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Program Type: PGDM
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19 executives of PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK LIMITED from different areas of expertise have successfully completed the One-Year Programme in General Management. The first Graduation Ceremony was held on 11th May, 2018 where all the participants were awarded with certificates.
The Graduation Ceremony was inaugurated by Mr. Kaushik Roy, Managing Director, Phillips Carbon Black Limited, Mr.R.K.Jha, President-Corporate, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Professor. Arindam Banik, Director IMI Kolkata, Mr.Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chief–HR & IT and Professor. Sarojakshya Chatterjee, Dean-MDP & EDP, IMI Kolkata.
In his inaugural speech Professor. Banik congratulated the executives and he mentioned that “the executives are brilliant and they will give good signals for the growth module of the organization”.
In his Keynote Address Mr. Roy spoke about how comfortable and confident he is that the organization in the long term will be in very good hands. He also spoke about the competition in the present corporate world and the ways in which an individual can survive and achieve his/her goal by keeping a striking balance between mind and heart. He congratulated the 19 participants and advised them to never stop learning new things and that self-grooming is the key always.
The certificates were presented by Mr.R.K.Jha, Mr. Kaushik Roy and Professor.Banik. The Top Three Certificates for meritorious students were given out to Ms. Neha Kamboj who received the 1st Rank for obtaining the highest CGPA, followed by Mr. Sumit Sinha and Mr. Siddhardha Seetala.
Ms. Neha Kamboj, Mr.Abhisek Singh, Mr. Raj Debojyoti Mitra and Ms.Nainee Shrivastava shared their Gratitude to their Company and IMI-Kolkata for providing them with this learning opportunity.
Professor. Chatterjee quoted “I will like to compliment the participants for their perseverance as striking a balance between studies and work was a daunting task. This is a special day in their lives as they graduate today and are ready to take on new challenges. I congratulate each one of them”
Mr. Bhattacharya handed over the token of appreciation and in his vote of thanks he congratulated IMI-Kolkata faculty to help them carefully craft the course to enhance the learning and experiential component of the programme. He was positive that the participants would apply their learnings to real-life situations.
6th Annual Convocation
- Post date November 11, 2020
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Shri Bibek Debroy addressed 6th IMI-Kolkata Convocation
Kolkata, May 11th, 2018: Renowned economist and Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Shri Bibek Debroy, delivered the Convocation address of International Management Institute (IMI) Kolkata on Friday, May 11 2018. Prof. Arindam Banik, Director quoted that 120 students of the Institute’s PGDM Programme are graduating at the 6Th Annual Convocation. Mr. P.K. Khaitan, renowned lawyer and Member of the Institute’s Board of Governors presided over the joyous occasion.
6th Annual Convocation video
This year the three outstanding IMI-Kolkata achievers are women. While Sagnika Dutta received the Gold Medal in Academics, Yamini Gupta was awarded for her all-round performance. Notably, Tania Mitra, having secured the highest salary package amongst the batch, is yet another young achiever, Prof Banik added.
Shri Bibek Debroy addressed the students, reminding them of the indigenous origin of “Samavartan”, which referred to the graduation of students from Gurukul in ancient India. He spoke of his prolonged association with IMI, mentioning its growth “from a seed to a mighty sapling”. He also said, “95% of entreprenural initiatives fail. Hence students must understand the importance of failure as they strive to carve a space for their own selves” and reminded them of the necessity of giving back to society. He mentioned that , “Schemes like Start Up India, SMART cities Mission are attempts of the Government to include citizens in making a better country. India will change because of its citizens.”
He mentioned “You are going out to discover your destiny. You will strive for happiness. But happiness does not come from an external object, rather from within” Lastly he infused in the students a sense of responsibility towards their motherland.
