03-06-17
Dr. Umang has attended a Conclave on “Design for Sustainability” at University of Delhi
A Conclave on “Design for Sustainability” was organized by University of Delhi in association with O.P. Jindal University, Delhi on 3rd June, 2017 during 2:15 PM – 4:30 P.M.
The Objective of this Conclave was to bring together myriad educators teaching environment and sustainability in the Delhi NCR region to make an impactful contribution in educating the next generation for sustainable development. The conclave was to deliberate and articulate ideas on how academia could contribute to a pursuit of better living conditions in the Delhi NCR region whilst creating meaningful and enduring employment opportunities.
In the Starting, Dr. Seema, Convener has presented Overview, Concept, Objectives and Outcomes presentation on the theme of Conclave. In this Conclave, Session Chairs Prof. Sarita Nanda, Prof Sarita Ghai, from University of Delhi and Prof. Amit Lahiri from Jindal Global University were present. Prof. Sydney Robero, University of Delhi, Prof. Radhey Shyam Sharma, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi have moderated the Conclave. The concept was to create a collaborative consortium of academia, community, policy, and industry with academia playing a pivotal role.
It was overall good experience.
19-05-17
Dr. Umang was invited as Speaker in FDP on “Emerging Research Trends in Computer Science and IT”
Dr. Umang was invited as Speaker on 19th May,2017 in Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme on “Emerging Research Trends in Computer Science and IT” from 15th - 27th May, 2017, organized by IEEE Delhi Section & IIPC (AICTE) of BVICAM, New Delhi, in collaboration with IEEE Computer Society (Delhi Section), CSI Delhi Chapter & ISTE Delhi Section at BVICAM, New Delhi.
Dr Umang spoke on “Adhoc Networks and FANET”.
The session had witnessed the participation of young faculty members and researchers from renowned colleges and universities. In this session, Dr. Umang has discussed on various communication technologies and its impact on different real life applications. While discussing about proliferation of technologies, She has presented a detailed discussion on Adhoc networks, Vehicular Adhoc Networks & FANETs and its empirical research issues.
Overall it was a great learning experience to interact, share views & thoughts and solve queries raised during the session.
Earlier, Coordinator of the event Dr. Vishal Jain welcomes and felicitated her.
12-05-17
Prof. Sunil Kr Pandey, Director (IT) received Top-100 CISO Platform "Special Recognition Award of India's Top IT Security Influencers & Community Contributors"
Prof. Sunil Kr Pandey, Director (IT), I.T.S, Ghaziabad was invited in Decision Summit – 2017 organized fy CISO Platform held during 12th & 13th May, 2017 at Hotel Hayat, Pune.
In this function Prof. Pandey was awarded with Top-100 CISO Platform "Special Recognition Award of India's Top IT Security Influencers & Community Contributors" during its Decision Summit-2017. Prof. Pandey was also nominated as a member of CISO Platform’s Task Force Team to promote Awareness about Cyber Security among schools & colleges. This 02-days event was full of amazing learning, wonderful exposure and a great networking. This provided an unique opportunity to meet with over 250 Top Cyber Security Professionals, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs.
Prof. Pandey was also nominated as a Member of Task Force on Creating Awareness about Cyber Threat, Security & Safe uses of ICT & Promoting it among kids & Schools. Prof. Pandey addressed the gathering of Cyber Security experts on day-2 of the event. The talk was well appreciated by the experts present. He was also formally included as a Member of CISO Platform and was requested to contributed articles and research initiatives on CISO Platform. Prof. Pandey has contributed as Article on CISO Platform which is now available at CISO Platform’s official Website. The Task Force of CISO Platform to create a framework for promoting, educating & Empowering School Kids & young students on Cyber Security". Other eminent members of this Task Force includes:
During the event also meet with global experts including - Daniel Schneersohn, Vice President (Asia Pacific & Japan), Core Security, Hong Kong, Mr. Sandeep Puri, Country Director (Technology), Gurucul, Mr. Upkar SIngh, Director (Technology) - FIS Global Group and many more.
During these two days various activities were organized in which Top Cyber Security Experts, CISOs, CTOs and CIOs participated. These included:
- Task Force Constitution, Framework creation & Presentations
- Playbook Round Tables
- Experience & views sharing by experts from Industry, CISOs, CTOs and Cyber Scurity Researchers and experts
- Tabletop Wargames
- Panel Discussions
- Discussion on Case Studies on Cyber Security
- Sessions on Threat Hunting
- Community Roundtables
Overall a great learning, participating and working experience. It was a great opportunity to meet, interact with over 200 CISOs, CIO & Technology Experts from all the domains - IT, Core Software Companies, Banking Organization, Insurance Companies, Manufacturing, Cyber Security and many others. Great to address the gathering of such experts of the Country & abroad, part of a Task Force Team and of course to be honored on such a platform as Top-100 Most influencers in Cyber World. Thanks to the Management of my Institute to allow with full freedom to conceptualize, plan, implement and keep working our system up-to-date, my faculty colleagues for their all time support, friends, Alumni and students.
