Management faculty & students attended AIMA's 2nd National Leadership Conclave “Breaking Through: Making India a Creative Superpower” at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi
PGDM (2015-17) Batch students Shalvika Singh, Shashank Paliwal, ShwetaTyagi, Shwetank Srivastava, Anchal Grover, Ankit Sirohi, Sameer Mohd, Pawan Chauhan, Swati Sharma,Tusher Kaushik, Awanitka Chand along with faculty members Dr. D.K Pandey and Prof. Parul Gupta attended AIMA's 2nd National Leadership Conclave “Breaking Through: Making India a Creative Superpower” at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi on 3- 4 March, 2016
The conclave was organized by All India Management Association (AIMA). 

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This two day conclave was divided into multiple sessions which covered different dimensions related to the idea of making India a creative superpower.
Session 1 on Budgeting for Growth: Balancing Discipline and Stimulus
Panelists-
1. Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal (Senior Vice President, AIMA and Joint Managing Director, Hero Motocorp Ltd and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Pvt Ltd)
2. Mr. Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda- Indian Politician, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Biju Janata Dal
3. Mr. N.K. Singh (Former Member (Rajya Sabha), Economist and Senior Member, BJP)
The discussion in the session focused on budgetary measure to increase investment in India and on increased public spending without breaching its fiscal deficit target.
Session 2 on Make in India: Building for Long-Term Growth
Panelists
1. Mr. Rahul Bajaj (Chairman, Bajaj Auto Limited, India and Head, Bajaj Group)
2. Mr. R C Bhargava (Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Maruti Suzuki India Limited)
3. Mr. Amitabh Kant (Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Government of India)
This session focused on political and policy environment reforms for quick and easy implementation of infrastructure and industrial projects.
Session 3 on Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India
Speaker – Mr. Jairam Ramesh (Senior Leader, Indian National Congress, Member of Parliament
This session detailed on the efforts to change the way environment is viewed both by proponents of environmental security and those who prize economic growth at all costs.
Session 4 on Budget 2016: A Boost for the Economy
Speaker: Mr. Jayant Sinha (Minister of State for Finance, Government of India)
This Session analysed the budget 2016 in its implications for the poor section of the society.
Session 5: Talent Economy: Creating Global Knowledge & Skills Hub

Speakers:
1. Mr. S Ramadorai (Chairman, National Skill Development Agency & National Skill Development Corporation)
2. Mr. VineetNayar (Former CEO of HCL Technologies and Founder of Sampark Foundation)
3. Mr.VinaySheel Oberoi (Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development,Government of India)
In this session the speakers discussed on how India’s demographic dividend be turned into a key asset for durable growth.
Session 6 India Ventures: Becoming Entrepreneurial Nation
1. Mr. PatuKeswani (Chairman and Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd)
2. Mr. Rajesh Magow (Co-Founder & CEO – India, MakeMyTrip)
3. RaajaKanwar(Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Apollo International Limited)
This session focused on measures to promote entrepreneurial attitude and the leadership needs to facilitate an ecosystem for start-ups
Session 7 Energizing Growth: Powering Productivity
Speaker: Mr. Piyush Goyal
Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
The session focused on measures to provide uninterrupted power supply to cater to the increasing demand of growing India.
Session 8 “PaxIndica: Shaping a New World Order”
Speaker: Mr. Shashi Tharoor (Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee onExternal Affairs)
The speaker focused on how India can be a global creative superpower using the soft power it possesses.
Session 9: “Exponential Technology Advances, Disruptions of Industries, and Opportunities
for India”

Speakers
1. Mr. VivekWadhwa (Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Universityand Director of Research, CERC, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University)
2. Mr. CP Gurnani (CEO and the Managing Director of Tech Mahindra.)
Session 10 Indestructible Brands: Building Brands to Survive Disruption
1. Sam Balsara (Chairman and Managing Director of Madison World and Madison Communications)
2. D Shivakumar (Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd)
3. Santosh Desai (Managing Director & CEO of Futurebrands India LtdAuthor, Columnist, Social Commentator)