IMR Doctoral Conference 2025 on 17th and 18th January

IIMB Management Review and Doctoral Programme Office to co-host event featuring the keynote address by Prof. Viral V. Acharya of New York University Stern School of Business, panel discussion and paper presentations

16 January, 2025, Bengaluru: The IMR Doctoral Conference 2025 (IMRDC 2025), organized by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore’s flagship quarterly journal IIMB Management Review (IMR) and the Office of the Doctoral Programme, will be held on 17th and 18th January 2025, at N-001 of the institute campus. The 16th IMRDC will consist of a  hybrid model to facilitate the participation of virtual delegates.

For further information, please visit: https://www.iimb.ac.in/imrdc2025/

IMRDC is an annual doctoral colloquium in Management and associated disciplines, which aims to encourage doctoral research and facilitate collaborative work among researchers from different institutions.The benchmark event is commended by academicians and participants for the thorough and constructive feedback provided through its ‘one exclusive discussant per paper’ format.

This year, the two-day event will comprise a keynote address, panel discussion and 11 select paper presentations by doctoral students.

Prof. Viral V. Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics, Department of Finance, New York University Stern School of Business (NYU-Stern), will deliver the keynote address on, ‘Banking Sector in India: The Past, the Present and the Future’, during the inaugural session on Day One.

Prof. Acharya will provide an overview of how the banking sector was stabilized during the past decade following excesses of the prior decade (especially following the Global Financial Crisis), the current opportunities as well as challenges in the face of digital finance and competition from non-tech lenders, and the implications going forward for risk management and financial stability for the banking sector as well as for the overall macroeconomy.

On Day Two, the panel discussion on, ‘Academic Job Market: Recruiters’ Perspective’, will be moderated by Prof. Chetan Subramanian, RBI Chair Professor in Economics at IIM Bangalore.

This year’s conference received around 100 full paper submissions by students from leading Indian and global management schools and universities. Eleven papers have been selected for presentation at the conference with a dedicated discussant to critique each paper. The selection was through a rigorous three-tier review process by the IMRDC Review Committee.

The event will conclude with certificate presentation and awards ceremony, and the valedictory.