Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
August 24 (Tue), Aug 25 (Wed), Aug 26 (Thu), Aug 27 (Fri), 2021
Conference Website: https://conference.iima.ac.in/history/
Founded in 1961, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has emerged as the leading management school of India and is regularly ranked among the Top 50 Business Schools of the world. Set amidst an iconic campus designed by Louis Kahn, it is also the birthplace of ‘business history’ as a discipline in India under the stewardship of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi (1930-2018), a faculty member of IIMA from 1964 to 1990.
The first International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History was held in memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi at IIMA on August 29-31, 2019.
The 2nd International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History will be hosted online, anchored by IIMA, on August 24-27, 2021. It will be a forum to host research papers, provide a workshop for PhD students, and spark conversations on this subject. The conference will draw in leading scholars working in the field within and outside India.
Conference Organizing Committee
Chinmay Tumbe (IIM-Ahmedabad, India)
Tirthankar Roy (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Medha Kudaisya (National University of Singapore)
Bishnupriya Gupta (Warwick University)
Chikayoshi Nomura (Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo)
Conference Timeline
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021
Notification to selected students and speakers by May 10, 2021
Conference Dates: August 24 (PhD Student Workshop), August 25, 26, 27 (Research Papers and other sessions), 2021
Conference Mode
Registration to the conference is free and participants can log-on to the proceedings from anywhere in the world.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The conference invites researchers to submit research papers and ideas to two separate tracks of the conference – PhD Student Workshop and Conference Research Papers.
PhD Student Workshop
The conference will commence online on Tuesday, August 24th, 2021, with a 1-day workshop for PhD students working on Indian business or economic history or keen to explore this research interest in the near future. Students may belong to any disciplinary background. The workshop will provide feedback on the student’s research topics and ideas and have sessions conducted by leading scholars of the field.
To apply, students have to submit their CV, one-page synopsis of their ongoing research and a one-page statement of interest, as a zipped file, via the conference website submission link, before April 30, 2021.
Students from within and outside India are encouraged to apply for the workshop. Women and students from historically marginalized communities are particularly encouraged to apply for the workshop. MPhil and Masters’ level students can also apply if they are able to demonstrate their keenness to work in the field, and the application would require an additional reference letter from their research supervisor.
Selected students will be notified about their applications by May 10, 2021, and are expected to participate in all the days of the conference proceedings.
Conference Research Papers
The conference theme is broad with the following suggestive themes covering the Indian subcontinent in the 19th and 20th centuries,
- Merchants and Trade
- The legacy of colonial and princely states on economic development
- Regional variations in development in historical perspective
- Urban histories
- Sector wise histories: eg. Aviation, Media, Advertising, Finance, Real Estate, Coal, etc.
- Firm level histories and individual biographies
- Management histories
- Histories of business associations
- Technology transfer and international collaborations
- Business in Periods of Crises
The conference also invites research spanning other time periods and topics.
A 500-1000 word abstract with title and participant’s affiliation, should be submitted online via the conference website submission link, before April 30, 2021. Selected speakers will be notified by May 10, 2021, and full research papers are expected to be submitted by August 1, 2021. PhD students close to submitting their final theses can also submit their work in this track for consideration.
Tentative Programme
Tuesday, August 24, 2021:
Workshop for PhD Students with sessions taken by leading scholars of the field
Wed-Thu-Fri, August 25-26-27, 2021:
Conference Research Papers
Session on Archives
Session on Teaching Business & Economic History
The proceedings are likely to take place between 4pm-8pm Indian Standard Time. The program will be updated with further details in early-August 2021.
Contact Us
Please send all conference related queries to history21@iima.ac.in.
Conference related details will be regularly updated on the conference website:
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