Student leaders from the world’s top business schools will share their best management practices and discuss a host of other issues at a five-day conference beginning here from March 19.

The city-based Indian School of Business (ISB) will host the 30th edition of the Graduate Business Conference, a global network of current and former student leaders from the world’s top management programmes.

According to Ajit Rangnekar, Dean of ISB, Shashi Tharoor, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, and Harish Manwani, Chief Operating Officer of Unilever, are among the speakers at the five-day event.

Global B-schools such as Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Chinese University of Hong Kong, besides ISB, are the host institutes.

The conference’s goal is to bring together student leaders from the world’s top business schools to share their best practices, discuss solutions to common issues, engage in leadership development activities and promote a strong network among the participating MBA students, while enriching their educational experience, Rangnekar said.

He told PTI that the theme for this year is ‘Leadership for a new age’ and top B-schools from over 30 countries are expected to participate in the event.

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