PGDM (2015-17) Batch students Shalvika Singh, Shashank Paliwal, ShwetaTyagi, Shwetank Srivastava, Anchal Grover, Ankit Sirohi, Sameer Mohd, Pawan Chauhan, Swati Sharma,Tusher Kaushik, Awanitka Chand along with faculty members Dr. D.K Pandey and Prof. Parul Gupta attended AIMA's 2nd National Leadership Conclave “Breaking Through: Making India a Creative Superpower” at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi on 3- 4 March, 2016

The conclave was organized by All India Management Association (AIMA). This two day conclave was divided into multiple sessions which covered different dimensions related to the idea of making India a creative superpower.

Session 1 on Budgeting for Growth: Balancing Discipline and Stimulus

Panelists-
• 1. Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal (Senior Vice President, AIMA and Joint Managing Director, Hero Motocorp Ltd and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Pvt Ltd)
• 2. Mr. Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda- Indian Politician, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Biju Janata Dal
• 3. Mr. N.K. Singh (Former Member (Rajya Sabha), Economist and Senior Member, BJP)

The discussion in the session focused on budgetary measure to increase investment in India and on increased public spending without breaching its fiscal deficit target.

Session 2 on Make in India: Building for Long-Term Growth

Panelists
• 1. Mr. Rahul Bajaj (Chairman, Bajaj Auto Limited, India and Head, Bajaj Group)
• 2. Mr. R C Bhargava (Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Maruti Suzuki India Limited)
• 3. Mr. Amitabh Kant (Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Government of India)

This session focused on political and policy environment reforms for quick and easy implementation of infrastructure and industrial projects.

Session 3 on Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India

Speaker – Mr. Jairam Ramesh (Senior Leader, Indian National Congress, Member of Parliament

This session detailed on the efforts to change the way environment is viewed both by proponents of environmental security and those who prize economic growth at all costs.

Session 4 on Budget 2016: A Boost for the Economy

Speaker: Mr. Jayant Sinha (Minister of State for Finance, Government of India)

This Session analysed the budget 2016 in its implications for the poor section of the society.

Session 5: Talent Economy: Creating Global Knowledge & Skills Hub

Speakers:
• 1. Mr. S Ramadorai (Chairman, National Skill Development Agency & National Skill Development Corporation)
• 2. Mr. Vineet Nayar (Former CEO of HCL Technologies and Founder of Sampark Foundation)
• 3. Mr. Vinay Sheel Oberoi (Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development,Government of India)

In this session the speakers discussed on how India’s demographic dividend be turned into a key asset for durable growth.

Session 6 India Ventures: Becoming Entrepreneurial Nation
• 1. Mr. Patu Keswani (Chairman and Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd)
• 2. Mr. Rajesh Magow (Co-Founder & CEO – India, MakeMyTrip)
• 3. Mr. Raaja Kanwar (Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Apollo International Limited)

This session focused on measures to promote entrepreneurial attitude and the leadership needs to facilitate an ecosystem for start-ups

Session 7 Energizing Growth: Powering Productivity

Speaker: Mr. Piyush Goyal

Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

The session focused on measures to provide uninterrupted power supply to cater to the increasing demand of growing India.

Session 8 “PaxIndica: Shaping a New World Order”

Speaker: Mr. Shashi Tharoor (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs)

The speaker focused on how India can be a global creative superpower using the soft power it possesses.

Session 9: “Exponential Technology Advances, Disruptions of Industries, and Opportunities for India”

Speakers
• 1. Mr. Vivek Wadhwa (Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University and Director of Research, CERC, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University)
• 2. Mr. CP Gurnani (CEO and the Managing Director of Tech Mahindra.)

Session 10 Indestructible Brands: Building Brands to Survive Disruption

The conference theme addressed the issues and solutions surrounding Innovation, Sustainability and Change in marketing of goods & services.

The Inaugural session commenced with lamp lighting, followed by a welcome address by Mr. Vivek Singh Tomar, the conference co-chairperson. Dr. Thomas Mathew, IAS, Additional Secretary to the President of India was the guest of honor for the inaugural. Other eminent speakers from the industry were also present for the inaugural.

The speakers emphasised the need for innovation in an ever changing marketing environment.

