Conference Partners
1 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
(Represented by N.S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning - NSRCEL)
Established in 1973, IIMB is one of the top business schools in India. The Institute has highly accomplished faculty, world-class infrastructure as well as talented and motivated student body, which has helped it to emerge as one of the premier institutes for management education and research, promoting managerial excellence in the country. IIMB strives to achieve excellence through partnerships with industry and leading academic institutions the world over. The mission of IIMB is to "build leaders through holistic, transformative and innovative education". IIMB was rated 'Universal Business School' in the Eduniversal Worldwide Business Schools Ranking 2010. Recently IIMB obtained EQUIS accreditation. The institute has always been a hub of innovative activity, with its faculty members initiating a variety of teaching, research and consulting projects often in collaboration with other world-class organizations.
The NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) was set up in May 2000 at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India, for promoting teaching and research in entrepreneurship. It has a clearly defined incubation process which helps entrepreneurs to realize their ideas and covert their business plans to commercially viable products/services. The Centre conducts several training programs for entrepreneurs and encourages research activities and has completed many research projects, of which Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project was carried out in collaboration with research partners from more than 30 countries.
2 Fondazione Cariplo, Italy
Fondazione Cariplo, Italy is one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world, which manages the assets accumulated over 180 years by Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde to carry on its long-standing philanthropic tradition. Headquartered at 23 Via Manin, Milan, Italy, Fondazione Cariplo aims at operating on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity, anticipating needs and fulfilling its special mission of being a resource that helps social and civil organizations better serve their community. It fosters the formation and consolidation of independent, robust and efficient social entities that can autonomously take care of community needs.
3 Milano Bicocca University, Italy
The Milano-Bicocca University, Italy was established with state support on June 10, 1998, to serve students from Northern Italy. It is a young, dynamic and multidisciplinary university, which in a period of ten years has created an extensive network with many world-class universities, research centers and top corporations. The Milano-Bicocca University has twenty-one departments for teaching and research