This one day Convention was organized under the aegis of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), MIC-MoE and MSME. The convention witnessed a huge participation from industry and academia along with the students.

The event began with the auspicious lamp lighting ceremony and invocation of Goddess Saraswati. The convention commenced with the enriching address by Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S - The Education Group. He warmly welcomed all the eminent speakers and shared his valuable insights on the emergent theme of the convention, its role and importance to the Indian economy and involvement of youth to drive it coming years. He emphasised participants to take maximum learning from the deliberations of all the experts and practitioners to be shared across various sessions.

Prof. (Dr.) V.N Bajpai, Director Management presented the welcome address where he introduced the theme of the convention and shared his viewpoints on the informal economy and its relevance in today’s scenario. Dr. Rajeev Johari, Convenor provided the overview of the convention and the program flow.

The Inaugural session was graced by Mr. Anil Patni, Team Leader EU Policy and Outreach Project (India & France) as Chief Guest, Mr. Rahul Sharma, Managing Director, APCO World Wide and Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Professor & Dean, Shiv Nadar University, Former Director and Chief Executive Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

Mr. Anil Patni, Team Leader EU Policy and Outreach Project (India & France), Chief Guest of the convention deliberated upon the importance of Informal Economy as being informal doesn’t means non-existent, and importantly it has a major part to play in GDP.

Mr. Rahul Sharma, Managing Director, APCO World Wide, as the keynote speaker expressed his thoughts over the emergent ‘Knowledge Economy’ giving its way to the gig economy wherein technology has proved to be the major enabler.

Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Professor & Dean, Shiv Nadar University, Former Director and Chief Executive Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), was the other keynote speaker who expressed concern over greater urbanisation and new characteristics of the city and its people who do not prefer to own assets.

The session was quite interactive as participants asked many relevant questions and the eminent speakers answered them to their satisfaction. At the end of the inaugural session, Dr. V.N Bajpai presented virtual plaques to all the honorable speakers as a token of remembrance and gratitude.

The first panel discussion involved Mr. S. K. Gautam, CEO, UDYAM; Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan , Former Additional Secretary NITI Ayog, New Delhi; Dr. Raj Agarwal, Professor and Director, CME-AIMA, New Delhi; Mr. Anand Mirani, Director & Lead Advisor, Simplus Exim & Corporate Advisory LLP;and Ms. Hanadi Khalife, Senior Director- IMA, Middle East, Africa & India Operations.

Mr SK Gautam initiated proceedings by speaking about “Informal Economy & Invisible Hand”. He shared data on the Indian government’s  contribution to the startup ecosystem, also taking time to stress upon women entrepreneurship and their contribution to Indian economy.

Dr Raj Agarwal emphasised upon the collaboration between academia and industry for promoting an environment of entrepreneurship. He also spoke about the culture of entrepreneurship during the course of the globalisation, privatisation and liberalisation process.

Mr. Anand Mirani started his deliberation with a story of ants and stressed upon becoming butterfly in the times to come. He hoped that students would take the chance to explore possibilities. He highlighted entrepreneurial attitude, adaptability to change and VUCA world through various examples.

Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan stressed on various features of the Atal innovation mission along with the demographic dividend being exploited by India. He shared examples and quotations of Steve Job, Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Swami Vivekananda to reinforce his concepts on innovations, creativity and entrepreneurship.

Panel Discussion 1 ended with the vote of thanks by Dr V.N. Bajpai and sharing of Plaque of Honor to all the panel members.

The second panel discussion included Mr Surendra Nath, IAS, Former Secretary, Govt. of India; Dr Vipin Kumar, Director and Chief Information Officer, National Innovation Foundation, DST, Govt. of India; Prof. Birendra Kumar, Dr Rajendra Prasad Agriculture Central University Bihar; Mr Ashwinder R. Singh, CEO, Bhartiya Urban; Dr Sanjeev Kumar Saxena, Assam University; and Mr Ankur Bisen, Senior Partner, Technopak Advisors.

