“Late Prof. Y. K. Bhushan Most Influential Professors” award at the World Education Congress 2024, 13th Edition held at TajLands Endon on July 11, 2024 at Mumbai.

Mr. Himanshu Singhal, who focused on the topic of "Understanding Innovation." The speaker  provided a clear and comprehensive definition of innovation, emphasizing its importance in the modern business landscape. He highlighted the critical role that innovation plays in ensuring the growth and sustainability of businesses, particularly startups. His insights on innovation provided the new batch of PGDM students with valuable knowledge and inspiration as they embark on their academic journey. His talk set a positive and forward-thinking tone for the orientation program, motivating students to embrace innovation in their future careers. Himanshu Singhal, delivered insightful session that left the students inspired and well-prepared for their journey ahead. The blend of motivation, practical advice, and forward-thinking perspectives provided the new PGDM batch with a solid foundation to build upon in their academic and professional pursuits.

Chairperson , Dr. Anusha Agarwal provided an overview of the PGDM programme, highlighted the key aspects of the institute's infrastructure,  introduced various departments and the services available for the students. The area heads introduced area-wise faculty members and shared brief profiles highlighting their qualifications, research interests, and industry experience.

Dr. Anusha Agarwal and Dr. Ritu Saxena conducted the session “Expectations of Students from the Management Programme” through a collaborative learning process to set the tone for the entire academic journey.

Later, an “Icebreaking Session” was conducted for the students by Prof. Yacchnna Malhotra, Dr. Richa Narayan Agarwal, and Dr.Ritu Saxena. The objective of the session was to make the participants comfortable in the I.T.S. campus and become familiar with each other. The overall session was divided into four activities. The first activity was about the maximum remembering of the names of peers. The second activity was coping with "Animal Sound, “and the third activity was “Hula Hoop Ring Pass” in a small group of 10 students. The fourth activity was the “Tower Building” activity using newspapers. The objective of the activities was to enhance communication, cooperation, co-ordination and team building skills among students and the students enjoyed the session.

Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director, ITS School of Management, welcomed all the eminent guests and students for the session. Dr Anusha Agarwal, Chairperson-PGDM gave a brief overview of the two-week orientation program.

Mr. Surinder Sood, Director-PR I.T.S-The Education Group shared how innovation is required for the fast-changing world of competition to achieve the new heights. He further emphasized the acquisition of skills.

Hon. Teerath Singh Rawat, Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in his address, advised students to connect with the culture, be disciplined and pursue excellence by focusing on perseverance, determination and goal clarity.

Shri Amod K. Kanth, Former IPS and Founder General Secretary, Prayas JAC Society, in his address highlighted how self-recognition is key to success. Further, students should learn problem-solving skills to become successful leaders.

Mr. Niraj Sharan, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Aura Industrial Systems LLC, USA, in his address guided students to use the skill set and repair weakness daily for a better life.

Mr. Saurabh Shankar, Director – HR, Vivo India, in his address interacted with students to focus on new emergent fields and try to inculcate differentiation as a strategy to sustain and excel.

Dr Aparajita prashad , India CX leader ,PWC, India in her address guided the students about how they should be market ready .Further Advised to learn from their experiences to achieve the goal . She advised to self reflect.

During the Inaugural session of ASPIRATIONS – 2024 the Poster of the Marketing Summit 2024 was released and the date of the summit was announced by the eminent guests. 

and Director I.T.S School of Management, Prof. (Dr.) Ajay Kumar participated in “VARSHROPAN” initiated by our Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam" campaign at I.T.S School of Management, Mohan Nagar, Ghaziabad, on July 9, 2024. 

The International Conference was organized in an offline manner where around 50 Faculty & Research Scholars from different parts of India participated and presented their paper.  Prof. Prachi Pachaury's research paper on the title “Leadership Practices and Sustainable Organizational Performance: Mediation of Behavioural Innovation and Moderation of Intellectual Capital” was accepted and published in the JIM Quest Ugc care listed journal, she has also been awarded with a participation certificate.

The theme of the conference was “ Building a Resilient Economy: Policies and Strategies for Sustainable Growth  ”. The objective of the conference was to provide a common platform for researchers from the Academia as well as the Industry to discuss and present their research work by providing an opportunity for collaboration among them. Various research papers on the above mentioned theme were presented in the conference. The papers were presented by academicians, Research scholars, and Executives from industry in different areas from different parts of the Country. Overall the session was more on the research papers dealing with real problems and scenario in multidisciplinary areas. It was a rich learning opportunity for the participants and all. The interactive nature of the session further added great learning. The feedback was given to the participants on one to one basis along with suggestions for continuing their research in their area of interest. At last the concluding remark and best wishes was given to all participants for their research in future. Overall the experience was enriching and overwhelming.

The International Conference was organized in an offline manner where around 50 Faculty & Research Scholars from different parts of India participated and presented their paper.  Prof. Prachi Pachaury's research paper on the title “Leadership Practices and Sustainable Organizational Performance: Mediation of Behavioural Innovation and Moderation of Intellectual Capital” was accepted and published in the JIM Quest Ugc care listed journal, she has also been awarded with a participation certificate.

The eminent speaker of the session was Mr. T.N. Ravi, Founder of AV Enterprises. He explained about the application of startup finance principles and its critical aspect for entrepreneurs seeking to navigate the complexities of financial management in the startup ecosystem. Further, he enlightened the students by showering knowledge of entrepreneurship and startups & their vital role in the industry. He also explained various types of funding viz., Bootstrapping, Seed Funding/ Angel Funding, Series, and IPO. He shared some practical knowledge about start-ups and sources of funding for the business and funding pie at various stages of funding.

The session was insightful and exhibited knowledge. It was a great learning for all the students as they enjoyed the question-and-answer sessions and got the opportunity to clear their doubts.

The session was concluded by Dr. Anusha Agarwal, PGP Chairperson presenting a token of memento to the guest, Mr. T.N. Ravi.

Ms. Sharma is having an illustrious career and vast exposure in “Logistics Industry”. Her company is having a global presence and providing global supply chain solutions to its customers.  The Director of  ITS School of Management,Prof. (Dr.) Timira Shukla, also graced the occasion.

In her opening remarks,Ms. Sharma,  highlighted the importance of “International Logistics”. It is the lifeline of much needed “Global Trade” without which no country can be competitive in the global market. Sharing  In her session Ms. Sharma touched upon several aspects like components of International Logistics, Shipping Documentation & Custom Clearances, INCO terms, rising ‘Risks in International  Logistics’, use of ‘Technology in Logistics’ AI and IT etc. Finally, she drew attention of participants on the “Initiatives taken by GOI”, in terms of Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), Sagarmala, BharatMala, , Golden Quadrilateral, Modernization of Ports & Harbours, Logistics Policy 2022, besides “Containerisation”.

The participants were also exposed to “ Set of Documents”, which are very  important in Export & Import. Under Q & A session, students raised very important industry related queries.

PGDM Programme Chairperson, Prof.( Dr.) Anusha Agarwal, offered a memento to Ms. Sarita Sharma, as a token of gratitude.