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Corporate Guest Lecture Series / Invited Talks

Conferences · Guest Lecture (8th September, 2019): Ms. Shruti Jaiswal, Energy Cell and was an ex-faculty at Railway Staff College,
Head: Talent and development, Renitiv, addressed the PGP Baroda. He delivered his lecture on "Sustainability Initiatives at
International Conference on Operations Research and Decision Sciences (ICORDS)
batch on 8th September. She is recently awarded the 'Times Educational Campuses and Eco-friendly Practices".
Power Woman – Emerging Thought Leader' by Times of India
· Guest Lecture (15th October, 2019): Mr. Shrikant Koundinya is
and is a Top 40under40 HR Leaders in India. Shruti is a
skilled in commodity derivative markets, currency and capital
recognized thought leader in the eld of Leadership & Talent.
markets. He delivered his lecture titled Multi Commodity
During her lecture she emphasized on the way the human brain
Exchange on Commodity Derivatives Awareness and Risk
functions, and established that 'Networking' is beyond just
Management.
building connections. Her worthy words of wisdom on
"Networking playeld" from her book "Does Your Net-work?" · Guest Lecture (19th October, 2019): Mr. Amit Sharma is the
gave an insight to the students on building and fostering better Director of Global AI Accelerator (GAIA) at Ericsson who
networking in their careers. delivered a scintillating talk.

· Guest Lecture (2nd October, 2019): Mr. Gokul Nath S, an expert · Guest lecture (25th October, 2019): Mr. Sreedhar Bevara is an
from HDFC AMC, addressed the students to mark the World eminent motivational speaker. His session started with a short
Investors' Week via the 'Mutual Fund Expert Speak Session'. He story which highlighted the importance of looking beyond the
delineated how nancial planning serves as a tool to balance obvious. The importance of having a right attitude was
greed and fear. He went on to enlighten the students regarding highlighted as it has the power of superseding talent. Essential
IIM Visakhapatnam kickstarted its rst-ever International Conference on Operations Research and Decision Sciences (ICORDS-2019) on 28 the power of compounding and ination, mystical world of characteristics that a good leader should possess were also
December 2019. It was the rst in the series of the prestigious conferences the institute has scheduled. The conference was co-chaired by
Prof. Anirban Ghatak and Prof. B. Srirangacharyulu. The event was a conuence of researchers, faculty members, practitioners and students savings and investments, myriads of asset classes and a emphasized. The session ended on the importance of
interested in both theoretical advances and practical applications in the eld of operations research and decision sciences. It was inaugurated detailed insight into mutual funds. He ended the session on the collaboration with environment to ensure optimal utilization of
by the former Director of IIT Hyderabad and distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kanpur Prof. Uday Desai. note that "It is not the timing in the market that's important but talent.
the time in the market" endowing the students with an ultra-new
The three-day conference (28-30 December 2019) had over 107 Dr. K. R. Murali Mohan, Head & Mission Director, Inter-disciplinary perspective. · Guest Lecture (9th November, 2019): Mr. Shashank Pal, the
presentations and was attended by over 175 delegates from India Cyber Physical Systems Division, Dept. of Science & Technology, Head of Cooperative Banks Business at SBI Mutual Fund
and abroad. Parallel sessions were held where each session had a Govt. of India, was the Chief Guest at the valedictory function. Prof · Guest Lecture (4th October, 2019): Dr. N Chandra Mohan - Dr. enlightened the students about nancial planning, basics of
central theme like Big Data Applications, Business Analytics, Ratul Lahkar, Professor of Economics, Ashoka University provided N. Chandra Mohan is a well-known Business & Economics investing, career opportunities in mutual fund industry, shadow
Application of AI, Innovation and New Product Development, the concluding remarks as the Guest of Honor. Mementos and a Commentator and Consultant, who has worked with all the
Operations in Emerging Economies, Social Media and etc. The banking and Fintech overtaking or collaborating with Banking
conference witnessed expert talks, keynote addresses, and panel cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- each were presented to the top three leading newspapers and magazines in India in a senior editorial industry.
discussions by eminent academicians and practitioners such as: paper presenters. capacity. He was previously a consultant with many think-tanks
Ÿ Prof. T.E.S. Raghavan, University of Illinois, Chicago and has also contributed to research on economic diplomacy
(Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of on topics like India's FTA with ASEAN, blue economy, etc. He
Illinois) interacted with our PGP students through a very informative
Ÿ Prof. Arunava Sen, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi (Professor, session on the current economic scenario. Speaking about the
Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre)
various causes that impact GDP, he emphasized on the
Ÿ Prof. G. Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras necessity of boosting the rural economy as a step towards
(Professor at Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras)
reviving the economy of India.
Ÿ Prof. Sandeep Juneja, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(Professor and Dean, School of Technology and Computer · Guest lecture (10th October, 2019): Dr. B K Murthy is Senior
Science) Mr. Shashank Pal with the students
Director (Scientist G) and Group Coordinator R&D in MeitY,
Ÿ Prof. Tathagata Bandyopadhyay, IIM Ahmedabad (Professor GOI. He schooled the students about the technology that is · Guest Lecture (17th November, 2019): Mr. Ahmed Rahimtoola
in Production and Quantitative Methods, Dean)
invading the human lives. He talked about the big data is the Head of Marketing at Allied Distillers and Blenders who
ecosystem, 6 ‘V’s of big data, articial intelligence, and IoT. He addressed the PGP students on various marketing strategies
Valedictory: Dr. K. R. Murali Mohan (Director, DST), Prof Ratul Lahkar
(Professor), Prof. M Chandrasekhar (Director, IIMV) also enlightened the students about the prowess of digital and practices in the current day’s competitive scenario.
platforms to unlock signicant value. He left the students
thinking about digital disruption as an opportunity not a
challenge, making them wear their creative and innovative caps
on.

· Guest Lecture (12th October 2019): Mr. Navneeth Sulakhe,
Head – Talent Management, Landmark group; addressed the
gathering and shared his valuable opinions about the topic
Prof. Uday Desai, Former Director of IIT Hyderabad
'Putting People rst' mentality. He touched upon Employees as
Intrapreneurs & the importance of their wellbeing. He ended the
Mr. Ahmed Rahimtoola interacting with PGP students
session on a stirring note, motivating the students to spread an
intrapreneurial spirit.
· Guest Lecture (13th December, 2019): Mr. Om Thoke and
· Guest Lecture (12th October, 2019): Mr. Niranjan Khatri is the Mr. Prateek Dwivedi addressed the batch on 'How to bootstrap
founder and principal consultant of iSambhav who pioneered a multimillion dollar company from scratch with digital skills'
Best Paper Awards: Mr. Akul Bansal (IIT Bombay), Ms. Karuna Panwar (IIT and 'How a balanced lifestyle and right mindset helps you
Roorkee) and Mr. Rajendra Baraiya (IIM Indore) the concept of eco-design. He headed the CII Renewable
achieve your goals'.

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