception Survey’ commissioned by AIMA, aims at monitoring the economic and financial wellness of the country. The last nationwide survey covered 450 corporate heads in 8 metro and semi metro cities and highlighted the voice of the middle management of corporate India.

Journals The online journal of Management and Research is an online repository of research articles, case studies, book reviews and bibliographies. This e-journal was launched in 2007 and is released quarterly every year covering several issues on contemporary topics. AIMA has also released a compilation of research articles on 'Globalising India: Role of Indian B-School' recently.

Raghav Bahl, then Founding/Controlling Shareholder & MD, Network 18 receiving the AIMA Managing India Award for Media Person of the Year from P Chidambaram, then Union Minister of Finance, Government of India.

17 (L-R) Pramod Bhasin, Vice Chairman, Genpact; Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State (IC) of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India; Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt. Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp Limited and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Limited, India; BJ Panda, Member of Parliament, BJD and Bibek Debroy, Professor, Centre for Policy Research.

AlMA's monthly journal ‘Indian Management’ is one of the leading management periodicals in India. It brings new concepts of management to a large number of practicing managers. The editorial content is closely guided and monitored by an Advisory Board comprising of eminent professionals and academicians.

(L-R) D Shivakumar, Chairman & CEO – India Region, Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. & Past President, AIMA; Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (IC) of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India and Venkat Changavalli, Author.

‘AIMA News’ is released electronically on a monthly basis and covers reports on various national events, programmes, seminars and workshops conducted by AIMA and the LMAs. It also includes articles, interviews and contributions from Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder, Infosys Technologies Ltd. eminent industry and thought leaders. addressing AIMA’s Conference on India: Knowledge & Professional Services Hub to the World – The Next Decade in Bengaluru.

18 GLOBAL Reaching Out

AIMA works closely with a number of overseas professional institutions and has expanded its international portfolio over the years. AIMA is an active member of the Asian Association of Management Organisations (AAMO). The current 17 members of AAMO include Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

(L-R) Sachin Pilot, then Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Government of India; Xavier-Luc Duval, then Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Mauritius and TP Seetharam, High Commissioner of India to Mauritius at the Global Business Leaders Series, Mauritius.

Global Business Leaders Series AIMA has initiated a series of Global Business Leaders Summits to examine and facilitate intra-emerging market business strategies. The summit provides a platform to the business and policy leaders to debate the management approaches and capabilities to capitalise on this trend. The inaugural event of the series was held in Mauritius in May 2012 with several international companies participating in the event.

19 International Associations In order to facilitate the interaction between management professionals of India and Pakistan, AIMA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Management Association of Pakistan. AIMA also works with Nutshell Forum, with a mutual desire of developing a strong partnership between the management fraternity of India and Pakistan. Both organisations are actively leveraging resources to promote and develop the management profession in both countries and are regularly participating in each other's flagship events by sending speakers/experts and

delegations. Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd. at the Horasis Global India AIMA is the India partner of the St. Gallen Symposium, Business Meeting in Liverpool. Switzerland. The St. Gallen Symposium is an annual conference that aims to stimulate thought and action for sustained success of companies and societies in a globalised world. It brings together 600 high-profile decision makers from all over the world and 200 of the most talented students from over more than 60 nations. AIMA annually participates at the St. Gallen Symposium with a high profile delegation from India. AIMA has also collaborated with the St. Gallen Symposium to establish an international conference in India. This conference is addressed by senior leaders and CEOs from India and Europe.

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of Zurich Insurance Group and Vice-Chairman, WEF Foundation Board at the AIMA – St. Gallen Conference in New Delhi.

Rajive Kaul, Past President, AIMA and Executive Chairman, NICCO Corporation Ltd. (4th from Left) with co-hosts and co-organisers at the Global India Business Meeting held in Naples, Italy.

20 (L-R) Raghuram Rajan, Governor, RBI; Preetha Reddy, then President, AIMA & Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and Johannes Berchtold, Chief Operating Officer, St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies.

