The Seminar was jointly organized by IMA The Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business based in US, Wiley and Miles Education. The speaker for the session was Mr. Gary Cokins, an internationally recognized speaker and author in performance improvement systems and advanced cost management. Gary, a Cornell and Northwestern University Kellogg MBA, has been a CFO and consultant with Deloitte, KPMG, EDS, and SAS. The speaker discussed on the topic ‘Activity Based Costing’ detailing about how to manage the performance of an enterprise by adopting various techniques such as Analytical Based Techniques, Key Performance Indicators and applying Business Intelligence. He also elaborated on performance management of enterprise, risk management, strategy formulation and operational management accounting. He also highlighted the significance of more rapid decision making, customer value management, integration of departments and executive frustration with strategy failure. He also discussed the need of business analytics in today’s era which provides cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategy. He also briefed about Six Sigma, Lean Management and Value Stream Management.

Later the audience was briefed about Certified Management Accountant course which is a certificate course conducted by IMA (US) in partnership with Miles Education which is the official training partner and Wiley which is the official publisher for the course. The audience showed a keen interest not only in the topics covered but also in the course and raised several queries which were duly addressed by the speakers. The students and the faculty found the session a great learning experience.

The Chief Guest for the seminar was Shri Neeraj Singh, an eminent Social & Political Leader and Shri Anuj Sahai, Product Specialist in Axis Bank.The objective of this seminar was to elucidate the initiative that government has taken for empowering India.

India has fundamentally altered its development strategy and the economy of India is marked as the seventh-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity. With 1.2 billion people and the world’s one of the largest economy, India’s recent growth and development has been one of the most significant achievements of our times. The world is now looking at India with a renewed respect-as it is an emerging power in the world. India is often referred as the “sleeping giant”, and presently it holds the third largest market also in the world. Even after the continuous depression in the international economy the results are less appalling in India comparatively. More impressive is the positive transformation of the India’s working class group from low cost labor to brain power of highly skilled and educated people. This is a transformation that requires explanation.

Further, the session mainly focused upon the major issues like MAKE IN INDIA, START UP INDIA, Financial inclusion, FDI etc. The sub themes of this seminar were-

MAKE IN INDIA

Digital India

Skill India

Start up India

Stand up India

Smart Cities

Strong India for Secure India

Financial Inclusiveness and Risk Mitigation

Jan Dhan Yojna, Mudra Bank, Prime minister Insurance Yojna, Atal Pension Yojna, Direct Benefit Transfer, Krishi Bima Yojna.

This session was attended by MBA Students:

Akansha Saxena

Sher Singh Chouhan

Vimal Prakash Pandey

Prachi

In second technical session students Akansha Saxena and Vimal Prakash Pandey made a presentation on “COME, MAKE IN INDIA”.Akansha Saxena and Vimal Prakash Pandey were given certificate of paper presentation. Sher Singh Chouhan and Prachi were given participation certificates.

The session concluded with a vote of thanks. It has been a very effective learning platform for the students. They look forward to attending more such sessions.

The theme of SDP was ‘Service Orientation and Professional Excellence’. The resource persons for the SDP were Dr. Charu Chaudhary and Dr. Gopal Krishna Dwivedi.

The SDP was inaugurated by Dr. Devicharan Shetty, the Principal, who in his inaugural address pointed out the importance of the theme of SDP and asked the participants to remain interactive throughout all sessions of SDP. He said that an SDP on Service Orientation will be effective and fruitful only when we have an internal urge to serve people. He wished the participants a great learning and fun.

Soon after the inaugural addresses, the high energy SDP began. Dr. Charu took sessions on Service Orientation while Dr. Gopal elaborated the nuances of Professional Excellence. A variety of tools were used for the effective training and sharing the various aspects of the theme. Staff-members showed unprecedented interest in the tasks like chart preparations, role plays, sharing feedback as customer and as an official. Videos on Japanese Culture, innovative customer care and infections of anger and happiness not only attracted the participants but also generated a lot of learning out of discussions after the videos.

At the end of the SDP, the staff members shared their experiences and takeaways. Finally the SDP, packed with fun, learning and games concluded with the valedictory session.

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 E- Business, Process Excellence and Supply Chain 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 Review of Literature 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 Mr. Sanjiv Paul; MD, Tata Metaliks.

This three day international conference was organized by Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

The conference theme addressed the issues and challenges before the business world in the ever evolving area of marketing. It highlighted the technological changes happening and concluded that the need of the hour is to embrace digital technology alongside of doing business the traditional way.

The Inaugural session commenced with lamp lighting, followed by a welcome address by Dr. P.K.Khurana, Principal SBSC. Mr. Manish Sisodia Deputy Chief Minister,Govt of NCT of Delhiwas the Chief Guest and Dr Abhishek Gupta, Chairman Governing Body along with Dr Kavita Sharma, Head-Department of commerce, University of Delhi, were the Guest of Honor. The Inaugural Session ended with a vote of thanks by Dr. Anil Sardana,Organising Secretary, SBSC.

