The objective of the program was to develop the understanding of research and application of it. Program has covered the concept of Experimental Research Design, Scaling Techniques, Developing Questionnaire, Literature Review and how to write a research paper. As an outcome of program, every faculty was convinced with applied research concept which is dealing with problems related to business world, Society and Environment. Program ended with certificate distribution to all participants.
All participants had great enthusiasm for learning. It was a great learning experience to all participants.

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The conference commenced with an interesting panel discussion on ‘New Challenges of leadership in the Emerging Business Environment’ highlighting the dynamic business environment anddirect competition of Public organizations  with agile Private Organizations . Mr. Suresh Sethi, MD & CEO, India Post Payments Bank discussed about Igniting Transformational Change. In this session, he shared insights on how to drive change at a transformational level in the organization with an example of Indian post office system. Mr. Prithvi Shergill Advisory Partner, Tomorrow/Smarten Spaces & Former CHRO – HCL deliberated on role of talent analytics in HR and its implementation in PSEs. A panel on Future Ready PSE Leaders explored into what attributes leaders must have, to be Future Ready.Mr.Stephane Michelin, Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, India,  elaborated the relevance of new-age employee benefits in the digital world to keep a highly motivated and productive workforce. Panel discussions also delved into strategies to engage and motivate employees and how to utilize CSR funds for the growth of a new India by 2022. Ms. Garima Garg Director, Deloitte India shared insights on the future of work and HRs changing role. Mr.D.D Misra, President, "Janm" Trust and Former Director HR, ONGC, had drawn very interestinginsights from Indian Mythology, the Ramcharitmanas, focusing on the three attributes of God Hanuman to create learning for employees. Conference also witnessed the launch of ‘A Stranger Truth', book by Ashok Alexander Founder-Director of ‘The Antara Foundation’. He is the man who led the India office of ‘Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’ from its inception in 2003, until 2012 and created Avahan, which became the best ever private prevention program in HIV, and a model of scaling up health delivery.

In nutshell, the conference was an eye opener on various dimensions of HR as well as PSEs challenges & perspective related to workforce, HR strategies and expectations of all stakeholders including government as one of the key player.

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Following the registration of the assembled delegates, the session began with the Welcome remarks by Mr. Rajeev Talwar, President, PHDCCI. Mr. Talwar spoke glowingly of the progress made by the Indian economy where a significant proportion of the population living below the poverty line now enjoy access to basic services. He referred to positive signs for the economy such as fast growth, rising IIP, inflation being under control and stability in the trade deficit. He also referred to the positive steps taken by government and how they were helping the country.

Dr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Vice President, PHDCCI, provided a brief introduction to Dr. Ajay Chhibber, who has worked as an economist with theWorld Bank, and authored several books on economics. In fact, Dr.Chhibber had brought along with him a book that he had authored for FICCI on the road ahead for the Indian economy in the next thirty years. The topic of the day, of course, would be The Economic Agenda for the Next Five Years.

Finally Dr.Chhibber came to the podium for the much awaited talk. He started by mentioning how India as a country was at major crossroads economically, politically and socially. He cautioned that while India is undoubtedly moving ahead, the rest of the world is not standing still. Global forces have become more challenging in the past twenty five years.

Considering India’s meteoric rise, he spoke of howback in first half of the 20th Century, India had a so called Hindu rate of growth at 3 to 4%, and how that very rate could rise to 25 to 30% by 2030. He referred to why India needed to find 6 to 6.5 million jobs per day for a burgeoning young population, and how labour force participation has to grow for women.

During the rest of the discourse Dr.Chhibber touched on a variety of topics like the need for better healthcare spending; the importation of sanitation; the trade wars between China and the United States, and how that opens up opportunities for India; the positive impact of a revolutionary step like the introduction of GST; environmental issues like air and water quality; and the issue of financial inclusion, including steps needed for better coverage of the same.

The lecture was followed by an interesting Q&A session where different sections of the audience had some very thought provoking questions for the dignitaries on the stage, leading to a more wholesome discussion of the topics on hand.

