The Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur will be hosting the Leadership Summit, 2021 held under Purvodaya. Keeping in mind the need to capture the central idea of resilience and the changing definitions of leadership in the present era, the theme of the Leadership Summit this year is “Reimagining Leadership: Building resilient and sustainable business”. To build on its framework to impart cutting edge management education and develop innovative and transformational leaders, academic-corporate synergy has been a key focal area for the institute. Its cutting-edge pedagogy and corporate guest sessions serve to provide a vibrant intellectual atmosphere to the budding managers.
The Leadership Summit brings together distinguished luminaries from the corporate world to a common stage to put forth ideas in front of the young minds that carves out new thought processes and perspectives. The 3-day business extravaganza also encapsulates a plethora of events ranging from Samvaad, the pre-inaugural event where entrepreneurs and business leaders set the ball rolling with their unique insights and experiences to Reminiscence, a platform where the distinguished guests from the rich alumni base stroll down the memory lane to their alma mater and relive their experiences.
Purvodaya also encompasses an array of inter B-school events such as the Leader’s Challenge and Think Vent organised by the Marketing and Advertising Club, Sumantran and Guesstimates by the Consulting Club, Mulyankan by Finterest and many more provide unique opportunities to the students to prove their mettle in diverse business domains. Nurturing the creative flair among students, our photography club, Flash brings upon its event, Destello. The CSR Club, Saamanjasya organises Aalekh, an article writing competition focusing on topics around social issues. Competitions such as Modus Operandi by ScOpe (the Supply Chain and Operations club) and Synergy by Drishtee Capital (the Investment club) test the participants’ proficiency to provide innovative and feasible solutions on real-life scenarios in the field of Supply Chain & Operations and Share Market. In addition to the above, events like Srijan and Vichaar by the Entrepreneurship Cell and Quizzard by the Quiz Club which adds to the innovative quotient. Though in a virtual format, the discussions and competitions held on this stage will definitely help students gain a better understanding of the real-life problems and devise strategies to overcome those. This will also help them envisage changes that have been adopted in leadership and ways in which our approach can build around resilience and sustainability to strive for excellence.
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