INTRODUCTION
Teaching through cases is an integral part of education or training today. Rapidly changing technology and evolving needs of the market place demand efficient resource utilization and critical problem solving skills. Case based teaching allows students and executives to critically appraise their decision making dilemma and give effective solutions.
The FLAME Centre for Case Development (FCCD) invites academicians, researchers and professionals, within and outside India, across disciplines such as management, entrepreneurship, humanities and social sciences to submit their cases for the second FLAME Case Conference. FCCD also invites budding case writers for a one day workshop on case writing as part of the preconference schedule.
ABOUT FLAME CASE CONFERENCE HELD IN JULY 2015
A Two-Day Case Conference was organized by the FLAME Centre for Case Development, FLAME University, Pune (in association with ET Cases) from July 10-11, 2015. Apart from deliberating on cases submitted by authors, the conference had a panel discussion on ‘Learner Centred Pedagogical Approaches'. The panel included senior dignitaries from ET Cases, HARVARD Business Publishing, IVEY India and FLAME School of Business.
A total of thirty five cases contributed by fifty six authors affiliated to thirty five different institutions/universities/firms from across India were presented over two days. These cases were selected following a rigrous two stage blind-review process from the eighty four case abstracts initially received and further reviewed by an expert panel of reviewers. All conference tracks were highly appreciated by the participants.
OBJECTIVES OF FLAME CASE CONFERENCE 2016
The FLAME Case Conference (FCC) has the following objectives:
- To act as a platform for case writers to improve their cases through the constructive feedback received from the reviewers and conference participants.
- To encourage the development of cases dealing with issues faced by Indian organizations / institutions.
- To create a platform for executives and professionals to present their experiences and cases
VENUE
The FLAME Case Conference will be conducted at the scenic locale of the FLAME University Campus, Lavale, Pune.
SCHEDULE
Pre Conference workshop – Thursday, 14th July, 2016
Case Conference – Friday, 15th July, 2016 and Saturday, 16th July, 2016
HIGHLIGHT OF THE CONFERENCE
The scope of the FLAME Case Conference is broad. It includes all functional areas of business management, social and natural sciences. The Case Conference invites submission of teaching and research cases written in the above functional areas. The conference will include guest lectures and a panel discussion by eminent speakers from reputed academic, corporate and social organizations.
PRE-CONFERENCE CASE WRITING WORKSHOP
A pre-conference case writing workshop will be conducted for all those who desire to learn the craft of case writing. The workshop will also be useful for the seasoned case writers to further hone their case writing skills. The workshop will be facilitated by expert case writers affiliated to renowned institutions/organizations.
THEMATIC FOCUS & CONFERENCE TRACKS
The thematic focus and tracks for this conference is based on following ideas –
- Multidisciplinary: Given the Liberal Education roots of FLAME University, the conference invites case submissions from across multiple disciplines such as Business Management, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. This would provide a platform for case writers from across disciplines to get rich feedback from varied audiences to further enrich their cases.
- Industry Experiences/Cases: A special track to share documented industry experiences in audio/written/video format is being provided to corporate executives to showcase their unique and innovative industry experiences to a wider audience of academicians, researchers and professionals. This will enable them to seek feedback from such diversified audiences to further refine their real life practice and decision making.
Thus, the broad themes of the conference will be:
| Business Management Cases |
Industry Experiences/ Cases |
Social Sciences Cases |
Natural Sciences Cases |
- Business / Social Entrepreneurship
- Finance / Banking / Insurance
- Marketing
- Operations / Information Technology
- Organizational Behaviour / Human Resource Management
- Strategy and Economics
|
- IT
- Technology
- Consulting
- Media
- Legal
- Policy
- NGOs
- Research
|
- Education
- Policy & Economics
- Governance
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Political Science
- History
- Law
|
- Physics
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth Sciences
|
The list is indicative of the categories and by no means limits the area of participation.
FOR WHOM
The conference encourages participation from all enthusiastic case writers related with Industry and Academia. The following is an indicative list of participants:
- Faculty members
- Research scholars
- Corporate executives
- Trainers/consultants
- Entrepreneurs
- Corporate executives
- Any other professionals
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
The copyright of cases presented at this case conference remains with the authors. However, post the conference, authors of a few selected high quality cases would be invited to publish their cases in a reputed case journal/repository. Their cases would only be published if they give their prior consent and complete the process of passing copyrights of cases to the publisher. A few selected cases presented at our last year’s case conference are being published in form of a case book by the ET Cases.
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATION
FLAME in association with ET cases has instituted the following awards:
1) ET Cases – FLAME Best Case Writer Award with a cash prize of Rs. 20,000.
2) ET Cases – FLAME Young Case Writer Award with a cash prize of Rs. 15,000.
3) ET Cases – FLAME Industry Experience Case Award with a cash prize of Rs. 15,000.
Further, the cases accepted and presented during the conference will receive a certification of participation from FLAME. For more details please visit http://www.flame.edu.in/flame-centre-for-case-development
SUBMISSION GUIDELINESS
The author(s) are required to submit an original and unpublished case study depicting a real life situation in management/ social / natural sciences. The cases can be based on primary or secondary data. The cases written with secondary data should mention all the sources of information and take the onus of originality, while cases based on primary data must have organizational consent.
Any issue of plagiarism will result in disqualification of case from the conference. The participant should ensure that the submitted case has not been submitted or discussed in any previous conference or any public forum.
