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The All India Management Association (AIMA) is the national apex body of

the management profession in India. Over the last five decades, AIMA has

contributed immensely to the enhancement of management capability in the

country.

AIMA has a broad base of 65 Local Management Associations including

two cooperating LMAs abroad, with a membership crossing 30,000 in

number. AIMA is a non-lobbying organisation, working closely with Industry,

Government, Academia and students to further the cause of the management

profession in India. AIMA is represented on the Boards of India's premier

Business Institutions like Indian Institute of Management – IIMs. AIMA is

also represented on Boards of Government bodies including the All India

Council for Technical Education, National Board of Accreditation, National

Productivity Council to name a few.

AIMA makes a salutary contribution to management learning and practice

in the country by offering various services in the areas of testing, distance

education, research, publications and management development

programmes.

AIMA brings to the Indian managers, the best management practices and

techniques through numerous foreign collaborations with professional bodies

and institutions. AIMA is a member of the Asian Association of Management

Organisations (AAMO) and works closely with several international

management institutions like Robert H Smith School of Business at the

University of Maryland; St Gallen Foundation etc. in organising international

conferences and management development programmes.

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Focusing on today's potential for tomorrow's performance, AlMA’s

Management Development Programmes (MDPs) align with AlMA's mission

to enhance the competitiveness of Indian managers across functional

areas while improving their knowledge. These MDPs help in enhancing the

professional and personal development of management professionals who

will play increasingly important management and leadership roles within their

organisations.

The high point of AIMA MDPs is their unique pedagogy-experience sharing by

some of the best practitioners in the business.

Global Advanced Management Programme

AIMA has been conducting its flagship Global Advanced Management

Programme (GAMP) in collaboration with international universities of repute.

AIMA has so far organised these programmes in Shanghai, China and in

the United States as well. These programmes are organised by AIMA and

are moderated by faculty from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at

the University of Maryland and the Haas School of Business, University

of California, Berkeley. They offer their learning through a combination of

Class Room Lectures, Small Group Work, Case Discussions, Presentations,

Management Development Programmes

ENHANCE

The delegates at GAMP USA 2012 with Nirupama Rao, Indian Ambassador to the USA.

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Executive Panels and Site Visits which includes interaction with

the top management teams of leading companies.

Retreats

AIMA has also initiated a ‘learning community’ in the form

its Retreats which are based on relevant themes catering to

President of India, Pranab Mukherjee with AIMA Managing India Awards 2013 winners and AIMA office bearers. (Seated L-R) H M Nerurkar, then Vice President, AIMA; D Shivakumar, then President, AIMA; Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.; Preetha Reddy, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group (Standing L-R) Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan Industries Ltd.; Vivek Jain, Managing Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd., Inox Group; Pawan Munjal, Managing Director and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.; late Karl Slym, Managing Director, Tata Motors Ltd.; B P Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, BHEL; Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group; Shyam S Bhartia, Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group and Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-Chairperson and Editor-in-Chief, NDTV.

RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. addressing AIMA’s 39th National Management Convention.

Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group addressing AIMA's National Foundation Day after receiving the AIMA - JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.

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specific audiences. These Retreats offer developing managers,

supervisors and leaders an opportunity to break free from

the continuous distractions of their daily work by providing an

environment that is conducive to reflecting on goals, honing

skills and building winning strategies. Some of the Retreats

conducted by AIMA include HR Leadership Retreat, Young

Leaders Retreat, Leadership Retreat, Senior Leadership

Retreat, Marketing Retreat etc.

Anand G Mahindra, Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. addressing on receiving the AIMA – JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.

Rajiv Vastupal, then President, AIMA and Chairman & MD, Rajiv Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. presenting a memento to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (then Chief Minister, Gujarat) with D Shivakumar, then Sr. Vice President, AIMA.

Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Government of India addressing AIMA's Managing India Awards 2014.

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(L-R) Preetha Reddy, then President, AIMA and Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group; M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India; Sudhir Jalan, Chairman, Neo Foods Pvt. Ltd.; H M Nerurkar, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd. and Firdose Vandrevala, then Vice President, AIMA, and Executive Vice Chairman, Essar Steel India Ltd.