11-05-17
Prof. Parul Gupta and Prof. Neetu Purohit attended FICCI's Conclave at FICCI, New Delhi.
Management faculty members Prof. Parul Gupta and Prof. Neetu Purohit attended FICCI's Conclave ‘The Business of Government:Learning from Global Experiences’
The conclave was organized byFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Thisone day discussion forum was divided into multiple sessions which covered different dimensions related to the idea of Governance and how India can learn from Global experiences.
Session 1: Inaugural
Panelists-
- MrSidharth Birla, Past President, FICCI
- Prof RajendraSrivastava, Dean, Indian School of Business
- Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog (Chief Guest)
- Dr A Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI
The discussion in the session focused on how India can improve delivery of public services and what are the steps being taken by the central government currently. Mr.Amitabh Kant discussed in detail the methods being adopted by the government to push states for better performance in civic governance related issues.
Session 2 on Citizen Engagement And Innovation:Enablers Of An Open And Inclusive Governance
Panelists
- Mr ArunMaira, Former Member, Planning Commission of India
- Mr Daniel J Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business ofGovernment
- Dr AnupamKhanna, Former Chief Economist and Director General of Policy Outreach and Chief Economist, National Association of Software andService Companies (NASSCOM)
- Prof Rajeev Malhotra, Executive Director, Centre for Development and Finance, School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal GlobalUniversity
- Mr K Padmanabhaiah, Chairman, Administrative Staff College of India
- Mr Pawan Chopra, Former Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
- Dr Julia Glidden (Ms), General Manager, Global Public Services, IBMCorporation
- Mr AnanthaSayana, Vice President & Head Digital, Larsen & ToubroConstruction
Panel discussed the role of open data, fiscal transparency, co-creation ofservices, citizen engagement with government and with civil society, andapproaches to innovation. Focus was on related social issues facing national,state, and local governments in India and how citizens can be involved in creating larger participation and better governance.
Session 3 on-From Data To Insights:Collaborating Across Agencies In The Use Of Analytics In E-Government
Panelists
- Prof Prajapti Trivedi, Faculty Chair, Management Programme in Public Policyand Senior Fellow (Governance), Bharti Institute of Public Policy; AdjunctProfessor of Public Policy, Indian School of Business
- Mr John Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business ofGovernment
- Dr B K Gairola, Adviser (IT), Warehouse Development andRegulatory Authority and formerly Member Secretary, NationalInnovation Council
- Dr Deepa Mani (Ms), Associate Professor and Research Fellow;Executive Director, SriniRajuCenter for IT and the NetworkedEconomy, Indian School of Business.
- Dr PronabSen, Former Chief Statistician of India
- Dr B S Ghuman, Professor, Department of Public Administration, PanjabUniversity
- Ms ManinderKaurDwivedi, Adviser, NITI Aayog
Panel discussed examples of how government agencies currently use and can improve on technology to workacross agency boundaries, using data and analytics to help focus and set priorities for action.
Session 4 on Business Of Government: Learnings From Global Experiences
Panelists
- Mr.Daniel J Chenok, Executive Director, IBM Center for the Business ofGovernment
- Mr John Kamensky, Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business ofGovernment
- Dr Nivedita P Haran (Ms), Director, Centre for Innovations in PublicSystems
The Panel elucidated on how the IBM Centre for the Business of Governmenthelp support management improvement efforts in the US and in New Zealand and what could be themodel for such a forum in India.
29-04-17
Dr. Anusha & Dr. Shuchita attended CII Annual Session 2017.
Dr. Anusha Agarwal & Dr. Shuchita Singh attended Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Annual Session 2017 “Future of Globalisation : Can India lead?” on 28 - 29 April 2017 : Hotel Taj Palace, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi
Day – 1
Inaugural Session of CII Annual Meet started with the speech of Mr Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defense, Government of India, as Chief Guest.
Next talk was based on Transformational Journey - the Madhya Pradesh Story. The session was Chaired by Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Vice President, Confederation of Indian Industry in conversation, with Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Chauhan mentioned the improved irrigation system, river linking system, reduced cost and increased productivity in agriculture. Development of affordable housing, scholarship schemes, government backed education loan, development of state tourism were also mentioned by him.
