IIM-A’s knowledge summit begins today

Premier B-school Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is all set to roll out its three-day annual knowledge summit from Thursday. Hosted by the 2013-14 batch of Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) students,the summit will see K. C. Chakrabarty,deputy governor,Reserve Bank of India,deliver the keynote address at the IMDC Auditorium on IIM-A’s New Campus. The theme for ConneXion 2013 is “India InCubate: Idea to Action”. It will focus on new ideas,businesses,skills and action plans for growth in the changing global economic environment. A PGPX alumni meet will be hosted on the campus alongside the summit.

Panel discussions,which form the core of the summit,will start with a short presentation by a PGPX student,which will outlay the foundation of the discussion. Some of the panelists slated to be part of the summit include Shyam Srinivasan,Federal Bank CEO and Zarina Mehta,chairperson of Swades Foundation,among others.