The IMI-Kolkata campus in Alipore, spread over nearly 3 acres, was established in 2010 to provide significant opportunities to learn, grow and develop multiple skills across various disciplines of Management. Centrally located, the Kolkata campus is also equipped with residential facilities. The Institute’s flagship Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is accredited by the National Board of Accreditations (NBA) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Currently IMI-Kolkata has active academic and research collaborations with the University of Tours, University of Bordeaux and ESC Rennes School of Business in France, as also Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and Kunning University of Science & Technology in China.
The Chief Guest at the Convocation Shri Bibek Debroy is a Member of NITI Aayog. He is an Indian economist and policy maker He also writes extensively on history and culture, as also languages and literature of India. Shri Debroy received the Padma Shri in 2015. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by US-India Business Summit.
Shri Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and a Member of the NITI Aayog, delivered the IMI-Kolkata Convocation address on May 11, 2018.
For further information:
Dr. Paramita Mukherjee, Dean (Academics); Phone: (033) 6652 9667
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IMI-Kolkata commences the new session with increased capacity of students
International Management Institute – Kolkata (IMI-K) commences its new session in the presence of veteran theatre personality Mr. Rudraprasad Sengupta and his team “Nandikar”. Prof. Arindam Banik, Director of IMI quoted that 172 students are joining the Institute’s PGDM Programme (2018-2020) this year. IMI-Kolkata has also introduced a new section of students for the upcoming batch (PGDM 2018-2020) with an additional strength of 60(approximately) over last year.
The institute hosted a one of its kind orientation ceremony with Mr. Sengupta’s team Nandikar having planned an exclusive workshop for the new students. The theme of the workshop is “Nothing But TRUTH”. It is a two day workshop enhancing communication between students and encouraging team work. The workshop is also designed to help students shed their inhibitions. It will also give students an opportunity to better their creative skills.
The IMI-Kolkata campus in Alipore, spread over nearly 3 acres, was established in 2010 to provide significant opportunities to learn, grow and develop multiple skills across various disciplines of Management. Centrally located, the Kolkata campus is also equipped with residential facilities. The Institute’s Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is accredited by the National Board of Accreditations (NBA). The Institute also offers an AICTE approved full-time Fellowship Programme in Management (FPM).
Currently, IMI-Kolkata has active academic and research collaborations with the University of Tours, University of Bordeaux and ESC Rennes School of Business in France, as also Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and Kunning University of Science & Technology in China and many others.
IMI-Kolkata has added a new section in the new batch in its Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Programme. The same has been approved by AICTE. The new section is meant to enhance the capacity of the Institute.
The institute also awarded the prestigious Dr Rama Prasad Goenka Merit Scholarship to the present second year students. Mr Gaurav Guha received the highest scholarship of Rs 75,000. Mr. Saptarshi Roy and Mr. Tirthakamal Nath are also recipients of this scholarship.
This year’s Chief Guest at the Orientation Programme Mr Rudraprasad Sengupta is a Bengali Indian actor, director and cultural critic. He leads the theatre group “NANDIKAR” known for its critically acclaimed plays. He received several awards, including the highest national award from Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1980.
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ORIENTATION PROGRAMME PGDM BATCH 2018-20 ON 18th June’ 18
ORIENTATION WORKSHOP DAY-1 By Rudraprasad Sengupta and his team “Nandikar”
ORIENTATION WORKSHOP DAY-2 By Rudraprasad Sengupta and his team “Nandikar”
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IMI Kolkata organized its first Annual Management Conclave – Converse 2018, on the theme “Competitive Advantage in Today’s Business Ecosystem – Disruption with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning” .
