Day 1 Leadership Conclave

The event was divided in to three different panel discussions. The first discussion was on the theme, “From Agenda to Action-Meeting New Expectations”. Mr. Satyakki Bhatacharjee, Head HR, ABP News, presented the key note speech. He emphasised that action should not be limited to management; it should be extended to the individuals. He asked the students to develop risk appetite and set a career for themselves instead of becoming job seekers. The keynote speech was followed by panel discussion which was moderated by Prof Kampan Mukherjee, and it comprised of Mr. Rajiv Pal, AVP Marketing, Reliance Industries Limited, Mr. Anurag Goel ,Retired IAS Officer, Mr. Vijay Deshpande, VP & Head Human Resource , JK Tyre & Industries Limited.

The second discussion was held on the topic “Role of Technology in Today’s Corporate World” began with a key note speech by Mr. Srijnan Sanyal, Head Strategy & Delivery, Asia Pacific, IBM. This followed by the panel discussion. The panel comprised of  Mr Manoj Gupta, Mr Utpal Isser, Mr. Sanjay Dave,VP- HR Industrial Relations , Reliance Industries Limited,Ms. Dipti Das, Regional Manager HR – South Asia , Aramex International and was moderated by Prof Probir Bannerjee. The panellists discussed how technology has forced industry to rethink the way they have been traditionally doing business. Simultaneously, it is also forcing leaders to one-tune the way they manage and lead, and thereby, adapting to the new realities.

The third panel discussion was held on the topic “Boundary Spanning- How B-Schools Should Look Beyond Functional Leaders” began with a key note speech by Prof Abinash Panda, IIM Kashipur.  The panel comprised of Mr. Gitan Shah,Banking and Capital Markets, Mphasis, Mr. Santanu Ghoshal, Vice President – HR , Schaeffler India, Mr. Vishal Dewan, VP North Zone, ABB India Ltd. and was moderated by Prof Abinash Panda. The discussion was focussed on the key challenge for a leader in India is to manage multi-cultural workforce. They also discussed about the challenge of managing the conøict arising out of cultural schism.  The panellists concluded that the challenge for any leader is to close this schism and bridge the boundaries across cultural groups. The need for such leadership is no longer a choice.

The first day of the conclave culminated with the felicitation ceremony for partners in progress and a mesmerising bharatnatyam performance by Ragini Chandrashekhar organised by SPIC Macay.