AIMA organises several conferences, events and forums throughout the year

at both national and international levels. These sessions act as platforms

for industry leaders, policy makers, academicians and thought leaders to

articulate and share their views on current trends, practices and challenges

and their impact on the business scenario.

AIMA regularly organises conferences on pivotal issues like 'Business

Sustainability', 'Innovation', 'Public Private Partnerships', 'Public Governance',

'Learning & Development' etc. AIMA also creates industry specific forums

that focus on important sectors of Indian economy such as IT & Knowledge

Services, Public Sector Enterprise, Healthcare etc. Thus, AIMA provides

exclusive platforms to brainstorm at the highest level and deliberate on some

of the critical issues being faced by the Indian industry today.

Some of AlMA's other key events include the National Management

Convention; Foundation Day & National Management Day; World Marketing

Congress; Innovation Practitioners Summit; Conference on New Age

Leadership; Business Responsibility Summit; HR Summit; Learning and Skills

Development Summit to name a few.

All of these events are chaired by eminent thought leaders from across

National Conferences & Seminars

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Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Information and Broadcasting, Corporate Affairs, Government of India addressing at AIMA's 40th National Management Convention.

the Industry and Government and have included luminaries

like Najma Heptullah, Union Minister of Minority Affairs; NR

Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, lnfosys Technologies

Ltd.; M Damodaran, former Chairman SEBI; Nandan Nilekani,

Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India;

Bhaskar Chatterjee, DG & CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate

Affairs; Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Ministers of State (IC) of Skill

Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports; BJ

Panda, Member of ParIiament, BJD; RA Mashelkar, Chairman

National Innovation Foundation, India; Azim Premji, Chairman,

Wipro Ltd.; Sunil Kant MunjaI, Joint MD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd.; R Gopalakrishnan,

Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd.; Jack Trout, President, Trout

& Partners; S Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder & Executive Co-

Chairman, lnfosys Technologies Ltd, amongst many others.

Our unique 'Shaping Young Minds Programme', provides a

platform for young professional and management students

to interact with leading icons from different fields, aimed at

helping them manage their career with added confidence,

experience and zest. Since 2004, over 45 programmes have

been conducted and addressed by stalwarts like Azim Premji,

Piyush Pandey, Justice Santosh Hegde, Kiran Bedi, Tarun Das,

R Gopalakrishnan, Naresh Trehan, Sanjeev Kapoor, Ustad

Amjad Ali Khan, Sachin Pilot, JJ Irani, M Damodaran, Vijay

Thadani, Prabhu Chawla and many others.

Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL, Shiv Nadar Foundation and N Chandrasekaran, CEO & Managing Director, TCS.

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod maestro; Shobhaa De, Author & Columnist and Prahlad Kakkar, Ad film Director at AIMA’s Shaping Young Minds Programme.

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L to R 1st Row: Naren Dey, then Minister for Agriculture, West Bengal; B Muthuraman, Chairman of the 37th NMC and Vice Chairman of Tata Steel; MK Narayanan, then Governor, West Bengal; Pratibha Devisingh Patil, then President of India; Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Gautam Thapar, Chairman & CEO, The Avantha Group; Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA.2nd Row: D Shivakumar, then Sr Vice-President, IMEA, Nokia; Ramesh Gelli, Chairman, Swarnim Multi Ventures Pvt Ltd.; JS Juneja, Chairman, Global Projects & Services (P) Ltd.; PVRN Iyer, Chairman, Optisurgicare (India) Pvt Ltd.; Atmaram Saraogi, Founder Trustee & Honorary Director, International Centre Calcutta; Rajiv Vastupal, Chairman & Managing Director, Rajiv Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd.; Rajive Kaul, Chairman, NICCO Corporation Ltd.; Sudhir Jalan, Chairman & MD, Meenakshi Tea Company Ltd.; Kewal Handa, Former MD, Pfizer Ltd.; SK Swamy, Chairman & MD, RK Swamy BBDO Pvt Ltd.; P Dwarakanath, Advisor, Group Human Capital, Max India Ltd.

