IIM Kashipur announces 3rd edition of the Management Education & Research Colloquium (MERC) 2024

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MERC 2024 will provide an opportunity for doctoral scholars to interact, collaborate, and network with like-minded researchers and practitioners from varied domains.

IIM Kashipur announces 3rd edition of the Management Education

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM Kashipur) is organizing three-day-long Management Education & Research Colloquium (MERC) 2024 for doctoral scholars. IIM Kashipur is also inviting applications from doctoral scholars, professionals and authors to exhibit their research work to peers, experts, and other interested stakeholders till April 8, 2024.

Direct Link: IIM Kashipur MERC Application Window

The third edition of MERC is scheduled to be conducted between May 31 to June 2, 2024. The three-day event, to be held at the IIM Kashipur campus, will open an avenue for doctoral students to present and discuss their research work and gain valuable insights from peers and leading academicians in the realms of management.

MERC 2024 will provide an opportunity for doctoral scholars to interact, collaborate, and network with like-minded researchers and practitioners from varied domains. Moreover, participants will get valuable feedback, engage in discussions, and receive mentorship from experts regarding their research.

In addition to paper presentations, MERC 2024 also features workshops on research methodologies to help participants improve their methodological rigour. Three best submissions will be awarded cash prizes of INR 25,000, INR 15,000 and INR 10,000 respectively based on the criteria laid out by the panel of experts.

Sabyasachi Patra, chairman doctoral area said, “IIM Kashipur has proudly created its very own research ecosystem. MERC 2024 is the best place for researchers to gain comprehensive understanding of various facets of research and collaborate with the academic and industry experts. This encouraged the exchange of ideas among budding researchers and academicians. We at Kashipur are glad to bring some of the brightest minds from diverse fields under one roof.”

In 2023 edition of MERC, IIM Kashipur received 175 submissions from all over India. Out of these, more than 50 submissions were received from premier institutions of IIMs/IITs/NITs/XLRI etc. These submissions in diverse areas of Management were going through a review process for final selection and registration in MERC.

Papers to be considered can be on the following themes-

Communications,
Economics,
IT & Systems,
Marketing,
Operations & Decision Sciences,
Organizational behaviour & Human Resource Management,
Public policy & Governance,
Strategy & Entrepreneurship,
Stability in MSME and Finance & Accounting.

However, the papers are not limited to the above-mentioned themes.

About IIM Kashipur

IIM Kashipur has secured 19th rank among the top 50 Management Institutes/Colleges in India in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)-2023 ranking released by the Ministry of Education. IIM Kashipur has also become the only IIM to get into the Top 50 in NIRF- ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements) quotient, leaving behind other IIMs.

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