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BUSINESS CONCLAVES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

HRidaya 6.0

26 - 27 SEPTEMBER
IIMV hosted its flagship Annual HR Conclave, HRidaya 6.0, featuring

insightful panel discussions on this year’s theme – ‘Resetting
workplace norms in the New Normal’. Organised by Manthan - The
HR Club of IIM Visakhapatnam, the topics for the panel discussions
during this two-day virtual event were - Cave Syndrome or Zoom
Fatigue? Is India Inc. ready to come back to Office? (Day 1) and ‘Love

it, love it not: What is the verdict on AI-powered HRM’ (Day 2).Ms.
Sindhu Kalyanasundaram, Founder - Sarva Happiness and Ignite
Akademi, was the moderator for the panel discussion on the first
day. The panellists discussed how the operational model of HR
changed during the pandemic resulting in increased emphasis on
the spiritual and emotional needs of employees. They spoke about
the impact of coronavirus on HR and how this triggered the
transformation from a physical to virtual mode of working; and then

to a hybrid mode of working calling for greater alignment and
collaboration between in-office and remote employees. Ms. Harini
Sreenivasan, Partner – SemcoStyle, was the moderator for the panel
discussion on the second day. During the inaugural address, Prof.
Anuradha MV, faculty IIMV (OBHR area), discussed how AI has the
power to turn futuristic ideas into reality. The floor was then opened

for an exciting panel discussion, where new thoughts on AI-powered
HRM brewed and volleyed amongst the panellists. Discussions and deliberations on increasing efficacy
and efficiency of HR processes by integrating AI were followed by an engaging Q&A session with the
panellists.

Colloquium 2021

30 - 31 OCTOBER
IIMV hosted its third annual Colloquium – Colloquium 2021 – a series of panel discussionsand keynote

sessions on trending business topics. Day 1 commenced with the inaugural speech by Prof. Neena
Pandey, faculty IIMV (Information Systems area), who spoke about how predictive tools can be further
refined to deliver products much before we order them online. The topic for the panel discussion was
‘Marketing in the age of Hyper-personalization and technology’ and the esteemed panellists were Ms.
Bhuvana Subramanyan, CMO at Randstad India; Mr. Kiran Giradkar, CMO at Nilons Enterprises Pvt Ltd;

Ms. Piali Dasgupta, Sr. VP Marketing at Columbia Pacific Communities, and Ms. Nischala Murthy Kaushik,
CMO at HFS Research; with Mr. Farooq Chisty, Chief Growth Officer at Millionth Mile Marketing, donning
the hat of the Moderator. The panellists discussed and presented various fascinating facets of marketing
and emphasized on the other vital aspects of personalization. Some of the possible changes in the
functioning of an organization post the pandemic and the effects of digitization on the life cycle of content

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