IIM-Lucknow sends country's first team to global agribusiness meet

LUCKNOW: A three-member student team of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow became the first from India to participate in the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) Forum and Symposium held earlier this month in Shanghai, China.
The team comprising Aditi Joshi, Rahul Kejriwal and Nikhil Shanker, all students of the postgraduate programme in Agribusiness Management, participated in the international case competition and panel discussions where they were reviewed by globally reputed academicians and business leaders.
Organised annually, the 22nd edition of this event saw participation from students and academia from leading global colleges such as Purdue University, corporate leaders including the CEO of Nestle, China and Chinese political leaders. Students from IIM-L were led by Prof Jabir Ali of the Centre for Food and Agribusiness Management at IIM-Lucknow. This was Ali's sixth appearance at the IFAMA Symposium, where he also presented three research papers.