This training was focused on the working of software for the digital evaluation system of AKTU Lucknow developed by IntelligiExam Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Bhushan Verma was the key resource person for the demonstration of this training programme. Mr. Verma demonstrated and discussed the latest updated version of software for the digital evaluation to the participants in interactive manner . At the end of training Mr. Verma handled the queries raised by participants of different colleges from Ghaziabad.

Definitely this training will help us to conduct digital evaluation assigned by the AKTU Lucknow smoothly

ICMC 2016 aimed at international relevance and encouraged case writers from all over the world to participate and share their experiences on a platform created for academicians, practitioners, consultants, research scholars and students of management studies. The event focussed on the central theme of “Case Development to Encourage Transformational Learning.”

Keynote speaker for the session was Trevor Williamson from The Case Centre. Trevor emphasized on the case teaching method as one of the important pedagogical tools in management teaching. He focussed on teaching through a process of transferring a case idea into a teaching case, a teaching note and a teaching plan.

The Conference has been a great platform to learn, share and connect with delegates from all over the world.

The objective of the event to discuss, deliberate and understand the success, challenges and future opportunities for young entrepreneurs for promoting quality Research, collaborations between Industry & academia to address the future needs & challenges.

The first edition of MeltingPot2020 Innovation Summit – the largest innovation focused conference in this part of the world was a resounding success. The 2-day summit saw the convergence of over 500 top minds from industry and academia representing over 1 Million researchers and students in their campuses on one hand and over 100 Billion USD of market capital in the companies that they represent on the other. The audience comprised Chancellors, Vice Chancellors and Research Heads from leading universities from India, Indonesia and the Middle East and CXOs and decision makers from organizations having a global footprint.

Over 45 top-notch speakers from Silicon Valley, Indonesia and India enthralled the audience and inspired them on the path of innovation. There were 15 knowledge rich sessions during the Summit featuring subject matter experts, entrepreneurs and innovators from India and abroad. The sessions focused on innovation in the field of emerging technologies like IoT, Big Data, Renewable Energy, Auto & Material Science, Payment and Financial Innovations; brought to the forefront innovations in Primary and Higher Education and showcased new thinkers and innovators in the field of education, sport and social activism.

This was an innovation led conference that brought together leading institutions, schools, corporations, Innovators and successful entrepreneurs, policy makers and education promotion societies to a single platform. This conference was an opportunity to meet and interact with Thought Leaders, Industry Leaders, CXO’s and eminent Academicians.

During 02-days event focused discussions on key research areas including "IoT, Data Science, Big Data, FinTech, EdTech, Healthcare, Renewable Energy, Automotive & Material Sciences" were discussed.

Thanks to my Institute for giving this opportunity to participate in Great experience to meet, interact with seasoned scientists, many Young & successful Entrepreneurs and speak in this event.

The theme of the conference centred on the changing dynamics of the recruitment industry and how the human resource professionals can implement the best practices in order to nail the very best of talent pool.

The two-day event witnessed presence of HR professionals, corporate leaders, recruiters, academicians, thought leaders and speakers specifically from the HR industry.

Inaugural session was presided over by Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) and managing directors. Speakers included MadhaviLall, Head HR, Deutsche Bank, PrithviShergill, CHRO, HCL Technologies, and Mr. SaugataMitra, Group Head, HR, Mother Dairy Pvt Ltd.

The introduction was followed by the first panel discussion of the day titled, “A Journey from Classroom to Boardroom”. Speakers and moderators of the session included Ms MadhaviLall of Deutsche Bank, Ms Neeti Sharma, Co-Founder Team Lease, Prof. Amit Mookerjee, Dean and Head, IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus, Dr. Jitendra Das, Director, Fore School of Management and Mr Rajeev Kumar, Global Head, Campus Hiring, Wipro Limited.

“Transforming HR for Strategic Talent Management” was the focus area of the second session. The session was presided over by leaders like Dr. Sandhya Chintala, VP NASSCOM and S Radha Chauhan, President and CEO, Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

Third session of the day, focused on the concept of “Onboarding andEngaging Talent in the Digital Age”. Speakers and moderators of the session comprised Mr PrithviShergill of HCL, Ms Pooja Malik, VP, HR, AnandAutomotives Ltd, Ms Kiran Singh, GM, Corporate HR, Mother Dairy, Mr. UnmeshPawar, Global HR MD, Accenture and Mr.Wallace Shah, Director and Country Head, Lausanne Hospitality Consulting.

