"Over my many years of developing and building enterprises, I have been fortunate to cross paths and interact with some brilliant people and have learnt a lot from all of them. In many of these discussions, a huge latent gap on higher structured education for Entrepreneurship in general, and Family Business in particular, came about. I also felt, that in a world, where 80% businesses are driven by family and entrepreneurial instincts, there is a strong need for research based, business cases driven, education edifice that not only provides a sharing based platform, but helps entrepreneurs excel and successfully navigate the various challenges that they come up against as they progress on their entrepreneurial journeys. AIFB, is a tribute to all of them. We will make AIFB as 'THE' platform, for all Entrepreneurial and Family Business Research and Education, in Asia. I thank the many out there, who have inadvertently, made this happen."
Bikram Dasgupta Founder & Chairman, AIFB
AIFB has a formidable parentage in Globsyn - India's first 'IBM Centre for Software Excellence'; the pioneer of the Knowledge Finishing School™ ® in India; the only institution to seamlessly blend together 'Infrastructure' and 'Institution'; the first Indian software organisation to bring dedicated business networking to India and giving to the technology training industry - YSM, the only technology training product to date that brings together 'technology', 'management' and application skills into a single, back-to-school, curriculum.
With a history of innovation, Globsyn, setup Globsyn Business School (GBS) in 2002, as India's first 'Corporate B-School'. With two sprawling campuses in Kolkata and Ahmedabad, Globsyn Business School (GBS), has uniquely positioned itself as India's only 'Corporate B-School’, drawing from the strength and diversity of the fast evolving global corporate world. The new economy background of the school makes it one of the most forward thinking institutions in India today. Globsyn’s twin initiatives of ‘Global Connect’ and ‘Corporate Connect’ is part of Globsyn’s vision to create a truly globally networked, corporate savvy, research driven management education system which moves beyond traditional forms of management knowledge dissemination to a research based delivery framework to create 'Industry Ready Managers' - an agile group of professionals equipped to operate in today's technology driven business environment.
