The Chief Guest of the summit was Shri Kailash Gahlot Hon”ble Minister- Information &Technology, Administrative Reforms, Transport, Revenue, Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs, Women and Child Development and Government of  NCT of Delhi.

The session was inaugurated with the opening remarks of Mr. Vijay Rai Chairman of CLL Delhi Panel of technology. Mr. Rai talked about Industry Revolution & Evolution.

Mr. RohanVerma, Vice Chairman – CLL Delhi State, CEO & Executive Director MapmyIndia and Shri Vivek Pandey, Secretary IT Govt. of NCT Delhi addressed the inaugural session. Mr. Gaurav Dani, Co Chairman CLL Delhi Panel on Technology made concluding remarks for the inaugural session.

Further the session was divided in to five panel discussion:

Session 1 Leveraging intelligent & smart automation as catalyst for enterprise transformation: AI, Data Analytics, IoT, AR/VR and deep technologies. Speakers of the session were,:

·         Mr. Praveen Arora, Vice President IoT Tata Communications

·         Mr Sachin Agarwal, Head AI Sony India

·         Mr.Vinod Bhat, Chief Information Officer Air Vistara

·         Mr.Gaurav Arya, Director, Digital Engineering Nagarro.

The Moderator of session was Mr. Saurabh Rai Global Head analytics and Strategic initiatives Tech Mahindra.

Session 2 Unleashing the power of 5G smart digital networks: Ecosystems, infrastructure, devices, technologies, and services. Speakers of the session were,

·         Shri Sushil Kumar, Dy. Director General (IoT), Telecommunication Engineering Center Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Communication Government of India

·         Mr.Navnit Nakra CEO, India Region One Plus

·         Mr.Amit Satpathy, Executive Vice President IoT Enterprise & Consumer Vodafone Idea Limited

·         Dr.Arnab Roy, Head of Applied Research - Digital Health Jio

·         Mr. Deepal Jain, Principal Consultant Ericsson

·         Mr. Anku Jain,  Managing Director MediaTek India.

The Moderator of session was Ms Monika Gupta, Vice President - Group 5G & Edge – Industry use cases & Partnerships Capgemini.

Session3: The Promise of Metaverse: Creating exponential value in virtual and immersive world. Speakers of the session were,

·         Mr.Arun Karna, MD and CEO AT&T Global Network Services India Pvt Ltd

·         Mr.Rrahul Sethi, Chief Metaverse Officer Webbi3

·         Mr. Vijay Sethin, Chairman – Advisory Board & Chief Mentor MentorKart

·         Ms.Riddhi Adlakha, Head- Digital Marketing TCS.

The Moderator of session was Mr Sunil David Advisor cum Consultant IoT and AI Startup’s and former Regional Director (IoT) AT&T.

Session4: Future of Data, digital, blockchain and cloud computing: Accelerating the digital market economy. Speakers of the session were

·         Mr. Ankeet Bhat, Chief Strategy Officer MapmyIndia

·         Mr. AkshaySoam Chief Technology Officer Searle

·         Mr. George Mathew SVP and Head - Digital Products & Platforms Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt.Ltd.

·         MrSaurabhAgrawal SVP – Analytics Lenskart.

The Moderator of session was Mr Raj Kapoor Founder India Blockchain Alliance.

Session 5- Tech Start-ups & amp; Trailblazers: stories from Sunicorns to Unicorns.

Speakers of the session were

·         Mr.Arham Partap Jain, Founder and Chief Trucking Officer Trucknetic

·         Mr.Manohar Charan, CFO, ShareChat

·         Mr. Anshoo Sharma, C0-Founder/CEOMagicPin

·         Mr.Mayak Gupta, Group CFO,CarDekhoFounder1mg.

The Moderator of session was Mr Manish Gupta Partner Induslaw.

Overall all the sessions were very stimulating and motivating for the students. The day turned out to be highly interactive as students were curious to ask questions and eager to build connections and enhance their networking.

The Maruti Suzuki XISS Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Trust organized the lecture with the support of NHRD Network & Maruti Suzuki. The theme of the lecture was – “Future of industrial Relations : Competitive Edge, Digitization & Transformation” .

