To make Singapore a best place to survive, a senior Singaporean  minister asked (IIM) Indian Institute of Management to work together with the government, opining such collaboration would bring several ideas, which enhance the country as a good place to stay.

The third edition of Global IIMPACT 2016 conference was held for two days. It exhibited detailed advances in technologies in a new element called 'IIMaginarium'.

Indranee Rajah, Singapore's Senior Minister of State at the Ministries of Finance and Law, Former Singapore President S R Nathan, Sanjiv Aiyar president of Pan IIM Alumni of Singapore (PIIMA), have  participated in the conference.

Moreover, 1,200 delegates, entrepreneurs around the world and personalities from India also took part in the conference. It was streamed live to over 60,000 IIM Alumni located globally.

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"We do hope that we will be able to harness the ideas and energy that you have...please do work  .. in partnerships with our organisations and the government," Indranee Rajah said.

Rajah, who toured the high-end technology exhibitions, noted the 1,800-IIM Alumni presence in Singapore, the biggest outside India, and spot lighted "their creative processes, the thoughts and the energy."

He said that "You have been organising the IIMaginarium and have been pulling together people and ideas which will make the place we live in better."

IIMPACT patron, S R Nathan, recognized the bold attempt by the  IIM Alumni in "Re-imagining the Future" at the conference. He said that "IIM Alumni (Singapore) form an important element of our economic fabric and need to play an active role as they prepare us to face the future, particularly on the economic front."

Nathan added, IIMPact's focus is therefore on re-imaging and re-inventing circles of life, work and social impact."

"Technology is changing lives dramatically all over the world. This is a bold attempt by IIM Alumni to bring immersive experience to the delegates through interesting and potentially disruptive ideas from promising start-ups and global companies," he said.

Finally Sanjiv Aiyar said, "Highlighting the growing India-Singapore diplomatic relationships, the coming advancements in technologies that would change the sphere of banking and financial markets, health care, roles of drones and robotics," in the conference.

Divya