Mr. Surendra Nath initiated the session by explaining the background of informal economy; how to increase the productivity of the informal economy; the working population of the country, core issues of employment & productivity; and how 40 crore people are engaged in different industries of which 20 crore in agriculture, 8 crore in construction, 5 crore in forestry, 4 crore in hotels, 2 crore in animal husbandry and 1 crore in handicrafts.

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Saxena discussed about the resilience of the hospitality industry in Covid-19, including how the industry coped with revenue downfall because of foreign restriction and lockdowns. He further discussed how they have planned the strategic approach during the pre and post pandemic era.

Mr. Ashwinder R Singh expressed his views about the role of technology in the real estate sector and how residential real estate has grown in the last couple of years during the pandemic. He further explained some of the challenges for the real estate industry, such as the low rental rates.

Mr. Vipin Kumar discussed about the startups in the services sector and how they have grown into unicorns in a very short time. He went on to talk about employment generation with startups and experimentations in the food industry.

Mr. Ankur Bisen highlighted the importance of the informal economy in pandemic and how society needs to invest more in defining the informal economy. He also addressed issues like quality of employment, human rights, lack of framework in informal economy and economic growth of India.

Panel Discussion II was then concluded with the presentation of a virtual plaque of honour as a token of gratitude.

Overall the various sessions of the convention were very lively and instructive for all present. Students gained a variety of insights which are expected to broaden there horizons while also apprising them about opportunities coming up in a growing job market.

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Spring is in the air and with some recent accomplishments by female personalities fresh in the mind, the time was just right for remembering the contributions of women to society and life in general.

The volunteers for the day were Manjeet, Ayushi, Manvi, Shailesh, Rima, Aryan, Rupali, Baisnabi, Abhijeet, Shradha, Shubham, Piyush, and Vikash.  

Ayushi began the proceedings for the day by reminding the children about the important role played by women in the present day and age. She was assisted by Manvi as they went about explaining why is not enough to indulge in lip service as far as the involvement of women at work and public life, in general, is concerned. Prof. Lokesh Upreti joined in and made the kids aware of how times have changed in this regard. He drew attention to the sea change that had taken place from females of previous generations to those of the present one. The little ones were told to wish their mothers and elder sisters back home on this occasion (8th March 2022) and to express gratefulness as well.

In the second part, Shailesh took a class on basic science where he touched upon concepts like the water cycle and photosynthesis. The learners were mostly familiar with these topics and were able to relate to the process of plants preparing their own food.

The day ended with the distribution of Britannia biscuits and Melody toffees before the children headed home. Prof. Upreti planned and presided over the day’s session, while also guiding the volunteers in the performance of the various tasks.

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It is used to check backlogs, roadmaps, reports, to integrations and add-ons you can plan, track, and manage all the agile software development projects from a single tool. To make students of MCA aware about this tool, on 1st March 2022 Department of IT, organized an online guest talk on “Hands-on on Project Management with Jira” for the students of MCA. Ms. Shweta Pandey, Analyst, Capgemini was the Guest speaker of this session. During the session she demonstrated the working of Jira and many of its features which are important in the development and monitoring of the Project. Students were very interactive and asked many queries related to Jira and Ms. Pandey very nicely took all the doubts of students by giving practical implementation using Jira. It was a new learning for all.

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The three-day workshop began with the inaugural session in the august presence of Dr. V.N. Bajapi, Dr. Anusha Agarwal - Chairperson PGDM Program and Prof. YachnaMalhotrain the Dronacharya Auditorium.

The trainers for the session were: Ms. ShilpiAgarwal, Ms. Aishwarya,

The training session focused on team building activities and personality development of the PGDM students. The trainers conducted some hand on activities with the students in order to enhance their self-confidence and overcome stage fear.The training sessions also covered essential interview skills like giving presentations, group discussions, mock interviews, email etiquette and many more.

The workshop witnessed huge enthusiasm from the students as they were seen being participative in all the sessions.