AIMA has developed unique and innovative HR training tools that equip

corporates and institutions with the requisite means to facilitate a free flow of

knowledge within their organisations.

Competitions are held at an all India level providing excellent platforms for

young and aspiring managers to exhibit their creativity, leadership & business

acumen and hone their managerial skills. Both the corporate sector and

educational institutes see these events as an important and keenly anticipated

training tool.

Training

Centre for Skill Development & Training

AlMA’s Centre for Skill Development and Training has been set up with an aim

to bridge the competence gap towards building skilled and productive work

force to meet challenges of global business competition. This new division

focuses on productivity enhancement, training design, delivery, assessment

and certification. CSDT provides customised quality in company training

solutions and services as per client needs across all management areas

through best of class trainers/experts. CSDT is also involved in certification of

management professionals for specific skills and competencies.

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Chanakya - Management Simulation Programme

‘Chanakya’ is AlMA's Business Management Simulation tool

modeled on the philosophy of ‘learning by doing’; it exposes

participants to a life-like corporate environment where they

deal with business issues related to finance, operations,

marketing etc. Participants run their ‘company’ in a hypothetical

situation and see the impact of their decisions through AlMA's

indigenously developed software. AIMA conducts in-house

programmes for companies like ONGC, Power Grid, NTPC,

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., LG India, Alstom, Aditya Birla Group,

Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland Ltd., TATA Steel, Atos India

Limited, Jindal Steel Ltd.,Sulzer India Limited among others

AIMA also offers this as a national level championship for

corporates and B-schools, through national competitions. The

winners of National Management Games represent India in

the Asian Management Games and also the Global Challenge

Trophy.

National Competition for Management Students & Young Managers

To recognise excellence in B-school students and young

managers, AIMA also conducts National Competitions for

Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Government of India, presenting the Lifetime Contribution Award to Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC Ltd., as Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group looks on.

Gen. (Dr.) V.K. Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd), Minister of State (IC) of Statistics, Programme Implementation, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India with the Bosch Jaipur team, NCYM 2014 winners.

Nita M Ambani addressing on receiving the AIMA Managing India Award for Corporate Citizen of the Year.

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Dilip Shanghvi, Founder and Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. addressing on receiving the AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award.

students and young managers on a topical theme every year.

Participants are evaluated and ranked on the basis of their

written and oral presentations of the theme. These competitions

are first held at qualifying regional levels with finals at a national

level.

These competitions are keenly attended and help provide a

platform for young managers to demonstrate their talent and

evaluate their knowledge and skills levels.

Cross Fire - Management Quiz

AIMA offers a range of national level quizzes on management

called 'Cross Fire'; which are conducted for B-school students

students and corporate managers separately. 'Cross Fire’

has been designed as an innovative, interactive programme

to facilitate a copious flow of knowledge and ideas packaged

in exciting rounds, and is an eagerly awaited event by the

management community. Some of our clients include JSPL,

Hero MotoCorp, ONGC, HPCL, PowerGrid, Great Lakes

Institute of Management, Maruti Suzuki, Nalco, Dalmia Cement,

IOCL, ITM, NIIT amongst others.

These tools can be tailor-made to suit individual requirements

and can be conducted as in-house exclusive events.

Pragati

Pragati is a special event cum quiz programme conducted

exclusively for women around International Women’s Day.

The programme entails a panel discussion on a topical theme

and also includes a quiz on varied topics while covering the

achievements of women in various fields. The programme

celebrates the achievement of women and provides them a

unique learning opportunity.

(L-R) Gautam Thapar, Founder & Chairman, The Avantha Group; Mohammad Zubair, Minister of State & Chairman of Privatisation Commission, Government of Pakistan and Amin Hashwani, Director, Hashwani Group.

Prathap C Reddy, Founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group addressing AIMA’s Healthcare Conference.

PRS (Biki) Oberoi, Chairman, EIH Ltd., receiving the AIMA Life Time Achievement Award for Management from Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India; Preetha Reddy, then President, AIMA and Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and H M Nerurkar, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd. at AIMA’s 58th Foundation Day & 8th National Management Day.