India's growing engagement with the global economy. AIMA was also the co-organiser of the Arab Business Meeting held in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE and the Russia Business Meeting held in Cyprus. Besides being a co-organiser, AIMA also contributes many high profile speakers to the panel discussions at these events.

Pranjal Sharma, Editorial & Knowledge Advisor, Columnist and Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi at AIMA’s Conference on Managing Risk.

AIMA has been actively supporting Horasis who host an annual India Conference, to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. AIMA is one of the co- organisers of the Global India Business Meetings organised by Horasis which have been held in Liverpool, Antwerp, Belgium, Munich, Germany, Madrid, Spain and Naples. These meetings Jack Trout, President, Trout & Partners addressing at a special comprise several panel discussions on subjects concerning session.

21 Delegates at the AAMO Council meeting at Canberra, Australia.

AIMA is working to establish linkages with reputed B-schools and Universities abroad to increase its global footprint and to acquire know-how for management education and executive development. AIMA has linkages with the Robert H Smith School of Business at University of Maryland.

Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd. at the Horasis Global India Business Meeting in Naples, Italy.

Imran Khan, Chancellor - University of Bradford, Chairman - Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre & Former Cricket Captain, Pakistan at South Asia Conclave, Lahore addressing at a special session.

22 APPLAUD Recognition

Rewarding excellence is an intrinsic part of AlMA's ethos. Every year AIMA honours eminent personalities who have made outstanding contribution in the world of professional management. Several prestigious awards have been instituted that are conferred on an annual basis.

Ratan Tata, then Chairman, Tata Group receiving the AIMA Life Time Achievement Award from Sam Pitroda, then Advisor to Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure and Innovations as Gautam Thapar, then President, AIMA and Chairman & CEO, The Avantha Group looks on.

AIMA Life Time Achievement Award for Management AIMA instituted this Award to honour some of the most eminent professional managers in the country for their outstanding achievement in Professional Management. This award is conferred to an individual who has received recognition beyond his own organisation for his achievements and has left a mark in the management profession, management thought and culture. Anu Aga, Former Executive Chairperson, Thermax Group; Keshub Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra; Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero Group of Companies; V Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council; Late V Kurien, Chairman, Institute of Rural Management Anand & Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.;

23 (L-R) Shivinder Singh, Executive Vice Chairman, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd.; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India; Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Prathap C Reddy, Founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group; Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and Malvinder Singh, Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd.

Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group; Ashok Ganguly, MP and former Chairman, Hindustan Unilever Limited and PRS Oberoi, Chairman, EIH Ltd. are just a few names amongst a long list of luminaries that AIMA was privileged to honour with this award.

AIMA - JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award This award is conferred upon an individual who has made significant contributions to society and the nation at large. It is a recognition of the recipient's personal values, ethics and corporate integrity in business and expression of these values in public. AIMA has recognised several luminaries which include Late Aditya V Birla, Former Chairman, Group; NR Naryana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys

Technologies Ltd.; RA Mashelkar, Chairman, National Innovation Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Foundation, India; Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation; Industries Ltd. and Pawan Munjal, Managing Director and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. at AIMA Managing India Awards function. JJ Irani, former Director, Tata Sons Ltd.; KV Kamath, former MD & CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd.; Dilip Shanghvi, Founder & MD, Sun AIMA Managing India Awards Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman AIMA Managing India Awards aim to recognise the contributions and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises; Kumar Mangalam Birla, of stalwarts from different fields, who have excelled in their Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group; OP Bhatt, former Chairman, respective spheres with vision and inspiration and are worthy SBI; Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group; Anand Mahindra of emulation and admiration. Ltd., Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. to name a few. Over the years, AIMA has conferred awards on several stalwarts like Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries Ltd.;

