The summit was organised by AIMA in partnership with the World Bank, supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Participants included practitioners, academia, corporate and Government officials.

The inaugural session featured Mr Nikhil Sawhney, treasurer of AIMA, as well as Vice Chairman and MD of Triveni Turbine Limited; Mr Vinay Sharma, Dirctor, Global Governance Practice, World Bank; Shri Vinay Narayan Jha, Secreatary (Expenditure), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance; and Shri Pon. Radhakrishna, Minister of State - Finance and Shipping, Government of India. The dignitaries held forth on the importance of procurement in general and its status in India in particular, and the need to develop the area in the light of technological developments as well as the need for economic growth of the country.

The ensuing deliberations over the two days were divided into five plenary sessions. The first session was on SMART procurement through the use of ICT; the second was on blind spots in procurement and contract management; the third on the morning of the second day dealt with sustainable procurement; the fourth covered the use of Public Private Partnership (PPP) methods in procurement; the fifth and last session highlighted the use of innovative methods on procurement. Enthusiastic and knowledgeable participants included Indian and foreign persona - academics, lawyers, corporates and those working in government agencies and departments.

There was spontaneous exchange ideas among the delegates and the eager audience. Q&A sessions provided fertile interaction among all, often being limited by time. The summit also provided a framework for active networking among all concerned.

The vote of thanks for the session was delivered by Dr Raj Agrawal, Director, CME-AIMA.

The speaker for the session was Mr. Beni Kinha, Nector Factor. Mr. Beni is a famous trainer having more than 20 years experience in corporate training.

The session started with a small activity in which each participant are supposed to discuss their life experience with the neighbor participant. Then Mr. Beni invites each participant and asks each faculty to present a solution/ gist of the discussion. After all participants finished their presentation, Mr. Beni pointed on the retention power of brain and how different people perceived things in different manner.

Objective of the workshop was to felicitate SPOCs of those colleges in which students were top scorer and also to look for the feedback of the December 2017 NPTEL courses. Prof. Satyaki Roy National Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Lalty Dutta, Project Manager, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. AnganaSenguptaCoordinator, Local Chapter, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Bharathi, Senior Project Officer, NPTEL, IIT Madras, Prof. Andrew, IIT Madras, Prof. Pratap IIT Madras and Dr. VineetKansal, Dean, AKTU along with SPOC’s of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir were presented. Before beginning of the session, Prof. Satyaki Roywarmly welcomed the gathering. Prof. Satyaki Roy briefed about details of NPTEL, how and when it has been formed, before it was planned to just deliver video lectures, later on it has been shifted to online certification. He also briefed about achievements of NPTEL till date like 30,000+ video hours, 371+million NPTEL website view, 271+ million you tube views etc. He also shared the statistics of number of students and faculty participation from initial years to Dec 2017. He also communicated how these courses helpedstudents in their placements.

Ms. Bharathi, Senior Project Officer, NPTEL, IIT Madras, Prof. Andrew, IIT Madras and Prof. Pratap IIT Madras had discussed about the academic issues in the last semester like requirement of any course which is not provided by NPTEL and is demanded by students, syllabus of existing courses and also operational issues as well.

At the end SPOC of various colleges were felicitated by Prof. Satyaki Roy National Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Lalty Dutta, Project Manager, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. AnganaSenguptaCoordinator, Local Chapter, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Bharathi, Senior Project Officer, NPTEL, IIT Madras, Prof. Andrew, IIT Madras, Prof. Pratap IIT Madras and Dr. VineetKansal, Dean, AKTU.

It was totally an interactive session where SPOC from various universities and institutes ofrepute discussed about the various courses provided by NPTEL and also gave their suggestionsto make these courses more effective for masses. Overall it was a good learning experience about operational of NPTEL online courses.

The panel was lead by Prof. Dr. Ullrich Guenther and Dr. Susan Gale Wintermuth from Lafansa University, Germany.

The event started with the introduction of AICTE and a the introduction of faculty programme, focusing on how to train students to be a future leader not merely a manager. This was backed by a presentation by Prof. Dr. Ullrich Guenther on Effective Leadership and communication in Today’s Business Scenario in which there were a few highlights, i.e. one leader can be successful in one country but could not be successful in other, planning and concepts of time, style of conflicts and criticism, personal vs impersonal style of communication, hierarchy and most important one is that the happiness of the employees is also important.

The next in line was a presentation by Dr. Susan Gale Wintermuth who talked about Miscommunications that happen. The highlights of her presentation were miscommunication at the top level disputes and arbitration was suggested as best way to solve the same.Examples like DAIMLER CHRYSLER showed that because of miscommunications even the multinationals fail. To be flexible and notice & understand the cultural difference in the only way to be prepared for working in a foreign land.

