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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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