The one-day event ignited insightful discussions among eminent speakers. The Inaugural ceremony was graced by the lighting of the lamp of erudition by the dignitaries, marking the start of the Conclave. In his welcome address, Professor Arindam Banik (Director, IMI Kolkata) spoke of the inception of the idea of Converse 2018 for IMI Kolkata. Mr. Amitabh Chakraborty (Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Kitara Capital Pvt. Ltd.), in his keynote address projected a few disruptive trends like solid-state batteries, anti-ageing medicines, health care and big data. In his speech, Mr. Kamal Agarwal (Partner, Ernst & Young) stated that more than obtaining a competitive advantage, innovation is essential for beating existential crisis. Mr. Sunil Bhandari (Executive Director – Corporate, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group) stated on an introspective note that disrupting one selves is where true disruption begins. Professor Mohua Banerjee drew the session to a close with a vote of thanks to the dignitaries, distinguished guests, alumni members and everyone involved in the event. The tone was set for the discussions henceforth and excitement was palpable among the audience.
The first panel had an enlightening session on “Creating your Artificial Intelligence Roadmap – where to start and where to go next.” Mr. Prasun Nandy (Partner, PwC) emphasised that by 2030 there will be a 14% increase in world GDP because of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the sectors to be most impacted will be health, education, retail and manufacturing. Mr. Rakesh Gupta (Director, ISPL) articulated the importance of planning the structure and architecture of an organisation for optimum utilization of the AI resources at their disposal. Mr. Atanu Ghosh (Founder & CEO, Bluebeaks and Salt n Soap) addressed the need to identify technologies, build capabilities by reskilling and pooling in resources to continue growing in the field of AI. Mr. Avijit Ghosh (Director, LearningMate) highlighted that by 2025 global software market will increase to 35 million dollars whereas the global education market will hike up to a billion dollars and the contribution of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the various fields of education will be substantial. As the Moderator, Dr. Debasish Guha (Delivery Head, Tata Consultancy Services) reiterated the importance of data and how AI can help to make human life better while maintaining that no matter how much we emphasise on the profits of a company and ourselves, it is important not to be myopic and forget about Mother Earth .
The concept note address by Mr. Mohit Kampani (CEO, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd.) posed a pertinent question “If humans created machines, why can’t humans teach machines to learn like humans?” While distinguishing between “digitization” and “digitalization”, he pointed out that adding analytics to digitalization adds a different dimension and that is how asset-light companies like Uber, Facebook, AirBnB, Netflix, Skype and Google are changing the world with their disruptive business models. It is intelligent automation that ultimately enables organizations to augment capabilities to ‘do’, ‘analyse’ and ‘decide’.
The second panel shared their insights on the topic “Unlocking Technology to create Meaningful Business Metrics”. The Moderator for the afternoon, Mr. Sanjay Banerjee (Partner, AMROP India) emphasized on the advent of digitalization in healthcare and listed a number of metrics on health outcomes, guidance to medical practitioners, insurance policy making, insurance claims and revenue, which have benefited as a result of digitalization. Mr. Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya (Country Group Head – Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.) identified technology breakthrough as a major reason behind the increased standard of living. Mr. Benjamin Mathew (Partner, MART) identified that while implementation of AI in various government platforms such as the Jan Dhan Yojana was imperative, the urgent requirement of technology was to solve real problems, like the availability of drinking water. Mr. Partho Dasgupta (Chief Mentor, RIL – Textiles) provided food for thought by urging the students to develop their innate intelligence as AI will not have a role to play when the business situation demands display of real intelligence. The last speaker in the panel, Mr. Sourav Daspatnaik (CEO, Swach Environment Private Limited, a SREI Initiative) continued on the social aspect and encouraged the need for technology to develop holistic and sustainable development, concentrating mainly on three focal areas – people, planet and profit.
The eventful day came to an end with the final panel discussion on “Using technology for HR practices” that explored the connection between technology and the field of human relations.