The session was followed by the session on Smart Railways: The New Vision, which focused on Indian Railways which has initiated a wide-ranging reforms agenda with a spend of Rs.8.5 lakh crore, administrative restructuring, high-speed rail and overseas investments in railway manufacturing. Moderator of this session was Mr Siddharth Zarabi, Executive Editor, BTVI. Mr Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Government of India.
Next session on Financial Markets & Corporate Governance was based on need of well-functioning of financial markets and good corporate governance as pillars of economic growth. The roadmap to further strengthen financial markets and corporate governance was discussed with the moderation of Mr. Leo Puri, Managing Director, UTI Asset Management Company Limited, Mr. Ajay Tyagi, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). This session was followed by the session Building the Indian Company of the future, which was based on how India’s entrepreneurs are leading its growth and deepening its overseas footprint. The innovative and responsible approach in the changing world. Mr. Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman, Happiest Minds Technologies Private Limited and Mr. Baba N Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge Ltd participated in the session.
Post lunch session on Is India’s Civil Aviation Geared for India’s Aspirations, was based on Is India is slated to be the fastest growing aviation market in the world, and has the outline and comprehensive agenda to drive growth through fast and cheap regional connectivity under the UDAN scheme, feasible and viable. The session Moderator was Ms. Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC, Mr. Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Government of India and Mr Phee Teik Yeoh, Chief Executive Officer, TATA SIA Airlines Limited. Minister promised to develop more airports for better regional connectivity, cost effectiveness of airlines as well.
Redefining CSR in a Global Economy, was the theme of next session. In which the concept of corporate social responsibility, which is mandated for certain Indian companies. India on the road to redefining CSR for the world was also discussed by Mr. T V Narendran, Managing Director, TATA Steel Limited with Prof. Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
India’s Meta-Challenges and Solutions was the theme of next session, which explored India’s meta economic challenges ,changing societal ideas, developing shared narratives and evolving solutions with larger buy-in from stakeholders. Cooperative and competitive federalism was also identified as a necessity for a diverse country like India. Moderator of this session was Ms. Supriya Shrinate, Chief Editor (News and Policy), ET Now, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Mr. Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Infra Private Limited.
Changing Landscape of Urban Spaces, focusing on Fundamental shifts in transforming Indian cities, frameworks and proposed outcomes of urbanization, ambitious rejuvenation programs by Government and other emerging themes for debate were – Ensuring sustainable & inclusive urbanization; undertaking long overdue urban reforms; and institutionalizing citizen engagement. Session Moderator was Mr. Vikram Chandra, Consulting Editor and Anchor, NDTV 24X7, Dr. Kiran Karnik, Director - Central Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India and President - Governing Council, India Habitat Centre, Mr. Sunil Mathur, Managing Director & CEO, Siemens Limited and Prof. Anne Feenstra, Dean - Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University were part of the session.
Session on Forces of Change in Post Crisis World discussed the lingering impact of the Global Financial Crisis which is still being felt in economies across the world. To deal with the same economies must additionally contend with technology advance also the drivers of the new global economy were also discussed. The session was chaired by Dr. Naushad Forbes, President, Confederation of Indian Industry and Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), Government of India and Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Enterprises participated.
In last two sessions for the day, Is India Inc Future ready: Jobs & Technology and Future of Manufacturing was discussed by eminent speakers.
Day – 2
The session was based on the theme of Executive, Legislature & Judiciary: Tripod of Effective Governance. Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Hero Corporate Services Limited chaired the session. Mr. N.K Singh, Former Member of Parliament and Mr. Fali Nariman, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India. Panelist had a brain storming session and shared their concerns on appointment of judges, much involvement of governance than government in passing the legislature, giving more powers to CAG, passing structured reforms in parliament in speedy manner and to give a relook to complete sovereign.
In the very interesting session on Politics for an India leading the World Is India’s noisy democracy a global paradigm?, Ms. Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Mr. D Raja, Member of Parliament, Communist Part of India, Mr. Deepender Singh Hooda, Member of Parliament, Indian National Congress (INC) and Mr. Sambit Patel, Spokesperson BJP, participated in the dabate and mentioned the need of a vocal and expressive democracy, in which all different parties should work as a group for the development of nation. Need of Social, Economic and Political justice and following a humanitarian approach towards citizens of India is also need for the development of all classes of society in India.
Post lunch session was based on the theme of New Age Entrepreneurship and Emerging Markets. This session was chaired by Mr. Uday Kotak, Executive Vice, Chairman & Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Private Limited in conversation, with Prof. Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School. Prof. Khanna mentioned key points for entrepreneurial concern, mainly as establishment of Indian brands globally, Intellectual Property Rights, evolving digital ecosystem and availability of venture capitalist. He also raised the need of change in the existing education system in India. Two major challenges for developing India are creation of jobs and development of Incubation centers.
