IIPM Business School announces Awards

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B-School, IIPM has instituted the Manavata Vikas Awards to honour people economics/people-centric management / literature / peace

B-School, IIPM has instituted the Manavata Vikas Awards to honour people for their exceptional achievements in the fields of education and socio-economic developments. This marks the recent academic alliance between IIPM-IMI and University of Buckingham, UK. The awards were announced in two categories. The first includes those working in the areas of education, economics and political management. While the second category has people who have contributed to the upliftment of others and brought a new ray of hope to the people around them. Awardees included social reformist Medha Patkar, author-activist, Mahasweta Devi, economist Dr. Kaushik Basu (for his work on unemployment, poverty and child labour), economist Dr. Ashok Sanjay Guha (for his contribution in economic growth theories), author, economist and management guru Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (for his contribution in people-centric management theories).

Another award announced was the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Prize, instituted to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the poet in 2011. The award will be conferred on individuals/groups who have made a significant contribution in the areas of people’s economics/people-centric management / literature / peace. The prize will be funded by a consortium of institutes and universities in Asia and Europe. The first Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Prize will be awarded in May 2012 on the birthday of the poet.

Currently operating from 18 state of the art campuses spread across as many cities around the country, the B-School has actively been involved in various social development programmes under the aegis of the Manav Vikas Kendras in rural West Bengal and Orissa.