CfPs: International Conference on Rural Innovation, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology 2013

International Conference on Rural Innovation, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology (ICRICKET)

New Delhi, India
Organized by IMT Ghaziabad

2-3 January 2013

Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce that Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad India will be organizing ICRICKET -- an International Conference on Rural Innovation, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 2nd & 3rd January 2013. The Conference is being organized in collaboration with Centre for Entrepreneurship, Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK, and has the following objectives:

• Facilitate sharing of ideas and concepts on the inter-linkages between the research issues related to innovation, knowledge, entrepreneurship and technology
• Provide a forum for sharing of initiatives taken by eminent innovators, entrepreneurs and practitioners in advancing the practices related to these disciplines
• Obtain the perspective of the various stakeholders in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems on enhancing the effectiveness of these ecosystems in achieving development objectives through appropriate policy interventions
• Develop the contours of an action plan to integrate various measures for capacity building and strengthening the inter-linkages in these areas
• Provide an opportunity to academicians and practitioners in these areas from the international community to network with each other

We are inviting participation for this Conference from faculty members and researchers from Industries, Universities, Business Schools/ Management Institutes, Engineering Colleges and Research Institutes from India and abroad; International Development and Research Funding Agencies; and Central and State Government Ministries and Departments engaged in programmes related to the themes of the Conference.
The tracks of the invited Papers include but are not limited to the following:

• Innovation
• Rural Innovation
• Capacity Building
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Based Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Technology Management
• Emergent Technologies
• ICT & Rural Development
• Multi-disciplinary Papers covering two or more of the above tracks

Besides having dedicated parallel sessions for presentation of papers by the participants, the two-day Conference would have novel features of academic-industry discussions supported by a number of joint panel sessions and addresses by eminent keynote speakers from industry, social enterprises, Government and international development agencies. The Conference will aim at value addition through various forms of interactivity among the participants.
We invite you and your colleagues to participate in ICRICKET and send in your Paper for the Conference. The attached Announcement/ Call for Papers provides more details about the Conference.
Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact me or Mr Neeraj Awasthy at nawasthy@imt.edu

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Dr. Surinder Batra
Professor, IT Management Area
Also, Dean (Research) and Head (CRICKET)
Centre for Rural Innovation, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology
Institute of Management Technology
Ghaziabad 201001, India
Phone: +91 120 3002241; 3002200, Ext. 241
Fax: +91 120-2827895,2825020; Cell: 9810336641
Email: sbatra@imt.edu
URL: www.imt.edu
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