NOMINATION
Nomination can be done for this Conference by filling up the attached nomination form sent along with the conference fee via Crossed DD payable to “FLAME UNIVERSITY PUNE” at Pune. The Demand Draft along with the nomination form has to be mailed to:
Prof. Hoshiar Mal/ Prof. Niraj Mankad
FLAME University
401, Phoenix Commercial Complex, 4th Floor,
Bund Garden Road, Opp. Residency Club, Pune - 411001
Contact: fcc@flame.edu.in, Mobile: 9921446323/9765390639
In case you want to transfer the registration fees electronically, the relevant account details are as under:-
Name of the Bank : Bank of India,
Branch : Lavale, Pune
Name of the Account : FLAME UNIVERSITY
Current A/c No : 062020110000581
Swift Code : BKIDINBBPMB
RTGS / IFSC Code : BKID0000620
Note: If you do electronic/NEFT transfer of funds, please compulsorily email payment details to fcc@flame.edu.in to verify whether funds have been received at our end or not.
REGISTRATION FEES
a) SUBMITTING AUTHORS FOR CASE CONFERENCE
The participants who submit/present their cases in the conference will pay registration fees as per the given category:
| |
Delegates from Indian
Organisations/Institutions |
Delegates from Foreign
Organisations/Institutions |
| Industry |
Rs. 4,600/- |
USD 150/- |
| Academicians |
Rs. 3,100/- |
USD 100/- |
| Students (produce necessary proof) |
Rs. 2,000/- |
USD 75/- |
b) FOR CASE WRITING WORKSHOP
Pre-conference delegates – Rs. 1,000/-
Delegates of the pre-conference workshop can register to attend the Case Writing workshop by paying an additional registration fee of Rs 1,000/-
The registration fee includes conference material, lunch, refreshments and applicable taxes.
c) Accommodation:
Limited lodging and boarding facility will be provided on twin-sharing basis on FLAME campus on a first-come, first-served basis. For this, an additional fee of Rs. 1000/- per day per person (excluding applicable taxes) will be charged from all those who opt to avail of the on-campus accommodation. The boarding and lodging fee includes breakfast and dinner throughout the programme at the FLAME dining facility.
IMPORTANT DATES
30th April, 2016 - Submission of Final Case
20th May, 2016 - Acceptance of Final Case
15th June, 2016 - Registration Deadline
ADVISORY COUNCIL
- Prof. Devi Singh, Vice Chancellor, FLAME University
- Prof. D. S. Rao, Provost, FLAME University and Dean, FLAME School of Business
- Prof. Rajneesh Krishna, Dean, FLAME School of Communication
- Prof. Vinod Vidwans, Chair, FLAME School of Fine and Performing Arts
- Prof. Santosh Kudtarkar, Associate Dean, FLAME School of Liberal Education
- Prof. Manoj Kumar, Chair, FLAME Centre for Case Development
ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Prof. A. G. Balasubramanian, Professor, Goa Institute of Management
- Prof. Amit Karna, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
- Prof. Amitabh Kodwani, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore
- Prof. Ashutosh Tripathi, Assistant Professor, National institute of Bank Management
- Prof. Bino Paul, Professor & Dean, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- Prof. Ganesh N. Prabhu, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- Prof. S.C. Bansal, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
- Prof. Vikas Srivastava, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Dr. Mahesh Deshmukh, CEO, Maruma Consultancy Services
- Dr. Manish Godse, Principal Consultant, INFOSYS, Pune
- Dr. Nagendra Chowdary, Head (Academics) and Vice President, ET Cases
- Dr. Rajiv Narvekar, Practice Leader (Technology and Innovation), Tata Management Training Centre, Pune
- Mr. Ravi Teja, Vice President (Global Consulting), Nihilent Technologies, Pune, Chairman (Institute of Management Consultants of India, Pune Chapter)
- Mr. Rishabh Kumar Sawansukha, Vice President, SnapDeal
- Dr. Sanjay Thakur, Head (Treasury Product Control), The Saudi Investment Bank, Riyadh
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
FLAME CENTRE FOR CASE DEVELOPMENT
The Case method of teaching has gained popularity in the disciplines of Education, Law, Medicine, Management, Psychology, and Sociology among other. There are several popular case repositories like HBS Educator, Ivy Publishing, ECCH, Science Case Network, ET Cases, Asian IT Cases Series etc. from where instructors can source teaching cases for their courses. At FLAME, case Method of teaching is practiced across all its schools. Many of the FLAME faculty members use the case method of teaching in their courses and have prior exposure to the craft of case writing and research. The Center’s mission is to “Emerge as a well-known repository of quality cases by 2025 in all such professional disciplines which are taught at FLAME and where case method of teaching can be successfully deployed.” For any queries related to FCCD, please write to: Prof. Manoj Kumar, Email: manoj.kumar@flame.edu.in, Phone: +91-7757011202
ET CASES
ET Cases – an initiative of Times Centre for Learning Limited (The Times of India Group, India’s oldest and biggest media conglomerate) – mission is to enable an effective and efficient classroom delivery. The driving force and practiced advocacy at ET CASES is co-creation – creating value for the management fraternity – faculty from business schools, practicing managers from a wide spectrum of companies and industries, or aspiring managers – through seamless collaboration and value sharing, to enable efficient and effective decision making.
ET Cases aims at innovating pedagogical platforms and bring these to the classrooms to bridge the gap between the academia and business life.
FLAME University is notified as a state private university vide the FLAME University Act 2014[2] Maharashtra Act No. II of 2015) of theGovernment of Maharashtra with full powers to institute its own degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions.
