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CONFERENCES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Online conference on ‘The Evolution of Organizations:
How to Create an Innovative Company’

16 AND 17 AUGUST

IIM V conducted a 2-day online conference on ‘The Evolution of
Organizations: How to Create an Innovative Company’, a
collaborative venture between academic experts from India and
Slovenia, on 16 and 17 August 2021.After the inauguration of the
conference by Prof. M Chandrasekhar, Director, IIM

Visakhapatnam,Prof. Violeta Bulc, former EU Commissioner for
transport and Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, and one of the
G100 Global Chairs of women leaders, spoke on the importance
of mass innovation and ways of creating an innovative ecosystem to nurture and grow
Ecocivilizations.Prof. Sonja Klopcic, faculty at the Gea College, Slovenia, and former CEO, Chair of the
Board, and Crisis Manager across several organizations, then delivered her talk on Key Drivers of the

Evolution of Organizations. In the third session, Prof. Deepika Gupta, faculty at IIM V and Program
Co-Director thentalked about ‘Innovating through Business Models’. On the second day of the conference,
Prof. Amit Chakrabarti, faculty at IIM V and Program Director, delivered a talk on ‘Corporate Leadership’,
and Prof. Sonja Klopcic spoke about ‘Integral Leadership for Innovative Companies’. This virtual
conference was attended by over 900 participants including academicians, corporate executives, and
students from across nations.

Panel discussion

17 JULY

‘HRange’ – A Panel Discussion on "Managing the Transition due to the
Pandemic”~ Retail Industry was jointly organized by HR Association of
India and Manthan – The HR Club of IIM Visakhapatnam.

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