The 72nd All India Commerce Conference of Indian Commerce Association (ICA), Golden Jubilee celebration of Odisha Commerce Association, the 40th All Odisha Commerce Conference and an international seminar on ‘Global Business: Emerging Issues and Challenges’ will be held simultaneously at the KIIT University here from December 20 to 24.
More than 3,000 delegates from India and different parts of the world, including the USA, Australia, Nepal, Bangladesh and Kuwait, will be participating in the meet. Academicians, researchers, practitioners and scholars will provide incisive insights on the burning topics of contemporary significance selected for the conference.
For the first time in history, in the run up to the ‘Commerce Mahakumbha’, Odisha Commerce Association is conducting a student test in 30 zonal colleges of Odisha with participation from 5,000 commerce undergraduate students. The winners of all zones will be awarded with prizes and encouraged to participate in the conference free of cost. Besides, that it is also decided to felicitate the crown of commerce education of the State for their contribution to make the commerce education popular in the state. Prof Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT and KISS is chief patron of the conference while Prof Asoka Das and Prof Hrusikesh Mohanty, VC, KIIT are patrons. Prof Sasmita Samanta, Pro VC is the conference secretary and Prof Jayanta Kumar Parida is the organising secretary. It will be presided over by Prof H Venkatswarlu, president, Indian Commerce Association under the stewardship of Prof Narender Kumar, secretary, ICA. 972 research articles on the five themes will be presented.