Indian Academy of Management (INDAM)

Call for Submissions

PDW Chair: Vijay Pereira, Distinguished Professor, NEOMA Business School, France

The Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) invites scholars interested in research on Indian management and context to submit proposals for the Professional Development Workshop (PDW). The invitation is open to all members of the academic fraternity – disciplinary or geographic boundaries are no bar. The PDW proposals should address management challenges and issues faced by Indian organisations, institutions, contexts, and the more prominent social set-up. We expect that the proposals will be:

This year's conference is not theme-specific, thus allowing for a broad rethinking of research for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 25-29 July 2025. We invite proposals on various topics focusing on India as a country and Indian organisations and contexts.  

The ‘Global South’ is a term used to refer to developing and less-developed countries worldwide. It covers countries around Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Oceania and Latin America. The idea of viewing these countries as a group came into effect in the mid-last century when India gained independence and started the non-align movement (NAM). 

While the narrative regarding the relevance of the Global South, with India as a critical example, has been around for quite some time, its significance to the world economy was realised only at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Notwithstanding, though India has been a global economic power historically in the recent past, we now see a surge in its re-emergence. More specifically, on the one hand, several economic, social, and political factors, notably the globalisation of India, its upskilling of human resources, its rising workforce, sizable diaspora in Western countries due to migration, and infrastructure development, are responsible for the change. On the other hand, innovations and global advances in technological factors such as developments in information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, automation, e-commerce, blockchain and digitalisation have contributed to the growth of the Indian economy. India has thus regained prominence and integrated with the world economy in both ways.  

Additionally, India has gained popularity in recent years due to the shifting paradigm in its critical role in the global economy. Many multinational enterprises are relocating production to India, primarily led by the “Make in India” initiative by the Indian Government. At the same time, there are numerous opportunities to be reaped, but also it faces several challenges, such as complexity in the regulatory environment, inadequate infrastructure, inequality in the income and regional development, excessive control over capital flows, and low transparency in the public sector, as a few examples. Given India's blend of opportunities and challenges, the World Bank calls it a ‘mixed bag’.   

Against this backdrop, the next annual conference of the Academy of the INDAM Chapter invites academic submissions under the above brief. 

INDAM encourages submissions from scholars to think of ways through which Indian organisations and the Indian context can be portrayed in ways where best practices and indigenous traditions are fleshed out and from which we, business and management scholars, can learn and pursue future research directions. We encourage scholars researching Indian organisations (and contexts) in India and abroad to submit proposals that shed light on the above.  

PDW organisers must act early, expend sufficient effort, contact knowledgeable advisors, and follow sound design principles to develop exemplary PDW proposals. Knowledgeable advisors are often generous with their time but may not be available too close to the deadline. Therefore, it is advised that you start working on the proposal as early as possible, as you may need to revise the proposals multiple times and seek timely feedback from your colleagues.  

Feel free to contact the PDW Chair, Vijay Pereira, at both emails, vijay.pereira@neoma-bs.fr and vijaypereira2003@yahoo.com, to get feedback on the ‘preliminary’ PDW idea/proposal. You may note that many PDW proposals get rejected because the PDW chairs receive them too late.  

Proposals for sessions organised in collaboration with other divisions and affiliates of the Academy of Management will be highly appreciated. 

• Submission deadline: Tuesday, 7 January 2025 at 17:00 ET (GMT-5/UTC-5).

See you at the Academy of Management 2025 conference.  

Vijay Pereira
NEOMA Business School, France