Indore, Dec 1: The top notch industries CEOs, management and advertising gurus from across the country will assemble in the city to take part in two-day Indore Management Association national management convention beginning from December 7. The theme of this year's convention will be -- `Unshackling leadership: Challenges for the Genext".

The convention will be inaugurated by Arun Shourie, member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and former minister of disinvestments and IT. The key speakers in the convention will include Kewal Handa, managing director, Pfizer India and President, All India Management Association, Ms. Ranjana Kumar, Vigilance Commissioner, Sanjay Kapoor, president- Mobility, Bharti Airtel Ltd., Joseph Messy, DMD, MCX India Ltd., Ranjan Das, President, SAP India Ltd. and Dr. Giri Dua, Chairman and Co founder of TASMAC respectively.

Besides, `gurus' of marketing and advertising fields including S K Swamy, Chairman & CEO, RK Swamy BBDO, Anurag Gupta, President- Planning, O&M India and Sheetal Talwar, Business Director, WSG Pictures would also address the delegates and give them an insight of customer delight on the first day of the convention.

Second day of the convention would be addressed by eminent gurus of management world, Alexander Kjerulf, Chief Happiness Officer, Positive sharing Denmark, who will propagate how happiness in people can bring success in corporate world. Anil Shastri, Chairman, Lalbahadur Shastri Institute of Management, P K Dave, Serum Institute of India, Rajeev Khanna, Director, Bizvantage and Anurag Batra, Editor-in- chief & Publisher, Exchange 4 Media.

Union finance minister, P Chidambaram shall preside the valedictory sessions. The star attraction this year would be the public talk by TV anchor, poet and management trainer Mr. & Mrs Shailesh . Swati Lodha, author of best seller GET SET GO, on the topic `Unshackling Leadership ? Get Set GO'

This years IMA Life Time Outstanding Achievement Award would be conferred upon Padam Bhushan, Dr. R.A.Mashelkar ,who has a unique distinction of creating largest Intellectual Capital in the world .He has to his credit maximum number of patents, globally. He was named among 50 path breakers in Independent India along with Manmohan Singh , Amritya Sen , Dhirubhai Ambani and others. He is also a recipient of most prestigious JRD Tata Leadership Award.

Indore Management Association (IMA), one of the fastest growing management associations is affiliated to All India Management Association and has won "Best Local Management Association Awards" continuously for last ten years.

Association's flagship event the IMA National Management Convention has been receiving overwhelming response from corporate houses and business schools of the country, as the Top Most Management Convention of India.