Mr. Saptarshi Bhattacharaya(Head, Employee Relations, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.) articulated his vision for AI in HR as “redefining the jobs, not replacing them,” therefore, bringing in new engagement. Mr. Jigar Avlani (Associate Director, Human Capital, PwC) emphasized that through Artificial Intelligence HR is transitioning from mundane jobs and in the distinct future human resource employees will be known as business advisors. Hence it is necessary to unlearn the learnings and develop new skills to coexist with machines in this technologically advanced era. Mr. Subroto Basu Chaudhury (Cluster HR Head, South Asia, The Linde Group) restated that it is essential to “Leverage technology, become smart and simplify the routine tasks.” Mr. Judhajit Das (Chief, Human Resource, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.) highlighted that “HR is all about high-touch and not high-tech”, hence there is a constant need to balance technology with the human touch. Ms. Ajanta Chatterjee (Vice President, Human Resources, JSW Steel Ltd.) elucidated through some interesting anecdotes that we have the means to optimally employ the growing technologies, yet it is still unclear as to how far we have been able to achieve that. As the moderator of the panel, Dr. Soni Agarwal (Associate Professor, OB & HR, IMI Kolkata) emphasized the fact that “change is the new future” and will bring many new opportunities in the field of HR.
Mementos were presented to the guests as a parting token of gratitude and appreciation. Converse 2018 came to an impressive and successful end, leaving the entire IMI Kolkata fraternity eager for a bigger and more magnificent event next year.
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Study In India – Initiative
- Post date November 10, 2020
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Earlier this year the research accomplished Associate Professor duo, Dr. Sahana Roy Chowdhury from the Economics area and Dr. Rituparna Basu from the Marketing area of IMI Kolkata had signed the prestigious European Union’s Erasmus+ teaching agreements to deliver lectures at a top French public University in Paris. The professors were specifically picked up for the practice-led research expertise by the UPEM, Universite Paris-est Marne-la-Vallee for this rare honour to teach their master’s level students in particular.
As per their respective agreements, both the professors were assigned to individually deliver 10 hours of lectures at UPEM and also UPEC for the economics faculty. Dr. Roy Chowdhury addressed students with her lectures on “Economic issues and debates in the Indian labor market”; “Macro-development and fiscal issues in Indian economy: Current scenario”; and also delivered a seminar for the economics department at UPEM on “Financial structure, institutional quality and monetary policy transmission: A Meta Analysis”. Dr. Basu was specifically asked to deliberate on some of her specific research titles and award winning global cases to attune the students with emerging market perspectives on marketing and marketing strategy. Her lecture topics included “Marketing in India”, “Understanding Marketing Strategy: Perspectives on Emerging Market”; Marketing Premium/ Luxury in India” and “Sports Marketing: Strategies and Directions”. Around 250 master level students across specialized courses on economics, luxury management, marketing strategy, sports management programmes were benefitted from the lectures.
The visiting faculties were entrusted with the primary objective of equipping matured University students with global perspectives and cross cultural insights that would help them understand and undertake international projects and assignments. Apart from the teaching deliverables, Roy Chowdhury and Basu were encouraged to collaborate and undertake international research projects with UPEM and UPEC faculty to facilitate sustainable linkages between the institutes and IMI Kolkata. The visiting faculties were highly appreciated for their effort and objective oriented lecture deliveries. Upon perfecting the prestigious Erasmus+ faculty mobility and being one of the first few from the country to have visited the European Union under such mobility teaching agreement, Roy Chowdhury and Basu echoed, “The experience has been enriching and engaging from all aspects of delivery and learning. The Erasmus+ involvement is definitely a fulfilling one as it acknowledges our research relevance in the larger context of global academics and research.”
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7th December 2018, Kolkata: International Management Institute, Kolkata, organized its annual management and cultural fest Confero 7.0. The word “confero” means bringing thoughts together and that is what IMI Kolkata did with its theme of “Melange: Revisit the Past”. This mega event was entirely student driven and saw active participation from business schools across the country. IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kolkata, IMI Delhi and Welingkar institute of Management Mumbai, to name a few, enthusiastically participated in the gamut of events that IMI-K had to offer. The event was sponsored by SBI Yono, MESCAB Cables, INOX, Mintella, The Dragon’s Kitchen, Coca Cola, Centuryply, Ishq, Be Bonnie, Ishq 104.8, Be Bonnie, BSE Institute Limited, The Souled Store, RPSG Group, Tierra di siena, Axis Bank, LandisGyr and Me.