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Considering the concept of “SPORTS FOR ALL”, Utthan, A CSR initiative of Department of Management at I.T.S - Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad organised a "Sports Competition" for the Government School students of class 1st to 10th in the campus on 24th February, 2022.

This competition offered a break from the daily routine tasks and energised all the students. The race competition was categorised in 3 sections. Sack race was organised for class 1st to 3rd; Ball chasing race was organised for class 4th to 6th and Rope race competition was enthusiastically participated by students of class 7th to 9th. 

Faculty Coordinators, Dr. Nitin Saxena and Prof. Shilpi Rana started the activity by addressing the students and motivated them for upcoming club activities. Winners of the different race competition were awarded with exciting gifts. They seemed to be quite enthusiastic after visiting the campus since December, 2021 due to Pandemic restrictions.

Students were given refreshments at the end of the activity.

Ms. Neha introduced the concept of Design and how it is relevant for Customer experience. She further elaborated on the concept of “Augmented Reality” as to how it is enabling the User experience worldwide.

She gave numerous examples from global scenario indicating how technology is penetrating almost all the industries be it banking or aviation. Her simple examples brought clarity and simplicity to the session.

The session was highly informative and presented the students with a new insight to the concept of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. The Guest was presented with a virtual plaque as a token of gratitude and appreciation. Few questions were asked related to data security and privacy issues.

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The speaker for the session was Ms. Rashmi Yadav, Deputy Manager, Infoedge India Ltd. and Alumna of MBA 2015-17 Batch.  The session was organized for students of MBA 2020-22 Batch. The motive behind the session is to discuss the possible opportunities available in sales & distribution after MBA and to impart the key skills required to get the job in distribution segment.

The session was started with the welcome address by Dr. V.N. Bajpai, Director and welcome address by Dr. Nitin Saxena, Coordinator Alumni Committee. Ms. Rashmi started her talk with the introduction challenges in sales in different verticals and details of her job profile. She also discussed how she utilized the available resources at institute to sharpen her skills during her MBA program.

She discussed the challenges that students face in communication and the importance of communication in sales and distribution. In her discussion, she emphasized on the importance of classroom attendance during MBA courses as well as the role of summer internship during the second year of the course.

She shared that during her MBA participation in co- curricular activities helped her a lot in sharpening her communication and also helped her in grooming her personality. In her talk, Ms. Rashmi motivated the girl students for sales jobs and discussed that female candidates are very much successful in sales profiles.

She also shared her beautiful memories about I.T.S and she thanks I.T.S for the support provided during her 2 years program.

At the end of the session Dr. Nitin Saxena shared her views and common issues of MBA students while preparing for placement and presented a plaque as token of regards to  Ms. Rashmi on behalf of the institute.

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1. Prof. Vinay Nangia
Professor, Mentor , Guide for Education, Business and Start ups
IIT Roorkee, NSUT Delhi
 
2.  Dr. Anil Kumar Misra
Chief Human Resources Officer
JioMart - B2B Grocery, Reliance Retail
 
3.  Shri Gaurav Gupta
India Head of Human Resources
  
4.  Shri Shubham Tripathi
Senior HR Manager
Zee Media Corporation Limited
 
5.  Shri Samyak Jain
Founder & CEO
Myways.ai
6. Shri Narottam Sharma
Group Chief Information Officer
Mastek

Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S-The Education Group, in his message, expressed his happiness and appreciated the efforts of organizing team of this summit
Over 750+ participation from various institutes and universities all around the country attended this event.

The Virtual Business Summit had an enlightening Inaugural session followed by insightful panel discussions. All the renowned resource persons presented deep insights on the focal theme of “Resilience & Reinvention of Business in the GIG Economy”

Following renowned Experts deliberated on the given theme-

·         Mr. Venkatesh Mahadevan, Chief Information Officer, Dubai Investments, PJSC, Dubai, U.A.E 

·         Mr. Naresh Priyadarshi, CEO, IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center, IIIT Delhi -

·         Mr. Amit Kumar, CEO, OLX Auto, 

·         Mr. Anupam Saronwala, Advisor Mentor, Angel Investor, Former Country Leader, IBM Research