On the second day, the following sessions took place - Panel Discussion on:‘How Technology is changing the Landscape of Talent Acquisition’. Moderator was Mr. SreekanthArimanithaya, Managing Director, CSC India & Global Lead- Workforce Management,CSC. Panelists were Mr. PremleshMachama – MD, Career Builder IMr. Prashant Bhatnagar – Senior Director, People & Culture, Hike Messenger Mr. M. V. S. Murthy – Chief – People Office, nFDIL (A Future Group Company) and Ms. RinkuKaul – Managing Director, Talent Supply Chain, Accenture. Second session was on ‘Emerging Trends in HR’chaired by Ms. Ester Martinez , CEO & Editor-in-Chief at People Matters.

Conference concluded with Panel Discussion& Closing Plenary on:

‘Empower HR through Apprenticeship’.

It was a good learning experience for the faculty members.

India “Telecom conference 2016” is India’s leading international ICT platform for the global community to connect, debate, network and share knowledge. India Telecom had jointly organized by the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & industry (FICCI), with support from several prominent industry associations.

To improve ease of doing business in India a Simplified Proforma for Incorporating a Company Electronically (SPICe) e-form is to be implemented by December this year. The main objective of launching this e-format was to provide speedy incorporation related services within a stipulated timeframe, in line with international best practices, said Mr. Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India.

As the Chairperson at the plenary session on ‘Ease-of-Doing Business: NexGen Reforms’ at the India Telecom 2016 organized by the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and FICCI, Mr. Abhishek said that the existing INC-29 was not being used; hence SPICe will be the sole, simplified and versatile form available for incorporation of a company in India. Mr. Abhishek said that India ranked 130th in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Business’ ranking, an improvement of one rank from the last year, which meant there was a long way to go. Hence the government was working towards dismantling complex processes to create a business-friendly climate in India.

Speaking about the recently released ease of doing ranking of the states, Mr. Abhishek said that a feedback mechanism would be included in the state rankings. The state ranking reflected that the Centre and state governments were working in tandem to improve the business climate in the country. Elaborating on the various initiatives undertaken by the government, Mr. Abhishek said that efforts were being made to reduce physical touch points between the government and private sector interactions with the use of technology to expedite the process of granting licenses and clearances.

The panelists at the session were Mr. P Balaji, Director – Regulatory, External Affairs & CSR, Vodafone India Ltd; Ms. Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director, Facebook -India, South & Central Asia; Ms. Chandrima Sinha, Vice President, Invest India; Ms. Swati Rangachari, Chief of Corporate Affairs, Sterlite Technologies Ltd.; Mr. R.K Upadhyay,Director, Virtual Network Operators Association of India (VNOAI); Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo, President, Indian Cellular Association and Mr. Vikram Tiwathia, Deputy Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India.

The session was moderated by Mr. Ashok Sud, Secretary General, Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI).

The two-day India Telecom concluded with an Open House Session, where Mr. J S Deepak, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India; Mr. N Sivasailam, Additional Secretary (T), Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, along with other senior DoT officials addressed the questions raised by delegates.

Overall it was a new learning experience for all of us.

The objective of this workshop was to provide a platform for experts from all over the country to explore the various technology involved to make successful the ‘Digital India Project’ which provides the intensified impetus for further momentum and progress for e-Governance and would promote inclusive growth that covers electronic services, products, devices and job opportunities.

The Seminar was inaugurated by Dr. B.S.Goel, Director, IPEM, Ghaziabad, Col. (Dr.) A.S. Malhotra, Director General, IPEM, Ghaziabad, Chief Guest, Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, CDOT,New Delhi, Mr. Vimal Wakhlu, Former CMD, TCIL, New Delhi ,Dr. R.P.S Tomar, Director, MCA Department and Dr. Sugandha Goel,Dean Academics.

After Inaugural Session there were two Technical sessions as mentioned below:

Technical Session-1

Topic : “Infrastructure as Utility to Every Citizen”

Speaker: Dr. Renu Budhiraja, Sr. Director Deity, New Delhi

While addressing the gathering Dr. Renu discussed on the vision of Digital India which aims to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. She said that the dream project of the Government of India will help in achieving the objectives of Education for all, information for all and medical facilities for all the citizens.

