The following is the complete list of speakers along with the topics they conducted the sessions on -
Dr. Aruna Sharma, Practitioner Development Economist, and Ex-Secretary, GoI:
- Current Issues in Banking
- How relevant is ethics in current times
- Relevance of theory and practice to managers
Mr. Jagdish Mitra (Chief Strategy Officer, Tech Mahindra), Mr. Amit Aggarwal (CEO IT-ITES SSC NASSCOM): Skill Development - How to prepare for the VUCA world - What skills are needed to become better Global Managers?
Mr. CP Gurnani (MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra), Mr. Amit Ambekar (VP & CMO, Spencer’s), Mr. Nimish Joshi (VP Head of Strategy, Ola): Many want to become corporate entrepreneurs. How that works and what is its general trajectory, favorable industries/companies?
Mr. Amit Ambekar (VP & CMO, Spencer’s): Two years after MBA
Ms. Padma Parthasarathy (SVP & Global Head, Consulting & Digital Services, Tech Mahindra), Mr. Parthasarathy R (Director, Varna Agro), Mr. Chandra Kant (Professor, IBA): Decision-making during a crisis
Ms. Nivruti Rai (Country Head & VP, Intel): Impact of AI on businesses: Is it real or artificial?
Ms. Neelam Dhawan (Head, India Advisory Board, IBM): Mantra for Successful /Effective careers
Ms. Sukanya Kripalu (Independent director, Colgate-Palmolive, Independent Marketing Consultant): Coping with COVID-19: FMCG perspective
Mr. Shakti Ghosal (MD, Empathinko): Leadership in a Post Pandemic World
Mr. Rahul Bhuman (Mentor, AIC & Head AI Business & Strategy, Tech Mahindra) & Mr. Krishna Yarlagadda (Co-founder & CEO, Huddl): Entrepreneurship: A global perspective
Mr. Puneet Pushkarna (General Partner - Solmark, Chairman - Servion Global Solutions): Factors determining growth trajectories for new recruits in organizations.
The speakers observed that the students enlivened the sessions with their inquisitive nature and willingness to learn. Students from IIMN’s flagship Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management, who were the primary audience of these sessions, acknowledged that learning from the experience of the speakers has been a definite value addition. Skills such as maintaining composure during a crisis, soliciting inputs from your team, and tapping into tacit knowledge that is essential in the corporate world were highlighted and provided students with new perspectives on contemporary issues.
The efforts of the IIMN faculty and administration enabled the students to offset the impact of the lockdown on their learning, with the innovative use of technology as a learning aid. The sessions proved to be an effective learning opportunity for the attendees, who benefitted immensely from the expertise and experience of the industry leaders.
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