The key note address was given by Mr Vijay Rai, President and CEO,Powerconand Mr Pankaj Dubey, Managing Director & Country Head Polaris India Private Limited. The speakers emphasised that present day era is that of “Experience” and companies should move one step ahead in delivering an extraordinary experience to customers across all touchpoints.

The next course of the conference was divided into three technical sessions. During the first session, distinguished speakers from the Industry discussed on Marketing in Transition:Evolving Competitive Dynamics. The session was chaired by Prof Harsh Verma, Faculty of ManagementStudies, University Of Delhi. The technical session II was on “Marketing in Action: Strategy Tools and Value” which was chaired by Prof Kavita Sharma, Head-Department of commerce, University Of Delhi. The technical session III was on “Legal, Ethical and Environmental Concerns in Marketing “This session was chaired by Prof MuneeshKumar, Dean Faculty of Commerce and Head-Department of Financial Studies, University Of Delhi.

The seminar attempted to arrive at a course of actionable points that accurately described the path to follow and how to meet the challenges.The conference was well received by the participants.

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.

40 Research papers & Case Studies were presented by Research Scholars, Students & Faculty members in this track of presentation. Best two papers were awarded in each category. The session chairs were presented with memento at the end.

Dataquest T-School Conference & Awards is an annual gathering of top technology schools in India, a first of its kind event bringing together IT and Business decision makers of T-Schools under one roof to discuss how technology is aiding education and empowering IT companies around the globe.

The conference covers technology, skill development and future of education specific to technology schools and the awards ceremony recognizes excellence amongst technology schools on various parameters including placements, infrastructure, alumni, industry interface, HR scores, academic environment and more.

The Conference started with the registration of all the delegates and guests. Mr. Pradeep Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia delivered the welcome note and said that this conference covers technology, skill development and future of education specific to technology schools. He welcomed all the guests and delegates who had came from various parts of country.

In his address, Mr. Saket Mookerjee, AVP Research and Consulting, CyberMedia Research briefed about the DQ-CMRT-School Survey through his detailed presentation.

Mr. Shantanu Prakash, Chairman & Managing Director, Educomp Solutions, Opening Keynote Speaker discussed about the motive of the conference and how technology is changing education and empowering IT companies around the globe.

Dr. R. Shivaraman, Director (Research), Accendere, keynote speaker talked about the Research, its potential and misconceptions.

Dr. Sandhya Chintala: VP & Executive Director, IT – ITeS Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM as one of the speakers talked about various projects in detail. She also discussed about the concept Green jobs. She said that we all have to come forward to make change and be part of this process.

Chief Guest, Shri Manish Sisodia, Hon'ble Dy Chief Minister and Education Minister, Govt. of Delhi while his address said that we should try to change the scenario of the education from schools and Industrialists should come forward to make this change happen. He also addressed all the queries of the delegates in the session.

There was also the award ceremony titled DQ T-School Awards-2015 where awardees were felicitated under various categories.

After Award ceremony there was a panel discussions based on the theme “Re-skilling India”with different panelists, Prof Pankaj Jalote, Director Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, Mrs. Tejshree Abhay, Member- Governing Council, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai and Dr. B. V. Babu, Vice Chancellor, Galgotias University, Greater Noida.After Lunch break Panel-II was scheduled based on the theme “The Future of Technology in Education” which had panelists like Brig ( R ) Dr S K Lahiri, Director, Army Institute of Technology, Pune, Vikram Saluja, Head IP, Huawei, Prof. Vasudeva Varma, Dean (R&D), IIIT, Hyderabad, Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Choudhary and Director, Asia pacific Institute Of Information Technology SD India, Panipat.

The Conference was followed by Hi-Tea. It was really a wonderful experience to be at Dataquest T-Conference at India Habitat Center.

Session was inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr Ali Illiassou (Ambassador of Ambassy of Republic Niger) with Ms Jyotsna Sitling (Director General, NIESBUD) and Mr MMP Akhouri (Former Executive Director, NIESBUD).

It was followed by Research Paper presentations in first session. The session theme was Socio Economic Transformation through Entrepreneurial Education. Prof Lalit presented his paper titled “Building Entrepreneurship Through Business Education”. This session was chaired by Dr Rajeev Thakur (Director, Jaipuria Inst Of Mgmt, Noida). Second session was started with paper presentations on Women Empowerment through Entrpreneurship which was chaired by Dr Punam Sahgal (Dean, IIM Lucknow, Noida campus).

Second day was started with third session on paper presentations with theme Entrepreneurship Education as Completion of HRD Process. This session was chaired by Dr S.P. Mishra (Former VC, Dev Sanskriti University).

Fourth session was started with paper presentations on theme Role of Social Media in Promoting Entrepreneurship. This session was chaired by Mr Sandeep Marwah (Chairman, Marwah Studio, Noida). Fifth session was started with paper presentations on Global Policies and Innovation to Foster Skill Development. This session was chaired by Dr Jatinder Singh (Secretary, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi). Total 40 papers were presented in two days.

Conference was ended with valedictory address by Chief Guest Ms Stuti Kakkar (Ex Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs,, Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment). Prof. Lalit Kumar Sharma was awarded Best Paper Presenter Award at the end. Entire conference generated a lot of knowledge to all participants. More than 120 delegates were present from 27 countries in Summit.