The two day conference was specifically aimed at Human Resource Practices of PSUs and how to leverage them in framing better policies and business strategies.

The conference managed to take a multi-dimensional look at relevant HR issues with experts from academia, HR personnel’s at leading PSU’s & policy makers. Perspectives shared by experts like DP Singh, Vice President & Head HR, IBM India & South Asia; Abhijit Bhaduri, founder, Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates; DD Mishra, Director HR, ONGC; Saptarishi Roy, Director HR, NTPC; Dr A K Balyan, CEO, Oil & Gas, Reliance Infrastructure, Mukesh Jain Joint Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Govt. of India added lot of value to the conference theme and helped the participants in understanding how to overcome the challenges in PSUs with respect to policy frameworks.

Expert deliberations focused upon differing priorities for Public Sector Organizations globally, how to build and sustain a world class PSU in India, Coaching and Mentoring as tools for succession planning, attracting and retaining millennial in PSUs, ways to leverage CSR for building the PSU employer brand and make use of HR technology to improve HR processes in PSUs. The conference also explored the role played by PSUs in Nation building and their contribution towards sustainability efforts.

The speakers emphasized on ensuring balance among technology, decisions and people for any organizational development. People need to be developed in order to address the paucity of skilled workforce. PSUS can’t imitate private sector practices or what other Public sector enterprises are doing in western countries. They need to explore their own policy frameworks and there should be no hesitation in adopting any best practice (no matter from where it comes) which has already delivered the result.

A special talk delivered by expert from Deloitte, Mr Nitin Razdan widened the participants’ perspective related to the future of work and the evolving role of learning organizations. The second day post lunch session of conference gave an opportunity to participants to experience music and understand key business lessons with expertise of Ms Sunita Bhuiyan. The sessions also focused upon how to drive change in the organization within limitations by understanding the analogy of evolving music with same seven notes and rhythm.

Panel discussions, special talks and group sessions at the conference enriched the participants with current HR practices, challenges and possible solution in PSU sector.

The conference was held on Nov 11-13, 2017 at Nagpur, India, in which renowned computer scientist Prof. Ensar Gul from SEHIR University, Istanbul ,Turkey was the chief guest. Prof. Narendra S. Chaudhari, VNIT Nagpur , Prof. Manoj Sukla, HBTU Kanpur was the key note speaker of first and second day respectively in this international conference.

Prof. S.R. Sathe VNIT Nagpur , Dr. Poonam Sharma VNIT Nagpur, Dr. Devesh Shrivastava Manipal University Jaipur ,Dr. Anuradha Singh, IIIT Nagpur, Dr. Ganesh C. Deka , DGTE , New Delhi, Dr. Prabhat Sharma, VNIT Nagpur, Dr. Manish P Kurhekar VNIT Nagpur, Dr. Ravindra B. Keskar, VNIT Nagpur,Prof. Ashwin G. Kothari ,VNIT Nagpur, Prof. Asoke Nath St. Xavier, Kolkata, Prof. Sudhir Lande , VPKBIET, Baramati , Dr. ANkit A. Bhurane, IIIT Nagpur and Dr. Rajiv Pandey , Amity Univ., Lucknow were the session chair of this IEEE International conference.

It was a great and wonderful research oriented knowledge sharing, interactive and mutual learning experience. Thanks to our Institute, I.T.S, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad for encouraging, promoting and supporting in all such endeavors

Chief Guest of the conference was Shri. Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Ayog was keynote speaker. Shri Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal was guest of honor. Conference was divided into different sessions like inaugural session, panel discussions and paper presentation.

Sahitya Aajtak Event organized by TV Today Network at Indira Gandhi Center of Arts, New Delhi from 10th-12thNovember 2017.

Programme was started with welcome address preceded by Ghum Hote Bhajan Aur Ghazal.Shri Anup Jalota and Shri Talat Azizsings very renowned songs, ghazals and bhajanson stage in the program Ghum Hote Bhajan Aur Ghazal. Ms.Anjana Om Kashyapwas the anchor for the session. She has interacted very well with the legends of Indian musical industry.

