The two day National Conference on “Management of
Innovation in Business and Technology- New Strides”
organized by School of Management Sciences (SMS), Varanasi
concluded on Sunday. The proceedings of the Conference were
conducted in the six technical sessions over the last two
days and witnessed a high profile congregation of elite
thinkers and academicians from India as well as abroad.
Speaking in one of the sessions, Prof. R. C. Mishra,
Department of Psychology, B.H.U. said that proper
work ethics needs to be developed among the students in
order to succeed in their corporate endeavours. He also
talked about the cultural clusters globally and concluded
that the people working in countries like Britain, Denmark,
and Norway are most satisfied in comparison to Asians and
Japanese on the personal and emotional factors. Speaking
in the other technical session Mr. Rakesh Seth,
Corporate Head (HR), Fedders Lloyd Group (New Delhi)
opined that no one is unemployable. It is entirely based
on the demand and supply factors. He further said that corporate
evaluate the “Industrial Readiness” of the students
while recruiting them. Hence, students should inculcate
the passion for work and flexibility in their approach towards
work.
In yet another session, Dr. Anjana Sen, Senior
Management Consultant from Mumbai, said that Creativity
is the
result of the changes in the nerve cells in response to
the environment, practices and new experiences and stress
hampers the creativity. She opined that Intrinsic Motivators
are necessary for creativity and an organization is like
an iceberg, upper part is the performance and the lower
part consists of the Group mood, group needs, underlying
conflicts and repressed issues. She urged the students to
be proactive for creativity. Ms. Shanta Roy, Chief
Marketing Officer, Haier India (New Delhi) interacted
with the students and through the Case Study of Haier Brand,
enlightened the participants as to how and why Haier is
at the top amongst all global Consumer Durable Brands. In
the final session, Prof. K. K. Bhutani (Director,
UPTEC Computer Consultancy & Former Head, Computer Centre,
University of Allahabad) opined about innovations
in technology and called the great computer innovation as
“Wisdom Machine”.
Praising the participants and galaxy of intellectuals,
in the valedictory session Prof. P. N. Jha, Director, SMS
said that academic discussions in the Conference have been
beneficial for both the academic as well as industrial world.
The Conference Review was presented by Dr. Sanjay Saxena
(Reader & Conference Coordinator, SMS). Certificates
and Best Research Paper awards were also distributed to
the participating candidates by the Director and Conference
Convener Dr. Amit Gautam. The vote of thanks was given by
Mr. Kamal Sheel Mishra, HOD, Computer Science Department,
SMS. On this occasion Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Registrar, SMS,
participants and faculty members were also present. The
sessions were coordinated by Dr. Meenakshi Singh, Dr. Shardul
Chaubey, Mr. Amit Kishore Sinha, Mr. Amitabh Pandey, Mr.
Atish Khadse, Mr. Rajiv Katare and Ms. Indrani Sengupta
(all faculty members, SMS).
More than 250 research papers were presented
in the seven parallel technical sessions at different lecture
theatres spread across SMS campus. Over 300 participants
from India and abroad attended the conference.
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