In the name Professor Francesco Vigliarolo, the Governing Board of IIMT, Bhubaneswar has installed an award in the name of “Prof. Francesco Vigliarolo Award for Managerial Economics in the backdrop of Economic Systems and Human Rights” from the academic year 2024. Professor Francesco Vigliarolo is associated with Interscience Institute of Management Technology as UNESCO Chair Professor and IIMT is a UNESCO Chair Professor UNITWIN institute for promotion of Economics Systems and Human Rights. This award shall be given to the student who will secure highest mark in Managerial Economics. The winner of this award shall receive a citation and reimbursement of the first semester course fee.

Short Bio-data of Professor Francesco Vigliarolo

Professor Francesco Vigliarolo

Francesco Vigliarolo is a Prof. holder of regional economics at the Catholic University of La Plata and social economist. Ph.D. in Social Sciences, specialization in economic sociology and Master's degree in sustainable development. He is also an Associate Researcher at the CESOT (Center for the Study of Sociology of Work) of the University of Buenos Aires. At the National University of La Plata he has been Director of the Free Chair in “Economic Systems and Human Rights” which he transformed into a UNESCO Chair that he currently coordinates. From 2008 to 2015 he has worked at the University of San Martin where he promoted and projected the first Master funded entirely with European funds in “Democratization and Human Rights”. Before moving to Argentina to study social responses to the financial crisis of 2001, in Italy he worked at the University of Ferrara where he was coordinator of some Master's degrees, including Social Economy and Non-Profit Organizations and Social Economy and International Cooperation. , serving as Professor of Social Economy and Methodology and technique of social research. Always in Italy, he has also been Director of CIPSI, a Federation of 45 NGOs present in more than 60 countries around the world. With his research, he is interested in local development processes as the construction of territorial identities that imply the affirmation of rights (ontological reason) through the strengthening of associative and democratic forms of production. In this direction, he bases what he calls an “economic phenomenology” that aims to observe the economy from the relationship between subjects and materiality that presupposes “functions, ideas, concepts” and the affirmation of the “relational rights of a democratic society.” , which defines an ontological reason as opposed to utilitarian reason. He published several books and scientific articles where he develops concepts such as “ethical social capital”, “socialization and economic democratization”, “demand for people's rights”, “meso-economics” and “the principles of economic phenomenology”. Among his latest books are “The economy is a social phenomenon. Principles of economic phenomenology” (2019) published with Eudeba, “Lupi e agnelli. Societá capitaiste e vie d'uscita” (2017) published with Jaca Book.

In the name Mr. Mohit Jain, the Governing Board of IIMT, Bhubaneswar has installed an award in the name of “MOHIT JAIN ENDOWMENT AWARD” from the academic year 2024. Mr. Mohit Jain is associated with Interscience Institute of Management Technology as a mentor and help the poor and meritorious students, whenever asked by the institute. This award shall be given to the student who will secure highest mark in the first semester. The winner of this award shall receive a citation and cash prize of RS. 10,000/-.

Short Bio-data Mohit Jain

Mohit Jain

Mr. Mohit Jain working as Software Engineer 2 at Dell Technologies, in Seattle, United States. In terms of qualifications, he have completed his Bachelor in Technology with a major in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Nirma University, India. Then he had pursued his Master in Computer Engineering from New York University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He have always been great at school, and always got a dean's award in all of his semesters in the USA. With his experience as a Summer Research Intern at Florida Atlantic University, he have good research experience as well.