24 Late RP Goenka, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, RPG Group; Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero Group of Companies; Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group; Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL, Shiv Nadar Foundation; N Chandrasekaran, CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services; NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, lnfosys Technologies Ltd.; , Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd.; , Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives & Rural Development; Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC; Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India; , Chairperson, HT Media Ltd.; YC Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Ltd.; Nita M Ambani, Chairperson, Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation; Prathap C Reddy, Founder

Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group; Pawan Munjal, MD and Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero Group of Companies CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.; Raghav Bahl, Founding / Controlling receiving the Lifetime Contribution Award from P Chidambaram, then Union Minister of Finance, Government of India. Shareholder & MD, Network 18; Gautam Gambhir, Cricketer; Rajkumar Hirani, Director; Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd.; GV Sanjay Reddy, Vice Chairman, GVK Industries Ltd.; Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto; Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Chairman & Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman, Microsoft Corporation India; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Film Fortis Healthcare; Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-Chairperson and Writer, Producer, Director; Malvinder Mohan Singh, Executive Editor-in-Chief, NDTV to name a few.

AIMA Public Service Excellence Award AIMA instituted this award to recognise ‘Excellence in Public Service’ by Public Servants. This award is in honour of an individual's commitment to Social Responsibility and national issues. Stalwarts like SR Rao, IAS, then Municipal Commissioner, Surat; Devi Sharan, Indian Airlines; E Sreedharan, Former MD, Delhi Rail Metro; Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India; Arvind Kejriwal, Parivartan; Sam Pitroda, then Chairman, Knowledge Commission of India; Madhavan Nair, then Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation and Team; M Damodaran, Former Chairman, SEBI; SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya; Justice Santosh Hegde, former Lokayukta of Karnataka State; Madhav Chavan, Co-Founder & CE, Pratham have been honoured for their outstanding contribution to the society.

Some of the other awards conferred by AIMA include: AIMA Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education; AIMA RK Swamy High Performance Brand Award; Dr Ram Tarneja Award for Best Article in Indian Shyam S Bhartia, Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group, and Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Management; AIMA Dr JS Juneja Award for Creativity & Group, receiving the Entrepreneurs of the Year Award from Innovation for Small & Medium Enterprises. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India.

25 YC Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Ltd. addressing on receiving the Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson, HT Media Ltd. and Chanda Business Leader of the Year Award. Kochhar, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd.

Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank receiving the award for Transformational Business Leader of the Year from Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Government of India. (L-R) NK Singh, Former Member of Rajya Sabha & Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group (L-R) Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL, Shiv Nadar Foundation; addressing on receiving the Indian Multinational of the Year Award. , Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, India Today Group and Pavan K Varma, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

26 Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group and Rakeysh HM Nerurkar, then Vice-President, AIMA with Gurcharan Das, Omprakash Mehra, Film Writer, Producer, Director. author and former CEO, Procter and Gamble India.

President of India presenting the Entrepreneur of the Decade Award to Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. as D Shivakumar, then President, AIMA and Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA look on.

Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis Bank receiving the Transformational Initiatives & Rural Development addressing on receiving the Business Leader of the Year Award from Kamal Nath, then Union Corporate Citizen of the Year Award. Minister for Urban Development, Government of India.

27 AFFILIATE AIMA Membership

Over the past five decades AIMA has played the role of a catalyst inthe evolution of a new management ethos and its contribution has been widely acknowledged. AIMA and its 65 affiliated Local Management Associations (LMAs) across India and overseas have the support of over 3000 institutional members and over 30,000 individual members.

LMA representatives with AIMA Office Bearers.

AIMA Membership consists of: • Local Management Associations in over 60 cities in India. • Corporate / Institutional Membership (organisation / institute in the private, public or joint sector, engaged in industry, trade or commerce, department, directorate or any other agency and only AICTE approved management schools). • Professional Individual Membership (individuals in management professionals or equivalent, executive in public administration, defence services official / academicians in management or related areas, technical or legal professional / chartered accountant / cost accountant / company secretary qualified from Indian / equivalent foreign institution). • Student Membership (graduates in any discipline from a recognised university undergoing MBA programme / professional course in management from a recognised university / reputed institution).

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