The Association of Indian Management Scholars International (AIMS International) in association with the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) organized the Seventh AIMS International Conference on Management (AIMS -7) during December 20-23, 2009 at the IIMB campus. The conference was also supported by the International Forum of Management Scholars.

The theme of the conference was 'Global Recession, Survival and Growth: Role of Management Education.'

N S Raghavan, the Co-founder and former Joint Managing Director of Infosys Technologies Limited was the chief guest at AIMS -7.

AIMS-7 had three plenary sessions. Ravi Seethamraju from the University of Sydney was the speaker of first session.

M R Rao from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad who was also a former director of IIMB and Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director IIMB presided over the second session. Swaminath Balachandran from University of Wisconsin -Platteville was the key speaker of the third session.

The second plenary session was followed by an award ceremony in which the following awards were distributed:

Fellow
Professor Kala Seal, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Professor Subhash Sharma, IBA, Greater Noida & Bengaluru

Corporate Philantrhopist Award
B M L Jain, Arihant Education & Research Foundation, Haridwar

Life Achievement Award
Dr M R Rao, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

Dr R P Mohanty

IBA Best Paper Awards

Narasimha B Kamath, i2 Technologies, Bengaluru

Professor Sharon S Andrew, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Bengaluru

Professor Pratik Modi, Institute of Rural Management, Anand

AIJM Outstanding Paper Award

Professor Vishnuprasad Nagadevara, IIMB

Professor T V Ramanayya, IIMB

Professor Chun-Hsi Vivian Chen, National Central University, Taiwan

Professor Po-Shun Chen, National Central University, Taiwan

Professor Madhurima Deb, Alliance Business School, Bengaluru

Professor Kavita Chavali, Alliance Business School, Bengaluru

Institution Appreciation Award

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Indian Business Academy, Greater Noida and Bengaluru

Bharti Vidyapeeth Institute of Management and Research, New Delhi

Xavier Institution of Social Sciences, Ranchi

T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal

Loyoyla Marymount University, Los Angeles

Al-Ghurair University, Dubai

Distinguished Service Award

Professor Vaishali Agarwal, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida

Professor Ritesh Jain, IBA, Greater Noida

Professor Agrawal, IIM, Bengaluru

Professor Saroj Koul, Dalhousie University, USA

Professor Jayanta Kishore Nandi, ICFAI Business School, Nagpur

Professor Dhanjay Keskar, ICFAI Business School, Pune

Professor Amit Shah, Frostburg State University, USA

Professor Ruchika Sharma, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Professor Deepali Singh, ABV - Indian Institute of Information Tech & Mgmt, Gwalior

Professor Abhilasha Singh, IMT, Dubai

Professor Pankaj B Trivedi, K J Somaiya Institute of Management,t. & Research, Mumbai

Professor Ashok Kumar, Grand Valley State University, USA

Professor Yuan-Duen Lee, Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan

Professor Tapas Mahapatra, ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon

Professor Pao-Long Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Professor Nilay M Yajnik, NMIMS University, Mumbai

Professor Arindam Banerjee, SP Jain University, Dubai

Professor Vipin Dewan, Centre for Management Training & Research, Kharar

Professor Annasaheb Gurav, Y C Warana Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

Outstanding AIJM Editor Award

Professor Deepali Singh, ABV - Indian Institute of Information Tech & Mgmt, Gwalior

Binod Mishra, IIT, Roorkee

Global Management Researcher Award

Professor Amit Shah, Frostburg State University,USA

Outstanding Management Researcher Award

Professor RRK Sharma, IIT, Kanpur

Outstanding Woman Management Researcher Award

Dr Krishnaveni R Rudramoorty, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore

Professor Sanskritirani Desai, IBS Mumbai

Professor N Rajyalakshmi, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

Young Management Researcher Award

Dr Jayanthi Ranjan, IMT, Ghaziabad

Dr Neetu Jain, FORE School of Management, Delhi

Outstanding Management Teacher Award

Dr T Mallikarjunappa, Mangalore University, Mangalore

Fr (Dr) K Cyriac, Rajagiri School of Management, Kochi

Outstanding Woman Management Teacher Award

Dr Sarla Achuthan, B K School of Business Management, Ahmedabad

Outstanding Young Management Teacher Award

Dr Thillai Rajan Annamalai, IIT Madras

Doctoral Student Paper Competition Award

Dr Sameera Malikar, Institute of Management and Computer Studies, Mumbai

Dr E M Afsal, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala

Dr Dhiraj Sharma, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

Dr Harold Patrick, Christ University Institute of Management, Bengaluru