Papers are invited under the following themes:

Managing Operations for Sustained Competitiveness

• Sustainability of global supply chains

• World class competitiveness though efficient operations

• Total quality for global competitiveness

• Appropriate technology for regional development

Marketing for Profitable Growth

• Brand Proliferation and Customer Loyalty

• FMCG and the Resurgence of Ayurveda

• In Search of Excellence in Service Quality

• Customer Experience Management

• E-commerce: Moving Beyond Price Competition

• The Future of Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

Technological Innovation and Shifts in Business Practices

• Technology & Innovation Management

• Information Technology for Regional Development

Managing Finance in the Changing Business Scenario

• Innovations in portfolio management and asset pricing

• Pricing of conventional and unconventional derivatives

• Debt restructuring

• Behavioral biases in financial decision making

• Corporate finance, capital structure and dividend policy

• Financial crises ,and systemic risk

• Quality of financial reporting and adoption of IFRS

• Corporate governance and performance

• Computational finance and limitations

• Financial risk management

• Market microstructure and algorithmic trading

• Financial policy choice, institutions and regulation

• Banking and micro-finance

• Financial literacy and financial education

Natural Resource and Environmental Management Policy

• Public perceptions of climate change and adaptation

• Interventions to mitigate climate change, Payments for Ecosystem Services

• Right over land and natural resources

• Economic Growth, Employment and Private Sector

• Land Acquisition, Compensation and Vulnerability

Post 2015 Governance and Public Policy Agenda

• Inclusive and Gender sensitive governance

• Growth and Human Development Policy

• Policy Agenda of Health, Education, Nutrition

• Agriculture and Food Security

• Managing Public Service Organization

• Changing Paradigms In Bihar’s Development

Shifts in HR Policy in Business and Government

• Leveraging Human Capital

• Learning Organizations

• Competency Mapping

• Employee Engagement

General Management

• Strategy

• Women Entrepreneurship

• Management of Development Organization, Cooperative Management

• Banking and Credit

• Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and Business Sustainability