Over my many years of developing and building enterprises, I have been fortunate to cross paths and interact with some brilliant people and have learnt a lot from all of them. In many of these discussions, a huge latent gap on higher structured education for Entrepreneurship in general, and Family Business in particular, came about. I also felt, that in a world, where 80% businesses are driven by family and entrepreneurial instincts, there is a strong need for research based, business cases driven, education edifice that not only provides a sharing based platform, but helps entrepreneurs excel and successfully navigate the various challenges that they come up against as they progress on their entrepreneurial journeys. AIFB, is a tribute to all of them. We will make AIFB as 'THE' platform, for all Entrepreneurial and Family Business Research and Education, in Asia. I thank the many out there, who have inadvertently, made this happen.

Best Wishes,

Bikram Dasgupta
Chairman & CEO, Globsyn Group
Asian Institute of Family Business