IIM Udaipur in top 5 at the Global Operations Conference [/b]
After the astounding success in the C.K Prahalad Case Competition at the Indo-US Business Conference in Ann Arbor, it is time for the 3-year old IIM Udaipur to celebrate again. IIM-U has been selected as 1 of the top 5 teams from across the globe for the finals of the prestigious Global Operations Conference 2013 at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. The other teams in the top 5 are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Michigan (2 teams) & Pennsylvania State University. Being the only team from Asia to have qualified for the finals, IIM Udaipur has yet again created a mark globally in the Operations and Supply Chain field. [/b]
The Global Operations Conference is an event organized by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, considered as one of the biggest International conferences in Operations & SCM, and sponsored by multi-national companies such as Dell, CISCO, Infosys, 3M, Eaton, Microsoft, ALCOA, Steelcase, Conway. The theme for this year’s conference is “Navigating the New Normal”. The keynote speakers of the event are Maria de Lourdes Dieck-Assad, Dean at EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Michael Finney, President and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The participants will get an opportunity to network and socialize with the sponsors. It will also provide a platform for IIM-U to establish global corporate tie-ups with these organizations.[/b]
The IIM Udaipur team was represented by Arpit Mehra, Biswarup Das, Rahul Dsouza and Rahul Pandey. All of them are students of the Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPX) – Global Supply Chain Management, offered by IIM-U in collaboration with Purdue University. These students are currently in US attending the fall semester as part of this unique program.[/b]
The team is upbeat about the finals and will be battling it out on 14th November’2013 in Michigan for this prestigious award. Being recognized consistently on a global platform is indeed a commendable achievement for one of the youngest IIMs. Leading from the front, IIM Udaipur has once again succeeded in showcasing the potential and capability of the business education in India on a global platform.[/b]