CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

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Dear & Esteemed Colleagues,
Warm greetings!
Greatly encouraged by the resounding success of the first international conference held recently, in Chennai, we are extremely delighted to invite you all to our Second International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences to be held from 11-13th July 2014 in Chennai, India.
We hereby extend our warm welcome to every one of you to submit your research papers/case studies in all areas of business. In addition to paper presentations and discussions, the conference will include special invited lectures on contemporary topics in business.

Important Dates!

Full Paper Submission Deadline	:	May 15, 2014
Extended Submission Deadline	:	June 10, 2014
Last Date for Registration	:	June 10, 2014
Conference Dates	:	11-13 July 2014. (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

Conference Objectives!

Of late, the World has been facing many economic challenges. Widening income inequality, fragile global economic and financial system, rising structural unemployment and resultant social unrest in different parts of the world and debt crisis in the Eurozone are the most prominent among them. Climate change-related challenges and scarcity of natural resources pose serious challenges to the international business and the World. For instance, according to a research report, there will be a tripling of the middle class by the year 2030. In other words, a little closer to 2 billion people will be added to the middle income group by the year 2030 bringing 80% of the World population into the middle income bracket. This phenomenal growth in consumption patterns poses greater challenges to the global economic system and the international trade, banking and financial services. With the result, the bigger challenge before us is to ensure creation of wealth for businesses and value for shareholders/consumers in an environmentally sustainable manner. Natural resources such as water, crude oil, gas reserves, minerals etc., are gradually depleting. So, there is an imminent need to analyze the root-causes of the above problems and make a coordinated effort to solve these issues so that both the present and future generations live in peace and harmony. Against this background, this conference provides a platform to academicians, scholars, researchers and industry practitioners to share their insights, views and research findings with the fellow academicians from different parts of the World. More specifically, this conference makes an attempt to:

a) Make a coordinated effort to identify and analyze sustainability-related economic issues and challenges being faced by the humanity, today;
b) Provide a platform for academicians/scholars, practitioners and researchers to suggest suitable ways and means to bring about sustained economic growth and development to the humanity;
c) Enhance opportunities for poor people so that they would contribute to the economic activities which would also help poverty reduction and narrow the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’;
d) Ensure that the business community adopts renewable sources rather than the fast depleting resources such as farming, fishing, mining and fossil fuel;
e) Suggest appropriate methods to provide continued growth, prosperity and higher standard of living to the global citizen in a much more sustainable manner.

OUR PRINCIPAL ACADEMIC PARTNER:

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) Mysore, Karnataka

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), ranked among the top Business Schools in India, is located at the foot of Chamundi Hills in the heritage city of Mysore, Karnataka. The campus has won many architectural and landscape awards and provides a great environment for learning and germination of managerial intellect. The institute has been conferred A** Rating at National Level by CRISIL.

The institute is promoted by the Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Educational Trust - a premier non-profit educational organisation functioning under the aegis of Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala, which is known for its unique embodiment of Dharma. Today, SDME Trust has more than 40 recognised educational institutions under its wings, imparting quality education from the primary level to the postgraduate level. Trust is known for the professional institutions in Medical, Dental, Engineering, Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Law, , Business Management and Physiotherapy. The trust and all the associate institutions benefit from the visionary leadership of our Chairman, Padma Bhushan Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala.

SDMIMD’s AICTE approved PGDM programme, accredited by NBA, runs for six terms over two years with an impeccable track record of academic rigor. SDMIMD also has Student Exchange Programs with the MAYS School of Business, Texas A&M University, USA; Global Management Institute of Shanghai University, China; and British University in Dubai, Dubai. These student exchange programmes enable students to understand each other’s cultures, business practices and traditions. This gives students an edge when it comes to international opportunities.

The SDMIMD’s research unit - SDM Research Centre for Management Studies’ (SDM RCSM), publications ‘Cases in Management’, ‘Contemporary Research in Management’, ‘Excerpts of Select Summer Internship Reports’, have come in for praise from the world of academics. The institute’s journal ‘SDMIMD Journal of Management’ indexed in EBSCO and iScholar has evolved as a prestigious publication well known for the quality of the papers, therein.

To know more about SDMIMD please visit: www.sdmimd.ac.in