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1 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 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

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.

2 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 in the fields of Economics, Educational Sciences, Law, Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology, and Statistical Sciences. The departments promote research and organize doctoral programs. (4) INSTITUTO DE ECONOMIA (UFRJ), BRAZIL The Institute of Economics (IE) was set up at Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) in The UFRJ Institute of Economics is committed to presenting and discussing, thoroughly and critically, the major paradigms of modern economics theory, the vision that informs each of them, the inter-disciplinary boundaries between them, their analytical tools, their explanations of modern economic realities and their opposing propositions. The research projects pursued at the institute are conceived from the widest diversity of theoretical and empirical concerns, although with special emphasis on understanding the Brazilian economy and how economic policies impact Brazil. The Institute of Economics has twenty research groups devoted to a wide range of themes. These groups develop research with support of public and private institutions and involve professors and students at the undergraduate and graduate level. (5) FUDAN UNIVERSITY, CHINA The Fudan University was established in 1905 and is one of China s topmost institutions of advanced learning and higher education. This university consists of 29 schools and departments, with seventy undergraduate disciplines. The University confers bachelor's degrees in seventy academic disciplines, and master's degrees in two hundred and twenty five disciplines, and doctoral degrees in twenty-four Level I and one hundred and fifty-three Level II academic disciplines such as humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, technology and

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.

3 management.. There are also twenty-five research stations that offer postdoctoral fellowships. The two major areas of research are Social Sciences and Natural and Medical Sciences. (6) MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL MIRBIS, RUSSIA MIRBIS is one of the oldest and most renowned business schools in Russia. It is an international business school aiming to meet the challenges of management in the 21 st century. The main objective of MIRBIS is to train managers and executives in order to develop their capabilities of adapting themselves to the needs of the Russian market as well as the trends in the global economy, and thereby becoming agents of innovation and change in their organizations. MIRBIS co-operates with universities, training centers and companies in more than 40 countries of the world, with which it has long-term agreements on joint programs and projects. (7) CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH (CER), ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, UK The Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (CER) is a well-established research centre at Essex Business School, University of Essex, one of the leading research institutions in the UK. It focuses on research and knowledge exchange activities in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation, an important part of the University s research, teaching and knowledge transfer portfolio. The Centre s main aim is to provide a forum for excellence in entrepreneurship research and dissemination concentrating on varied aspects of new venture creation, entrepreneurial business growth, internationalization, marketing, social enterprise and the impact of entrepreneurship on regional and local economic development. The Centre builds on the research portfolio of all academic staff of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group (EIG) of Essex Business School (EBS), and supports the work of research students and a group of international associates. CER has already established working links with similar centers in the UK, US, China, France, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania and Poland. It houses the well-established International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) and has close working links with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED) Programme. Strong international, organizational and industry links (in UK, China and India) have contributed to the development of new areas of activity on China s business links, and technology-based entrepreneurship. The Centre is supported by a group of Senior Enterprise Fellows made up

It is an international business school aiming to meet the challenges of management in the 21 st century.

4 of acclaimed researchers, industry practitioners and policy makers from leading institutions and organizations around the world. (8) INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM (IEF) The International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) was founded in October 2000 with its headquarters at the Enterprise Research and Development Centre (ERDC), University of Central England, Birmingham, UK, and currently has members from more than 15 countries. The IEF is a forum of academics, policy makers and practitioners, who are brought together to discuss and interact with each other on issues related to entrepreneurship research, education and training. During the past 10 years IEF has successfully organized international conferences in different countries of Europe and Asia covering various aspects of entrepreneurship. (9) INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SMALL BUSINESS (ICSB) Founded in 1955, the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) was the first international membership organization to promote the growth and development of small businesses worldwide. ICSB brings together educators, researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to share knowledge and expertise in their respective fields. ICSB affiliate associations include the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSBE), Small Enterprises Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ), ICSB-Brazil, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE), Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI), ICSB-Japan, Middle East Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (MECSBE), ICSB- PR/C (Puerto Rico and Caribbean), ICSB-China. The process of forming an India Chapter of ICSB is in its advanced stages. (10) SOUTH ASIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (SAJM) South Asian Journal of Management (SAJM) is a double-blind refereed academic journal published by the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA). SAJM has an international editorial board and publishes conceptual and empirical research papers, case-studies, research notes, book reviews and articles in the broad areas of management and administration, especially those with a focus on the South Asian, South-East Asian and the Asia-Pacific Regions. The papers published in SAJM are indexed

(ERDC), University of Central England, Birmingham, UK, and currently has members from more than 15 countries.

5 in two reputed databases, namely EBSCO and ProQuest-ABI/Inform. It is included in journal ratings such as ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia) and ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council), which cover more than 2000 journals worldwide.

Entrepreneurship Education and Training: Design, Delivery and Effectiveness 29-31 January 2015

Entrepreneurship Education and Training: Design, Delivery and Effectiveness 29-31 January 2015 ICIER 4 th International Conference- 29-31 January 2015 at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Call for Papers International Consortium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research (ICIER)) & Indian