The Seminar addressed the issues and challenges faced by the industry in the adoption of the new accounting standards i.e. Ind AS along with the along with the issues and remedies for harmonization of Companies Act with Ind AS and the GST impact on corporate sector.

The various expert speakers who deliberated on the theme during the Inaugural Sessions were Mr. Dipankar Chatterji, Chairman, CII National Committee on Financial Reporting; Mr. P.R. Ramesh, Co-Chair CII National Committee on Financial Reporting, Mr. Amarjit Chopra, Chairman, Natioanl Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards, Susanta Kumar Panda, Member CBEC, Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Mr. Sudhir Soni, Partner Indian Member Firm of EY Global.

Later there were three panel discussions. The First Panel discussion was on ‘Transition to Ind AS- Experience Sharing’. The moderator for the panel was Dr. Sanjeev Singhal, Member, NACAS and Partner, Indian Member firm of EY Global, and the panelists were Mr. Vijay Kumar, Vice Chairman, Accounting Standards Board, ICAI and Chief Financial Officer, SIFY Technologies Ltd.; Mr. Jagannathan Chakravarthi, Chief Financial Officer, Mindtree Limited; Barindra Sanyal, Vice President (Finance), Tata Consultancy Services and Mr. Nitin Gupta, Group Finance Controller, Vedanta Limited. The panelists shared the various experiences of the corporate that have been encountered while implementing IFRS.

The Second Panel discussion was on ‘Harmonization of Companies Act with Ind AS-Issues and Remedies’ which was moderated by Mr. Sanjay Vij, Partner Indian member firm of EY Global and the panelists were Dr. Ashok Haldia, Managing Director & CEO PTC India Financial Services Ltd.; Mr. G. Sriram, Chief Financial Officer Mahindra Comviva; Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, Sr. Associate Director-Finance and Company Secretary Panasonic AVC Networks India Co. Ltd. and Mr. Ashish Gupta, Partner Walker Chandiok & Co LLP. The panelists discussed the various issues where there is disharmony in what is envisaged as per Ind AS and as stated in the Companies Act and the possible remedies.

The Third and the last Panel discussion was on ‘GST Impact on Corporate Sector- Disruptions & Way Forward’. The session was moderated by Mr. Bipin Sapra, Partner Indirect Tax EY and the panelists were Mr. Sanjiv Srivastava, Commisioner Central Board of Excise & Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Mr. Rajeev Yadav, Commissioner, GST Commissionerate CBEC, GOI; Mr. Anil Sharma, Chief Financial Officer, Heidelberg Cement India Ltd. and Mr. Sanjay Gulati, Group Vice President- Corporate Tax-GST GMR Group. The panelists discussed the challenges being faced by industries in transitioning to GST and how there might be further issues in product or service classification and the claim of input tax credited. The faculty found the Seminar highly informative and useful.

More than 160 delegates from Industry and Academia participated in this summit. The summit was conducted in an experience sharing interactive mode, encouraging high level of active dialogue and participation by delegates.

The Summit gave an insight about the challenges and opportunities in Digital HR and Artificial Intelligence. It also focused on topics like managing multi-generational work force, white collar’s IR, HR in Start-ups and Entrepreneurial Firms etc.

On the first day of the Summit, the Inaugural address was presented by Padma Shri Dr. Pritam Singh, a noted management thinker. The first round table members discussed “The digital HR- Challenges and Opportunities”. Panel members presented their ideas on new technology and innovations in this digital era and talked about artificial intelligence and human of ‘HR’. Mr Sunder Rajan, Founder and Director, Thomas Assessment India, took the initiative of second round table discussion on “New DNA of leadership and making an impact on the business through HR”. The discussion was followed by next session titled“IR and Unionization-How do we deal”. And fourth session was conducted on the topic “Wisdom and an edge of Domain expertise. Can we leverage their expertise or allow them to fade into oblivion?”

On the second day of Summit, Keynote address was presented by Mr. S Y Siddiqui, Chief Mentor, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Dr V.P.Singh Advisor-OD, Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd initiated the discussion on the topic“HR in start-ups and social entrepreneurial Firms-Challenges and way ahead.” And summit was concluded with an interesting and exciting management game, conducted by Dr Prem Singh, President Global Human Resources-Wockhardt Ltd.

It was a great learning experience.

There were two teams from I.T.S. One team comprised of Prof Chandra Mani Sharma & Prof Alok Singh. Other team comprised of Dr Neel Rai & Prof Amit Singh.

PRSI is one of the oldest professional societies of India, formally constituted in year 1966. The venue of the Quiz was Indian Institute of Mass Communication, JNU Campus New Delhi. The inauguration of the event was held in the gracious presence of dignitaries including Mrs Nivedita Banerjee, Coordinator of PRSI Quiz, National President of PRSI and the participants from various organizations.

The quiz started with its preliminary round, where 35 teams participated. Renowned quiz master Mr Deepak from IOCL conducted the preliminary and final rounds of quiz. After preliminary round, there was networking tea, in which the faculty members interacted with the quiz master Mr Deepak and other participants.

In the next round, six teams were shortlisted. The teams from I.T.S got the appreciation for their performance from the quiz master Mr Deepak.

The event was a great learning experience and completed with lots of learning.