Finally the session drew to a close with the concluding remarks and vote of thanks by Dr.D.K.Aggarwal, Senior Vice President, PHDCCI.

It was a very enlightening session. The students of I.T.S were overwhelmed with the plethora of wide ranging discussions, and expressed deep satisfaction with the same. The organizers graciously provided certificates of participation for all the students.

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The objective of the program was to sensitize the participants with the concept of waste and importance of managing it in the world for betterment of community and improving economic conditions. Entire program covered the topics like “Understanding Waste and Types (Municipal solid waste, Industrial solid waste, Hazardous waste), Problems due to waste, Different procedures of managing waste, E- Waste Management, Sensing Business Opportunities due to waste in community, How to conduct research and income generation with the help of waste management”. All participants participated with a lot of enthusiasm and all prepared many useful articles with the help of waste material provided to them.
It was a great learning experience to all participants.

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The volunteers for the day were Hitesh Sharma, Shiksha Rawat, Yogesh Bisht, Shubham Kalla, Shubham Mishra, Ashish Agarwal, Bhavendra Singh, Anjali Kumari, Megha Nigam and Rahul Raj.

The first game dealt with the 29 states of India and their chief attractions. One by one, Hitesh and Shiksha asked the children about each state (Shiksha had already put the list on the board). The kids were able to correctly answer the most obvious ones, while there was predictably some difficulty with the less common ones.

The second part was more interesting in the sense that possibly for the first time, some riddles (paheli would be a more suitable word, considering that they were in Hindi) were put to the children. The riddles had been collected by the volunteers, and Prof. Lokesh Upreti was the one asking them. Amidst a lot of enthusiasm, the children tried to guess the answers. The four winners from the 2 activities, were given a "Luxor Sketch Pen Kit" each as prizes.

For a long time, Dr Rajeev Johari, faculty member at I.T.S, had expressed an interest in being involved with Parivartan. That day finally came today as Dr. Johari and his daughter arrived to distribute Hindi storybooks among the children. In order to impart a sense of seriousness, it had been decided that those students who attended classes regularly and were active during the sessions would be given the storybooks.

As the longish day drew to a close, ‘Bikano Peanuts’ and ‘Parle Orange Bite’ toffees were distributed among the children. Dr. Indraneel Mandal accompanied and motivated the student volunteers. Prof. Lokesh Upreti guided the volunteers in the conduct of the programme as the faculty coordinator of CSR Club - Parivartan.

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The conclave was organized with an objective to offer exposure to different metrics of corporate performance covering different states, sectors and sizes. Such metrics may include considerations like contribution to GDP, return on investment, revenue, risk, profitability, etc.

This conclave was successful in bringing together corporate organizations across three levels – large, mid-level and small - in a platform that allowed practitioners to have a free and fair exchange of ideas, while also permitting students & researchers in the area to gain firsthand experience pertaining to latest trends and techniques The conclave was attended by large number of delegates from industry & academia.

The following speakers have addressed the conclave and shared their words of wisdom:

Dr. S. P. Sharma, Chief Economist, PHDCCI

Ms. Chandrima Chatterjee, Advisor, Apparel Export Promotion Council

Dr. Sanjeev Layek, Executive Secretary World Association of Small & Medium Enterprises

Mr. Amit Kr. Bhatnagar, CEO &MD, Accuster Technologies

Mr. S. D. Saxena, Former Director, BSNL& MTNL, Vice President, CMAI

Dr. M. K. Vajpayee, Co- Chairman, ASSOCHAM, National Council of Education

Mr. Piyush Goyal,  GM Operations, TATA Power

Mr. Hirak Dutta,  Advisor, Nayara Energy Ltd.

Mr. Priya Ranjan, DGM, Chairman Secretariat, Steel Authority of India Ltd.

Mr. Manish Agarwal, Dy. Director, Quality Council of India, DIPP

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The objective of the program was to sensitize the participants with the concept of waste and importance of managing it in the world for betterment of community. Topics like “Understanding Waste and Types, Problems due to waste, E- Waste Management, Sensing Business Opportunities due to waste in community, How to conduct research and income generation with the help of waste management” were covered. All participants participated with a lot of enthusiasm and prepared many useful articles with the help of waste material provided to them.

