Prof. Kalra began by providing an outline of the session to follow. He explained thathe would expound on the topic by providing the facets emerging from different reports on the recent and projected performance. In this context he referred to the reports prepared by institutions like the IMF, UBS, CII and OECD as well as the “Strategy for New India@75” document prepared by the NITIAayog.

While covering the diverse reports, Prof. Kalra mentioned the mostly positive outlook maintained by industry groups as well as the international agencies. The consensus was that the Indian economy was performing very positively at present, and things are only likely to get rosier in the near future. External factors like the trade wars between China and the United States, the aging populations in powerhouses like Japan and the European Union, the decision stasis in the US and slowing growth in China itself augurwell for India, as it ends up as one of the few countries with positive prospects for growth.

Having said that, Prof. Kalra also sounded a word of caution with regard to high GST rates, the general lack of policy direction for a fundamental sector like agriculture, uncertainties in the stock markets, exiting foreign institutional investors, volatilities of an election year with sops being liberally handed out to all and sundry, a ballooning fiscal deficit, the recent controversies involving high profile decision making bodies like the RBI, the ILFS crisis, loopholes in the e-commerce business, etc.

Finally Prof. Kalra rounded off the session by highlighting the salient points in the report prepared by the NITI Aayog and the Government of India, which intends to lay down the roadmap for India till the year 2022, when the nation completes 75 years of independence. He pointed out sectors like infrastructure, logistics and financial serviceswhich are receiving increasing attention from the government, and hence are likely to witness major growth soon. He suggested that students needed to be motivated in these directions with a view to career planning and growth.

The session ended with a lively interchange of ideas between Prof. Kalra and the faculty members present at the session. It was a very topical and informative session that was widely appreciated by all present.

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Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman - I.T.S The Education Group greeted all  I.T.S Members as Family and celebrated the evening along with Shri B.K. Arora, Secretary - I.T.S The Education Group, Shri Surinder Sood, Director (PR) - I.T.S The Education Group, Dr. Ajay Kumar - Director (Management), Dr. Sunil Kr Pandey - Director (IT), Dr. Vidya Shekri - Director (UG) and Prof. Nancy Sharma - Vice Principal (UG) and entire I.T.S faculty and staff members.

During the celebration, all the Faculty & Staff Members who have completed their 10 Years and 5 Years of their association with I.T.S were felicitated with Certificate of Honor and Paid Family Trips (For 10 Years - Rs. 30,000/- & 5 Days Paid Leave and for 5 Years - Rs. 10,000/- & 03 Days Paid Leave) respectively. All the faculty Members and Staff Members were distributed Sweets & Gifts.

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Then Sachin took over to introduce the name changes of famous places that took place in the year.  Kirti and Prakriti explained the major Govt. schemes related to education, health care and bio gas production and use, followed by the importance of Statue of Unity and Signature Bridge.

Second session was a quiz based on the previous lessons. Those who answered correct were given prizes.

As the day drew to a close, ‘Butter bite biscuits’ and ‘Parle Orange Bite’ toffees were distributed among the children. Prof. Lokesh Upreti guided the volunteers in the conduct of the programme as the faculty coordinator of CSR Club - Parivartan.

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Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director (Management) got felicitated amidst the thundering applauds by the students, many media professionals and extraordinarily successful physically handicapped persons from different walks of life.

Students anchored, performed and interacted with a galaxy of guests like Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State in Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Parliamentary Affairs - Government of India, Shri Ajay Tamta, Minister of State for Textiles Govt of India, Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala, Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, H.E Radu Dobre, Ambassador of Romania to India, Shri Sandeep Marwah, President-Marwah Studios, Shri Sunil Dang, Editor, Day After And patron NAI, Abhigyan Prakash, Sr Journalist  and  Anchor NDTV, Rana Yashwant, Managing Editor, India News, Shri Ramesh Bhatt, Media Advisor, CM of Uttarakhand and many more. 

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In the first session of the activity, Students were taken to Computer Lab 5 and Lab 7 to learn working on MS Paint. In computer labs participants were taught about the basic use of MS Paint by the Student Volunteers of ITS College. In this session they learned the use of new file, different kinds of lines, how to fill colors, Use of Text Box, Word Art and inserting shapes in paint sheet. After that, they were taken back to the Seminar Hall and presented their views on what they have learned.

Second Session of the event included activity using waste newspapers. Students showed their creativity by making different 3D models using waste materials without using any other resources. In this students were guided to prepare models focusing on “Green India, Clean India” theme. Students prepared dustbins, house surrounded by trees, model showing industrial waste and benefits from green environment etc. After this they were asked to present their models with explanation on the use and why they have made that particular model.  Based on their explanation and its creativity students teams were awarded with fabulous prizes. They were assessed on their presence of mind, creativity and innovations.

Director Management, Dr. Ajay Kumar felicitated the event by distributing Prizes to all the winners of the activity. All the students were given refreshment at the end of the session.

Faculty Coordinators of Utthan Activity were Dr. Nitin Saxena and Prof. Shilpi Vaish.

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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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Second Session of the event included activity using waste newspapers. Students showed their creativity by making different 3d models using waste materials on the theme “Green India, Clean India” in the ground. Students prepared dustbins, houses, usable items, etc. and were asked to present their models with explanation. Dr Ajay Kumar, Director (Management) felicitated the students with prizes based on their explanation and creativity.