·         Ms. RashmiMansharamani, CHRO, Wave Group

·         Mr. Gursharan Rai Bansal, CGM & Chief Sales Marketing officer, India Post Payments Bank

·         Mr. Prashant Pal, CEO & Founder, Pure India Trust, Jaipur

·         Mr. Kaushal Mahtani, Senior Principal, Accenture Strategy

·         Ms. Lakshika Joshi, Global Lead IP Counsel & AVP Legal, Capgemini Engineering

·         Mr. Amit Katariya, Global CHRO, Hanu Software

The event commenced with the virtual invocation of Goddess Saraswati. The program commenced with the enriching address by Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S - The Education Group. Prof. (Dr.) V.N. Bajpai, Director- I.T.S Ghaziabad warmly welcomed all the eminent speakers and shared his valuable insights on the focal theme with the audience. An overview of the summit and introduction of the theme was given by Business Summit Convener, Dr. Anusha Agarwal.

The inaugural session was graced by honorable Chief Guest Mr. Venkatesh Mahadevan, Chief Information Officer, Dubai Investments, PJSC Dubai, U.A.E.He motivated the participants to embrace the practical knowledge and use their inquisitiveness for building agility and for betterment of their future.

Mr. Naresh Priyadarshi, CEO,IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center, IIIT Delhi distinguished Guest of Honor the day, described digital marketplace, listing platforms and asset sharing as the three pillars of GIG Economy and inspired participants to look for other options to become a disruptor themselves.

Mr. Amit Kumar, CEO,OLX Auto the keynote speaker of the inaugural session, delivered his keynote address highlighting the meaning of GIG economy as having virtual workers doing temporary jobs at their freedom. He also stressed that disruption is around the corner for most of the sectors and they need to embrace the change to be successful.

During the first Panel Session, Ms. Rashmi Mansharamani, CHRO-Wave Group introduced the theme Innovate, Integrate and Motivate for Sustainable Organizations. She explained why resilience and reinvention are important in an organization and how pandemic has impacted the organizations through the hybrid workplace. She further emphasized that empathy and trust along with relevant decision making can build socially sustainable organizations.

Mr. Gursharan Rai Bansal, CGM & Chief Sales Marketing officer,India Post Payments Bank discussed how technology is helping organizations to be agile and adaptable in order to sustain in this pandemic era

During the Panel Session-II, the summit witnessed stimulating discussions from the esteemed panelist on the theme of Entrepreneurism and Business Growth – Thriving in Turbulent Times.

Mr. Anupam Saronwala Advisor Mentor, Angel Investor, Former Country Leader, IBM Research, highlighted some important characteristics of GIG workers and emphasized that the biggest characteristic of GIG economy is absence of the fear of failure. Mr. Prashant Pal, CEO & Founder, Pure India Trust, Jaipur, briefly discussed about the upcoming contractual and freelance work environment. Mr. Kaushal Mahtani, Senior Principal, Accenture Strategy stressed on the changing nature of work which is giving way to contractual jobs and agile workforce. Ms. Lakshika Joshi Global Lead IP Counsel & AVP Legal, Capgemini Engineering, talked about legal protections available globally for GIG workers which India can adapt during its journey on the challenging growth path.                         Mr. Amit Katariya Global CHRO, Hanu Software, elaborated on the efforts of organizations in managing and engaging their workforce towards the transition from pandemic to post pandemic scenario.

The 6th Edition of I.T.S Business Summit 2022 thus concluded with the Institute’s students and guests learning through the combined experience of various Industry stalwarts from a variety of fields. The young leaders of tomorrow were left with a refreshed sense of motivation to work towards a brighter and smarter India. Prof. (Dr.) V N Bajpai presented virtual plaques to all the eminent guests as a token of gratitude. The beauty of the summit was evident from the way the audience kept peppering the sessions with different questions aimed at the panelists and the speakers’ enlightening remarks on the same.