The Inaugural Session ended with a vote of thanks by the session co-chair.

The next course of the conference was divided into three technical sessions. During the first session, distinguished speakers from the Industry discussed on the “Contemporary Issues Challenges in Marketing”. The session was chaired by: DR. Hemendra Dangi, Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi.

The technical session II was on “Innovations in Health Care and Services Marketing” which was chaired by DR. Sanjay Dhir , ‎Professor, Strategic Management Area, DMS, IIT Delhi.

The technical session III was on “Sustainability in Social Media and Online Marketing”. This session was chaired by Dr. Rakesh Singh, Professor IMT Ghaziabad.

Delegates across Industry and Academia presented their research during the two day Conference.

The seminar attempted to arrive at a course of actionable points that accurately described the path to follow and how to meet the challenges.The conference was well received by the participants.

The conference saw a great gathering of wonderfully acclaimed speakers throughout the world. This conference was devised to create a platform for discussion on the current and contemporary issues on E- Business, Process Excellence and Supply Chain Management. The conference had also allowed the participants to discuss current and pressing issues with senior level executives and academicians from different countries.

On the behalf of I.T.S - Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad; Prof. Alok Singh has participated among the elite galaxy of eminent scholars and presented his research paper titled “A Review of Literature on Supply Chain Performance Evaluation of Perishable Products in India”. More than 100 quality research papers across the world were submitted by different area experts in their different domain of expertise. The conference was inaugurated with benign presence of Mr. Sanjiv Paul; MD, Tata Metaliks.

This three day international conference was organized by Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Keynote address was delivered by Sh. Anurag Batra, Chairman & Editor in Chief, BW Businessworld Media Group, who raised the very valid question of, whether India is ready for the Digital Era. Sh. Batra also recommended to watch the video “The Last Lecture” and introduced his book “8 days a week”.

Sh. Sameer Gupta, Chairman & MD, Jakson Group & Immediate Past Chairman, CII, U.P State, emphasized on nine pillars of Digital India. E-governance, E-Kranti, Cyber Security and E-justice were the key terms explained by him.

Inaugural session was followed by the high tea. First technical session was coordinated by Dr. A.K Puri, Director General, I.T.S Ghaziabad. This session focused on E-education & healthcare. Prof. Premvrat, pro-Chancellor, professor of Eminence and Chief Mentor, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon. Prof. Premvrat emphasized on E-enabled distance education and teacher's role as access facilitator for the learners.

Prof. S K Kak, Ex. Vice Chancellor, Mahamaya Technical University emphasized on the connectivity to all, by going beyond and knowing what is not known. Continuous education, teacher’s need sensitize students, identify and utilize “Dark Fiber” was highlighted by Dr. Kak.

Dr. Rajat Agarwal, HOD, Deptt. Of Critical Care Medicine, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, explained “Hub and Spoke” model of e learning, which was followed by the informative talk of Dr. Asit Khanna, Sr. Consultant, Cardiology, MAX Hospital, Vaishali, who informed about Whatsapp Doctors, NeHA, E-Mamta, National Health Portal (NHP) and Health on Net (HON) etc.

This session was followed by lunch. Second technical session was equally informative, which was coordinated by CA Mr. Anil Agarwal, CEO, Anil K & A Associates, Chartered Accountant. Mr. Vivek Madhukar, founder proper X Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Sandeep Kalia, Deputy Executive Director, Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd., Mr. Chandrashekhar Tiwari, Senior Maanger, Siemens Ltd. Gurgaon were the eminent speakers of this session. Theme of this session was E-commerce and manufacturing.

Valedictory session on e-governance & Cyber Security was taken by distinguished guest, Mr. Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Cyber Security & Cyber Laws and Mr. Sanjay Bahl, DG, CERT, NIC, Min. of IT, New Delhi.

Mementos were given to sponsors and significant contributors as a token of remembrance. The thrill was added by announcement of winning chance of LENOVO laptop at the end of both the sessions. At the end of the program, vote of thanks was extended by Mr. Vinay gupta, Executive Director, GMA.

Prof. Anil Kalra, Dr. Abhinav P. Tripathi, Prof. Parul Gupta and Dr. Shuchita Singh from I.T.S, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad attended the convention.