After this Ghum Hote Bhajan Aur GhazalShri Sanjay Sinha's Book was released by Shri Neelesh Misra.

Mr. Neelesh Mishra- a renowned writer, lyricist and story teller was also invited in the session. He has recited one story on the stage in the programme Ek Kissa Sunao.

Ms. Anjana Om Kashyap - well known leading & respected Journalist, and News Anchor at Aajtak Channel interacted face to face with our MCA students. It really inspires young students to meet people who have created their own place & respect in society & excelling professionally.Students were very happy and come forward to meet and speak such legends.

Seeing face to face and Listening the established artists and legends like Shri Anup Jalota, Shri Talat Aziz, Shri Prasoon Joshi, Shri Hansraj Hans inspires everyone.

The objective of this event was to engage government and the private sector in exchanging views and deliberate upon achieving India.

i-Bharat 2017 was organized by FICCI in association with Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. With the theme "ICT elucidation for Unsolved and Unserved", the prime focus of the event was to promote governance through ICT, and further utilizing ICT solutions as the tools for India’s Socio-Economic Transformation.

i-Bharat has already established itself as the leading platform for the digital community to harness the power of ICTs, exchange ideas, knowledge and experience, discuss international best practices, understand investment patterns and opportunities etc.

It was overall good learning experience for faculties.

The conclave was focused towards the government’s objective to drive the right to education being implemented as a fundamental right. The conclave was packed with the sessions delivered by the eminent speakers from the Academia & Industry.

The welcome address was delivered by Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director (Publishing), India Today Group.

The Inaugural address was delivered by Mr Satyapal Singh, Mister of State, HRD. Mr Singh touched upon Child education and discussed about importance of it for transforming a human being into resource for country. He has also added “Every individual needs to be good human being. It does not matter how much he is successful in his professional career?”. The minister said, "While education standards have been maintained in the southern states of our country, the situation remains grim in the northern part of India. It poses a challenge to the government and the quality needs to be upgraded.

The minister said that the government is looking forward to a 'New India' free of four Cs - corruption, crime, casteism and communalism - by imparting affordable and accessible education to all.

Session-2 was Panel Discussion on the theme of “Mining of Ancient India”. In this session, renown authors Amish Tripathi, Anand Neelakantan, Makarand Paranjape, Poet & Professor JNU were present and Abhijit Majumdar, Managing editor, Mail Today was moderator of this session.

Session 3 was Panel Discussion on theme “Higher Education crunch: Imparting skills and employability”. In this discussion, Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor, Amity University Noida, Dr. C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University, Dr. S.K. Salwan, Vice Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University and Prof. Aditya Shastri, Vice Chancellor, Banasthali Vidyapeeth were present and they have shared their knowledge on theme of session.

Session 4 was Panel Discussion on theme “Focus on comprehensive child development in the age of technology”. In this session, Vanita Sehgal, Principal, DPS R.K. Puram, Rekha Krishnan, Principal, Vasant Valley School, Ameeta Wattal, Principal, Springdales School and Priyanka Mehta, Principal, Amity International School, Mayur Vihar were present and grace the occasion.This session was Moderated by Aditya Berlia, Co-Founder & Pro-Chancellor of the Apeejay Stya University; Member of the Management Board of the Apeejay Stya & Svran Group.

Valedictory Session was addressed by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Science and Technology & Ministry of Earth Sciences.

The conference was divided in four technical session, and the session on Behavioural Finance was chaired by Dr. Timira Shukla, Professor and Dean at JSB Indirapuram and Dr. Amit Sinha, Associate Professor at Amity Lucknow.The conference was a good learning experience in which participants share their views on the subject.

The conclave was organized byAll India Management Association (AIMA). This two day conclave was divided into multiple sessions which covered different dimensions related to the idea of reimagining India’s future.

