The inaugural ceremony was graced by dignitaries including

·         Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S.  The Education Group; 

·         Honorable Chief Guest, Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, New Delhi;

·         Guests of Honour, Prof. S. K. Kak, Former Vice Chancellor, Mahamaya Technical University (Now AKTU) Lucknow and CCS University, Meerut

·         Guests of Honour, Dr. Manoranjan Sharma, Chief Economist, Informatics Rating, New Delhi.

The ceremonial lamp lighting and Saraswati Vandana was followed by the welcome address by Dr. V. N. Bajpai, Director. He formally welcomed all the dignitaries and participants from various institutes and elaborated on the focal theme of the conference.

Shri Arpit Chadha described the importance of the topic in the current scenario. He encouraged the students to listen actively to the assembled guests.

Dr. Manoj K. Jha, Conference Convenor, briefed about the objectives and shared the overview of the two day conference.

During the ceremony, the commemorative journal of the conference was released by the Chief Guest and  Dignitaries.

Shri Harivansh Narayan Singh spoke about living in an age of rapid technological evolution with AI, ML, Cloud Computing and Data Analytics affecting almost every field.

Prof S. K. Kak, provided food for thought on the conference theme, advising participants to evaluate whether disruption is due to Data Analytics and Digitalization, and whether these two are the solutions for the disruption.

Dr. Manoranjan Sharma commended India’s financial and banking sector for embracing digitalization and technology. He also quoted Indians as being resilient for fighting back through difficult times and motivated participants towards a brighter future.

The session concluded with mementos being presented to all the distinguished guests as a token of appreciation. 

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The purpose of the lab is to impart communication skills in a more practical way to the participants. In the same series of activities of Communication Lab (The Speakers Forum), organized “PARICHARCHA- 2022” The Student Led Panel Discussion for PGDM batch 2021-23 on 19th April, 2022.

The aim of the discussion is to spark conversation between a group of experts from business, politics and thought leaders. The objective of the activity was to make participants enhance their conversational skills and to make them socially aware about the current affairs of the world. In total 10 groups participated and presented their views in form of panel discussion on different topics like Union Budget-2022, Future of E- Vehicles, Privatisation in PSU, Impact of Ukraine and Russian war on Indian economy, Crypto currency, Evolution of Digital India, Sri Lanka Crisis, Green Marketing, New Education Policy, Bio war and Bio weapon..

Each group has to appoint a moderator, news reporter along with a team of panelist from different sections of the society. All the students represented well with a tinge of humor and entertainment. The discussions were further sparked with the firing questions from the audience and the news reporters being appointed by the group. The other interesting element of the activity was that it gave opportunity to the students to experience the hybrid corporate culture, by providing the option of online participation to two participants only in group. This practice gave students a platform to understand the hybrid style of working and be more competent with virtual communication and net etiquettes.

It was indeed an interactive session. Everyone enjoyed it and appreciated the activities of Communication Lab as it helped the students to gain confidence and improvise their oratory skills.

All the winners were rewarded with Trophies, Individual medals and Certificate of Appreciation by Director- Dr. V.N Bajpai, PGP Chairperson- Dr. Anusha Agarwal, Prof. Yachna Malhotra and esteemed judges- Prof. Mayank Sharma and Prof. Shilpi Rana.

The Winners of the activity were

·         Best Moderator-  Sakshi Srivastava

·         Best News Reporter- Sneha Ojha

·         Panelist No 1-  Shivani Sharma

·         Panelist No 2- Nandini Adatia

·         Panelist No 3- Utkarsh Sharma

·         First Best Group Panel Discussion- Group- 6

·         Second Best Group Panel Discussion Group- Group- 7

The top performers of all the three trimester of Communication Lab were also rewarded at the end of the program.

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The event inaugurated at 6.00 PM with lightening the lamp by Prof Anusha Agarwal, Prof Satish Kumar, Prof Ritika Rathore, and Prof Vikas Kumar. Dr. Anusha Agarwal interacted with students and encourages them to take part in the event.

No event should be started without seeking blessings of Maa Saraswati, The Goddess of Wisdom. Maa Sarawati Vandana was performed by Ms. Rupali. An outstanding dance performance by Ms. Beshnabi Behara followed by a singing performance by Mr. Harsh took the event to the next level thereafter a beautiful song was sung by Mrs. Kesh Bala for the final year students. Some fun activities like question and answer rounds, Dumb Charades were also played by the students in between. Mr. Zafar, Mr. Shubham Agarwal and Ms. Komal Keshari sung some beautiful songs for audience. Mr. Anuj Kumar Srivastava did a standup comedy and entertained the audience. Students participated in the event with zeal and enthusiasm. The event was hosted by Ms. Luxmi and Ms. Vanshika brilliantly.

