Guj: IIMA pacts with SAGE for Lecture Series

Ahmedabad, May 30: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) Director Prof Bakul Dholakia and SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Managing Director and CEO Vivek Mehra signed a memorandum of agreement and announced the launch of the prestigious IIMA-SAGE Lecture Series.

The Series, which will be initiated from 2008, will be an annual affair. Distinguished personalities from the world of business, economics and noteworthy individuals involved in public issues will be invited to give a talk on a topic of current interest at the event to be held at IIMA.

The event is to be attended by the students, faculty and alumni of IIMA, as well as the invited public.

""The IIMA-SAGE Lecture Series will provide an unique opportunity to the students, faculty and research scholars at the institute to interact with and get inspired by distinguished academicians and leaders in different fields from across the globe,"" Dr Dholakia said.

IIMA, country"s premier business school has always been the first choice of the discerning student wanting a holistic management education, he added.

""The lecture series will cater to both the discerning reader and the scholar,"" SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Managing Director and CEO Vivek Mehra said.

He added that SAGE has always been the natural home for authors, editors and societies.

SAGE Publications, one of the world"s major academic publishers, is publishing over 450 academic journals and over 500 new book titles a year.

UNI