Main speaker was Mr. Varun Malhotra, Director - EIFS Pvt Ltd., an Alumnus of Washington University in St Louis, USA and IIM-Ahmedabad, who has successfully completed all 3 levels of CMT (Charted Market Technician - the only Technical Analysis Program recognized by New York Stock Exchange) and CFA Program (Charted Financial Analyst, USA). He has delivered lectures on Investing in Financial Markets, Portfolio management, Retirement Planning, Technical Analysis for Financial Markets and Financial Management & Accounting in various Government & Private Organizations.

• About the Seminar:The seminar will be helpful not only for beginners but also for seasoned market professionals. The Seminar will start with the basics of Investing & will gradually bring more depth into the topics. Some key expected takeaways for you will be:
• Solving the Stock Market puzzle: What to buy, when to buy & when to sell. Speaker emphasized the importance of buying ETF’s and holding it for long duration to reap handsome gains.
• Investment Psychology: Identifying bubbles in financial markets and remain cautious during the times of extreme euphoria that leaves lot many investors trapped in the market.
• Sectors that can outperform the broader market in near future. He spoke at a length on, about the role of technology that will affect our lives in the future and also emphasized that the companies who develop better technology will be the driving forces of capital market in the near future.
• How Investing in the Stock Market can create passive income and can be alternate to fixed pension plans.
• How small investments with the help of compounding can create substantial wealth through compounding technique.
• How to create your own Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) for future liabilities / requirements.

Mr.Sanjay Diwan, Director –Strategy, AGC Networks was the Chief guest and Mr. Abhay Saxena, AVP-TQM and Training and Development , Hero Corporation was the key note speaker in the inaugural session. There were two technical sessions, followed by a panel discussion on the first day of the seminar. Mr. Sandeep Tyagi, Director – HR, Haier appliances, Dr. H.S, Sharma, DG, Lord Krishna Group, Dr. A. R.Dubey, Professor, Skyline University, Dubai, were the key speakers in the first technical session on Business Leadership while Mr. Avirag Jain, VP – HR, R. Systems, Ms. Indrani Nath, Reliance Communication and Mr. Himanshu Saxena, CEO and Founder, Maverik Consulting were the distinguished speakers for the second technical session on Empowering HR through ICT. The facilitator for panel discussion was Mr. Murlidhar Shyam, Director – HR, ATC while Dr.P. U.B. Rao, Senior Professor, Mr.Sunit Saxena, AGM-HR, Idea Cellular and Mr. H.S.Yadav, AVP-HR, DS Group were the other members of panel discussion. There was a paper presentation contest for faculty and students on second day. Compendium was also released during the seminar. Papers were presented and were examined by the senior academicians. More than 40 papers from various Business Schools and Universities were entertained which came from Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Delhi. The best papers were awarded with cash prize of Rs.10000, Rs.6000, Rs.4000/- to faculty members and cash prize of Rs.5000, Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2000/- to students.

ICMC 2016 aimed at international relevance and encouraged case writers from all over the world to participate and share their experiences on a platform created for academicians, practitioners, consultants, research scholars and students of management studies. The event focused on the central theme of “Case Development to Encourage Transformational Learning.”

Keynote speaker for the session was Trevor Williamson from The Case Centre. Trevor emphasized on the case teaching method as one of the important pedagogical tools in management teaching. He focused on teaching through a process of transferring a case idea into a teaching case, a teaching note and a teaching plan.

The Conference has been a great platform to learn, share and connect with delegates from all over the world.

The theme of the conference centered on the changing dynamics of the recruitment industry and how the human resource professionals can implement the best practices in order to nail the very best of talent pool.

The two-day event witnessed presence of HR professionals, corporate leaders, recruiters, academicians, thought leaders and speakers specifically from the HR industry.

Inaugural session was presided over by Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) and managing directors. Speakers included Madhavi Lall, Head HR, Deutsche Bank, Prithvi Shergill, CHRO, HCL Technologies, and Mr. Saugata Mitra, Group Head, HR, Mother Dairy Pvt Ltd.

The introduction was followed by the first panel discussion of the day titled, “A Journey from Classroom to Boardroom”. Speakers and moderators of the session included Ms Madhavi Lall of Deutsche Bank, Ms Neeti Sharma, Co-Founder Team Lease, Prof. Amit Mookerjee, Dean and Head, IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus, Dr. Jitendra Das, Director, Fore School of Management and Mr Rajeev Kumar, Global Head, Campus Hiring, Wipro Limited.

“Transforming HR for Strategic Talent Management” was the focus area of the second session. The session was presided over by leaders like Dr. Sandhya Chintala, VP NASSCOM and S Radha Chauhan, President and CEO, Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

Third session of the day, focused on the concept of “Onboarding and Engaging Talent in the Digital Age”. Speakers and moderators of the session comprised Mr Prithvi Shergill of HCL, Ms Pooja Malik, VP, HR, Anand Automotives Ltd, Ms Kiran Singh, GM, Corporate HR, Mother Dairy, Mr. Unmesh Pawar, Global HR MD, Accenture and Mr.Wallace Shah, Director and Country Head, Lausanne Hospitality Consulting.

On the second day, the following sessions took place - Panel Discussion on:‘How Technology is changing the Landscape of Talent Acquisition’. Moderator was Mr. Sreekanth Arimanithaya, Managing Director, CSC India & Global Lead- Workforce Management,CSC. Panelists were Mr. Premlesh Machama – MD, Career Builder IMr. Prashant Bhatnagar – Senior Director, People & Culture, Hike Messenger Mr. M. V. S. Murthy – Chief – People Office, nFDIL (A Future Group Company) and Ms. Rinku Kaul – Managing Director, Talent Supply Chain, Accenture. Second session was on ‘Emerging Trends in HR’ chaired by Ms. Ester Martinez , CEO & Editor-in-Chief at People Matters.

Conference concluded with Panel Discussion & Closing Plenary on:

‘Empower HR through Apprenticeship’.

It was a good learning experience for the faculty members.