Jai Hind College hosted its first International Management Conference in Mumbai on Industry 5.0, bringing together global scholars, industry leaders and students for discussions on governance, technology and sustainability.

Mumbai: Jai Hind College, Churchgate, one of Mumbai's most distinguished and longstanding institutions of higher education, held its inaugural International Management Conference on Friday, under the theme Industry 5.0: Governance, Technology and Sustainability. Organised by the college's Department of Management Studies, the conference drew scholars, researchers, industry professionals and students from institutions spanning India and the globe, establishing itself, in its very first edition, as a significant fixture in India's academic calendar.

The college, NAAC Reaccredited at A+ Grade in its fourth cycle and recognised as an Empowered Autonomous institution affiliated to the University of Mumbai, has consistently set the standard for higher education in the city. Friday's conference was the latest, and perhaps most visible, expression of that standard.

Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Managing Director and Founder of the Hiranandani Group of Companies, delivered the chief guest address at the Inaugural Session. Dr. Hiranandani spoke on the imperative of lifelong learning, drawing on the example of his father, a distinguished surgeon of over six decades of practice, who chose to travel to Germany to learn a newly developed surgical technique from a former student. The story, offered not as an anecdote but as philosophy, resonated deeply with an audience of researchers and students at the threshold of their own intellectual journeys.

The formal release of the Book of Abstracts, co-edited by Dr. Rakhi Sharma and Dr. Arunima Haldar of SPJIMR Mumbai, a PhD gold medalist from IIT Bombay, was conducted during the inaugural session by the assembled dignitaries.