Topic 2: “Governance & Services on Demand”

Speaker : Dr.Vinay Thakur, Director, NeGD, Deity, New Delhi

Dr. Thakur said that 'Digital India' would seek to provide digital infrastructure as a utility for every citizen, e-Governance and e-Services on demand and facilitate digital empowerment of citizens, an official release said here. The digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen includes easy access to common service centre and "cradle-to -grave digital identity", e-Governance and e-Services on demand envisage electronic financial transactions and mobile platform based services, it said.

Topic 3: “Technology Challenges Safe & Secure Cyber -Space”

Speaker: Mr. G. Narendra Nath, DDG-Security, DoT, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi

While addressing the participants, Mr. Nath said that the world is experiencing an evolution of Smart Cities. These emerge from innovations in information technology that, while they create new economic and social opportunities, pose challenges to our security and expectations of privacy. Humans are already interconnected via smart phones and gadgets. Smart energy meters, security devices and smart appliances are being used in many cities. Homes, cars, public venues and other social systems are now on their path to the full connectivity known as the "Internet of Things." Standards are evolving for all of these potentially connected systems.

Technical Session-2

Topic 1 : “Digital Empowerment of Citizens”

Speaker: Mr. Sarad, Project Manager, WIPRO Technologies

Mr. Sharad discussed about the Digital Empowerment which aims to connect unreached and underserved communities of India in an effort to bring them out of digital darkness and empower them with information access through last mile connectivity, digital literacy and digital interventions. With the motto to ‘Inform, Communicate and Empower,’ DEF aims to find sustainable ICT solutions to overcome information poverty in remote and rural locations of India.

Topic 2 : “IT for jobs: Skills and Training that enable the youth to avail jobs in IT/ITes”

Speaker: Mr. Mansoorul Haque, Scientist, Ministry of Transport, NIC, New Delhi

While addressing the gathering Mr. Haque said that the Digital India also focuses on providing training to the youth in the skills required for availing employment opportunities in the IT/ITES sector. The target of this component is to train one crore students from smaller towns & villages for IT sector jobs over 5 years. DeitY is the nodal department for this scheme.

Topic 3 : “Digital Data Curation”

Speaker: Dr. T.V.Vijay Kumar, Professor, JNU, Delhi

While addressing the participants Dr. T.V.Vijay Kumar discussed about Digital curation and data preservation are ongoing processes, requiring considerable thought and the investment of adequate time and resources. You must be aware of, and undertake, actions to promote curation and preservation throughout the data lifecycle.

At the end of this one day Seminar, certificates were distributed among participants.

Overall it was a good and new learning experience about Technology Trends and various challenges in Digital India mission.

The objective of this workshop was to provide a platform for experts from all over the country to explore the various technology involved to make successful the ‘Digital India Project’ which provides the intensified impetus for further momentum and progress for e-Governance and would promote inclusive growth that covers electronic services, products, devices and job opportunities.

The Seminar was inaugurated by Dr. B.S.Goel, Director, IPEM, Ghaziabad, Col. (Dr.) A.S. Malhotra, Director General, IPEM, Ghaziabad, Chief Guest, Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, CDOT,New Delhi, Mr. Vimal Wakhlu, Former CMD, TCIL, New Delhi ,Dr. R.P.S Tomar, Director, MCA Department and Dr. Sugandha Goel,Dean Academics.

After Inaugural Session there were two Technical sessions as mentioned below:

Technical Session-1

Topic : “Infrastructure as Utility to Every Citizen”

Speaker: Dr. Renu Budhiraja, Sr. Director Deity, New Delhi

While addressing the gathering Dr. Renu discussed on the vision of Digital India which aims to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. She said that the dream project of the Government of India will help in achieving the objectives of Education for all, information for all and medical facilities for all the citizens.

Topic 2: “Governance & Services on Demand”

Speaker : Dr.Vinay Thakur, Director, NeGD, Deity, New Delhi

Dr. Thakur said that 'Digital India' would seek to provide digital infrastructure as a utility for every citizen, e-Governance and e-Services on demand and facilitate digital empowerment of citizens, an official release said here. The digital infrastructure as a utility to every citizen includes easy access to common service centre and "cradle-to -grave digital identity", e-Governance and e-Services on demand envisage electronic financial transactions and mobile platform based services, it said. .