Next session was on Future of Globalisation: Can India lead: Media Leaders Perspective. In this session, the role of media as a source of information and opinion, a watchdog, and a connector was discussed. Need of open and articulate media, its capacity to reengineer the forces of globalization was discussed by Mr. T N Ninan, Chairman and Editorial Director, Business Standard, Mr. Karan Thapar, Author & Columnist and Mr. Shekhar Gupta, Former Vice Chairman of the India Today Group.
Valedictory Session was graced by the presence of Mr. Anand Sharma, Deputy Leader of Congress Parliamentary Party (RS).
17-04-17
Dr Abhinav. P. Tripathi participation at FDP on Structural equation modeling (SEM) at BIT, Noida Campus.
From April 13th, 2017 to April 17th, 2017, a F.D.P on Structural equation modeling (SEM) was organized at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi(Noida Campus).
This F.D.P was devised to create a platform for discussion on the problem that a researcher may face during the application of Structural equation modeling (SEM). The F.D.P had also allowed the participants to discuss the current and contemporary issues with senior research community and academicians from different states of the country. The F.D.P was delivered by Dr. Neeraj Kaushik , who is one of the very known authority on different methods of Structural equation modeling (SEM).
25-03-17
Key Note Speaker & Session Chair by Dr. Anusha in 20th International Conference at Jaipur.
Dr Anusha Agarwal had the honour of delivering the Key Note Address on “Innovation in Banking Sector in India” & Chairing a Session in the International Conference on “Sustainable Growth, Innovation & Revolution in the New Millennium” during March 25-26, 2017.
The Conference was organized by Research Development Association in collaboration with Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce & Industry and In association with Jaipur Management Association.
Session was related to Research Paper and Case study competition.
The Conference had witnessed the participation of leading researchers from renowned universities and institutions all over the country who had shared their valuable research during the conference. 20 Research papers & Case Studies were presented by Research Scholars, & Faculty members in the track on “Sustainability, Innovation & Revolution in Accounting, Banking & Finance”. Best paper was awarded in each track.
The Session Chair was presented with memento at the end.
23-03-17
Dr D K Pandey and Dr Charu Chaudhry participated in 3rd Edition of AIMA’s National Leadership Conclave (NLC).
The Conclave theme addressed a much contented issue across the world: “The New World Order: Will Asia Dominate the Next 10 years?” The conclave was chaired by Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. Some of the prominent speakers who addressed the gathering were:
M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, Information and Broadcasting, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State of Civil Aviation, Government of India, HarshavardhanNeotia, Vice President, AIMA & Chairman, AmbujaNeotia Group, Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd, T V Mohandas Pai, Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairperson, Manipal Global Education Services, Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, R C Bhargava, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, T V Narendran, Managing Director- Tata Steel India and South East Asia, Pramod Bhasin, Founder, Genpact and Chairman, The Skills Academy, Pranjal Sharma, Host - The Appointment, Zee Network, Vipul Parekh, Co-Founder, Big Basket, Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, OYO Room, Pranav Pai Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, 3one4 Capital Vanitha Narayanan, Chairman, IBM India Private Limited, Manish Singhal, Founding Partner, Pi Venture, D Shivakumar Chairman & CEO – India Region, PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd , Pulak Ghosh Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Infosys Chair Professor, Presidency University, Kolkata Senior Fellow, Niti Aayog, Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, Vir Sanghvi, Print and Television Journalist & Columnist, UstadAmjad Ali Khan, Sarod Virtuoso & Composer, Amaan Ali Bangash, Sarod Master & Composer, Ayaan Ali Bangash, Sarod Master & Composer, Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Government of India, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Government of India, among others.
First plenary session of day 1 highlighted the role of Government and Business. The day 1 proceedings included aPanel Discussionon: Starting Up India: Are Start-ups the Answer to India’s Economic Challenges? Also, a session on “Rise of the Machines: Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Automation on the Business” explored the scope of AI in business in near future. Strategies for a Data Economy were also discussed.
Day 2 began with an interesting theme -India in Asia: Is Soft Power Enough? A session “Plucking the Right Strings: Leading through Music “which kept the focus on whether business leaders can learn a lot about leadership from music and improve their performance by infusing elements of music in their thinking.
Eminent speakers, interesting & thoughtful discussions interspersed with relevant facts and deep debate on future of India across multiple dimensions made this summit a highly learning oriented & useful summit for all delegates.