Dr. Abhinav P. Tripathi (Astt. Prof. Marketing), has presented his research paper titled “Customer orientation of BSNL employee: a variance analysis of SOCO scale” at the international seminar on Management and Computing Technologies Vision 2050held at Ideal Institute of Management & Technology (affiliated under I.P. University), New Delhi.

More than fifty research papers were presented in person across the three different tracks of the seminar. This international seminar inaugurated by Prof. Yogesh Singh (Vice-Chancellor, Delhi Technical University (DTU) along with Prof. Anu Singh Lather (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Delhi Technical University, New Delhi. The seminar get further graced with benign presence of Dr. Ashok Kumar Gadiya (Chairman, Mewar University), Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Prof. Sanjeev Mittal, Prof. Sunil Khatri and other eminent scholars from research & academic world.

This seminar was conceptualized to create a learning environment about the future of management and technology principles with the current advancement in knowledge and application.

The one day workshop apprised the trainees with the essential components which help an organization in building strong customer relationship. The training emphasized the importance of attitude and active communication for having a smooth interaction with the customer. The value of knowing the type of customer and the exclusive ways to deal with them was also discussed by way of interactive exercise. Further the session highlighted the need of having a clear awareness of customer expectations and devising an action plan for the achievement of the same.

The session was made highly interactive by means of ice breaking exercises, energizers and other content centric activities. The participants were highly enthusiastic and participative. The participants exchanged their views and opinions on the subject with utmost excitement and eagerness. At the end of the workshop, the participants were determined to positively enhance their efforts in creating a stronger and long lasting bond with their customers.

The session had witnessed the participation of 60 young faculty members and researchers from renowned colleges and universities. In this session, various communication technologies and its impact on different real life applications were discussed. While discussing about proliferation of technologies, a detailed discussion on Adhoc networks, Vehicular Adhoc Networks & FANETs and its empirical research issues was presented. In addition to this, Introduction of Network Simulator, its Importance, types of Network Simulators, Requirements and their simulation were also explained through demonstration using Ns2.

The summit was organized by ASSOCHAM India and graced by Mr. Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary, Honorable Minister of State for MSME,Government of India as the Chief Guest. This one day convention was divided into 4 sessions in which deliberations on various issues related to the Special Economic Zones in India were made by national and international speakers from amongst industry, domain experts andGovernment policy makers.

The sessions were as follows-

SESSION 1- Inaugural

Panelists-

• Mr. D.S. Rawat- Secretary General ASSOCHAM
• Mr. SandeepJajodia, President ASSOCHAM
• Mr. Rahul Gupta, Chairman Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZs
• Admiral Abd El Kader Darwish, Vice Chairman, General Authority for SUEZ Canal Economic Zone, Egypt
• Major General MohdHabiburRahman Khan, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority.
• Dr. L.B. Singhal, Development Commissioner, SEZ Northern Regions
• Mr. Rabindra Kumar Jena, Honorable MP (LokSabha), Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry.

The discussion in this session focused on understanding the policy issues and business prospects in SEZs. It also deliberated on latest investment Trends in SEZs and FTZs and the role government can play in strengthening the performance of economy by improving the of SEZ.

Session 2 on Policy perspectivetax issues and impact of GST

Speakers

• Mr.Bimal Jain, Executive Director A2Z Taxcorp LLP I Tax and Law Practitioners
• Mr.MayankSarma Department of Commerce, Govt. of India
• Mr.Hitendra Mehta, Partner, Vaish Associates Advocates
• Mr. Vinay R. Sharma, M.D. Oil Field Warehouse and services Ltd.

The speakers delivered enlightening discourses focused on the following key issues

• Assessing the impact of GST on Industrial Parks and SEZs
• States’ policies for SEZs
• Contribution of SEZs in global trade
• Investment strategies for Make in India
• Investment facilitation mechanism
• FTZs- performance, issues, opportunities and concerns.

Session 3 on Investment opportunities and challenges in SEZs and industrial parks: Sharing of global experiences and future plans

Speakers

• Mr. IndranilDasgupta, Co- Chairman, SEZ Council, ASSOCHAM and CEO Attivo Economic Zones
• Mr S.K. Gupta, Chairman Wegmans Group.
• Mr. Ramesh Subramaniam, President Sri City Pvt. Ltd.
• Admiral Abd El Kader Darwish, Vice Chairman, General Authority for SUEZ Canal Economic Zone, Egypt

The session speakers conveyed extensive thoughts and highlighted potential action plans on following dimensions-

• Measures to boost investment in SEZs and industrial parks
• Developing Smart SEZs and industrial parks
• PPP in SEZs and industrial parks
• Success stories in driving investment

Session 4- Special Session

Speakers

• Mr. HaribhaiParthibhaiChaudhary, Honorable Minister of State for MSME, Government of India.
• Major General MohdHabiburRahman Khan, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority.
• Mr. D.S. Rawat- Secretary General ASSOCHAM
• Mr. Vinay R. Sharma, M.D. Oil Field Warehouse and services Ltd.

The final session focused on the policy decisions which the government has taken and is planning to take in future to ease and accelerate the growth of SEZs and Industrial Parks. The Chief Guest of the day, Mr. HaribhaiParthibhaiChaudhary in his address urged the representatives of the industry to take advantage of the opportunities by being proactive to push ahead the cause of SEZs. He also stressed on realizing the need of the nation and to work cooperatively with each other to take the country further ahead in future.