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16th Global Advanced Management Programme
Disruptive Innovation & Open Business Models in
The Changing Global Landscape
23 – 29 June, 2019

16th Global Advanced Management Programme

AIMA conducted the 16th edition of its very popular programme – The Global Advanced Management Programme (GAMP) in Silicon Valley from November 27th to December 3rd, 2022. The programme was Co- Directed by Prof. Solomon Darwin, Executive Director of Garwood School of Innovation at the Haas School of Innovation in University of California, Berkeley and Professor Naeem Zafar, Faculty member, University of California Berkeley & Northeastern University.

The theme of the programme was ‘Reviving Growth Through Open Innovation Strategies’. GAMP was conducted after a hiatus of two plus years due to Covid and saw participation from many leading Indian companies including Tata Steel, State Bank of India, PowerGrid, NTPC and CavinKare. Some of the iconic companies visited by the delegates were Google, NVIDIA, IBM, Autodesk, Ericsson, Wipro Innovation Centre and Kaneka Aerospace. The Universities visited included UC Berkeley and Stanford. The programme also included visits to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the Bay Model and SFO Ecotarium.

Some of the eminent speakers who addressed the delegation included Mr PK Aggarwal, Dean, UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus & Former CTO of California State; Dr Jim Spohrer, Member Board of Directors International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP); Mr Prith Banerjee, Chief Technology Officer, Ansys and Mr Faraz Hoodbhoy, Advisor, Gridware and Entrepreneurship Course Mentor, UC Berkeley.

The executives made presentations on reworked Business Models for their companies to a highprofile jury comprising Dr Preetha Ram, Managing Partner, Pier 70 Ventures; Mr R Paul Singh, Entrepreneur and Educator and Ex-CEO, CMO and CRO, Advisor in the Art and Science of Start and Growth and Mr Jay Boddu, Venture Capitalist and Ex-Vice President Juniper. The programme ended with the participants being awarded the Certificates by AIMA Director General, Ms Rekha Sethi.