Testing Services

TESTAIMA initiated and pioneered several national level tests and evaluation

programmes that are recognised and endorsed by several AICTE approved

management institutions, university departments across the country. AlMA’s

expertise in testing design, development and delivery has also been extended

to other organisations. AlMA’s Testing Services are availed by Government

organisations, PSUs, corporates, universities, educational institutes and

independent bodies. AIMA provide its clients with rapid, innovative and cost

effective solutions for their recruitment or admission tests.

Management Aptitude Test (MAT)

MAT is a well-established evaluation & screening test that is being extensively

used by India's management academia to screen and select candidates for

B-schools. It is the largest test of its kind in India. MAT is designed to assess the

aptitude of the candidates to be a successful management professional. MAT

is approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government

of India as a national entrance test and over 600 management institutes/

universities and over 2,50,000 candidates avail it every year.

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Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India (then Chief Minister, Gujarat) addressing AIMA's special session at Ahmedabad.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Isha Foundation and Shekhar Gupta, Editorial Advisor, India Today Group.

Pranab Mukherjee, President of India presenting the Entrepreneur of the Decade Award to Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd.

Under Graduate Aptitude Test (UGAT)

UGAT is a single test to screen quality candidates for

undergraduate programmes which in turn orients the candidates

in pursuing MBA or other professional programmes in a more

focused manner. UGAT has been designed and administered at

national/international level with an objective of supporting 10+2

students for admission to bachelor programmes i.e. integrated

MBA, BBA, BCA, BHM etc.

Research Management Aptitude Test (RMAT)

RMAT is a test designed to screen candidates for the AIMA

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and Aligarh Muslim University joint PhD programme. This test

is conducted twice a year across the country.

Customised Tests for Recruitment & Admission

Customised and tailor-made tests are designed on need and

turnkey basis. These tests are professionally undertaken under

a stringent and secure environment and are certified as per ISO

9001:2008 standards.

Some of our clients include Bharat Electronics Ltd., NTPC Ltd.,

Central Warehousing Corporation, Delhi High Court, Engineers

India Ltd., Food Corporation of India, ITBP, Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, National

Human Rights Commission, Supreme Court of India, Security

Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited, NIFT, IITTM

to name a few.

(L-R) Aditya Ghosh, President, Indigo Airlines; D Shivakumar, then Sr Vice President, AIMA and Roopen Roy, Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche Consulting India Pvt Ltd. at AIMA’s 39th National Management Convention.

Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA with Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group at AIMA’s Jury meeting.

N Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services addressing AIMA’s 39th National Management Convention.

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Post Graduate Management Programmes

LEARNAIMA has been a pioneer in the field of education as well and was instrumental

in introducing India's first ever management programme through flexible

learning, with an aim to harness the professional competence of the human

resources by providing world class education.

PGDM: The Flagship Programme to Accelerate Career Growth

AlMA's Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is one of its most

sought after programme and is recognised by the AICTE and UGC (DEB),

Ministry of HRD, Government of India. It is widely acclaimed for its strong

curriculum in the industry and academic circles and is designed to prepare

graduates for careers in management and enable working professionals to

rise in their organisations. AIMA has also introduced a postgraduate diploma

in management through the e-learning mode.

Prof J Philip, Vice Chairman and President, Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore receiving the AIMA – Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education from Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India.

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Dr Najma Heptullah, Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India addressing AIMA’s ‘PRAGATI’ a special women’s programme.

SS Mantha, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education addressing AIMA’s National Research Conference in New Delhi.

AIMA students at AIMA’s Annual Convocation ceremony in New Delhi.

PGDITM

AIMA’s Post Graduate Diploma in IT Management (PGDITM)

is recognised by the AICTE and UGC (DEB), Ministry of HRD,

Government of India. This programme aims at developing IT

professionals to be fully equipped with the knowledge and

competencies required for a variety of roles like CIO, Business

Analyst etc.

