Dr. Madhuri lauded the efforts of Indian Army during the current corona crisis and said that the first quarantine facility was set up by the army. The army and corona warriors have multi dimensional roles to play that of soldiers, counselors, teachers, doctors etc. Dr. Abhay Jere shared that Dr. Madhuri was the only woman in army promoted to 3 star General rank. He asked her to provide her insights on how she maintained work life balance to which she responded that right prioritization worked for her. Support from spouse and other family members too have a role to play. She stated that today the environment is more congenial for women to work in army. She gave the example of women friendly measures like six month maternity leave. Today women are ready to assume combat roles which is possible at the level of women themselves- their attitudes, initiatives and at the level of the organization which is more women accepting now for such roles. In the final analysis it is not gender but capability that matters. She spoke at length about her posting related experiences in Kashmir valley and emphasized that for converting the youth sentiment to a pro India one, integration into mainstream was the solution. She discussed the “sadhbhavna” initiative of the army in the valley where they were running training centre for women, health camps etc.
The discussion was motivational not just for female but male students as well with the final message on determination and will being the root cause of success.    
With this particular session in the series the MHRD initiative of generating and issuing certificates for participants attending the session after filling the feedback form was welcomed by students and faculty alike.

It was a great learning today to see wonderful participation of about 70 Faculty Members in this FDP organized by Dept. of IT & UG Campus at ITS Mohan Nagar Ghaziabad. Today the renowned Resource Persons presented deep insights of various dimensions in context of Post COVID-19 scenario. These were really enlightening sessions by the Resource Persons including:

1. Shri Anil Trigunayat, IFS (Retd.), Former Ambassador of India in Amman, Libya, Malta amd Dy. High Commissioner, Russia
2. Shri Pankaj Gupta, PSE, Washington, USA
3. Shri Upkar Singh, Director (Technology), FIS Global
4. Dr. M.P. Singh, Professor, Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Agra

During the Sessions, Shri Anil Trigunayat enlightened the participants about the International Relations and paradigm shift in Power & Economic dimensions in special reference to India. It was highly interactive and enlightening session.

Prior to this Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, ITS - The Education Group, Ghaziabad, in his Welcome Address, while welcoming the Guests, spoke about the impact of COVID-19 on across the organizations, emergence of forced digital transformation and how it can be translated into opportunities.

Shri Pankaj Gupta discussed the impact on IT Operations in businesses and the on Post COVID-19 and talked about various dimensions, challenges and beginning of New Normal.

Shri Upkar Singhji in his address talked in greater detail on Post COVID-19 scenario and how the Organization’s functioning, Technology and organizational work culture is expected to be challenged. He talked in detail about various aspects of Technology and its impact on businesses and paradigm shift in existing processes, functions and conventional systems to entirely new.

Dr. M.P. Singhji discussed about Soft Computing and related Research Areas. He addressed various issues and provided a detailed coverage on Deep Learning.​ 

Day-2:
2nd Day On-line Faculty Development Program on “Changing New Normal in Post COVID-19 Scenario for Education, Technology & Businesses” started today, i.e. on 2nd May, 2020. It was a great learning today to see wonderful participation of about 70 Faculty Members in this FDP organized by Dept. of IT & UG Campus at ITS Mohan Nagar Ghaziabad. Today the renowned Resource Persons presented deep insights of various dimensions in context of Post COVID-19 scenario. These were really enlightening sessions by the Resource Persons including:

1. Lt. Col. Prashatnt Mishra, AVP, Vihaan Technologies
2. Air Marshal P.K. Roy
3. Shri Ravinder Arora, CISO, IRIS Software
4. Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Professor & Head of Dept. - Computer Applications, NIT Kurukshetra
5. Dr. M.P. Singh, Professor, Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Agra
6. Mr. Vineet Love, Director (Cyber Security), Mazar Indian Ltd

Day-3:
3rd  day of FDP witnessed wonderful conversation and engaging discussion on VUCA World and different types f challenges being poised in Post COVID-19 scenario irrespective of verticals and domains. Mr. Archie Jackson, Sr. Director INCEDO Inc. and Dr. S.C. Yadav, Professor & Head, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi presented their perspectives.

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on May 1, 2020 at 09:00 PM (IST). The guest speaker for the session was Prof. (Dr.) V.V. Chari, Professor of Liberal Arts, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, USA and an adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He was also the Founding Director of the Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute.  He has served on the Board of Editors of many journals, including Econometrica, the Journal of Economic Literature and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Prof. Chari shared some great insights about the world economy post- CoVid- 19. He shared his opinions and believes that medium range planning for economies post- CoVid- 19 is going to be extremely turbulent as after effects of lockdown will be much visible in the short and medium terms, however he is positive that recovery may happen in the long run. He also appreciated the Indian Central Government and added that India is not actually one big economy but a compilation of many smaller economies in the sense that economy of Maharashtra is much different from that of Tamil Nadu and Delhi, and hence once size fits all is not the way to go certainly. The session was interactive and enlightening with many queries of participants that Prof. Chari handled very nicely.

