Sustainable Development meet at IMI

International Management Institute, New Delhi held a day long seminar on 'Sustainable Development' in the Indian context on 26th May 2009. The event was jointly hosted by International Management Institute at its New Delhi premises with School of Business, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. A team of students and faculty members from Duquesne University along with students of XPGDM and faculty from IMI took part in a full day seminar with participation from Industry, NGO, Government and academia.

The event was inaugurated by Dr. C. S. Venkataratnam, Director IMI, and Dr. Nagaraj Sivasubramaniam, Chair Leadership, Ethics and Global Business Division, Duquesne University. The event was in alignment with the goals of UN declared 'Decade of Education for Sustainable Development'. This fact was highlighted by Dr. Sonu Goyal, Professor, IMI, while moderating the panel discussion on 'Sustainable Development in the Indian context'.

Explaining the importance of sustainable development Dr. Kaushik Deb, Program Director, MBA (Business Sustainability) TERI University said that Management institutes should incorporate sustainable development as integral part of their curriculum. 'Teri university now has an MBA program in Sustainable development.

During the course of the Seminar, the students from Duquesne and IMI took part in a debate on sustainability in the Indian Context in comparison to the US.

Duquesne has created the new MBA Sustainability degree to meet the demand for next-generation leaders who understand that planned growth, ethics, community and the environment all impact business strategy, value creation and shareholder's return.