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BUISNESS CONCLAVES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

DAY 2

24 JANUARY, PANEL DISCUSSION 1
The second panel discussion was on the topic “Retail Hyperlocal
transformation in India”. The esteemed panelists who graced this
event were: Mr. Ashish Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, NearStore; Mr.
Karthik Gurumurthy, Vice President Grocery (Instamart) at Swiggy;
Mr. Sarabjeet Matharu, Retail Innovation, Bridgestone India; Mr.
Lokesh Natoo, Director OofOperations at 21North Europ
Assistance. The panel was moderated by Prof. Aalok Kumar,
Production & Operations Management area, IIM Visakhapatnam.
The discussion shed light on organizing hyperlocal format, the
existing difficulties in its cost structure and omnichannel solution
for extending the hyperlocal model to rural India.

KEYNOTE SESSION 2
During the second keynote session of VRIDDHI 2.0, Shams

Jasani (Group Managing Director, South Asia, Isobar), in
conversation with Smt. Malavika R Harita (Founder and CEO,
Brand circle; Ex-CEO Saatchi & Saatchi Focus Network, India)
threw light on ‘New Age Marketing’ and enumerated how digital
transformation impacts brand marketing and business; and

what the future holds. Mr. Jasani shared his personal
experiences on handling situations with a positive attitude, the
importance of resilience and flexibility. He cited an example of
how data is the new oil, explaining augmented reality is vast
and transformational for any organization.

COLLOQUIM 2.0

28 FEBRUARY

IIM Visakhapatnam hosted the second edition of its Panel
discussion series Colloquium 2.0 – a series of panel discussions &
keynote sessions on relevant topics in business for the young and
inquisitive minds. The topic for the session was ‘Incorporating
both AI & EI in Business’. Our esteemed speakers were Mr. Umesh

Hota, President, HR at UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Group; Mr.
Mayur Umdekar, Co-Founder, Diffr, Ex- Bira, Samsung; Mr. The students of IIM Visakhapatnam
Mayank Sharma, Co-founder, Diffr, Former HR Manager at Asian and various other Institutions showed
Paints & Reliance; Mr. Chitbhanu Nagri, Senior Vice President, great enthusiasm during the panel
People Operations, Razorpay; and Mr. Subbarao CVRK, VP and discussion. The discussions were
Global Head HR, ARKIN a Global People Advisory. made highly interactive through Q&A

The session was moderated by Mr. Abhishek Jain - Management session between the panelists and
Consultant at Capgemini Invent students.

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