Jaipuria Institute of Management,Indirapuram, Ghaziabad organized Talent Management 2016 : Building Competency, Capability & Culture on 30th January 2016 at hotel Radisson Blu, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad. The summit was formally inaugurated by lighting a lamp by the Key Note Speaker Mr. Aditya Ghosh, President & Whole Time Director, InterGlobe Aviation Limited , Guest of Honour Mr. Annurag Batra,Chairman & Editor in Chief ,BW Businessworld , Shri Shishir Jaipuria (Chairman of Jaipuria Group of Institutions), Partho P kar Managing Director, Brookes Enterprises and Prof. (Dr.) Daveinder Narang (Director, Jaipuria Institute of Mangement, Indirapuram).
The event was attended by over 200 participants comprising corporate, businessmen, academicians and management students. The summit discussion hovered on the science of acquiring requisite skills required for an individual and corporate alike today.
Shri Shishir Jaipuria (Chairman of Jaipuria Group of Management Institutions) highlighted that Industrial manufacturing companies are having difficulty filling jobs, even with relatively high unemployment rates in many countries. The problem is getting the right people for the available jobs. With ‘Make in India’, the manufacturing sector once again growing and profitable, but the industry is not drawing the talent it needs to support growth.
Prof (Dr.) Daviender Narang, Director of Jaipuria Institute of Management stressed that the success mantra for managing talent is to adapt, upgrade, modify and change as per requirements. Inspired thinking and creative thinking is more important than ever before.
Guest of honour Mr. Annurag Batra,Chairman & Editor in Chief ,BW Businessworld focused on the increasing competition for talent in the manufacturing sector. He focused on the need of reckoning, selecting and grooming talent employees in Manufacturing (Make in India), Ecommerce & Supply chain and BFSI.
Key Note Speaker Mr. Aditya Ghosh ,President & Whole Time Director, Inter Globe Aviation Limited focused that success of any organization is based upon the talent management in today’s competitive marketplace. Talent is no longer an issue that is only confined to the HR department but also is rising to the top of the agenda for senior executives across the different verticals of industry. This reflects the importance of talent for competitive advantage in today’s global knowledge economy.
Mr. Partho P Kar, Managing Director, Brookes Enterprises exhorted that the business environment is constantly evolving and there is a proliferation of knowledge.
Next stage of the summit was the panel discussion of various sectors with Manufacturing (Make in India) being the first one. Most participants of this panel called a career in Manufacturing as glorious and dynamic and need requisite skills for the same. Shitanshu Prasad, Executive Director, SAIL stressed the need of identifying, developing and retaining global talent for acquiring the competitive advantage in organizational performance and development in manufacturing sector. Prashant Bhatmule, VP – SCM, HSIL focused on How to expand Talent search for closing the talent gap between “Right Man for the Right Job”. Other panelist for the session include Dhiraj Saraswat, Head –HR, Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd & Bhupendra Kaushal, VP- Corporate HR, Ginni Filaments Ltd.
The second panel session on BFSI sector whereby Mr Mohit Sharma, Chief Manager & HR Business Partner, IndusInd Bank focused on systematic approach to attract and manage talent that can unleash tremendous innovation and growth in BFSI. Other panelist include Mr. Vikas Choubey, VP- Human Resources and Regional Head- North, AXIS Bank and Sharad Hamirwasia, Group Manager, EvalueServe.
The third panel session post lunch focused on E-commerce and Supply Chain industry. Ms.Binni Rai, Head -Talent Management & Founding Member, Jabong.com emphasized that E-commerce sales in India are set to rise by 18 % by the end of 2016 and these increased volumes are putting unprecedented demands on the supply chains of e-commerce and omni-channel retailers. Mr. Neerav Jain, Founder & CEO, Cityfurnish.com focused on the rapidly changing delivery expectations of e-commerce customers, driven by trends towards click & collect and next day delivery, mean that operating an effective e-commerce supply chain and fulfillment operation presents a whole new set of challenges.
Prof. (Dr) Daviender Narang formally closed the session by delivering the valedictory speech and hoped that all participants would have benefited from this event. The event was coordinated by Director of Jaipura Institute of Management Prof (Dr.) Daviender Narang, Dr. Ashwani Varshney, Dr. Anil Gupta, Ms. Bhavna Malik, Dr.Neelu Tiwari and Ms. Sunita Chowdhary.
