Additional Director Attends ACBSP Conference

Wazir Ahmad, Additional Director of IQAC ULAB attended the Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACSBP) region 10 two day-conference held in Mysuru, Karnataka, India. Delegates and members from all over India including Vietnam and Bangladesh attended the conference. The theme of 2017 conference was ‘Transforming Students Success through Recruitment, Retention, and Re-entry. The various sessions of the conference was addressed by:

Jeffery Alderman, President / CEO, ACBSP, USA

Steve Parscale, Chief Accreditation Officer, ACBSP, USA

Dr. Rajesh Khajuria, Director-CKSVIM Vadodara, Chair-ACBSP Region 10

Dr. N.R. Parasuraman, Director-SDMIMD, Chair-Elect, ACBSP Region 10

Dr. Tran Ngoc Taun, Vice Rector, FPTU, Vietnam, Secretary, ACBSP Region 10:

Dr. Ramaswamy Nandagopal, Treasurer & Commissioner, ACBSP Region 10:

Dr. J. Philip, President, Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore

Dr. K R S Murthy, Former Director Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Thothathri Raman, Chairman, SEAA Trust (Peregrine Academic’s Representative), New Delhi

Shri Arjun Ranga, Managing Director, N. Ranga Rao & Sons, Mysore

R. Venkatanarayanan, President Rane Group

Dr. Doug Gilbert, School of Business, University of Phoenix

The conference also had sessions to showcase students and faculty works. In the faculty presentations, ten working papers were presented on the theme of conferences. The conference included a roundtable on ‘Business Education in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities. The conference also had an exclusive session on ACBSP Standards & Process Training and Online Reporting Portal.