The welcome address was delivered by Mr. S.Y Siddiqui, Exec Advisor, Maruti Suzuki.The keynote address was delivered by Mr. Hishashi Takeuchi, MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki and Mr. Manish Sharma MD & CEO Panasonic India. They talked about the emerging trends in context of the working environment particularly in the post covid times. The need for engaging the workforce at the workplace and building harmonious industrial relations was highlighted by the eminent speakers.

This was followed by the Fireside Chat on “Future of Industrial Relations: Competitive Edge, Digitization & Transformation.” The session was moderated by Mr. SV Nathan, Partner and Chief Talent Officer, Deloitte India, National President, NHRDN and the panellists were Dr. Ranjan K Mahapatra, Director HR – Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Dr. C Jayakumar, Executive Vice President & Head – Corporate HR, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Further , there was an insightful Corporate Panel Discussion on the theme “Aligning ER Strategy in the New World Order” which was moderated by Mr. Rajiv Dubey, Chairman, Mahindra First Choice Wheels Ltd and the eminent panellists were Ms. Vishpala Reddy ,CHRO, Philips Indian Subcontinent, Mr. Sandeep DSilva Principal Employee Relations, Infosys Ltd., Ms. Aakanksha Lath, Director HR, MakeMyTrip, Mr. Ratan Agarwal , Sr.General Manager HR & Lead Hero Academy, Mr. Shakshar Guha,  Head ER, WIPRO Consumer Care and Lighting.

All the sessions were very informative and it was a great learning experience for the participating faculty members. 

Faculty Coordinators, Prof. Nitin Saxena and Prof. Shilpi Rana along with student volunteers of Utthan Club of PGDM (2021-23) batch coordinated the session.

Some students recited the Poems; many of them performed dances on different songs. Students of class 1 to 3 gave beautiful presentations on different topics. Best 3 performances were awarded with exciting gifts. Students were also taken to the Computer labs where they were taught about powerpoint presentations and its different slide designs.

At the end, all the students were given refreshments.

The lecture was delivered Dr Sumit Suri, Head Pricing Strategy (HT Media Digital), HT Digital Streams in the area of Digital Marketing.

The session was started with a warm welcome of guest by Director Dr. Timira Shukla with a few highlights on importance of the topic in current scenario.

Dr Sumit Suri started the session with different revenue models like Affiliate Marketing, CPC, CPM, CPE, CPA etc applicable in different digital marketing practices. He discussed in details about metrics of Google Analytics like session time, page view, bounce rate, exit rate and many more which are important indicators of quality of web traffic and success of digital campaigns.  He also spoke about importance of Content in the success of various digital tools like Search Engine Optimisation, YouTube etc.  

It was a very insightful and interactive session where students raised several questions which were answered by Dr. Sumit to their satisfaction. Session concluded with the presentation of a plaque to the guest as a token of gratitude and remembrance. Overall, the session was very enriching and full of learning for the participants.

The session ended with concluding remarks by Dr. Satish Kumar.

I.T.S School of Management, Ghaziabad organized a workshop on “Business simulation BankStrat” on 19th September , 2022 for PGDM 2021-23 Batch. The resource person for the workshop was Mr. Debashish J Das, Co-founder, Humanlinks Learning.

PGDM Chairperson Dr. Anusha Agarwal  welcomed Mr. Debashish J Das with a plant sapling and highlighted the importance of Simulation exercise for Strategic Management.  This encapsulates the essence of Business Simulation. It is an immersive learning experience that allow the students to learning by doing.

The objective of Business Simulation is to enable the students to align business objectives with strategy. It help them improve their business acumen and business finance skills.

Workshop was about Bank Simulation. For every simulation there is an influence diagram which states that what variables impacts business decision. In the game 3 rounds were provided to students to design a bank strategy where they need to take decision as a part of senior management team to identify the key indicators and at the same time allocate the resources so that it should not exceed the given budget just like the normal business scenario where we have to achieve target.

Session was fruitful, knowledgeable and fun at the same time. During the session students raised many queries regarding the game which was handled effectively by the resource person. The session was coordinated by Prof. Kumar Biswas.

