The objective of the conference was to provide a common platform for researchers from the Academia as well as the Industry and students to discuss and present their research work by providing an opportunity for collaboration among them. As a resource person the talk focused on IPR and its processes, know how to develop a patentable idea.

Overall the experience was enriching and overwhelming.

had an opportunity time to attend the UN Global Compact Organisation (GCNI) India summit on 6th Gender Equality Summit on the theme “Gender Equal Future: Technology, Innovation & Inclusion” at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi.

The gender equality summit 2023 focuses on innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.

Key learnings:

Unlock the path of the private sector for gender equality.

Rethinking through the gender lens using technology changes, innovation and education.

Closing the digital gender gap to achieve sustainable development goals.

It was an honour to hear the eminent speakers of the summit namely

·         Ms. Susan Ferguson, UN Women India

·         Ms. Ajaita Shah, Founder & CEO, Frontier Markets Pvt. Ltd.     

·         Ms. Naghma Mulla, CEO, EdelGive Foundation

·         Dr. Sangita Reddy,India Chair G20 Empower, Past President, FICCI and Jt. MD, Apollo  Hospitals.

·         Ms. Vaishali Nigam Sinha – Chair, GES 2023;

·         Mr. Gokul Pandian - Director EY;

·         Mr. Ratnesh - ED, UN-GCNI;

·         Ms. Ishu Shiva, Founder & MD of Sanitree

·         Mr. Sanket Atal, SVP & MD, Salesforce India

and other esteemed speakers across the globe. It was a very awe-inspiring workshop with free and fair exchange of thoughts, especially from women's point of view. Many of the participants had specific queries relating to their area of operation, which were adequately handled by the dignitaries.

It was an enriching experience to hear from experts on how a gender equal future can help us to achieve sustainable development goals.

The objective of the conference was to provide a common platform for researchers from the Academia as well as the Industry to discuss and present their research work by providing an opportunity for collaboration among them. Various novel idea and the prototype models on the above mentioned theme were presented in the conference. 

The papers were presented by academicians, research scholars, and executives from industry. Overall the session was more on the research papers dealing with real problems and scenario in techno managerial areas. It was a rich learning opportunity for the participants and all. The interactive nature of the session further added great learning. The feedback was given to the participants on one to one basis along with suggestions for continuing their research in their area of interest.

The discussion was based on the following themes;

·         An Empirical Study on Entrepreneurial Intention and Entrepreneurial Orientation amongst Gen Z

·         A Recent Analysis and Understanding the Attractiveness dimensions of Shopping Malls in Orissa

·         Consumer Awareness and Perception about Cashless Transactions

·         Chatbot Technology in Education Sector – A Bibliometrics Analysis Using VOSviwe

·         Exploring Consumers’ Purchase Intention for Fashion Products: An empirical study based on Spirituality, Need of Uniqueness and Traits of Vanity

Some papers were presented by participants on the above themes in the track-2 of General Management and Marketing. Jury members of the session suggested points for improvement in their research work. The participants were from academia and industry. They discussed their points on literature review, modeling, objectives and applications of statistical tools etc. They asked queries which were based on statistical analysis.

Dr. Johari gave concluding remarks on the presentations on different aspects like objectives of the study, literature review, data collection and sampling procedure of the study. 

The programme began with the opening remarks and welcome by Mr Arun Kumar Singh, CMD, ONGC, and President UN GCNI. This was followed by the special address (via video) by René Van Berkel, UNIDO representative and Head, Regional Office in India, where he held forth on the circular economy; take, make and recycle approach; and the replacement of the traditional 3Rs. Then Mr. Hindol Sengupta, Chief Economic Research Officer and VP, Invest India, explained the research done in this area, including the use of materials like bamboo. He also discussed how the circular economy is related to SDGs, using the acronym GST (Gender, Sustainability and Transitivity). The keynote address was delivered by Mr. Sivasubramanian Ramann, CMO of SIDBI. Mr Ramann spoke of the need for a bottom up approach, and how India has had a centuries old relationship with the circular economy. The inaugural address was given by Dr Rakesh Sarwal, CMD, National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation. He pointed out the relation between affluence, consumerism and waste, session ended with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr Ratnesh Jha, Executive Director, UN GCNI.

The inaugural session was followed by a session on the theme Business Commitment: Integration of Circular Economy Practices by Businesses to achieve SDGs.

The panelists of the session are:

·         Mr Ganesh Ramamurti, CEO, Auro Research;

·         Mr Prashant Choubey, Lixil;

·         Ms. Priyanka Tanwar, Leader Communications and Corporate Responsibility Asia, Lixil

The session was moderated by Dr Ratnesh Jha.

The deliberations centred on different aspects of renewable energy and how that played into the circular economy.

Session 2 had the theme Uncomplicate Technology: Technology as a Catalyst to integrate Circular Economy/Waste to Wealth into Business Models and to reach the last mile.

The panelists of the session are:

·         Dr Shilpi Jain, Professor of Data Sciences;

·         Mr Alok Lall, Customer Success Lead – IteS, Microsoft;

·         Mr Mohit Narain, MD, Environmentors Perpetuity Solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd.

The moderator was Ms. Sonia Duhan, AVP, Invest India. The discussion proceeded on how technology can contribute to the circular economy.

Session 3 was based on the theme Policy Framework, Governance and Financing to  strengthen the implementation of Circular Economy Practices.

The panelists of the session are:

·         Mr Ashwin Saxena, CEO, JSW Foundation;

·         Dr Ulac Demirag, Country Director and Representative, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);

·         Ms. Shuva Raha, Head – New Initiatives Council on Energy, Environment and Water, CEEW.

The moderator for the session was Mr Vishvesh Prabhaka from Accenture, The discussion centred on policy initiatives in this space.

Session 4 had the theme addressing the Challenges: Best Practices and Global Trends in Circular Economy/Waste to Wealth Generation Practices by Businesses/Non-Businesses.

All in all, it was a very comprehensive examination of various aspects of the circular economy, with the practitioners and policy makers providing a ringside view of the thought processes in this field. 

The event become more special for I.T.S School of Management as students get the edge in media coverage by Times Today as the students group photograph was printed in Trending Now column.

On day one, during the inaugural session,  Mr. Sanjeev Mehta, President, FICCI & CEO & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), welcomed the distinguished guests Honourable Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Ms. Nirmala Sitaraman, and Mr. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman TATA Sons Pvt. Ltd.

The next session was a panel discussion comprising CEOs from the Corporate. The distinguished panellists comprised Dr. Anish Shah, Mr. Hitendra Dave, Mr. Vipul Tuli, Mr. Ankur Gupta. The session was moderated by Mr. Alok Kshirsagar. The theme focussed on a very pertinent topic- “ How to achieve the vision of creating a New India”. This session was also addressed by the Honourable Minister for Road Transport and Highways(GOI), Mr. Nitin Gadkari through a virtual mode.

The Panellists of the last Panel Discussion comprised Ms. Kalpana Morparia, Smt. Soma Mandal; Ms. NainaLal Kidwai; Ms. Prabha Narsimhan, who represented  “Women in Leadership” . They reached to dizzy heights in the corporate by stint of their hard work despite of the harsh challanges in  the professional world.   Moderator: Ms. Shereen Bhan, famous  TV journalist moderated the session.

On December 17, Honourable Defence Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh, addressed the august gathering. He exhorted that Government is committed to increase the Defence production target from $ 12 billion to $ 22 billion by 2025. The closing remarks were given by Mr. Sanjeev Mehta while Vote of Thanks was extended to distinguished guests by Mr. Subhrakant Panda. The budding managers of ITS School of Management had a rare glimpse of corporate functioning and knowledge sharing.  This had also enhanced their PR skills too.

The panel discussion sessions focused on some of the key areas such as: Agriculture & Food Processing; Make in India, Make for India and the world; Making India a “Service Hub” ; Invest in India; Recalibrating India’s Export Potential; Education & Employable Skilling; Decentralising Entrepreneurship; Boosting MSMEs; Innovation & New Technology; Healthcare; Culture & Tourism; Energy & Infrastructure; Science & Technology; IT & ITES; Cooperative Movement; Green Mobility & Alternate Fuel Technology; CSR & ESG Sustainability; Climate Change & Action.

Introduction of the session was done by Shri Ranjeet Mehta who is currently the Deputy Secretary General of PHDCCI, on climate and sustainable development. Giving momentum in policy space, celebrating the ongoing Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, PHDCCI’s flagship program on public policy and governance, the event was graced by Hon’ble Union Minister of Ministry of MSME, Government of India Shri Narayan Rane and Hon'ble Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Sanitation and Human Rights Movement. This was followed by panel speakers Smt. R Vanitha, Chief Director (Corporate Communications & International Cooperation), National Cooperative Development Corporation and other dignitaries from the industry and state policy makers and different secretaries level who shared their views and suggested relevant points for further betterment of the execution the policy at state level.

The Conclave was addressed by leading decision-makers from government, industry and diplomatic community. Hon’ble Shri Sudhakar S. Kini, Chief Architect, Sulabh, presented his experience and observations in sanitation sector having been associated with the largest NGO for nearly four decades.

The sessions were learning - oriented and meaningful for the students in terms of their exposure to corporate culture and administrative functions.  The event provided a unique opportunity of interaction to participants at both national and global levels.

(Uzbekistan) and Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (India) to Chair a Technical session in the 7th International Conference (Online) on the theme ‘Advances in Global Businesses, Economics, Finance and Social Science’ on   11th  November, 2022.

The objective of the conference was to provide a common platform for researchers from the Academia as well as the Industry to discuss and present their research work by providing an opportunity for collaboration among them. Various research papers on the above mentioned theme were presented in the conference. 

The papers were presented by academicians, Research scholars, and Executives from industry in different areas from different parts of the world, Ethiopia, Indonesia to name a few. Overall the session was more on the research papers dealing with real problems and scenario in multidisciplinary areas. It was a rich learning opportunity for the participants and all. The interactive nature of the session further added great learning. The feedback was given to the participants on one to one basis along with suggestions for continuing their research in their area of interest. At last the concluding remark and best wishes was given to all participants for their research in future.

Overall the experience was enriching and overwhelming.