Confero 7.0 commenced at Dr. R.P. Goenka Auditorium with the auspicious lighting of lamp and words of acuity by the esteemed guest, Shri LR Shukla, Minister of State, Department of Youth Services and Sports, Government of West Bengal and a splendid dance performance by the children of Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, coordinated by the Altruist Club setting the tone for the event. Director of IMI-K, Dr. Arindam Banik welcomed the audience and imbibed in them the importance of participating in these events and being exposed to multidisciplinary activities. Dr. Abhijit Roy, Chairperson – Student Relations, IMI Kolkata, and Dr. Paramita Mukherjee- Dean, Academics, welcomed the audience and stressed on being multifaceted. The annual event was done keeping the theme in mind of revisiting the past.
The event showcased seven management events and six cultural events coupled with many interesting filler events. The teams which stand victorious in the management events bag cash prizes worth Rs. 25000.
The Shopfloor, one of the management event organized by the marketing club of IMI-K, gave a prelude to the retail marketing experience. The event was specific to the automobile industry. Tradathon, conducted by the Finance Club of IMI-K, examined the financial bent of mind of the participants. Students proved their mettle by scoring the most and securing the first position in this event. . Opstimum 2.0, another management event conducted by the Operations Club of IMI Kolkata tested the optimizing potentials of the candidates. It was a series of highly entertaining, nail-biting rounds and the euphoric team will win whooping cash prizes. RannKaushal 4.0, a football strategic bidding event gave the participants an opportunity to bid for the best players and build their own squad. Prarambh, the business plan challenge organized by Entrepreneurship Club of IMI Kolkata tests the fresh spirit and idea generation of the participants. Crytoquest, an initiative of the Business Club and the Creative & Content Club of IMI Kolkata is dedicated to provide the necessity of creativity and innovations in business through real-life situations and scenarios. Human Hunt, organized by the HR club of Natya, the cultural dance competition brought in the much desired melodious twist to Confero 7.0. A number of colleges participated and added vigour in the entire fest. Navyata, the fashion show saw the dudes and the divas from across the city set the stage to transfix the audience and create an aura of excitement. Nukkad Natak made everyone think about the social problems with a mythical touch.
There were filler events for the creative ones as well as the culinary geeks like Fun out of Junk and Incredible Chef, which examined the participants’ creativity and culinary skills, respectively. Doodling, where the participants have to unleash the hidden artist and show their doodling skills by linear and non-linear strokes.
All the events were conducted in a unique and creative manner, which made the competition impassionate and at the same time entertaining, much to the delight of the participating teams. The ingenuity and creativity that went in designing the format of each event was much applauded and appreciated.
After a grueling yet exciting day of intense of competitions, the students finally let their hair down, dancing to popular music numbers and thoroughly enjoying themselves at the musical performance that followed. Confero 7.0 petered out with the intoxicating performance by Monica Dogra and DJ Girish, who swirled the audience in a state of reverie.
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11th December, 2018, Kolkata: IMI Kolkata witnessed the augment of the inaugural session for the two-day event, the seventh Indo-China Conference on 11th of December, 2018. The motive of this International Conference is to strengthen relations between the countries by igniting an insightful discussion on the economic, social and cultural perspectives of the two nations. The Inaugural ceremony was graced by Mr. Mani Sankar Mukherji (Sankar), Prof. Arindam Banik, Prof. Tirthankar Nag, Mr. Guo Xiaoming and Mr. Chan Jixiang. All the dignitaries were welcomed to the institute followed by the lighting of the ceremonial lamp, marking the start of the International Conference.
