The 10th Cross Sector Social Interactions Symposium will be held in Udaipur, India. This symposium, hosted by the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, in collaboration with Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, aims to leverage the power of cross-sectoral social interactions to address marginalization and related challenges that impact human lives. It will bring together scholars, practitioners and policy makers for discussion and debate on such an important yet unaddressed issue. CSSI 2026 will stimulate discussion on some of the issues related to marginalization, its impact, and role of cross sectoral social interaction to address marginalization issues.

Bringing CSSI to India is particularly appropriate for this symposium theme. India serves as an interesting context to understand marginalization challenges and explore the role of cross-sectoral social interaction in addressing those challenges. Indian societies are plagued with caste, gender and economic marginalization and their intersectionality. So, it provides an opportunity to understand how such marginalization gets manifested and how they impact human lives. Further, there are several attempts by social enterprises and government to bring together partners across sectors to address marginalization and associated challenges. The mandatory CSR regime in India, post-2013, also provides an interesting institutional context to understand enablers and inhibitors of cross-sectoral interactions to confront marginalization. Understanding some of these initiatives could contribute significantly to academia, practice, as well as policy making. Understanding marginalization challenges and exploring the ways to address those will also help in achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals.

The dates remain to be confirmed. For more information please contact Pradeep Hota on pradeepkumar.hota@iimu.ac.in