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There was a nip in the air amidst distinctly warmer weather as winter indicated its retreat amidst a receding pandemic. The sense of optimism was thus entirely understandable.

The volunteers for the day were Manjeet, Tushar, Mamata, Rima, Manvi, Aryan, Tushar, Neha, Surendra, Baisnabi, Priyanshi, Saurabh, Tisha, Vimal, Rashmi, and Smriti.

Surendra initiated proceedings by providing a primer on basic traffic rules to be observed on a day-to-day basis. This was of particular importance for the kids in attendance as most of them live in slums that are close to the daily traffic; crossing roads safely is an essential requirement. Common traffic practices like the left-right-left rule were reminded to the tiny tots.

Prof. Lokesh Upreti then conducted a role-play session where the children were apprised about the dos and don’ts of using zebra crossings.

The second part of the day’s sessions focussed on the rules of English grammar. Neha enlightened the students about what constituted good language in common English usage. She was assisted by Mamata as they ensured that the learners properly followed whatever was being taught; uses were copied in the notebooks, which were checked by the instructors. A quiz was carried out where the day’s learning was evaluated.

With the day drawing to an end, Haldiram Chips and Melody Coffee Bite toffees were distributed among the children before they headed homewards.

Prof. Upreti planned and presided over the day’s session. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma motivated the volunteers in the various tasks.

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The FDP was planned for the entire day in two sessions. The resource person for the FDP was Prof. Harshit Desai, Director of MIT ID Innovation. In the first session, the resource person talked about how technology has come such a long way from vintage telephones to mobile and smart phones and from invention of wheel to flying in the air through aero planes. With that now skills that were an essential quality a few decades back have now gone into a blurred demarcation with hard skills. And in the 21st century, 4C’s that is Creativity and innovation, Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication and Collaboration are the skills which are become hard skills now instead of being soft skills. These skills also help to take you a lead even in times of VUCA world with only limited information. They help you take calculated risk. They amplify your work and make it easier. As these skills are essential and without these it is difficult in the coming years to grow and excel. In the second session, resource person Prof. Dhimant Panchal, Chair Professor at Institute of Design, MIT and Pro- Chancellor, Avantika University, enlightened on how to tackle any problem using designing skills. He shared very beautiful examples of finding and defining a problem and designing product solutions around it. The FDP was very useful and enlightening. 

Speakers of the session were:

·         Mr. Tushar Jani, Group Chairman, Cargo Service Centre (CSC) Group, SCA Group of Companies

·         Dr. Mangesh T. Karad, Executive President & Vice Chancellor, MIT ADT University and Vice Chair - ASSOCHAM Council on Education (Maharashtra)

·         Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar, Managing Director, ATC Group and Chairman Rotomac Containers Private Limited

·         Capt. Shrirang S Gokhale, Nautical Faculty, Great Eastern Institute of Maritime Studies

Dr. Mangesh T. Karad, Executive President & Vice Chancellor, MIT ADT University and Vice Chair – ASSOCHAM Council on Education (Maharashtra)talked about Green Building Initiative and Connectivity of Education Sector to Industry. Further, he talked about the technology and other changes evolved in Covid Scenario. He also mentioned that seven sector economy is the main factor identified by the GOI.

Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar, Managing Director, ATC Group and Chairman Rotomac Containers Private Limited said about logistics as most diversified than manufacturing or agriculture.

Capt. Shrirang S Gokhale, Nautical Faculty, Great Eastern Institute of Maritime Studies started up with the statement- “Working on a Ship Is Like a Prison Having Additional Possibility of Sinking”. He further elaborated that the history of merchant navy as it brings the clarity of concepts. Lastly, he talked about the teething problems of early containerization.

Mr. Tushar Jani, Group Chairman, Cargo Service Centre (CSC) Group, SCA Group of Companies said about political parties and logistics brief with finance minister opening budget speech with name Gati-Shakti - first time ever political parties put focus about logistics, our country took huge leap in logistics in last 15 years- acknowledged by him.