PGCM

Post Graduate Certificate in Management (PGCM) is designed

for both working candidates as well as fresh college pass-

outs. PGCM is offered in 7 key functional areas - HR, Finance,

Marketing, Retail Management, International Business,

Pharmaceutical Marketing and Operations Systems. PGCM is

also offered through online mode in association with Hughes

Network. The specialisations on offer are Retail and Sales &

Marketing.

PGCM is approved by the joint committee of AICTE and UGC

(DEB), Ministry of HRD, Government of India and is recognised

for Central Government jobs and promotion.

Advanced Certificate in Management Programmes

The Advanced Certificate Programmes are short duration

programmes to meet the knowledge upgradation needs of

working managers and professionals. AIMA offers Advanced

Certificate Programmes in six vital areas of management to

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Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Auto addressing AIMA’s ‘Just Power’ Conference in New Delhi.

NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Technologies at AIMA’s conference on Public Governance.

Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd. at AIMA's 40th National Management Convention.

equip professionals for the competition of today and tomorrow.

The programme is recognised by Distance Education Council,

Government of India.

PhD: To Position Careers in Teaching, Consulting and Research

AIMA also conducts a PhD programme in Business

Administration in collaboration with Aligarh Muslim University.

The programme is divided in two phases - Foundation Phase

and Doctoral Research Work Phase. The Foundation Phase of

the programme is conducted by AIMA.

Professional Diploma in Public Procurement

AIMA in collaboration with the World Bank has taken an

initiative to offer Professional Diploma in Public Procurement.

The programme will help in promoting professionalisation of

public procurement in the country.

Customised In-Company Programmes

The distance learning mode of AIMA's Management

programmes have an ‘ln-company version’ for upgrading

skills and competencies of working professionals for their

career enhancement. Curriculum, pedagogy and delivery

of these programmes coupled with virtual class rooms have

been primarily designed to meet the requirements of working

professionals. These can be further customised to meet the

specific needs of the company. Some of the organisations

who have benefited from AlMA’s ‘ln-company Management

Programmes’ include HDFC Life, SAIL, SETCO, IDBI, EXL,

Tata Power, Welspun Group of Companies, IBM Daksh, GE

Money amongst others.

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Release of the AIMA KPMG Management Capability Index Report 2014 by the Chief Guest Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. (L-R) Richard Rekhy, Chief Executive Officer, KPMG in India; Sudhir Jalan, Chairman, Neo Foods Pvt Ltd and H.M. Nerurkar, then Sr. Vice-President, AIMA & Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd.

Reports, Research & Surveys

THINKAIMA continues to be at the forefront in driving industry and academic based

research, surveys and reports. Carefully identified and defined research

projects are carried out by AIMA.

Research and Development

Research and development is one of the key focus areas of AIMA. With an

objective to unleash new potential in individuals and organisations, AIMA

conducts research and consultancy in various facets of management.

These researches mainly cater to corporate and academic needs. Faculty

development workshops are also conducted like Workshops on Research

Methodology, Case Teaching & Data Mining etc.

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Shahrukh Khan, Actor, Producer, Television Presenter addressing at AIMA's 40th National Management Convention.

Raghav Bahl, then Founding/Controlling Shareholder & MD, Network 18 receiving the AIMA Managing India Award for Media Person of the Year from P Chidambaram, then Union Minister of Finance, Government of India.

AIMA Management Capability Index

As pioneers in management thought leadership, AIMA initiated

an innovative study on the management practices of corporate

India in 2010 to gauge the robustness and competitiveness of

business performance for corporates and institutions operating

in India. MCI is an international index, being promoted by the

Asian Association of Management Organisations (AAMO). The

index which originated in New Zealand has now been adopted

by India, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

The AIMA MCI India Report endeavours to explore how the

management practices of companies in India fare in the global

context and what are the key areas of improvements that

managers and business leaders need to be thinking about in

the rapidly changing business environment. The survey covers

10 parameters, including, visionary & strategic leadership,

performance leadership, people leadership and organisational

capability among other factors. This survey is conducted

annually by AIMA.

Perception Survey

‘Indian Economic Outlook - A Perception Survey’ commissioned

by AIMA, aims at monitoring the economic and financial

wellness of the country. The last nationwide survey covered

450 corporate heads in 8 metro and semi metro cities and

highlighted the voice of the middle management of corporate

India.