Prof. Tirthankar Nag kick-started the day’s event by extending gracious thanks to the dignitaries present. Mr. Chan expressed his happiness to be present in there to share ideas and have discussions and deliberations to come up with future plans that would be helpful to the people belonging to both India as well as China. Prof. Arindam Banik elucidated the relationship shared between International Management Institute, Kolkata and Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), China. Mr. Guo spoke about the relevance and significance of Kolkata in the Indo-China friendship and addressed it as the friend and sister city of Kunming. Mr. Mani Sankar Mukherji (Sankar) discussed his admiration for the Chinese policy of talking less and doing more and expressed his desire for India to follow their footsteps in this regard. He also shared anecdotes from his childhood and from the books has read and the cinema he has watched in order to emphasise the connection between India and China. He also called China the elder brother of India and hoped for a stronger bond with country by means of shared discussions and exchanged knowledge.
The session drew to a close with a vote of thanks to the dignitaries and everyone involved in the event. Mementos were presented to the guests as a parting token of gratitude and appreciation. The tone was set for the discussions henceforth and excitement was palpable among the students.
The first technical session was attended by the Chinese delegation, esteemed faculty of IMI Kolkata, and a number of students. The paper was based on ‘Buddhism, Chinese Art, Literature and fusion’ between Indian and Chinese Cultures, presented by Wang Xiapoing. He spoke about the origin of Buddhism in China and how Buddhism infused a plethora of topics such as Sanskrit, and Metaphysics into the Chinese Culture. He also emphasized on Indo-China cultural bond being the predominant force in the Asian subcontinent. Liu Xiongfeng presented a paper on ‘From Fa xian to Zhi kong: the integration and development of Indian Buddhist culture in east Asia (China and Korea peninsula)’ and enlightened us on the development of the Buddhist culture in Asia.
The second technical session began with the discussion on ‘Manufacturing Organizations in India and China where Mr. Cao Ying, Associate research fellow, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China gave his valuable insights on total factor productivity of manufacturing in China and India through the use of Malmquist Index. Various factors such as GDP Growth, technical efficiency, technical progress, efficiency index and other such factors of India and China through which conclusions were made regarding the current scenario of India and China, also what can be further done in the future in order to improve the efficiency respective countries. The event witnessed eminent researcher, Chen Jixiang presenting a paper on “Comparative Study of the Impact of Intelligent Manufacturing on the Employment of Agricultural Transfer Labor Forces in China and India.” Dr. Rachana Chattopadhay presented her paper on “Gender bias in performance management system based on behavioral dimensions”, which emphasized on the improving performances in the workplace climbing the ladder of success constantly.
The technical session, Sino India Comparative Studies covered few crucial topics and well-researched notions. Yan Fuping, in her research paper, Comparison and Consideration on the Development of Film Culture Industry in China and India, explained the role of film culture industry in promoting national, economic strength, cultural inheritance and social & cultural influence. As the foundation of the global march, India and China should build on each other’s local market and help each other by winning mutually. The Comparative Study on Sino-India Traditional Medical and Health Tourism, conducted by Huang Weimin emphasized on how health tourism is usually mixed up with medical tourism despite them being distinct concepts, hence, officially defined and separated in 2011. He mentioned about the oldest medicine of India, ‘Ayurveda’ meaning, science of live and the Chinese medical system based on Yin and Yang, five elements of life and its extracts from Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian medical practices. Both the countries, firmly believe in their medical practices which originated more than 5000 years ago. Fang Yun elaborated her research paper, A Comparative Study of the Deposit Insurance System in India and China. She began with the institutional background of the deposit insurance system in both the countries and their differences inclusive of the major governing body as RBI in India, formed in 1935, and China Bank Insurance Regulatory and Commission (CBIRC), established recently replacing the People’s bank of China. Towards the end of the session, Ms Poulami Chakraborty & Dr Rituparna Basu presented their presented their case study on Amazon Pantry: Getting the Right Positioning. The case accounted for recent developments in the digital commercialization of grocery stores.
