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 Supply Chain Management, E- Business, Process Excellence, Optimization and Operations 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 “An Empirical Framework on Supply Chain Performance Evaluation of Dairy and Milk Products”. Total 142 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 Prof. (Dr.) Somnath Ghosh (Chair of Center of Excellence in Sustainable Development- IIM Kashipur), Dr. Vishal Gupta (Associate Professor- University of Mississippi), Prof. (Dr.) Gautam Sinha (Founding Director- IIM Kashipur) and Prof. (Dr.) K. N. Badhani (Dean Academics- IIM Kashipur).

This three day International Conference was organized by Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur.

The session had witnessed the participation of 40+ 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 IoT devices in MANETs, Vehicular Ad hoc Networks & FANETs, IoT based Routing Protocols RPL and its empirical research issues was presented. In addition to this, Introduction of Cisco Packet Tracer, NetSim, its Importance, types of Network Simulators, Requirements and simulation of IoT devices were also explained through demonstration using Cisco products.

This event was held in New Delhi on May 4, 2018, which was hosted by India's leading CEOs, CTOs, CHROs and business leaders.

The event was started with a CEO power breakfast, anchored by Gautam Sinha, CEO, Times Internet power Limited. He discussed about ‘The Evolution of Work: New Realities Facing Today’s Leaders’. In this event, Bhavdeep Singh, CEO, Fortis, Suman Reddy Eadunuri, MD & Country Head, Pegasystems, Pankaj Dubey, CEO & Director, Polaris, Rahul Parikh, CEO, Bajaj Capital, Akhil Bansal, Deputy CEO India, KPMG, Paul Dupuis, MD & CEO, Randstad were present.

The highlight of the morning was an exclusive video message by Art of Living’s Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who has introduced the conclave concept to the audience. After that, spiritual session by Sister Shivani from the Brahma Kumaris foundation who guided the audience about the importance of mental well-being in a tech-driven world

Thereafter, the day was comprised of four subsequent panel discussions featuring human resources leaders from companies like Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Welspun, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, Grey Orange, Raymond Ltd, Idea Cellular, Unisys, Uber, Dell, Mahindra Defence Systems Ltd, Biocon, Microsoft, Mastercard, Coca Cola, Cargill India, Coursera, Ipsaa Day-Care, XOXO Day and IKEA India among others. These leaders threw light on the tech interventions happening in their companies and industries at large.

One session worth watching in the afternoon was a robot showcase by Mitra Robot who will conduct a humour session. There were two exclusive CTO roundtable discussions, where technology heads from India’s top companies joined in for an impromptu debate on how to collaborate men and machines and take businesses further.The day was marked by networking opportunities with all delegates and speakers and conclude with ‘JobBuzz New-Age Workplace Awards’.

It was overall good learning experience.

The program began with the welcome address by Dr. K.M. Chacko, Director, Sriram Institute for Industrial Research.

The Chief Guest and Core speaker of the Program was Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of revolutionary carbon recycling company, LanzaTech, USA. Her lecture emphasized on understanding the waste carbon better. She focused on minimizing the environmental hazards and degradation due to carbon waste. Her deliberations highlighted the research in the areas of generating Energy, Fuel and chemical with the methods which are carbon free. She also highlighted the methods of converting carbon to products and not pollution.

Other dignitaries present were Padmabhushan Dr. Manju Sharma, Shri Tilak Dhar and Shri Anil Gujral.

The visit concluded with the distribution of snacks packets to all the students and a heartfelt good bye to organizers.

The objective of this FDP was to explore legal issues related to cyber-crime and computer forensic, including constitutional rights and legislation, right of privacy, and methods involved in creating legislation concerning cybercrime. The FDP also discussed about procedures for conducting a computer forensics investigation across a variety of software. The resource persons to conduct the program were experts from industry and academia with excellent track record of accomplishment in technical education, research and out-reach. Overall the FDP was a new learning for all the participants

The welcome address of the conference was given by Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman CII.

Dr. M S Sahoo, Guest of Honour provided the details of progress achieved by NCLT, after being operational. He mentioned that Tribunals and Judiciary play a crucial role in implementation of IBBI practices. He also mentioned that IBBI is for rescuing the failing organizations.

Mr. Injeti Srinivas, Chief Guest of the Conference, assured that IBBI machinery is in place and it seeks for optimum utilization of resources by corporate.

Mr. Sanjay Gupta, President Institute of Cost Accountants of India, emphasized on more serious valuation and CAPEX Assessment. He also raised the need for more ethical environment for valuation.

First Interactive session was moderated by Mr. Bahram N Vakil and the panel comprised of KR Saji Kumar, ED, IBBI, Pallav Mahapatra, Deputy Managing Director, SARG, SBI and other panelists spoke on issues like, role of states, Classification of Creditors and responsibilities of Resolution professionals.

Second Session was Moderated by Mr. Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The panelists provide the details of selection procedure of Insolvency Professionals, teaching, training and execution of updated curriculum to develop competent Insolvency Professionals.

Third Session was moderated by Shailendra Singh and the panelists discussed the global practices followed at world wide level.

The event ended with the valedictory session. It was a great learning experience for the participants.

Five concurrent sessions happened during the entire day Conference. Management session was chaired by Dr. Santosh Rangnekar, Professor, IIT Roorkee, Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dean- Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research and Dr. D. K. Mandal, Professor, SVVV, Indore.

The paper got published in book titled “DIVERSE, DIVERGENT AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH - Contemporary Issues” published by Excel Publications, New Delhi with ISBN Number 978-93-86724-67-0.

The conference was a good learning experience and was focused on Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development.

Five concurrent sessions happened during the entire day Conference. Management session was chaired by Dr. Santosh Rangnekar, Professor, IIT Roorkee, Dr. Santosh Dhar, Dean- Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research and Dr. D. K. Mandal, Professor, SVVV, Indore.

The paper got published in book titled “DIVERSE, DIVERGENT AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH - Contemporary Issues” published by Excel Publications, New Delhi with ISBN Number 978-93-86724-67-0.

The conference was a good learning experience and was focused on Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development.