Journals

The online journal of Management and Research is an online

repository of research articles, case studies, book reviews

and bibliographies. This e-journal was launched in 2007 and

is released quarterly every year covering several issues on

contemporary topics. AIMA has also released a compilation of

research articles on 'Globalising India: Role of Indian B-School'

recently.

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(L-R) Pramod Bhasin, Vice Chairman, Genpact; Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State (IC) of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India; Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt. Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp Limited and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Limited, India; BJ Panda, Member of Parliament, BJD and Bibek Debroy, Professor, Centre for Policy Research.

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder, Infosys Technologies Ltd. addressing AIMA’s Conference on India: Knowledge & Professional Services Hub to the World – The Next Decade in Bengaluru.

(L-R) D Shivakumar, Chairman & CEO – India Region, Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. & Past President, AIMA; Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (IC) of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India and Venkat Changavalli, Author.

AlMA's monthly journal ‘Indian Management’ is one of the

leading management periodicals in India. It brings new concepts

of management to a large number of practicing managers. The

editorial content is closely guided and monitored by an Advisory

Board comprising of eminent professionals and academicians.

‘AIMA News’ is released electronically on a monthly basis

and covers reports on various national events, programmes,

seminars and workshops conducted by AIMA and the LMAs.

It also includes articles, interviews and contributions from

eminent industry and thought leaders.

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(L-R) Sachin Pilot, then Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Government of India; Xavier-Luc Duval, then Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Finance & Economic Development, Mauritius and TP Seetharam, High Commissioner of India to Mauritius at the Global Business Leaders Series, Mauritius.

Reaching OutGLOBAL

AIMA works closely with a number of overseas professional institutions and

has expanded its international portfolio over the years. AIMA is an active

member of the Asian Association of Management Organisations (AAMO). The

current 17 members of AAMO include Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India,

Japan, South Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, New

Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Global Business Leaders Series

AIMA has initiated a series of Global Business Leaders Summits to examine

and facilitate intra-emerging market business strategies. The summit provides

a platform to the business and policy leaders to debate the management

approaches and capabilities to capitalise on this trend. The inaugural event

of the series was held in Mauritius in May 2012 with several international

companies participating in the event.

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International Associations

In order to facilitate the interaction between management

professionals of India and Pakistan, AIMA has signed a

Memorandum of Understanding with the Management

Association of Pakistan.

AIMA also works with Nutshell Forum, with a mutual desire

of developing a strong partnership between the management

fraternity of India and Pakistan. Both organisations are actively

leveraging resources to promote and develop the management

profession in both countries and are regularly participating in

each other's flagship events by sending speakers/experts and

delegations.

AIMA is the India partner of the St. Gallen Symposium,

Switzerland. The St. Gallen Symposium is an annual conference

that aims to stimulate thought and action for sustained success

of companies and societies in a globalised world. It brings

together 600 high-profile decision makers from all over the

world and 200 of the most talented students from over more

than 60 nations.

AIMA annually participates at the St. Gallen Symposium with a

high profile delegation from India. AIMA has also collaborated

with the St. Gallen Symposium to establish an international

conference in India. This conference is addressed by senior

leaders and CEOs from India and Europe.

Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd. at the Horasis Global India Business Meeting in Liverpool.

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of Zurich Insurance Group and Vice-Chairman, WEF Foundation Board at the AIMA – St. Gallen Conference in New Delhi.

Rajive Kaul, Past President, AIMA and Executive Chairman, NICCO Corporation Ltd. (4th from Left) with co-hosts and co-organisers at the Global India Business Meeting held in Naples, Italy.

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AIMA has been actively supporting Horasis who host an annual

India Conference, to advance solutions to the most critical

challenges facing corporations today. AIMA is one of the co-

organisers of the Global India Business Meetings organised by

Horasis which have been held in Liverpool, Antwerp, Belgium,

Munich, Germany, Madrid, Spain and Naples. These meetings

comprise several panel discussions on subjects concerning

India's growing engagement with the global economy. AIMA

was also the co-organiser of the Arab Business Meeting held in

Ras Al Khaimah, UAE and the Russia Business Meeting held

in Cyprus. Besides being a co-organiser, AIMA also contributes

many high profile speakers to the panel discussions at these

events.

