Students from the world''s top business schools will share best management practices and discuss a host of other issues at a five-day conference scheduled to be held here from March 19.

City-based Indian School of Business (ISB) will host 30th edition of the Graduate Business Conference (GBC), a global network of current and former students from the world''s top management programmes.

Ajit Rangnekar, Dean of ISB, said Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor and Chief Operating Officer of Unilever, Harish Manwani, will be among the speakers at the five-day event.

Global B-schools such as Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Chinese University of Hong Kong, besides ISB, are the host institutes.

The conference''s goal is to bring together students from the world''s top business schools to share best practices, discuss solutions to common issues, engage in leadership development activities and promote a strong network among the participating MBA students, while enriching their educational experience, Rangnekar told PTI.

He said the theme for this year is “leadership for a new age'' and top B-schools from over 30 countries are expected to participate in the event.