Topic 3: “Technology Challenges Safe & Secure Cyber -Space”

Speaker: Mr. G. Narendra Nath, DDG-Security, DoT, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi

While addressing the participants, Mr. Nath said that the world is experiencing an evolution of Smart Cities. These emerge from innovations in information technology that, while they create new economic and social opportunities, pose challenges to our security and expectations of privacy. Humans are already interconnected via smart phones and gadgets. Smart energy meters, security devices and smart appliances are being used in many cities. Homes, cars, public venues and other social systems are now on their path to the full connectivity known as the "Internet of Things." Standards are evolving for all of these potentially connected systems.

Technical Session-2

Topic 1 : “Digital Empowerment of Citizens”

Speaker: Mr. Sarad, Project Manager, WIPRO Technologies

Mr. Sharad discussed about the Digital Empowerment which aims to connect unreached and underserved communities of India in an effort to bring them out of digital darkness and empower them with information access through last mile connectivity, digital literacy and digital interventions. With the motto to ‘Inform, Communicate and Empower,’ DEF aims to find sustainable ICT solutions to overcome information poverty in remote and rural locations of India.

Topic 2 : “IT for jobs: Skills and Training that enable the youth to avail jobs in IT/ITes”

Speaker: Mr. Mansoorul Haque, Scientist, Ministry of Transport, NIC, New Delhi

While addressing the gathering Mr. Haque said that the Digital India also focuses on providing training to the youth in the skills required for availing employment opportunities in the IT/ITES sector. The target of this component is to train one crore students from smaller towns & villages for IT sector jobs over 5 years. DeitY is the nodal department for this scheme.

Topic 3 : “Digital Data Curation”

Speaker: Dr. T.V.Vijay Kumar, Professor, JNU, Delhi

While addressing the participants Dr. T.V.Vijay Kumar discussed about Digital curation and data preservation are ongoing processes, requiring considerable thought and the investment of adequate time and resources. You must be aware of, and undertake, actions to promote curation and preservation throughout the data lifecycle.

At the end of this one day Seminar, certificates were distributed among participants.

Overall it was a good and new learning experience about Technology Trends and various challenges in Digital India mission.

The Seminar addressed the issues and challenges faced by the industry in the adoption of the new accounting standards along with the various aspects impacted by the changes in the other regulating Acts such as the Companies Act, 2013 and the Income Tax Act.

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. Jitendra Agarwal, Partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP; Mr. Amarjit Chopra, Chairman, Natioanl Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards; Mr. Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. Later there were three panel discussions. The First Panel Discussion was on ‘Indian Accounting Standards-Implementation Issues and the Way Forward’. The moderator for the panel was Dr. Sanjeev Singhal, Member, NACAS and Partner, S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP and the panelists were Mr. Vijay Kumar, Vice Chairman, Accounting Standards Board, ICAI and Chief Financial Officer, SIFY Technologies Ltd.; Mr. Vijay, Head Controllership and Reporting & Chief Risk Officer, Mindtree Limited and Mr. Sriram Ranganathan, Controller-Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting and Revenue, Wipro Limited.

The Second Panel discussion was on ‘Accounting and Reporting Challenges under the Companies Act, 2013’ which was moderated by Mr. Sunder V. Iyer, Partner-Audit & Assurance, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP and the panelists were Mr. Amit Jain, Managing Director, GTI Capital Group; Mr. Sriram G, Chief Financial Officer, Mahindra Comviva and Mr. Deepak Doegar, Regional General Manager, GE Power Generation Services-South Asia. The Third and the last Panel Discussion was on ‘Computation of MAT for IndAS Adopted Companies & Implementation Issue in Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS)’. The session was moderated by Mr. Rohinton Sidhwa, Partner-Tax, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP; Mr. Pallav Gupta, Head Taxation, ITC Limited and Mr. Rohit Gupta, Chief Financial Officer, NIIT Limited. There was special address by Mr. Rajesh Kumar Bhoot, Joint Secretary TPL-II, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

The faculty found the Seminar highly informative and useful.