The final technical session witnessed professors from our very own campus. First up, was Dr.Rohit Singh, assistant professor of IMI Kolkata. His case study presentation was on the topic “Flexible Supply Chain of an Indian Soap Company”. In his presentation, he spoke of the various dimensions which affect the supply chain and the performance of it. Also he emphasized on the advantages of a flexible supply chain over a rigid one. Dr. Tirthankar Nag took up the interesting topic of innovation and linkages between R&D and Information Communication Technology capabilities in today’s business environment. Dr. Nag pointed out that India as a country is oriented towards “jugaad” or innovation and is taking cue from China. He threw light on a number of Innovation surveys and the methodologies which are being adopted. To conclude the session Dr. Baidyanath Biswas spoke of changing sentiments of product reviews on an online platform and the cross cultural impact of it. His study focused on how a single product review can have a variety of impacts in different cultural domains and how can it be best tailored to customers and companies.
Day Two of the International Conference
12th December, 2018, Kolkata: The fifth technical session of the seventh Indo-China Conference was centred on the topic “Labor Market and Other Studies”. The discussion was started by Xiwei Huang, who spoke about “The Difficulty of Promoting Migrant Workers Well-being: a Comparison Study between China and India.” She gave insights about the various gaps between the lives of the migrants and the local people of the cities to which these rural folks migrate. Swapan Chakraborty gave a presentation on “Labour market regulation and manufacturing employment: A study of organized manufacturing sector across Indian states” while emphasising on the need for these regulations as a form of social security and moral boost of the workers. Soni Agrawal and Roma Puri shared their views on the ‘Role of Green Human Resource Practices on Employee pro-environmental Behaviour: A Proposed Study on Indian and Chinese Manufacturing Organizations.’ They elaborated on the effect of Human Resources on the sustainability as well as financial and non-financial operations of an organisation. The final presentation of the session was made by Ayan Ghosh on “The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence, mindfulness and Transformational leadership among Higher Education Leaders.”
The last session of the conference revolved around the ‘Emerging Economies’. Distinguished ideas in the field were presented by scholars with an exchange of views and perspectives. ‘Identity conflict with cross border spillovers’, presented by Dripto Bakshi and Indraneel Dasgupta explained the factors behind communal clashes. The points covered in the paper were the differences in conflict in various zones, effect of conflict on the influenced and influencing country, property rights and relative productivity, and probability of winning the intra community contest by unilateral and bilateral integration. The next presenter, Rabia Khatoon discussed ‘Openness in Trade in Financial Services and Financial Development: An empirical study from BRICS economies’. The research aimed to analyze the long-term relationship between openness in trade in financial services and financial development in 5 BRICS economies. Since, hardly any study had been conducted before in this context, she had exhaustively analyzed 23 years of data from 1993 to 2012. Sarojakshya Chatterjee, presented his research paper on ‘NBFCs: Drivers of Socio Economic Development’. He emphasized upon the growth of Non-Banking Finance Companies and their differences with banks. Despite providing funds at a high interest rate and being extensively unorganized they have displayed an extraordinary growth and have significantly contributed to GDP.
The final leg of the international conference was the panel discussion on ‘India and China: The Road ahead in Trade and Development’ between Arindam Banik, Guo Xiaoming Anindya Jyoti Majumdar and Chen Jixiang as the discussants and was graciously moderated by Abhijit Banerjee. There was exchange of views in terms of the various areas of concerns in the bilateral relation between India and China and how both countries can work together in order to improve and strengthen trade cooperation, development trend, education and culture.
The two days were intertwined with intellectual networking and cultural exuberance. The Indo-China International Conference was an ideal platform for sharing of ideas and networking with leaders, researchers, professionals, academicians and students from different countries and regions to discuss the Economic, Social and Cultural Perspectives of India and China in collaboration with SASS, China.