Pranjal Sharma, Editorial & Knowledge Advisor, Columnist and Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi at AIMA’s Conference on Managing Risk.

(L-R) Raghuram Rajan, Governor, RBI; Preetha Reddy, then President, AIMA & Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and Johannes Berchtold, Chief Operating Officer, St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies.

Jack Trout, President, Trout & Partners addressing at a special session.

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AIMA is working to establish linkages with reputed B-schools

and Universities abroad to increase its global footprint and to

acquire know-how for management education and executive

development. AIMA has linkages with the Robert H Smith

School of Business at University of Maryland.

Delegates at the AAMO Council meeting at Canberra, Australia.

Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd. at the Horasis Global India Business Meeting in Naples, Italy.

Imran Khan, Chancellor - University of Bradford, Chairman - Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre & Former Cricket Captain, Pakistan at South Asia Conclave, Lahore addressing at a special session.

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Ratan Tata, then Chairman, Tata Group receiving the AIMA Life Time Achievement Award from Sam Pitroda, then Advisor to Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure and Innovations as Gautam Thapar, then President, AIMA and Chairman & CEO, The Avantha Group looks on.

Recognition

APPLAUDRewarding excellence is an intrinsic part of AlMA's ethos. Every year AIMA

honours eminent personalities who have made outstanding contribution in the

world of professional management. Several prestigious awards have been

instituted that are conferred on an annual basis.

AIMA Life Time Achievement Award for Management

AIMA instituted this Award to honour some of the most eminent professional

managers in the country for their outstanding achievement in Professional

Management. This award is conferred to an individual who has received

recognition beyond his own organisation for his achievements and has left

a mark in the management profession, management thought and culture.

Anu Aga, Former Executive Chairperson, Thermax Group; Keshub Mahindra,

Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra; Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero

Group of Companies; V Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing

Competitiveness Council; Late V Kurien, Chairman, Institute of Rural

Management Anand & Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.;

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Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group; Ashok Ganguly, MP and

former Chairman, Hindustan Unilever Limited and PRS Oberoi,

Chairman, EIH Ltd. are just a few names amongst a long list of

luminaries that AIMA was privileged to honour with this award.

AIMA - JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award

This award is conferred upon an individual who has made

significant contributions to society and the nation at large. It

is a recognition of the recipient's personal values, ethics and

corporate integrity in business and expression of these values

in public. AIMA has recognised several luminaries which

include Late Aditya V Birla, Former Chairman, Aditya Vikram

Birla Group; NR Naryana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys

Technologies Ltd.; RA Mashelkar, Chairman, National Innovation

Foundation, India; Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Corporation;

JJ Irani, former Director, Tata Sons Ltd.; KV Kamath, former MD

& CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd.; Dilip Shanghvi, Founder & MD, Sun

Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman

and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises; Kumar Mangalam Birla,

Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group; OP Bhatt, former Chairman,

SBI; Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group; Anand Mahindra

Ltd., Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

to name a few.

AIMA Managing India Awards

AIMA Managing India Awards aim to recognise the contributions

of stalwarts from different fields, who have excelled in their

respective spheres with vision and inspiration and are worthy

of emulation and admiration.

Over the years, AIMA has conferred awards on several stalwarts

like Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries Ltd.;

(L-R) Shivinder Singh, Executive Vice Chairman, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd.; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India; Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Prathap C Reddy, Founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group; Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group and Malvinder Singh, Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd.

Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. and Pawan Munjal, Managing Director and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd. at AIMA Managing India Awards function.

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Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero Group of Companies receiving the Lifetime Contribution Award from P Chidambaram, then Union Minister of Finance, Government of India.