Session 1: Inaugural

Panelists-

• Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal (President, AIMA and Chairman, The Hero Enterprise)
• RekhaSethi (Director General, All India Management Association)
• SudhirJalan (Co-Chairman, Diamond Jubilee NMC andChairman, Neo Foods Pvt Ltd)
• Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI AayogGovernment of India)
• Babul Supriyo (Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesGovernment of India)
• T V Mohandas Pai (Senior Vice President, AIMA andChairman, Manipal Global Education Services)

The discussion in the session focused on identifying challenges India is facing and building possible solutions for them.

Session 2: AIMA Wants to Know

Speakers-

• ArnabGoswami (Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Republic TV)
• T V Mohandas Pai (Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services)

This session focused on how news media can shape Indian democracy, social behaviour and public institutions. Also, how can the media fight the menace of fake news and ensure objectivity.

Session 3: Reimagining India

Speakers –

• Sanjay Kirloskar (Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
• Rajiv Kumar (Vice Chairman, NITI AayogGovernment of India

This session detailedon what can the government, politicians and the citizens do to make India a model of development and how can India’s economy be made more equitable for all groups, regionsand genders?

Session 4: The Money Spinner

Speakers –

• SupriyaShrinate (Chief Editor - News, ET Now)
• RaamdeoAgrawal (Jt. Managing Director, MotilalOswal Financial Services Ltd)
• AkhilBansal (Deputy CEO, KPMG in India)

This session analysed the trajectory Indian economy and stockmarkets are likely to have over the next 3-5 years. The speakers also concentrated their discussion on identifying sectors which are likely to be the greatest value creators and destroyersbecause of technological changes.

Session 5-Reimagining Reality: Future of Indian Cinema

Speakers –

• Preetha Reddy (Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospital Enterprise Ltd)
• RakeyshOmprakashMehra (Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter)

In this session the speakers discussed on how globalization is changing the making and marketing of Indian films and how can filmmakers achieve a balance between technology and art?

Session 6:Aap Ki Adalat

• Baba Ramdev (Yoga Guru and Founder, The Patanjali Group of Institutions)
• Rajat Sharma (Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV)

This session focused on how a new company like Patanjali has been able to achieve so much in such a little span of time and what lessons can other companies draw form its experience.

Session 7- Building the Future Now: Creating Transformative Infrastructure

Speakers –

• NitinGadkari (Minister of Road Transport & Highways; Shipping andWater Resources, River Development and Ganga RejuvenationGovernment of India
• Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal (President, AIMA and Chairman, The Hero Enterprise)

The session focused on measures to make up India’s mobility deficit quickly to rev up its economic growth and what can be done to make the clean transportation available across the country?

Day 2 - Session 8- Disruptive HR: Managing Talent in Times of Great Change

Speakers-

• PranavPai (Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, 3one4 Capital)
• KiranMenon (Co-Founder & CEO, Tydy)
• Jayant Prasad Paleti (Co-Founder, Darwinbox)
• RishabhKaul (Co-Founder and Head of Demand Marketing, Belong)

The speakers focused on the HR start-ups redefining talent management and discussed on the new HR tools and strategies for modern organizations.

Session 9: Digital India: Creating A Trillion Dollar Digital Economy

Speakers –

• Ravi Shankar Prasad (Minister of Law and Justice; Electronics and Information TechnologyGovernment of India)
• Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal (President, AIMA and Chairman, The Hero Enterprise)

The speakers discussed about entrepreneurial and policy measures which are required to makedigitization affordable and inclusive and how the all-important connectivity infrastructure be built quicklyand cheaply to allow universal adoption of digital technologies in India.

Session 10- Folding the Future In: Reimagining India

Speakers –

• Lord Karan Bilimoria(CBE DLChairman, Cobra Beer Partnership)
• Chris Parsons (Chairman, India Practice, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP)
• Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal (President, AIMA and Chairman, The Hero Enterprise)
• T V Mohandas Pai (Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services)

The session focused on how the Indian start-ups go from adapting successful technologies and business models to innovating for the world.