The workshop was focused on formulating research case studies. Dr. Shreya took a comprehensive session where she emphasized on the essentials of writing and publishing a Research case. She shared umpteen examples on how teaching case is different from research case. She also deliberated with the participants as to how they can develop recent contexts into Research Cases.

Prof. Dey explained the inductive and deductive method of data analysis and where each can be used.  He further elaborated on how Qualitative Research case writing is still in its nascent stage and needs more and more contributors for it to emerge as a new domain.

At the end of the session all the participants discussed their individual cases which was duly supported by Dr. Shreya and Dr. Dey with their valuable suggestions for improvement. Certificate of participation was also given.

The workshop was also attended by participants from Amity University, DME Noida, Manav Rachna University.

Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd. is a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) between Yakult Honsha in Japan and Groupe Danone in France, both of which are global probiotic leaders.

On arrival at the Yakult plant, employees from HR department Ms. Swati Yadav, Asst. Manager – QA, Science & PR, Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd. received the students and were seated in their seminar hall. Visit commenced with a presentation to the students wherein the students were apprised as to what is probiotics and what are the health benefits of the drink. They also discussed their method of product distribution in various cities across India. They highlighted that Yakult is being distributed by grocery stores, e-commerce, and Yakult Ladies.

Later on students were taken to the plant were they witnessed the production of Yakult probiotics right from the making of plastic bottles to the packaging of the product ready to be dispatched.

The students were accompanied by faculty members Dr. Sanjeev Tandon and Dr. Puneet Kumar.

The students participated in Volley Ball and Chess and competed well against the teams from Sundar Deep Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad and KIET School of Engineering & Technology, Ghaziabad. Due to rain, the matches scheduled on 16th September were postponed and rescheduled to a further date.

The Program was initiated under the presence of Mr. Ramesh Bharti, Product Head, Equity at Geojit Financial Services Ltd,  Mr. Manish Kumar, State Head, Geojit Financial Services Ltd, Mr. Bhavuk Garg, Senior Manager, Geojit Financial Services Ltd.

Mr. Ramesh Bharti, the resource person of the guest lecture, disseminated the knowledge of various investment avenues to the students in his session. He briefly introduced the students about investment in banks, post office schemes, public provident fund, equity shares, mutual funds etc. He demonstrated to the students trading mechanism through online portal for equity and other products. In this session he discussed about different chart patterns, importance of technical and fundamental analysis in stock market operations.

It was an interactive session as students asked their queries related to the contents covered during the session. The guests were felicitated with memento by Director Dr. Timira Shukla and Chairperson PGDM Dr. Anusha Agarwal as token of remembrance. The session was ended with concluding remarks by Dr. Neeraj Sanghi.

The Convocation ceremony began with ceremonial lamp lighting by the dignitaries present namely Chief Guest Mr. Krishan Guptaa, Managing Director, Organic Wellness Products Pvt. Ltd., Guest of Honours Mr.  Pradyumna Pandey, CHRO, Mother Dairy, Mr. Neeraj Mehra, Vice President-HR, Infogain, Dr. R. P. Chadha, Chairman, I.T.S – The Education Group; Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S – The Education Group; Shri B. K. Arora, Secretary, I.T.S The Education Group; Shri Surinder Sood, Director (PR). I.T.S – The Education Group and Advisory Board members and Parents of the diploma awardees.

Dr. Timira Shukla, Director welcomed the dignitaries and delivered Institute’s Annual Report.

The Chief Guest Mr. Krishan Guptaa delivered the Convocation address and stressed upon ownership, fitness, being fun loving, and passionate as the mantras for success. The Guest of Honour Mr.  Pradyumna Pandey emphasised on creating a story and acquiring new competencies. The second Guest of Honour, Mr. Neeraj Mehra stressed on the importance of discipline and time management.

All the dignitaries congratulated the students of the graduating batch and conveyed their best wishes for their success in personal and professional life. Rank Holders of the batch were awarded with medals and certificates for academic excellence by the dignitaries.

All the awardees received diplomas from the distinguished guests in person and embarked on their new journey into the professional world.