PATRON
Dr.
Rajan Welukar,
Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai.
DIRECTOR OF THE CONFERENCE
Professor Vivek Deolankar,
M.Com.,
M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Litt., D.Litt. (Mumbai),
I.C.D.H.C.M.(U.S.A)
Head,
University Department of Commerce,
University of Mumbai.
ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
The
University of Mumbai (known earlier as University of Bombay) is
one of the oldest and Premier Universities in India. It was
established in 1857 consequent upon "Woods Education Dispatch",
and it is one amongst the first three Universities in India. The
profile of this University carved out in 152 years of its
functioning attests to its manifold achievements as the
intellectual and moral powerhouse of the society. The University
has always given its best to the country in general and to the
city of Mumbai in particular by enthusiastically shouldering an
ever-growing load of social values and opportunities.
It
has two campuses of area of 230 acres and 13 acres, with 1.25
million square feet of built-up area, 22 thousand sq. feet of
class-rooms and 84 thousand sq. feet of laboratory space. It has
two post graduate centers, about 617 affiliated colleges and 75
Departments. It has established its name in industrial
collaborations and runs various professional courses.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
The
Department of Commerce, University of Mumbai was established on
1st December, 1980 to shoulder the responsibilities
of post-graduate teaching, training and research in the Commerce
Faculty. The Department is the most active one with tremendous
potential for growth. At present, the Department admits students
for the M.Com. and Ph.D. Degree Courses. The Department offers
specialization in areas most relevant to the city of Mumbai, the
Financial Capital of the country, viz. Business Management,
Banking and Finance and Accountancy.
The
Department provides instruction for two years M.Com. Degree (by
papers/by research). In the M.Com. Degree by papers the students
have to study three compulsory papers and have to select five
papers from a wide range of optional subjects viz. Business
Management, Banking and Finance and Accountancy.
ABOUT MAHATMA EDUCATION SOCIETY
The
Mahatma Education Society is proof of a vision linked
irrevocably to national goals. Established in 1970, at a time
when education was deemed a service, it set about bringing
social and economic change through the proactive personal
development of every child that came into its fold. The vision
of Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai, Founder, Secretary, and CEO and
Dr. Daphne Pillai, Joint Secretary and Rector, saw the trust
grow from a single school into a multi-institution,
multi-location group delivering quality education at all levels.
It comprises schools, international schools, degree colleges,
night colleges, management institutions, engineering colleges,
colleges of architecture, colleges of education and polytechnic
institutions. The Pillai Group of Institutions has embarked into
international schools in Gorai, New Panvel and Rasayani where
the C.B.S.E., I.C.S.E., I.G.C.S.E. and I.B. Programmes are
authorized to be conducted. Mahatma Education Society has 4
decades of experience, 48 institutions, 3500 teachers and over
40,000 students per annum. Mahatma Education Society and is well
linked with St. Mary’s School of Business and Economics in
Moraga, California, U.S.A. for student exchange programmes and
industry visits in U.S.A. Industrial visits have been undertaken
to places such as the headquarters of Sun Microsystems, Biorad,
Yahoo, Microsoft, United Western Bank, City National Bank among
many other leading companies where full-day academic and
non-academic engagements are provided for by the company. The
institution is working towards international work opportunities
and internships outside India to give students a holistic
exposure to managerial skills and professionalism on global
standards.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
About
700 years ago, during the 14th century, India and
China together accounted for more than half the world trade. The
economic trends, today, kindle the hope that if India develops a
right roadmap for facing the global competition, it can once
again regain its past glory. China is almost there. The 21st
century as a knowledge society gives India a core advantage in
leveraging its ‘demographic dividend’ effervescent in its young
and inherently brilliant and innovative human capital. Even from
the international perspective, the 19th century
belonged to Europe, 20th century to America, and now
it is the turn of Asia to lead in the 21st century.
For this to happen, India and China are obviously the two major
economies, provided they build on their inherent strengths and
overcome the weaknesses blocking their respective progress. It
may be hypothesised here that India is not a poor country, but a
poorly-managed country. Since the socio-economic systems, being
open systems.
Recent years have witnessed a cascading downturn in the world
economy resulting in tremendous decline in business and
employment globally, particularly in the developed world.
Fortunately, India has remained largely unaffected by this
recession, staying virtually at the same level as some of the
most developed countries. This feat of survival from recession
brings to the fore the inherent strengths in the Indian economy
that enabled it to face one of the worst economic crises of the
recent times. In fact, while the developed world was mauled by
the meltdown of their economies, Indian economy only slowed down
in maintaining its growth trajectory. It suggests that the
Indian economy has a sound fundamental strength, which if
leveraged properly can give it a lead over others.
In
the "Emerging Issues in Economy, Trade, Commerce and Management
Challenges and Strategies for International Competitiveness" the
"Bottom of the Pyramid" – the sheer size – is considered to be
the biggest potential market opportunity. The very poor
represent value-conscious consumers. Chinese, Indian, Brazilian,
Mexican, Russian, Indonesian, Turkey, South African and Thai,
all together in one set, have more purchasing power in
comparison with the set that consists of Japanese, German,
Italian, French and British. If the "Bottom of the Pyramid" is
looked at in a combined set, not each and every element in
isolation, then considerable amount of the purchasing power can
be found. What required is proper innovation. Innovative ideas
in all respects, ranging from the creation of utility to the
delivery of all those utilities, can materialize the renovation
of goods and services into money.
