The 6th International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE-2014) hosted by the Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) concluded on Sunday.
IIM Indore witnessed four days (May 8-11) of research fervor where people of various nationalities and from different walks of life came together to collaborate and refine their knowledge on research and education.In his concluding address, Director, IIM Indore Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan gave ideas to the budding researchers on how Indian research can be taken to international levels.
CERE-2014 witnessed presentations and discussions which allowed the participants to grow as serious researchers. Around 250 national and international participants shared their research ideas with each other. The participants received insights from expert delegates for further development of their research areas.IIM Indore received 650 research papers in the diverse areas of management. Of these, only about 30% of the papers were selected for presentation during the Conference.
However, only 17 research papers were included in the post-conference proceeding (published as special edition of Indore Management Journal).The proceeding was released by Professor Krishnan and Professor Ranjeet Nambudiri, Chair, Fellow Programmme in Management, IIM Indore during the concluding session of the CERE-2014.To promote excellence in research and to acknowledge academic contribution of young authors, top 3 papers were chosen by a committee constituted by IIM Indore. These papers had strong theoretical base, relevance to the conference theme and were comparable to international standards.The awards were presented to the winners by the Director, IIM Indore.
Organised by the participants of Fellow Programme in Management (Batch 2013) of the Institute, the Conference was inaugurated on May 8, 2014 by Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan.In addition to the participants of the on-going Faculty Development Programme, over 150 delegates from different academic institutions from around the globe (United States, Canada, Uganda, and neighbouring countries of India) participated in the Conference.