The participants of the webinar have learnt regarding the different logistics including Domestic, Political and Historical and its applications in multiple domains from students to professional. It was a powerful session inculcating the knowledge regarding logistics and if proud fully expansion to every sector.

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The resource person for the FDP were Dr. Anshu Tyagi, Associate Professor, Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies and Prof. Abha Gupta, Assistant Professor, Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced Studies. Dr. Anshu Tyagi explained about Zotero which is an open- source software which allows easy and quick collection, organization and sharing of research. It is very convenient to use the software as it is open source and available for free to use. Zotero software assists in organizing and managing bibliographical data and research related material. Hands-on practice session was also facilitated by the resource person for the software.

Prof. Abha Gupta enlightened about Mendeley software which is also an open-source referencing software freely available for use of researchers, scholars, students and teachers. You can efficiently add papers for your work in the software. It is available to use by signing in your account on the website, as well as through as desktop application. Bothe the spaces are synced for easy and comfortable access. Mendeley has a provision to attach as a toolbar option with MS- word document as Mendeley cite-O-matic is extremely useful for generating bibliographies, references and citation in different kinds of styles such as Harvard, Chicago and APA. Hands-on practice session was also facilitated by the resource person for the software.

The workshop was very insightful. 

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on grand note with great discussions and deep insightful address by eminent guests. On this occasion, Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S-The Education Group welcomed all the guests and presented his perspective on the theme and various dimensions and issues related to Banking, Insurance and current state of affairs of Indian Economy in specific context to Technology inclusion in these areas.
 
Renowned Academicians, Researchers and Industry Experts would be sharing their views and perspective in this event on the theme:

1.  Shri Chintan Oza
                 Advisor – Lloyds Ventures & Venture Advisor – Loyal VC
                 President - OneQuantum                                                     
 
2. Dr. Prashant Gupta
                Professor - IIM Trichy
 
3. Shri Prasanna Lohar
                Vice President – Technology (Digital, Innovation & Architecture)
                DCB Bank
 
4. Shri Gopal Kumar
                Actuary at Radgo & Company
                Co-Founder - Nimeya Technologies
              Member - Investor Education & Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority, Government of India
 
5. Shri Debmalya Dey Roy
               Chief Revenue Officer & Global Marketing Head
               Pi DATACENTERS
 
6. Dr. Faisal Ahmad
   Professor
               FORE School of Management
 
7. Shri Pushpendra Dixit, CA
               General Manager & Global Taxation Head
               PVR Limited

Over 500+ participation from various institutes and universities all around the country attended this event.

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Mr.K.K. Gupta, Director, Resurgent India Ltd. welcomed the guests. He talked about the importance of cash management in the businesses and practical aspect of cash flow. He also discussed about the Role of MSME and strategies and method to be adopted by them to overcome such unprecedented situations.

Mr. Tilak Raj Chawla (Ex-executive director Allahabad Bank), shared his views on Adequate Cash that has to be there. He debated how existing capacities being escalated to much higher levels also creates problem. He stressed on provision of cash-budget method for lending. A Amit Sahai Mathur (Co-founder & CEO Fouraxes business solutions Pvt.Ltd.), stated that with constant cash outflow happening, there were no inflows as no business transactions were happening at the time of covid.In the 2nd lockdown no incentives were given by the government. The challenge was how to fund the business growth.

CA Manish Gadia (Partner, JMP associates) stated that this is the time to provide due care towards cash besides profit. He also stressed on giving importance to operating cash flow is imperative at this time. He mentioned to cut down expenses or do better planning to give proper time for receivables management. He advised to defer the purchase or restructure financing activities and go for personal level funding or raise money from banks for investing activities. Mr. D.S. Rajput concluded that to be in the business, survival is more important. Costs should be cut down and guarantee for the project is provided by insurance companies but in India, this right is exclusively with the banks. So, in the coming time insurance companies are also going to come with new projects and it’s going to help businesses.

The session ended with the Vote of Thanks by Mr.K.K. Gupta. He extended his gratitude to all the eminent speakers as well as to the audience.

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