IFIM Business School and EFMD will jointly organise International Conclave on Learning Ecosystem on February 18 and 19 at the Taj Westland Hotel in Bengaluru.
The Event will be attended by Dr. Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Prof Debashis Chatterji, Director, IIM Kozhikode, Dr. A. Parasuraman, the noted services excellence guru and Pro-Chancellor, Vijaybhoomi University, Dr Simon Mercado, Director, ESCP Europe Business School, Krishna Kumar, Founder, Simplilearn, Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Professor, Ashoka University, Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan, Professor of Strategy, IIM, Bangalore, Dr Mathias Falkenstein, CEO, Higher Education Management Group, Germany and several top leaders from Academics and Ed-tech industry.
The event also marks silver jubilee of the IFIM Business School.
Briefing the press about the event, Director of IFIM Business School, Dr Atish Chattopadhyay informed that the conclave is being organized with collaboration with AICTE, EFMD, EPSI, AIMS, MBA Universe and NDLI. He further said that “the theme of the conclave is to develop an effective learning ecosystem which is flexible, adaptive, inclusive and oriented on individual and industry needs”. He also added that “three principal themes to be deliberated in the conclave are: leadership, technology-driven disruption and liberal framework for professional education”.
Conclave anchor, Dr Navneet Sharma, Dean, IFIM Business School informed that in a rapidly growing economy, traditional approaches to learning ecosystem are obsolete. Therefore, there is need to reconsider the aspects of the learning ecosystem which enables the generation entering in workforce to contribute creatively and efficiently in Industry 4.0.
On the eve of this major gathering of academics and industry, Sanjay Padode, Chairman of IFIM Business School said that the changing trends in technology is completely shaping the education system in India and making it more interactive. He further added that “the learning ecosystem needs consider the technological factors in order to leverage effectiveness of education”. He informed the press that on the occasion of silver jubilee of the institute, 20 academic luminaries from India and abroad, who have contributed to the growth of management education, will be honoured on 19 February.
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'Go back to your own country': Indian-origin taxi driver attacked in Dublin
London, Aug 5 (PTI): An Indian-origin taxi driver based in Ireland for over 23 years has become the latest to be targeted in an unprovoked attack in the capital Dublin, with local police (Gardai) launching an investigation into the violent assault.
Lakhvir Singh, in his 40s, told local media that he picked up two young men in their 20s on Friday night and dropped them at Poppintree, in the Ballymun suburb of Dublin.
Upon arriving at the destination, the men are said to have opened the vehicle door and struck him twice on the head with a bottle. As the suspects fled, they reportedly shouted: "Go back to your own country".
"In 10 years I've never seen anything like this happen," Singh told ‘Dublin Live’.
"I'm really scared now and I'm off the road at the moment. It will be very hard to go back. My children are really scared," he said.
A Dublin police spokesperson said Singh was taken to the city's Beaumont Hospital with injuries determined as not life-threatening.
"Gardaí are investigating an assault reported to have occurred in Poppintree, Ballymun, Dublin 11 at approximately 11:45 pm on Friday, 1st August 2025. A man, aged in his 40s, was brought to Beaumont Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injury. Investigations are ongoing," the spokesperson said.
The incident followed an Indian Embassy advisory, also issued on Friday, expressing safety concerns following recent attacks in and around the capital Dublin and urging Indian citizens to take safety precautions.
"There has been an increase in the instances of physical attacks reported against Indian citizens in Ireland recently,” states the advisory.
“The embassy is in touch with the authorities concerned in Ireland in this regard. At the same time, all Indian citizens in Ireland are advised to take reasonable precautions for their personal security and avoid deserted areas, especially at odd hours," the statement reads, adding emergency embassy contact details as 0899423734 and cons.dublin@mea.gov.in.
It came in the wake of a brutal attack on a 40-year-old Indian man at Parkhill Road in the Tallaght suburb of Dublin on July 19, described as “mindless, racist violence” by locals.
The Gardai had opened an investigation into the case and Indian Ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra was among those who took to social media to express shock over the attack.
“Regarding the recent incident of physical attack on an Indian national that happened in Tallaght, Dublin, the embassy is in touch with the victim and his family. All the requisite assistance is being offered. The embassy is also in touch with the relevant Irish authorities in this regard,” the embassy said in a social media post days after the incident.
A Stand Against Racism protest was also held by the local community in condemnation of what was described as a "vicious racist attack" and to express solidarity with migrants.
Last week, Dr Santosh Yadav took to LinkedIn to post details of a “brutal, unprovoked racist attack”.
The entrepreneur and AI expert stressed that it was not an isolated incident and called for “concrete measures” from the governments of Ireland and India to ensure Indians feel safe to walk the streets of Dublin.
His post revealed that a group of six teenagers attacked him from behind as he walked to his apartment in Dublin.
“This is not an isolated incident. Racist attacks on Indian men and other minorities are surging across Dublin — on buses, in housing estates, and on public streets. Yet, the government is silent. There is no action being taken against these perpetrators. They run free and are emboldened to attack again,” reads Yadav's post.
Fine Gael party Councillor for Tallaght South, Baby Pereppadan, was among those who expressed concern following last month’s attack.
“People need to understand that many Indian people moving to Ireland are here on work permits, to study and work in the healthcare sector or in IT and so on, providing critical skills,” he said.
Another violent anti-Indian attack in Ireland
— Journalist V (@OnTheNewsBeat) August 5, 2025
Taxi driver Lakhvir Singh was attacked with glass bottles while doing his job pic.twitter.com/mtkwhLWISx
