MMA to organize a student convention

Madras Management Association, one of India’s leading management associations, is organizing the 25th MMA All India Management Students’ Convention 2026 – Silver Jubilee Edition on 12 October 2026 at Valluvar Kottam Auditorium, Chennai. The theme of this year’s conference is “Future-Ready Leadership: Reinventing Management for a Changing World,” with a focus on preparing management students and emerging professionals to navigate technological advances, economic volatility, changing workforce expectations, sustainability priorities, and global uncertainty. The Hindu Group is the media partner for this event.

Commenting on the convention, Vijay Kumar, Chairman, Managing Director and Group CFO, Sify Technologies Ltd said, “It is a great pride and honor for us to host the Silver Jubilee, 25th MMA All India Management Students’ Convention. This year’s theme is highly relevant to young management students who will soon enter the business environment that is changing the world’s workforce and AI expectations.”

The conference’s key theme, “Future-Ready Leadership: Reinventing Management for a Changing World,” aims to prepare management students to master disruption, build high-performing teams, embrace lifelong learning, and contribute to organizations that are agile, inclusive, innovative, and purposeful. The chosen topic and business sessions are designed to help students understand how leadership itself is being redefined and why future managers need to combine digital awareness with agility, communication, resilience, empathy, professional credibility and purpose.

The convention will cover sub-themes like ‘From Campus to Startup: Choosing Entrepreneurship as a Career’ and ‘Future Ready Careers: Reinventing Skills, Employability and Leadership Presence’. The conference will feature the Grand Finale of “Chanakya – The Mastermind”, MMA’s flagship competition for the best management student of 2026. Ten finalists will compete on stage after a rigorous selection process including an online quiz, presentation, phone interview, behavioral assessment, group discussion, communication and critical thinking rounds. The winner will receive a cash prize of ₹1,00,000.

Published – 10 Oct 2026 05:30 IST