Late RP Goenka, Founder & Chairman Emeritus, RPG Group;

Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Chairman, Hero Group of Companies;

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group; Shiv

Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL, Shiv Nadar Foundation;

N Chandrasekaran, CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services; NR

Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, lnfosys Technologies

Ltd.; Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd.; Rajashree Birla,

Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives &

Rural Development; Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC; Nandan

Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority

of India; Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson, HT Media Ltd.; YC

Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Ltd.; Nita M Ambani, Chairperson,

Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation; Prathap C Reddy, Founder

Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group; Pawan Munjal, MD and

CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.; Raghav Bahl, Founding / Controlling

Shareholder & MD, Network 18; Gautam Gambhir, Cricketer;

Rajkumar Hirani, Director; Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI

Bank Ltd.; GV Sanjay Reddy, Vice Chairman, GVK Industries

Ltd.; Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj Auto; Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman,

Microsoft Corporation India; Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Film

Writer, Producer, Director; Malvinder Mohan Singh, Executive

Chairman & Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman,

Fortis Healthcare; Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-Chairperson and

Editor-in-Chief, NDTV to name a few.

AIMA Public Service Excellence Award

AIMA instituted this award to recognise ‘Excellence in Public

Service’ by Public Servants. This award is in honour of an

individual's commitment to Social Responsibility and national

issues. Stalwarts like SR Rao, IAS, then Municipal Commissioner,

Surat; Devi Sharan, Indian Airlines; E Sreedharan, Former MD,

Delhi Rail Metro; Nandan Nilekani, Former Chairman, Unique

Identification Authority of India; Arvind Kejriwal, Parivartan;

Sam Pitroda, then Chairman, Knowledge Commission of

India; Madhavan Nair, then Chairman, Indian Space Research

Organisation and Team; M Damodaran, Former Chairman,

SEBI; SS Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya;

Justice Santosh Hegde, former Lokayukta of Karnataka State;

Madhav Chavan, Co-Founder & CE, Pratham have been

honoured for their outstanding contribution to the society.

Some of the other awards conferred by AIMA include:

AIMA Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in

Management Education; AIMA RK Swamy High Performance

Brand Award; Dr Ram Tarneja Award for Best Article in Indian

Management; AIMA Dr JS Juneja Award for Creativity &

Innovation for Small & Medium Enterprises.

Shyam S Bhartia, Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group, and Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group, receiving the Entrepreneurs of the Year Award from Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India.

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Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank receiving the award for Transformational Business Leader of the Year from Rajnath Singh, Home Minister, Government of India. (L-R) NK Singh, Former Member of Rajya Sabha & Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group addressing on receiving the Indian Multinational of the Year Award.

(L-R) Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL, Shiv Nadar Foundation; Aroon Purie, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, India Today Group and Pavan K Varma, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson, HT Media Ltd. and Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd.

YC Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Ltd. addressing on receiving the Business Leader of the Year Award.

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Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis Bank receiving the Transformational Business Leader of the Year Award from Kamal Nath, then Union Minister for Urban Development, Government of India.

President of India presenting the Entrepreneur of the Decade Award to Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. as D Shivakumar, then President, AIMA and Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA look on.

Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives & Rural Development addressing on receiving the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award.

HM Nerurkar, then Vice-President, AIMA with Gurcharan Das, author and former CEO, Procter and Gamble India.

Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Film Writer, Producer, Director.

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AIMA Membership

AFFILIATEOver the past five decades AIMA has played the role of a catalyst in the

evolution of a new management ethos and its contribution has been widely

acknowledged. AIMA and its 65 affiliated Local Management Associations

(LMAs) across India and overseas have the support of over 3000 institutional

members and over 30,000 individual members.

AIMA Membership consists of:

• Local Management Associations in over 60 cities in India.

• Corporate / Institutional Membership (organisation / institute in the

private, public or joint sector, engaged in industry, trade or commerce,

department, directorate or any other agency and only AICTE approved

management schools).

• Professional Individual Membership (individuals in management

professionals or equivalent, executive in public administration, defence

services official / academicians in management or related areas, technical

or legal professional / chartered accountant / cost accountant / company

secretary qualified from Indian / equivalent foreign institution).

• Student Membership (graduates in any discipline from a recognised

university undergoing MBA programme / professional course in

management from a recognised university / reputed institution).

LMA representatives with AIMA Office Bearers.