South Asian Management Forum (SAMF) is a biennial conference organized by the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA). The forum aims to bring together academicians, management experts, scholars, practicing managers, business leaders, policy-makers, administrators and other professionals from countries of South Asia and world on a platform to discuss various connected issues and share their research findings. The 16^th SAMF 2021 is being held in Dhaka, Bangladesh during 17 and 18 December 2021. The last conference was held in Sukkur, Pakistan in 2019 and the 14^th SAMF was held in Maldives in 2017.

The theme of the 16^th SAMF 2021 is “Impact of Pandemic on Business and Management: Strategies for Sustainability and Growth”. Besides plenary sessions, there will be concurrent sessions where papers will be presented by the participants from different countries. The deliberations should result in evolving the blueprint of an Action Plan which can be considered for implementation in SAARC Countries with AMDISA as nodal agencies.