The explosion in connectivity is the latest-and, for business strategists, the most important -wave in the information revolution.While we remain uncertain over the turn of the events in the future, it would be interesting to explore the directions the global society, economy and polity would traverse in the coming years and its consequent impact on India as well as the Indian management impact on the global scenario. The conference would give an opportunity to create a platform to debate and discuss these questions by bringing together scholars, students, corporations and activists to a common platform so as to seek answers for the emergent challenges posed before India's upward thrust in the information era.