The event concluded with the announcement of winners of different activities. Prizes were distributed to the winners of both boys and girls in the categories of best dancer and best singer. Mr. Hosteller and Ms. Hosteller award was given to Ms. Ragini Kumari and Mr. Anuj Kumar Srivastava. A DJ system was also arranged for students in the lawn where boys and girls groove to their favorite songs played by DJ.

A special dinner was also served to the students in the lawn in front of ‘Dronacharya Auditorium’ on this occasion. This was an amazing and enjoyable event. These types of activities keep the students active and strengthen the bond among them. 

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The program commenced with ceremonial lamp lighting and Saraswati Vandana.

Director, Dr. V N Bajpai congratulated all excellence awardees on their achievements and blessed all the outgoing students. He advised them to always see themselves as good ambassadors of the Institute and to keep on strengthening the relationship with their Alma mater.

I.T.S Excellence awards were awarded under category of Academic Excellence, Best Leadership, Star Performer, Best Club & Club Member of the batch.  The event witnessed enthusiastic performances from 2021-23 batch. Solo & Group dances, fashion show, surprise games were spectacular and simply mesmerized the audience. Mr. Pranjal Mehrotra and Ms. Tanya Dubey were crowned as Mr. & Ms. Farewell, while Mr. Kushagra Dwivedi & Ms. Koushiki Basu bagged the title of Mr. & Ms. Popular respectively.

Juniors held the audience with their heart throbbing performances. A number of fun filled games were conducted in which the audience participated with full zeal and excitement. Students had mixed emotions as they were leaving Institute and their friends but on the other hand were also excited about as to what future holds for them. Dr. Anusha Agarwal, Chairperson PGDM congratulated them and expressed her desire to see them distinguish themselves across various careers and fields.

At the end, students were all geared to rock the dance floor. With dancing shoes put on, all the students enjoyed the DJ night, specially organized for the seniors by the juniors.

The farewell was a grand success with glitz, glamour and emotions all around.

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The show was hosted by leading news anchor Ms. Anjana Om Kashyap. The students participated in two debates which involved leading politicians from various political parties and social workers.

The first debate was on “Implementation of Meat ban and Azaan on loudspeaker”. This issue was discussed by Mr. Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson Bhartiya Janta Party, Mr. Sangeet Raagi Political Analyst, Acharya Pramod, Indian National Congress and Maulana Ansar Raza, Chairman Gareebnawaz Foundation. The heated discussion involved some issues of Muslim women education,Hijab controversy and the Muslim appeasement.

The second debate was on the issue of “Issue of increasing prices of Oil and essential goods. The discussion has view points from Sayyed Zafar Islam, National Spokesperson BJP, Mr. Gaurav Vallabh, Congress, Mr. Dinesh Varshney, CPI and Mr. SiddharthZarabi,ManagingEditor, Business Today.  All the participants presented their opinions on rowing inflation and reduced GDP growth rate.

The students were given opportunities to ask questions from the esteemed dignitaries. They raised questions on job security, the relevance of Hindu Muslim issue and the growing concerns of petrol prices.

Overall, it was a wonderful experience as the students got a chance to be a part of the live show. They were served refreshments at the end.

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The volunteers for the day were Sagar, Akash, Amit, Anubhav, Sourav, Baishnabi, Neha, and Abhijeet.

The first session of the day was conducted by Sourav as he involved the students in an exercise on multiplication. The students were called to the board to complete the tasks. With practiced ease, the children completed the assigned sums in a jiffy; those who performed well were presented with toffees.

The second half of the day’s session was carried out by Neha as she narrated a story. The moral of the story was based on the truism Unity is Strength. One of the volunteers Baishnabi had her birthday on the day; so she had brought along pens for the learners, which were then distributed by the volunteers.

With the day drawing to a close, Bikano Namkeen and Melody toffees were distributed among the kids before they proceeded homeward. Prof. Lokesh Upreti planned all the sessions. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma guided and motivated the students in the performance of the various tasks.

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Mr. Piyush Agarwal is a Cloud Leader and Architect with 10 years of experience in the field

Of Information Technology. In i2k2, He is responsible for overall AWS Cloud operations from Consultancy, New Deployment, migrations, Operations and Managed services.

