The conference will serve as an interactive forum to discuss viability of socially responsive business strategies as a sustainable alternative to the widespread management practices based on short term gains. A good number of companies have already come forward to adopt socially responsive business strategies and they are quite successful. However socially responsive business paradigm needs intellectual reinforcement for wider application throughout the world. Sub-themes of the conference have been chosen consciously so as to develop a holistic body of knowledge around socially responsive business paradigm.

The conference seeks to explore the theme through an inter-disciplinary approach. Hence, the following tracks are planned to discuss the issues in the set context from various functional perspectives:

•Corporate Governance
•Social Impact of Enterprises
•Corporate Social Responsibility
•Sustainability, Trade & Environment
•Competition & Fair-play in Business
•Business Strategies & Social Wellbeing
•Role of Business in Human Development

Original contributions in the form of theoretical and empirical papers on the above-mentioned tracks are invited from academics, research scholars as well as practitioners. The above list is indicative. Contributions in sync with the conference theme will be considered in case the research work conforms to the broader scope of a particular track