IIT Madras hosts ‘International Conference on Management Research 2023’

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Department of Management Studies hosted the first ‘International Conference on Management Research (ICMR 2023)’ from November 16 to 19. The theme of the conference was ‘Unchecking the Default: The Other Side of Everything’.

Researchers, practitioners, industry experts, and policymakers participated in the conference and a total of 225 paper submissions were received from both international and national authors.

The conference was organised with an aim to provide a platform for knowledge exchanges and for future research collaborations. It also gave an opportunity to establish professional relationships with researchers, academics and practitioners.

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V Vijayalakshmi, IIT Madras’s Department of Management Studies, said: “The conference theme challenged us to look at fresh perspectives to uncheck what has been established as the normal. This opened up a realm of possibilities where we can push our boundaries, question what we consider to be the ‘truth’ and counter conventional wisdom. By critically examining default beliefs and assumptions, we can uncover hidden inefficiencies, biases, and limitations that hinder our progress. The 3 days saw intense scholarly inquiry through competitive paper tracks, resulting in five Outstanding Paper Awards worth Rs. 75,000 being offered to the awardees.”

M Thenmozhi, head of the management department, said: “The Conference aimed at the deliberate exploration of uncharted territories that can lead to the emergence of entirely new and innovative ideas that were previously unimaginable and create space for transformative and ground-breaking concepts to flourish by breaking free from default assumptions.”