The Indian business heritage lecture series organised by the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) will begin on November 7.
The lecture series is being launched in association with the Calicut Heritage Forum, which is chaired by the renowned historian and academician M.G.S. Narayanan.
The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Oliver Noone on November 7 at the institute on ‘The Battle of Calicut (1790) - A Landmark Event : A Case Study of its Strategic Implications on Trade and Colonisation.’
The lectures will be delivered every quarterly by doyens in the field, a press release said.
The objective is to lend a connecting thread to the contemporary business managers on India’s rich business traditions, past glory and past failures, the business activities and exploits that set the tone, influenced the trends, and impacted the process of transition into the economic powerhouse that India is today.
IIM-K has also completed the first phase of the work of its history museum recently.
According to Debashsis Chatterjee, Director, IIM-K, the vision is to turn the museum as the focal point of activities relating to the trade, commerce, businesses and industrial events of the past. ‘To this end, we intend to develop the museum as a centre of conferences, seminars, colloquia, lectures and discussions focusing on the business history of India.
Eventually, the museum will not only be a repository of material and historical narrative, but a dynamic agency promoting interest in Indian business, he said.