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DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURES, FACULTY

RESEARCH SEMINARS, AND INVITED TALKS

Talk on ‘Product development and role of stakeholders’

25 FEBRUARY

Ms. Mridula Chhetri, Founder Inmovidu Technologies, was invited for

episode 27 of Vaktavya, who delivered an engaging and insightful
talk on ‘Product development and role of stakeholders’.Vaktakya,
'The Leadership Talks 2.0', is an ongoing series of webinars where
industry stalwarts and domain experts come together to share their
insights and opinions on current business developments. These talks
are organised in association with Novus – The Product Management
Club of IIM Visakhapatnam &WhizzCorps.

Lecture on Cyber Security Issues for Digital Government

10 APRIL
Post Graduate Program in Digital Governance and Management (PGP-DGM) office at IIM Visakhapatnam
organized a Webinar on ‘Cyber Security Issues for Digital Government’ on Saturday, 10 April 2022. Shri
NandkumarSaravade, IPS (Retd.), Director, Cyber Security and Compliance, National Association of

Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), was the speaker for the occasion. Shri Saravade discussed
the Security Maturity Model depicting basic to advanced progression in cybersecurity and how to gain
optimization in this regard. He also spoke about organizational resistance to emerging technologies, the
risk involved, and processes to avoid, mitigate, and transfer the associated risk aversion. “Continuous
improvement and innovation” are the key to gaining expertise in any process, Shri Saravade concluded.
Addressing the virtual gathering, Prof Neena Pandey, Chair, PGP-DGM, emphasized the importance of

vigilance and awareness for professionals in digital governance in the context of cybersecurity.

The PGP-DGM ‘Distinguished Lecture Series’ is a hallmark of IIMV’s PGP-DGM program and complements
the in-class learning of students with knowledge-sharing by distinguished personalities with extensive
experience in the field of Digital Governance and Management. This was the fifth lecture in the
Distinguished Lecture Series.

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