About BITS Pilani
The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, (BITS) Pilani is an Indian Institute for higher education. Started in early 1900s as a small school, it blossomed into a set of colleges for higher education, ranging from Humanities to Engineering until 1964, when all these colleges amalgamated to culminate into a unique Indian University of international standard. This university was rechristened as the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, known to many as BITS, Pilani. Over the years, BITS Pilani has provided the highest quality of technical education to students from all over India, admitted on the basis of merit. It is located in the Vidya Vihar campus adjacent to the town of Pilani in Rajasthan. In 2000, BITS opened a branch in Dubai making it the first Indian university with an overseas campus. Subsequently, in the year 2004 and 2008 BITS open its campuses in Goa and Hyderabad respectively. In 2021, the institute opened its latest campus in Mumbai with BITS School of Management (BITSoM). Subsequently in 2023 BITS Law School and in 2024 BITS Design School was started in its Mumbai campus.
BITS Pilani, has been always at the forefront of education, research, and entrepreneurship globally. Recognizing the excellent academic environment and research facility, the Ministry of Education, Government of India has awarded BITS Pilani the “Institution of Eminence” status.
About Department of Management
The Department of Management at BITS Pilani was established in the year 1971. It initially offered the two-year Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. Later in 1973, when the institute created an integrated educational structure, MBA evolved into the integrated first degree program MMS- Master of Management Studies, which was a blend of engineering and management. This program was successfully offered for a time period of three decades. The course was restructured as MBA in the year 2006 to cater to the industry better. In the Academic Year 2021-22, the Department of Management introduced MBA in Business Analytics.
The Department of Management Studies at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus is dedicated to providing advanced management education and nurturing impactful leaders. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Honours, Master of Business Administration (MBA), and MBA in Business Analytics (MBA BA). With talented faculty and state-of-the-art resources, the department strives to be the destination of choice, fostering innovative, socially responsible, and result-driven leaders.
The MBA program in BITS Pilani is ranked among the top 25 in the country as per the WEEK Hansa 2024 report. Management education in BITS Pilani is ranked within the top 600 globally as per QS 2024 subject ranking.
International Conference on Evidence Based Management (ICEBM) 2025
Organized as a part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of BITS Pilani
Theme: Towards a Sustainable Future
Date: 20th - 22nd March 2025
About the Conference
In recent decades, scientific research has increasingly focused on addressing management practices, underscoring the importance of evidence in informed decision-making. Evidence-based management (EBM) involves making decisions based on the best available data—scientific findings and unbiased organizational insights. This approach has gained significance as a powerful tool for applying critical thinking and empirical evidence to improve management processes. This is an emerging area in management which is based on critical thinking and the best available contemporary and optimal evidence to explicitly use in management and decision-making processes. This field of study has emerged from empiricism with the aim of applying scientific methods to improve the managerial decision-making process.
The International Conference on Evidence Based Management (ICEBM) 2025 marks the 5th edition of this biennial conference, which started in 2015. As a part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of BITS Pilani, this year the Department of Management, BITS Pilani- Pilani Campus and Dubai Campus will jointly organize the conference with a focus on "Greening Minds for a Greener Future". Considering the importance of sustainability in every aspect of our lives and business, the theme chosen this year is "Towards a Sustainable Future".
This conference focuses on the integration of sustainability into business practices, promoting long-term growth, environmental responsibility, and a greener future through evidence-based management. This alignment with sustainability principles is crucial for driving impactful decisions that foster both organizational success and a sustainable planet. ICEBM 2025 will provide the opportunity to interact with some of the renowned experts in the domain of management and other scholars from different parts of the world.
Who Should Attend the Conference
This conference is aimed at researchers in Academia and Industry. Evidence Based Management as a research discipline and as a business function is very critical to both the academia and industry. The conference aims at welcoming all the researchers, faculty and industry professionals in the field of evidence based decision making as per conference themes mentioned in this brochure.