Director Management Dr. Vidya Sekhri share her opening remarks with the participants by highlighting the emerging need and understanding of Virtual Communication and Technical tools for the smooth conduct of Online Education.
The participants were made familiar with the virtual Communication and virtual meetings. The Rules and Guidelines to carry out effective virtual meetings were also discussed. To make participants confident to conduct Virtual meetings the demonstration of Online Platforms like Google meet and Zoom was given by Prof. Yachna Malhotra by using both laptop and their Smart phones.

To overcome the challenges during this pandemic phase of Covid-19, I.T.S Ghaziabad is taking all the initiatives by using the technology to make its employees up-skill and effective virtual communicators as well.

Prof. Yachna Malhotra offered thanks to all participants for their patient listening and active participation during the session. 

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The guest speaker for the session was Ms. Janaki Sreenivasan, HR Consultant, Yog Business solutions. She enlightened participants about the significance and role of employer branding for the labor markets and companies. It not only makes a company a good employer but also helps your recruiting team attract and improve the talent pool of applicants as well. Participants enquired about ways and methods for personal branding as well which were maneuvered by the speaker encouragingly. The entire session was filled with a lot of interaction and queries from the participants. It was a very interesting and lively session.

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The guest speaker for the session was Prof. (Dr.) Alok Kumar Pandey, Director, IMS, lal Kuan, Ghaziabad. Prof. Pandey has a glorious career spanning close to 25 years, serving in senior academic & administrative positions in premier institutions in the private sector and Government of India. These include Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM) Delhi, Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, National Institute of Financial Management (Ministry of Finance-Govt. of India) and Institute of Cost Accountants of India (Statutory Body under Ministry of Corporate Affairs-Govt. of India) where he served as Director of Advanced Studies.

Prof. Pandey endearingly talked about the impact of CoVid-19 on the Financial sector including, insurance, banking and capital & financial markets. He enlightened participants about the upcoming challenges to the SME sector, which will be the one to face enormous challenges recovering from the repercussions of national wide lockdown. He also talked about the monetary and fiscal policy which has undergone changes and adjustments and how these changes may help the economy to come back on track but gradually. The session was undoubtedly very lively and inspiring. All the participants also received e- certificates for participation.

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Cyber security is a challenge not only for any particular sector or industry but all inclusive. Every business in present contemporary era, is largely dependent on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and with it come the risks associated with web security. The eminent speakers in this session were from different sectors including healthcare, banking and education. Mr. Deepak Talwar, Co-Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Cyber Security & National Security Officer, Microsoft was the moderator for the session including Mr. Debasish Mukherjee, Vice President Regional Sales (APAC), Sonicwall, Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Rana, Senior Vice President RBEF, Amity, Mr. Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Group CIO, Apollo Hospitals, Mr. Sameer Ratolikar, EVP & CISO, HDFC Bank, and Mr. Shivkumar Pandey, Group Chief Information Security Officer, BSE Ltd.as guests speakers.

Prof. Ajay Rana talked about why education industry is much more vulnerable to cyber hacking. He highlighted that education sector in India uses obsolete technology and lack specialized know how or knowledge about cyber security. He talked about the criticality of the information that we all share over the Internet. Every information we share has the potential to be hacked and used in undesirable manner. Keeping in mind, we must be vigilant and informed about multiple types of cyber risks. He also shared steps in the process of mitigation cyber security risks.  Mr. Arvind Sivarmakrishnan talked about the challenges of cyber risk in healthcare sector which is when actively fighting with CoVid-19 with all their mettle, cyber security is another enormous challenge for the industry. He insisted that cyber security is not just about technology and it’s know- how but also securing in terms of people, policies and programs. He highlighted the issue to ignorance or little awareness and that could be overcome by designing a curriculum around cyber security. He wonderfully spoke about how privacy and security must be inculcated at school and higher education level as other concepts are taught and then only it will come in people behavior and practice. It is an act of responsibility which has to be rationally adhered to. And lastly, Mr. Debasish Mukherjee talked about Boundless Cyber security model which companies can adopt for cyber security management. He also explained the journey of boundless cyber security with much precision and enthusiasm. The session was indeed very insightful and inspiring. 

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Prof. Parul Gupta attended a webinar on “Economic Impact of the Corona Virus: CEO View” organized by AIMA. The panel discussion had Mr Sanjay Kirloskar, President, AIMA. Mr Harsh Pati Singhania, Sr Vice President, AIMA and Mr Mohandas Pai, Past President, AIMA as eminent panelists.

The panel discussed the various challenges for business which have emerged due to the corona pandemic. The speakers deliberated specifically about the sectors like automobile, education and SMEs and the respective obstacles which have emerged in current scenario. The speakers also highlighted the various steps which the Government of India should take to mitigate the impact of Covid19 on the economy as a whole.
 

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The topic of the session was Business process adaptation: Coping with challenges due to global pandemic. Ms. Anjali Saxena- Cost Estimator and Health & Safety Coordinator, Accuburners Corporation Mississauga Ontario, Canada explained how the organization has adapted to the challenges posed by the global pandemic Covid19. 