The  Session started with Cloud Computing’s importance , roles and opportunities at different platforms. The Participants were also deliberated with the importance of Cloud Computing and its future prospects in Business Management. Also, the speaker had explained every component of cloud computing with real life and industry instances, For instance, speaker has explained - Types of cloud computing services with an easy example of pizza as a service.

He also shared the various measures about cloud computing and how cloud secure the data of individual or company. He also emphasized on what the use of API in cloud computing. Mr. Piyush Agrawal gave a very motivating, inspiring session where he gave important and valuable lessons to the students.

Overall session was full of motivation, interactive and students raised many questions. A virtual plaque was presented at the end of the session as a token of gratitude to Mr. Piyush Agrawal.

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The Guest Speaker of the session was Mr. Arup Vithal, VP- Digital & Analytics Business Lifescience & Healthcare HCL Technologies Texas, USA.

Mr. Arup started his session by understanding what the students have learnt from the past two years where the world witnessed three Covid waves.

Mr. Arup explained how the business environment has changed since the time pandemic has hit the world. The needs and expectations of the customers have evolved and the concept of Work from Home has thrown a new set of challenges both for the employer as well as the employees. He further pointed out that how post covid scenario has made the use of technology more intrinsic. The students raise queries about the changing roles and positions in Corporates and also how what shall be the role of the Indian Companies in such a scenario.

Overall, the talk was very insightful. A virtual plaque was presented at the end of the session as a token of gratitude to Mr. Arup.

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The aim of the activity was to enhance the skills, knowledge, and confidence of the children. Drawing competition was conducted for the students of 1st to 4th standard where they drew the Indian Flag as instructed by the student volunteers of PGDM batch (2019-21) and for the students of class 5th to 8th, Computer Lab activity was conducted where the students were taught basics of Microsoft Word i.e., text formatting, text correction, etc.

Faculty Coordinators, Prof. Nitin Saxena and Prof. Shilpi Rana started the activity by addressing the students and motivating them for upcoming club activities.

Stationery goodies were distributed among the children and winners of the Drawing competition were awarded exciting gifts. They seemed to be quite enthusiastic after visiting the Computer lab.

Students were given refreshments at the end of the session.

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The inaugural session was graced by Shri Narayan Tatu Rane, Honourable Union Minister for MSMEs, Govt. of India as the Chief Guest, with the Honourable Minister of State, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, attending as the Guest of Honour. Among the foreign dignitaries present on the occasion were Dr Gholamhossein Hosseinina, Honourable Deputy Minister of Cooperative, Labour and Social Welfare, Iran and Dr Ali Chhegni, Ambassador of Iran.

Dr Sumit Shukla, Director General EDII, welcomed all to the summit and highlighted why MSMEs matter on a global scale for the economic development of peoples and regions. Sh. Narayan Rane stressed on the important role MSMEs are playing in the economic growth of India, while Sh. Bhanu Prasad Singh Verma spoke of the steps taken by the present government towards the development of this sector. Dr Hosseinina in his address pointed out to the similarities in the MSME story in India and Iran; Dr Chhegni referred to the historical linkages between the two civilisations in India and Iran, and how it was significant for the economic development of both nations. Dr Amit Dwivedi, Summit in Charge, laid down the plan for the interactions at the summit over the coming two days, before Smt. Mercy Epao, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India offered the Vote of Thanks for the inaugural session.

The format of the summit consisted of an interesting mix of invited talks as well as panel discussions on wide ranging topics. The invited talks featured entrepreneurs – many of them from different parts of the globe – speaking about their individual experiences and how it helped them in their growing their respective businesses. Several of them offered their viewpoints on the experience of the MSME sector and how it could pan out going forward. Among the panel discussions, which included dignitaries, experienced practitioners as well as academics and researchers, the diverse issues covered included role of conducive policies and non-financial business development services in MSME competitiveness; MSME challenges and opportunities in the era of Covid 19 pandemic and the role of incubation/acceleration in MSME growth; how MSMEs can work in consortia to achieve sustainability; and people, planet and profit in the light of development of the MSME sector.

All the sessions were highly interactive and rich in content as the assembled audience joined in with their own myriad experiences and insights on the issues at hand. The summit was a very well managed exercise as all participants came away with a lot of food for thought for further deliberations.

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The event was graced by Prof. Dr. Firdos T Shroff, Dr. Mala Dasgupta, Ts.Dr. Aslina Baharum, Prof. Dr. Kinjal H Shah.

The aim of this award ceremony was to provide the opportunity, to showcase leading Educationalist’s & their Organization’s ideas and Innovations,across discrete learning aspects.