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The first question was regarding the organization- Foreign or Indian, where they would love sharing money for the charity work and they could identify honesty of dealings highly significant. The second question was regarding the transparency (or nothing declared- opaque) in charity work operation. The third question was regarding their preference for an Indian or Multinational Charity organisation, which have their total charity work in India.The research outcomes of these three research questions were highly astonishing. The faculty members discussed the reasons for these strange research findings. The second case discussed was regarding the acceptance of LG Electronics (Golden Eye TV) in Indian market. Here again the research findings were highly astonishing. The third case was regarding an automobile engine efficiency fluid, Nulon (Teflon). Prof. Santosh Sood brought out various USP’s of this liquid additive. The research findings again had turned done the acceptance of this new product by the end consumers. The discussion was very interesting and enriching, which had triggered the thought process regarding variety of research projects.

Session ended with question and answer round.

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Ms. Asha Sanjay Sharma, Regional Manager, Uttar Pradesh Financial Corporation, Ghaziabad addressed the gathering of students and faculties on the subject. She talked about various issues and concerns related to job seekers in foreign countries particularly in ECR & ECNR countries. She briefed in detail about the procedure for immigration. She also talked about illegal immigration. Ms. Asha highlighted about the role of Central & State Government and about various schemes of government in this regard. The spokesperson guided the audience about the regulatory framework for the job seekers in foreign countries. Other issues undertake in the seminar was about Repatriation, Rehabilitation, Refuge, Emergency Exit, Labour Card etc.

The session was very informative and ended with a thank note by Dr. D. K. Pandey & Capt. Gopal Krishnan.

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Abhishek took the center stage in the second session. He had selected the rather unique topic of the leading forts in India. History captivates us and forts were an important element of the defenses organised by the rulers or yore. Abhishek spoke about six well known forts – the Golden Fort at Jaisalmer, the Amber Fort, the Red Fort, the Mehrangarh Fort, the Purana Quila at Delhi and the Agra Fort. He mentioned details like the year of construction and the monarch under whom the fort was made, making sure that the children were noting and remembering the details.
Finally the day drew to a close with the distribution of ‘Bikano Aloo Bhujia’, and ‘Parle Orange Bite’ toffees among the children. Dr. Indraneel Mandal accompanied and motivated the student volunteers. Prof. Lokesh Upreti guided the volunteers in the conduct of the programme as the faculty coordinator of CSR Club - Parivartan.

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General V. K. Singh, MoS, External Affairs, Govt. of India has graced the first session of award ceremony as Chief Guest along with Shri Arpit Chadha,Vice Chairman - I.T.S The Education Group; Director (PR) - Shri Surender Sood; Director (Management) - Dr. Ajay Kumar and Convener of the event & Head-CRC, Dr. Durba Roy to esteemed companies like CBRE, Berger Paints, Indophil,BTW, Belief Handicrafts, LSonic, Eshanka Wahi Entertainments, Newcon Consultants, Chiranjeet Kumar & Associates, We Like India, AG Smarty Food & Beverages, International Marketing Corporation, PcS Infinity and Linq Store.

The Guest of Honor and Speakers of the day were Dr. Vinayshil Gautam, Founder Director IIM and Dr. Amitabh Rajan, Indian Administrative Service Officer, Maharashtra who presented the second round of awards to well esteemed companies like Dhanuka, Goa trend Setters, Patanjali ayurveda, Mupkass Solar, Indus Viva, CCS Founder, NRV Design X, Shatakshi and CEMS Global.

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Shiksha began the proceedings by introducing the learners to the Seven Wonders of the World – the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, the one and only Taj Mahal, the statue of Christ the Redeemer at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Colosseum at Rome and Chichen Itza in Mexico. She explained the rich history behind each of these marvels of creation. For a change, the children were hearing about things and places that they had almost no idea about; but as usual, there was no dearth of enthusiasm and curiosity.