Dr Nitin Saxena and Prof Shilpi Vaish, (Management department) coordinated the event along with student volunteers.

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Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director (Management) inaugurated the event.  The event came to an end at 5 p.m. the students enjoyed a lot with great enthusiasm and participation. The first day of the tournament has been sensational with all the four teams i.e, Bajpai Warriors, ITS Geeks, SK Strikers and Tiwari Tigers giving their best performance on field. Final match was played between ITS Geeks and  S.K Strikers.

The Award Ceremony was graced by the presence of Sh. Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman-I.T.S-The Education Group, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director (Management), Dr. V.N. Bajpai, Dr. Satish Kumar, Dr. Sanjeev Tandon, Dr. Surendra Tiwari, Dr. D.K. Pandey, Prof. Durba Roy and Faculty members. The winners and Runner up teams were awarded with medal and trophies. The trophies were also given to man of the match, Bowler of the tournament (Md. Afsar) and Batsman of the tournament (Archit Upadhyay).
The event was a grand success. All the faculty members and students appreciated the initiative taken by team "STATESMAN".  The event came to an end at 5 p.m. The students enjoyed a lot with great enthusiasm and participation.

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Prof Sanjiva shared that world has witnessed dramatic changes in the business landscape, rapid rise of new products and companies leaving behind a trail of disruption. New companies with almost no resources of its own have sprung and surprised the world with their unique business model. He shared that every technology led innovation is not a guarantee for success, every start –up does not becomes a billion dollar enterprise in a few years. There are many that do not survive beyond few months after highly publicized launch.

He talked about Product and Process Development and role of technology & gave an overview of Existing and Emerging Technologies, affecting human aspects and social issues.

He also demonstrated the use of few technologies and apps to help participants understand how technology makes job easier and increases efficiency. The students were very keen to get the answers of their queries on the subject from the expert. It was a great learning experience for all the participants.

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In his address to the students, he said that 21st century is an era of massive disruptions in markets, media, management approaches and business models. These disruptions are being caused by rapid technological changes on the one hand and tectonic shifts in customer preferences, expectations and societal behaviour on the other. To deal with these changing situations, marketing practices are required to be advanced and proactive. Marketing in era of disruption requires an innovative and disruptive approach to tackle competition and to deal with changing expectations of consumers. Marketing managers need to realign traditional strategies and develop new disruptive marketing strategies to create a new market space which ensures a protection from competitors or identify a new market space which does not attract competition. He shared examples of world’s leading organizations like Alibaba, Amazon, UBER, AirBNB, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Oyo rooms and the practices they follow to stay ahead of competition. He focused on desire, capability and persistence as pillars of success.

The students had an array of interaction befitting to the subject to which Prof. Atul Parvatiyar responded with suitable answers with industry examples.

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Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director (Management) extended a floral welcome and introduced the guest and his contribution in the field of management education as an acclaimed academician, among the most cited researchers and prolific author.

Prof. Atul was also honored with the status of Distinguished Visiting Faculty at Mohan Nagar  campus by Shri Arpit Chadha, Vice Chairman, I.T.S - The Education Group.

During his interaction with faculty on the subject he shared the evolution of CRM as a body of knowledge and highlighted the reasons for Customer relationship management (CRM) being able to attract the expanded attention of practitioners across industries.  Customer-centric strategies, programs, tools, and technology are strategic for developing an efficient and effective CRM ecosystem. He discussed overall purpose of CRM as to improve marketing productivity and to enhance mutual value for the parties involved in the relationship.

Faculty had an array of interaction befitting to the subject and exploring new dimensions for research to which Prof. Atul Parvatiyar responded with suitable answers with industry examples.

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The objective of this Seventh International Conference on System Modeling & Advancement in Research Trends (SMART) was to bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world by providing a platform to present new advances and research results in the fields of Computational Sciences, system modeling and computer science. This conference comprised of tracks on Emerging Technologies, IOT & Wireless Communication , Digital India Initiative, Communication and Network Broadcast , Signal Image & Communicational Technology, Governance, Risk and Compliance.

It was nice experience to evaluate papers of Track 6: Day2 & delivered keynote on “IoT & Fog Computing” in which Original contributions were solicited.

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Cultural Club students  performed a skit based on the famous ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ story line. The point of the whole exercise was to drive home the importance of being honest and truthful. As the skit drew to a close, Santa Claus himself burst into the scene (Atul playing the jolly young-at-heart man). Before distributing his gifts (color pencil and sketch pen sets), Santa followed up with more learning on good habits and nice manners. Basically it was a refresher on lessons imparted in earlier sessions.
The day drew to a close with the distribution of ‘Winkies Swiss Roll’ and ‘Mango Bite Toffees’ among the children. Dr. Indraneel Mandal accompanied and motivated the student volunteers, with overall planning and guidance by Prof. Lokesh Upreti as the faculty coordinator of CSR Club - Parivartan.

The volunteers for the day were Hitesh Sharma, Jhalak Agarwal, Rubiya Noor, Mahima Singh, Nageshwar Mani Tiwari, Atul Aniket, Devanshi Gupta, Somitra Chatterjee, Upasana Singh, Anjali Singh, Rohit Kumar Singh, Ankita Dwivedi and Rahul Gupta.

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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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