BROAD
AREAS OF THE CONFERENCE:
- Emerging issues in global
economy, commerce and management: challenges and strategies
for international competitiveness.
- Fiscal issues and
unemployment linked with terrorism and disaster management
in the world.
- Internationalization of
financial markets in the world.
- Financial management
challenges and strategies for international competitiveness
of economy, trade, commerce and industries.
- Challenges and strategies
of World Bank for international competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
of IMF for international competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
for Indian and International financial system.
- Reforms in Indian and
International economic sectors.
- Role of Foreign Direct
Investment and Foreign Institutional Investment.
- Challenges and strategies
for banking and financial sector for international
competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
for controlling inflation and promoting growth and
international competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
for stock markets and investors for International
Competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
for oil crises and competition.
- Challenges and strategies
for commodities markets in the world.
- Challenges and
opportunities for monetary management strategies in India
and International financial system.
- Challenges and
Opportunities for investment life-cycle and product
life-cycle-in international competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
in currency market in international scenario.
- Challenges and strategies
for marketing management in international scenario.
- Challenges and strategies
for export-import of trade, commerce and industries in
global scenario.
- Challenges and strategies
merger and acquisition strategies for trade, commerce and
industries in world.
- Talent management for
trade, commerce and industries in world.
- Business Process
Outsourcing; challenges and opportunities.
- Information Technology and
challenges and strategies for global competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
for human resource management for international
competitiveness.
- Challenges and strategies
for human resource development for international
competitiveness.
CALL
FOR PAPERS
We
invite quality research papers on any one of the above broad
areas. The articles must be accompanied by an Abstract (not more
than 150 words) neatly typed with a double space and wide
margins. The article should be sent to the Director of the
Conference in the form of CD MS-WORD along with two (2) hard
copies. The decision about the acceptance or non-acceptance of
the paper will be communicated to the authors in due process.
The last date for submission of papers is Wednesday, January 5,
2011.
AWARDS
FOR OUTSTANDING PAPERS
Outstanding papers will be selected and recognized with awards.
In addition, they will be considered for publications in the
Research Volume.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
The
conference will be of two days duration and will have six
sessions including Inaugural and Valedictory Session as detailed
below:-
Tuesday,
1st February, 2011
Registration of Delegates: 12.30 p.m. to 1.45 p.m.
I)
INAUGURAL SESSION:
(2.00
p.m. to 4.00 p.m.)
- Inaugural Address
- Key Note Address
- Vote of Thanks
TEA BREAK:
(4.00p.m. to 4.30 p.m.)
II)
TECHNICAL SESSION: Panel Discussion on "Emerging
Issues in Global Economy,
Commerce and Management:
Challenges and Strategies for International
Competitiveness".
(4.30
p.m. to 6.30 p.m.)
Wednesday, 2nd February, 2011
III) TECHNICAL SESSION:
Paper Presentation on Emerging Issues in Global Economy,
Banking and Financial Sector Challenges, Information
Technology, Corporate Governance and Social
Responsibility of Business : Challenges and Strategies
for International Competitiveness.
(8.30
a.m. to 11.30 a.m.)
TEA
BREAK
(11.30
a.m. to 11.40 a.m.)
IV)
TECHINICAL SESSION : Paper Presentation on Emerging Issues in
Human Resource
Management, Marketing Management Challenges and Strategies for
International
Competitiveness.
(11.40 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.)
LUNCH
BREAK
(1.00
p.m. to 2.00 p.m.)
V)
TECHNICAL SESSION: Paper Presentation Fiscal Issues and
Unemployment linked
with Terrorism and
Disaster Management in the world, Management of Business
Outsourcing, Oil Crises for Global Competition
Challenges and Strategies for International
Competitiveness.
(2.00
p.m. to 3.30 p.m.)
TEA
BREAK
(3.30
p.m. to 3.40 p.m.)
VI)
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS:
Distribution of Certificates
(3.40
p.m. to 5.40 p.m.)
IMPORANT DATES
- Last date for submitting
paper : 5th January, 2011.
Delegate
fee :Rs. 1,500/- for each delegate.
(Rs.
2,000/- each for every accompanied person including children)
- Late and Final
Registration Date : 20th January, 2011.
Delegate fee :Rs. 2,000/- for each delegate.
(Rs.
2,000/- each for every accompanied person including children)
REGISTRATION AND TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES
Filled-in Registration Forms along-with a Demand Draft for Rs.
1,500/- (Rs. One Thousand Five Hundred Only) per delegate should
reach the Director of the Conference latest by 5th
January, 2011. (After 5th January, 2011 Rs. 2,000/-
for each delegate up to 20th January, 2011) The
Demand Draft should be drawn in favour of Finance and Accounts
Officer, University of Mumbai from any Nationalized Bank
payable at Mumbai. No Cheque or Money order will be accepted.
T.A. and D.A. for outstation delegates to be provided by the
University/Institutions/College where the delegate is working.
The
Conference Director will not be responsible for any
inconvenience of the delegates who do not follow the above
procedure of Registration as per deadline dates.
NO
SPOT REGISTRATION PLEASE