This in itself was almost enough for an entire day’s session. Towards the end, Sonia chipped in with a talk about the newly unveiled Statue of Unity in Gujarat. This provided an opportunity to throw some light on the inspiring life of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. As if that was not enough, Sachin decided to close the day with a touch of maths, as he and Sonia took a quick revision of the kids’ knowledge of multiplication.  

One of the great things about Parivartan and its classes is that, diverse people stop by and take an interest in the classes for the children from an underprivileged background. Today it was the turn of senior Police Officer Mr. Lokendra Singh. He spoke of his desire to help. He got some snacks for the children. Then he held an impromptu quiz on topics of general awareness, gifting the snacks to those who answered correctly. He also used the opportunity to motivate the children on how to lead a good and healthy life.

At last things came to a close with the distribution of "Butter Bite" biscuits and ‘Mango Bite’ toffees. Dr. Indraneel Mandal accompanied and motivated the student volunteers. Prof. Lokesh Upreti guided the volunteers in the conduct of the programme as the faculty coordinator of CSR Club - Parivartan.

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Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman - I.T.S The Education Group, while addressing the gathering welcomed the Alumni and said that Alumni Meet is an event where our Alumni get an opportunity and refresh old memories at institute, to meet their own batch mates, to their juniors and above all to visit their institute from where they started their professional journey of their career.

Sh. Surinder Sood, Director (PR), I.T.S – The Education Group welcomed the Alumni and expressed his happiness over large participation of Alumni in Alumni Meet.

In the program experience sharing by Alumni of Senior Batches was also introduced. Some of the Alumni of senior batches of MCA, MIS and BCA shared their experience and addressed the gathering.

Lucky Draw were drawn and awards were given by Shri R P Chadha, Chairman- I.T.S The Education Group, Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman - I.T.S The Education Group,Shri Surinder Sood, Director(PR), I.T.S The Education Group, Dr. Vidya Sekhri, Director(UG)and Prof. Nancy Sharma, Vice Principal(UG Campus).

In her address Dr. Vidya Sekhri– Director(UG) welcomed the alumni and said that alumni meet is an occasion to reline and cherish old memories at its almamater. She expressed her happiness to such a large participation of alumni of IT courses in alumni meet.

Towards the end of the program, Prof. Nancy Sharma ,Vice Principal (UG) thanked the alumni for their participation and support in Institutional activities. She also thanked to the members of Alumni Cell for their sincere efforts and rigorous follow-up that made this event a success. The event concluded with DJ followed by Dinner.Total about 500+ Alumni of the Institute with their spouse and kids attended the meet and made the event a grand success.

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The objectives was to make the students understand and explore avenues of cross country partnerships with Indian R&D-based enterprises, Capture global trends in technology management and strategy, Connect with the local and global research & development community for collaborative engagement, Monitor the creation of  avenues for industry-academia-government partnerships, Examine the promotional best practices in financing, strategy, and leadership, advance progressive ideas for policy reforms and regulatory environment, Evaluate the build-in capacities for market assessment and rapid commercialization of research. This match perfectly with the theme of ‘Accelerating towards innovative development’

The exhibition was also there to showcase the notable Innovative Scientific technologies from public, private, and research institutions of India.This was aligned on the vision of Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi under the “Make In India” campaign. The exhibition provided an ideal opportunity for all participants to showcase their work in a customised setting that drew attention of interested investing companies and other ASEAN partners. Approximately 50 stalls were put up for Domestic Innovators, Technopreneurs and Companies, State Governments and other Government organisations. Exhibitors were getting ample opportunity to engage participants in one-on-one conversations, presentations and the chance to collect qualified leads in exclusive B2B/B2G lounge.

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Prize distribution ceremony was graced by Sh. Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman- I.T.S The Education Group, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director (Management), Dr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Director (IT), Dr. Vidya Sekhri, Director (UG), Prof. Nancy Sharma, Vice Principal (UG), Dr. V.N.Bajpai, Dr. D. K. Pandey and Mr. R. S. Chawla. The winner and Runner up teams were awarded with individual and team trophies.

All participants expressed there deep sense of gratitude and thankfulness to the dignitaries present during the ceremony.

The event was a great success with huge number of audience from all the courses.

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