Welcome to  IMRC 2026!

Building on the strong foundations of its previous editions, the India Management Research Conference (IMRC 2026) continues to scale new heights in fostering rigorous and relevant management research. IMRC 2024 marked the successful launch of the conference, bringing together a diverse community of scholars and practitioners and setting high standards for academic excellence and intellectual exchange. This momentum was further strengthened by IMRC 2025, which witnessed expanded participation, high-quality research contributions across multiple tracks, and rich interdisciplinary dialogue on contemporary economic and organizational challenges.

IMRC 2026 aims to further elevate the conference’s impact and global engagement. With its focus on “Reimagining Organizations: Transformation and Value-Creation in the Age of AI,” the conference seeks to convene leading scholars and practitioners to generate cutting-edge insights into the evolving nature of organizations in an increasingly AI-driven world.

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally altering the nature of organizations, challenging long-standing assumptions about strategy, structure, and sources of competitive advantage. Beyond incremental efficiency gains, AI is enabling new forms of value creation by reshaping how organizations sense opportunities, make decisions, and orchestrate resources across increasingly complex and data-rich environments.

The integration of AI into organizational processes is transforming skill requirements, task allocation, and the nature of work itself. This necessitates new approaches to leadership, talent development, and organizational culture, with an emphasis on continuous learning, human–AI collaboration, and ethical awareness.

Importantly, the growing reliance on AI brings to the forefront concerns around ethics, bias, privacy, and societal impact. Organizations must navigate these challenges while balancing innovation with responsibility, thereby embedding principles of responsible AI into their strategic and operational frameworks.

IMRC 2026 invites scholarly inquiry that critically examines these transformations through diverse theoretical lenses and methodological approaches. Contributions that bridge micro and macro perspectives, integrate insights across disciplines, and offer novel frameworks for understanding AI-enabled organizations, are particularly encouraged. IMRC 2026 seeks to foster research that not only explains emerging phenomena but also informs practice and policy in meaningful ways.

Centres of Research Excellence at IIMA

The India Management Research Conference (IMRC) 2026 is distinguished by the active involvement of the Centres of Research Excellence at IIM Ahmedabad, which are jointly organizing and anchoring the conference tracks. These centres represent IIMA’s commitment to advancing rigorous, interdisciplinary research that addresses complex managerial, technological, and societal challenges.

Spanning diverse domains including leadership and organizational development, data science and artificial intelligence, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, healthcare, sustainability, transportation and logistics, financial markets, behavioural science, and public policy the centres bring deep domain expertise and strong industry engagement to the conference.

By curating and leading thematic tracks, the Centres of Research Excellence play a pivotal role in shaping the intellectual agenda of IMRC 2026. They facilitate high-quality scholarly exchange, foster collaboration between academia and practice, and contribute to building a vibrant research ecosystem that reflects the evolving priorities of organizations in a rapidly changing digital and geopolitical landscape.

Conference Patron:
Prof. Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Ahmedabad

Conference Convener:
Prof. Samrat Gupta, Co-chair, Brij Disa Centre for Data Science and AI (CDSA)

Organizing Committee:

Track No.	Centre/Track Name	Centre/Track Chair/s
1	Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE)	Prof. Sunil Sharma
2	Centre for Management of Health Services (CMHS)	Prof. Rajesh Chandwani Prof. Viswanath Pingali
3	India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC)	Prof. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami
4	Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy (MCFME)	Prof. Sanket Mohapatra Prof. Sobhesh Kumar Agarwalla
5	NSE Centre for Behavioural Science in Finance, Economics and Marketing (NSE-CBS)	Prof. Anand Kumar Jaiswal
6	Centre for Transportation and Logistics (CTL)	Prof. Debjit Roy Prof. Sandip Chakrabarti
7	Centre for Digital Transformation (CDT)	Prof. Pankaj Setia Prof. Swanand Deodhar
8	Centre for Sustainability and Corporate Governance Research (CSCG)	Prof. Anish Sugathan
9	Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organizational Development (ADCLOD)	Prof. Neharika Vohra
10	Brij Disa Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CDSA)	Prof. Ankur Sinha Prof. Samrat Gupta
11	Low Emissions Development Strategies	Prof. Ranjan Kumar Ghosh Prof. Sandip Chakrabarti
12	Marketing	Prof. Arun Sreekumar Prof. Tanvi Gupta