The session was graced by Director Management- Dr. Vidya Sekhri and Chairperson MBA- Dr. Anusha Agarwal and was attended by students from MBA I and MBA II. 

During the session, Ms. Saxena discussed in detail various measures the organization has taken across all its functions like manufacturing, HR, Finance and supply chain management among others to ensure that the company, its employees and the customers are not affected negatively in the current scenario.
The steps taken by the Canadian Government to protect the industries marked as essential during the pandemic were also discussed by the guest. The session also witnessed active participation form the students as they raised their queries related to the topic. The explanations and examples given by Ms. Saxena helped in creating a good understanding of the discussion among the students.

The webinar interaction was smoothly conducted online with the help of Google meet platform.   

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An addition was made to this with the Alumni talk of one of our alumni Mr. Arun Pathak (MBA 2005-07), Group Sales Head, MY FM on 23rd April, 2020. The focus of the webinar was to enlighten the students with the opportunities in media industry. 

In his talk he discussed the domestic as well overseas opportunities in media in the field of content writer, marketing, sales and HR.

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Dr. Vinod Dumblekar explained that now businesses that use cloud computing will not buckle under the pressure of the corona virus pandemic. For instance, the cloud gives businesses easy access to digital payment methods. It has enabled companies to continue working, by rapidly and securely providing access to business applications to their employees working at home.

Dr. Vinod further emphasized that automation and artificial intelligence will enhance the resilience of supply chains. To create long-term resilience we will likely see further robotic automation and artificial intelligence (AI) within their supply chains. These technologies will reduce manual intervention and hand-offs, cutting transmission risks, and reducing the reliance on humans to work face-to-face.

Dr. Dumblekar suggested that successful businesses will have a combination of resilience and agility. Organizations should harness leading practices and catalyze a joint response to mitigate the effect on business. Adaptive organizations will emerge from this period stronger, wiser and more connected as a global society. Resilience will be at the forefront of every strategy, yet it is agility that will ensure competitiveness, and an ability to respond to the unexpected. At the end of the corporate lecture a special vote of thanks was given to him.

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MBAPL is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified company, originally incorporated in 1997 as a private sector unit manufacturing Single super phosphate. It was converted to a public limited company and became part of Ostwal Group of Industries in 2004. It is a completely integrated, self-sustained unit having production of Beneficiated Rock Phosphate along with SSP and Sulphuric Acid plant in it. Company uses modern machines and equipment in the manufacturing process with upgraded technology to keep pace with the ever-changing business scenario. The students were given a brief about the process of raw material procurement and virtually taken to different sections including Admin, Electrical, Workshop, SSP plant, Sulphuric acid plant, Packing unit, Dispatch etc.

During interaction with students, Mr Shukla shared the Marketing and Distribution activities of the company. While answering to the questions of students he mentioned the CSR activities being undertaken by the company in the prevailing situation of Covid 19 including supply of Thermal screening, sanitizer, and food packets to the needy sections of the society. He shared that the company is taking all precautionary measures for their staff to ensure safety against Covid 19.

Virtual Industry visit was altogether a different kind of experience for the students which resulted into a great learning.

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Ghaziabad - PG Campus on  18th April, 2020 on "MINDSET IN CURRENT SCENARIO". In this highly interactive Session, Dr. Goenka addressed about the Challenges & Opportunities in current time and how to deal with this. In his address he emphasized on the importance of Goal as rest of the things follow it. It was a great Session attended by large number of audience from different places. The Session was full of interactions and throughout the Session questions of audiences were addressed and explained by Dr. Goenka.

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He guided the students as to how they need to plan, acquire the skill sets and move towards the career as a business analyst. He also discussed how one needs to be versatile in working and acquiring knowledge across all departments in an organization as a business analyst profile is not just one department specific but one needs to know all departments very well. He also motivated them to work hard as no big dreams can be fulfilled until and unless an equal amount of hard work has been put into. He also discussed on post impact of COVID-19 on the capital market. 
The students also asked various queries which were duly addressed by the speaker. The session was highly interactive and insightful for the students. 

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Mr. Amit Sinha has discussed that now organizations need to understand that work does not need to be done in a specific place to be executed successfully. He suggested that organizations should harness leading practices and catalyze a joint response to mitigate the COVID-19. As the entire market is closed, companies should educate consumers through videos, and chat facility to enable them with self help. Mr. Sinha conveyed students that with increasing stress and rising loneliness, organization’s role in sustaining the well being of employees has become important than ever. 

The speaker conveyed the nitty-gritty pertaining to new requirements caused due to pandemic as more companies need to focus on create transparency on multitier supply chain and assessment on optimizing the production and distribution capacity. Mr. Sinha has further suggested that even E commerce players now need to develop new ideas for contactless deliveries and cashless transactions to ensure safety. He suggested that new circumstances have made it necessary for organizations to mobilize rapidly and set up crisis management mechanisms, ideally in the form of a nerve center. At the end of the corporate lecture a special vote of thanks was given to him.

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