The questions that were put in front of the panel were, How is Indian style of communication different from German style? What is Indirect feedback? How to bridge the gap of misunderstandings?

The panel discussion ended with the suggestion to “PICK THE ONE MOST SUCCESSFUL STYLE OF LEADERSHIP AND USE IT IN YOUR OWN STYLE”.

Faculty and students were benefited by attending the Panel Discussion.

The theme of the Convention was “LEADERSHIP IN AGE OF TRANSFORMATION - An Opportunity for Development”.

Event began with lighting of lamp and SaraswatiVandana. The welcome address and a brief about the theme were delivered by Mr. Amit Agarwal, President GMA and Deputy Managing Director, Ghaziabad Precision Products Ltd. Keynote address was delivered by Dr. T. S. Parmar. He talked about the urgent need for change and shared his mantras to bring about transformation. Dr. NalinSinghal, CMD, Central Electronics Ltd was the Chief Guest. In his inaugural address, he explained the challenges for Leadership in the age of transformation. He shared his valuable thoughts about the various strategies that should be adopted to cope up with the emerging challenges in the VUCA world.

After the inaugural address, Souvenir was released by the dignitaries. The sponsors of the event were felicitated with memento as a token of gratitude. Memento was presented to I.T.S. Mohan Nagar for being a Silver sponsor for the convention.

The convention had two technical sessions and a valedictory session on the sub - themes “Technology & Innovation; Ecology, Environment – Business & Society; and Governance for Sustainable Development.”

Renowned and eminent Business leaders and experts in the field shared their enriching experience on the theme. Eminent speakers for the Technical sessions were Mr. Prashant Singh, VP-product, Paytm, Ms PinkiMaheshwari, Founder, Surprise Someone, Dr. Laxman Prasad, Director R&D,RKGIT group of Institutions etc.

It was a good learning experience.

The event was organized in New Delhi during 27.12.2017 - 02.01.2018 at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. The Workshop was inaugurated by Honorable Justice Dalveer Bhandari, International Court of Justice. Dr. Pandey took Session on "Winning Edge through Information Technology: Latest Trends in Information Technology with Hands-On".

The purpose of the session was to discuss the results of a survey carried out by post doctoral students under the aegis of ICRIER.

At first Dr Rajat Kathuria, Director and CE, ICRIER, highlighted the results of the study. He pointed out that while freelancing is an activity in which various sections of society were involved. As Dr Kathuria summarised, the online freelancing ecosystem had expanded to encompass a variety of skills, work type and commitment to freelancing. It facilitated the involvement of a signficant cohort of informal labour in India, particularly women. He stressed on the need for including freelancing as a part of labour policy design. He also referred to the necessity for building awareness and correcting perceptions through the concerted participation of multiple stakeholders.

The next speaker was Ms. Helani Galpaya, the CEO of LIRNEasia. She spoke on another survey carried out in India by her own organisation. This survey was more comprehensive and wide ranging in terms of both the issues covered as well as the respondents accessed. The focus was on a more micro view with the individuals being interviewed for assessing their outlook towards online freelancing as a remunerative activity.

Finally a panel discussion on the existing status of online freelancing in India and the way forward was held, with the participants being Mr Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Info Edge, Mr R.Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, Mr Manish Kumar, MD and CEO, National Skill Development Council, and Dr Harsha Vardhana Singh, Executive Director, Brookings India. The discussion was moderated by Dr Kathuria.

It was a interesting and eye opening session on the diverse aspects of a virgin area like freelancing. Everybody gained some unique insights based on the preceding interactions.

The conference saw a great gathering of wonderfully acclaimed speakers throughout the world. This conference was devised to create a platform for discussion on the current and contemporary issues on Supply Chain Management, E- Business, Process Excellence, Optimization and Operations Management. The conference had also allowed the participants to discuss current and pressing issues with senior level executives and academicians from different countries.

On the behalf of I.T.S- Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad; Prof. Alok Singh has participated among the elite galaxy of eminent scholars and presented his research paper titled “A Critical Review on Supply Chain Performance Evaluation of Perishable Products in India”. More than 100 quality research papers across the world were submitted by different area experts in their different domain of expertise. The conference was inaugurated with benign presence of Prof. Pankaj Chandra (Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University), Prof. Peeyush Mehta (IIM Calcutta), Mr. Aamir Akhtar (CEO, Denim Fabrics of Arvind Ltd.) and Prof. Devanath Tirupati (Dean, Amrut Mody School of Management).

This three day international conference was organized by Society of Operations Management at Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad.