The International Management Institute (IMI) Bhubaneswar held a two-day international conference on 'India, China and the New World Order: Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions' in collaboration with Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China here on Saturday and Sunday.
While IMI director Prof Ramesh Behl, highlighted the need for academic collaborative research between India and China, director, Marxism College of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China, Prof Yang Xiannong, emphasised the need for greater collaboration between these countries for a new world order.
IDBI GM Anirudh Behera, GM of IDBI Bank set the tone of the conference by articulating the challenges of banking sector of these countries. CEO Aluminium Business of Vedanta Group, Abhijit Pati graced the occasion and set the theme with his inaugural address highlighting the vast scope of Indo-Chinese cooperation for business.
The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from faculty, research scholars and students from various well-known institutes and universities like Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China; MICA, Ahmedabad; IIT,Bhubaneswar; Faculty of Management,PAHERU Udaipur and Ravenshaw University, to name a few.
A total of 64 research papers were received, out of which after review, 38 papers were selected for presentation during the conference. The conference was convened by Prof Ramakrushna Panigrahi and Prof Supriti Mishra of IMI-Bhubaneswar.