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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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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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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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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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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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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Over 500 registration were received from across the world amongst which only 100 participants were given a chance to attend the session. Professor and Faculty from IIM-Indore, Welingkar Institute of Management-Mumbai, BIMTECH, Symbiosis-Pune, N.L Dalmia Institute-Mumbai, Narsee Monjee Mumbai, University school of Management-Nepal, BITS to name a few amongst the esteemed participants list.

Dr. Sheth laid emphasis on many aspect of retail during the pre and post COVID era, future of Agro-products in online retailing, Future of Bricks & Mortars in India, future of Retail without Human Touch,Reinventing of kirana stores in COVID era, change in consumers' behavior post COVID 19, companies aligning their strategy and resources to meet these changed behavior. He also laid emphasis on suggesting that Omni channel, Human less retail, retailing in the pharmaceutical industry in the US as compared to that in India.

 He concluded his session by commenting on roles of shopping malls (which are not fairing good at all across India) in India post COVID era and their possible role in the next gen retailing in India.

The session was highly interactive, Knowledge sharing and overwhelming

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towards our students to solve their queries at the right time when they require answers for it. Our students are ready to knock the door of industry and they require hand holding for effective results. For this Management Department of the Institute organised Alumni Talk in the Human Resource domain on 16th April, 2020.  Speaker for the session was Ms. Roochi (2011-13), Sr. HR Manager. International Walter Bushnell. She answered all the queries of students related to the HR domain and asked students to sharpen their communication skills and personality.

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" Intervention of Technology in Higher Education amid Corona Crisis- Are we Future Ready" by Dr. Pankaj Mittal-Secretary General, AIU, Dr. S S Mantha-Former Cairman AICTE, Dr. Madhu Chitkara-Pro VC Chitkara Univ., Dr. Rajita Kulkarni and Dr. Pratha P Chakrabarty-Professor, IIT Kharagpur and Raghav Gupta- MD India & APAC Coursera. All the panelists share their opinion about effective and efficient online education and changes required in pedagogy for technical and professional education institutions during COVID 19.

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attended the webcast conducted by FICCI and EY on the topic ‘Key Tax Measures and Developments amid COVID-19’ on April 13, 2020. Amidst the current situation in the country of unprecedented lockdown due to rising COVID- 19, the Government of India has made various changes from transaction perspectives related to direct and Indirect taxation, and customs to give effect to relief measures announced by Hon’ble Finance Minister on march 24, 2020. This webcast was organized with an objective to create more awareness about the changes and newly informed deadlines for compliance under the direct and indirect tax and implications on various tax regimes.

The webcast had eminent speakers including Mr. Pranav Satya, Chairman FICCI Taxation Committee and Tax Partner and National Leader, International Tax & Transction services, EY India; Mr. Ravikant P. Kamath, Associate Tax Partner, Knowledge & Solutions, EY India and Mr. Sachin Menon, Chairman FICCI Task Force on GST and Partner, National Head- Indirect Tax, KPMG India. They shared the recent developments regarding extension of Income tax deadlines, customs regulations, and foreign trade policy provisions and incentives schemes from taxation perspective right from promulgation of the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (Ordinance) on 31 March 2020 by the President of India and recent issuance of various circulars and notifications by Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. The webcast was indeed very informative.

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The speaker started by terming the current situation of the market as “BLACK-SWAN” because it was something unforeseen and beyond usual planning horizons. She focussed on the challenges arisen because of this pandemic. Having said that, first thing that was focussed was “Do we have crisis management team?”

Second most important thing was, “How are retailers going to manage their supply chains?” She said that it can be very upsetting for customers to see empty racks in nearest kiraana stores. She also took up the questions of viewers and cleared the doubts of the participants. She stated that stores should also ensure the hygiene and safety. Further she stated about the fear of touch, home–deliveries etc. The speaker focussed on managing situation which is not normal at all. She suggested to take extra care of old-aged people so that they need not to stand in queues. Further she added business is going to be slow but it will revive gradually and in a healthier manner.

The speaker advised to maintain necessary merchandise, and cut short waiting time. This webinar was conducted to specially focus on managing customers, operations and supply-chain. This webinar was attended by the students of I.T.S and as well as students and professors of the institutes all over India.

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