“Asian Education Awards” was held to celebrate and recognize excellence in education,highlight positive impact of Teachers.

Process of selection was as under:

1.      Nomination

2.      Leadership & Personality Test

3.      Innovative practice in teaching Test

4.      Feedback from 2 persons from Academics

She  reciprocates with gratitude, towards our Institute and our entire Management of I.T.S, Mohan Nagar, GhaziabadChairman Sir, Vice Chairman Sir, Secretary Sir and Director PR Sir for their continued Support, Appreciation and Encouragement.

She extends sincere wishes to each Faculty Colleagues, for their support, whilst taking care of the designated responsibilities, together.

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The Competition was started with the welcome address of Dr. V.N. Bajpai, Director. In his address Dr. Vajpai emphasised on spirit participation rather than winning. He said that the motive of I.T.S behind the event is to motivate the students for more learning.

Dr. Nitin Saxena shared the journey of YTH-2022 with the participants. He also explained the rules and regulations of the final round. He shared that more than 1000 students from 30 + colleges from different parts of the country participated in the preliminary round of the competition which was started in January, 2022.

Out of these 1000+ participants, 178 were able to make their place in the final round. In finals two rounds were conducted for selecting the top 30 winners of the final round. Bhavin Patel from DSPSR,  Chirag Khandelwal from I.T.S Ghaziabad, Raghvendra Kumar Pandey from United College of Technology, Allahabad, Mansi Yadav from KIHEAT Delhi, Parishi Gupta from Aditi Mahavidyalay college Delhi were amongst the top 5 Winners.

Total 30 winners were awarded with Amazon Cash vouchers and Certificate of Appreciation at the end of the final round.

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The FDP had various eminent resource person through the span of entire week who talked about various aspects of advanced research methodology. Content analysis, hypothesis testing, pre-requisites for High quality publications, tools and techniques including Hands- on session on SPSS and R studio were some major topics taught during the program. The session during the week were well- planned and the content was also extremely useful for enhancing better research prospects. Some of the speakers included Prof. (Dr.) Ravi Kumar Jain, Professor &Director, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Hyderabad; Dr. Suvendu Kumar Pratihari, Asst. Professor, Birla Global University; Prof. (Dr.) Uma Sankar Mishra, Professor and Head Central University of Rajasthan; Dr. Siddharth Misra , Asst. Professor, Birla Global University; Dr. Biswajit Acharjya , Asst. Professor, Birla Global University and Dr. Pradipta Kumar Sanyal , Associate professor, Birla Global University.

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The volunteers for the day were Akash, Aryan, Tushar, Ishvi, Palak, Vidhu, Tisha, Apeksha, and Harshita.

Akash started the day with a storytelling session. The idea was that the story should have some moral lessons for the children in terms of their individual duties and overall conduct. The learners listened with rapt attention and enthusiastically participated in the discussion that followed.

The second part of the day’s activities comprised of a game where the kids had to carry a lemon balanced on a spoon while joining in a race against one another. As is usual at Parivartan, these kinds of games are more about learning and developing oneself, rather than simply being about enjoyment. Akash, Aryan, and Tushar coordinated the activity, with the 2 winners being presented with "Puzzle games" that facilitated their mental development.

The day’s events drew to a close with the distribution of Cremica biscuits and Melody toffees, before the children proceeded homeward. Prof. Lokesh Upreti planned and presided over the day’s session, while also guiding the volunteers in the performance of the various tasks. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma motivated the volunteers in the various tasks.

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The resource person for the entire faculty development programme was MS. Neha Maheshwari, The FDP course was of total 40 hours expanded over one week. The sessions were planned in morning and evening slots. The objective of the FDP was:

·         To develop skills to ask questions.

·         To Develop skills in listening actively and empathetically to others

·         To Learn what their non-verbal messages are convey others

·         To Enhance their ability to handle difficult situations

·         To Deal with situations assertively

·         To Identify common communication problems that may hold employees back

The resource person focused on developing assertive and persuasive communication and also highlighted the importance of such communication in the workplace. It also emphasized upon recognize different styles of communication and howto improve understanding and build rapport with others. The resource person also reflected on different methods of communication and how one can recognize and choose the best way/ method to go forward in communication. Importance of non- verbal communication was emphasized and effective message formulation was also explained in a very comprehensive manner.

The assessment of the workshop was based on daily post- session quizzes and assignments shared in Google classroom. Lastly, a case study-based project work was to be submitted for final evaluation. The workshop was very insightful and engaging.

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