A two days leadership summit on “Managing Business during Uncertain Times – Unique Challenges and Smart Solutions” was organised by the Department of Business Administration in Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management. The summit was inaugurated by Mr. Ananth Ravi, Senior Vice President of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. In his inaugural address he said that the business environment was stable till 1990. Due to liberalization, rapid technological innovation, change in customer preference, uncertainty has become the order of the day. The gap between growth and recession is very narrow and it throws a lot of challenges in managing business.
Mr. M.C. Dinesh, Vice President, FKCCI, in his key note address pointed out that there is a mismatch between academia and industry and the skill gap existing needs to be narrowed down to cater to the needs of the 21st century knowledge economy. Mr. Dinesh said that by 2020-25 India can become a three trillion dollar economy if we size up, scale up & speed up as a country with the largest skilled force. He emphasized that when five hundred million young Indians have the requisite skills to be industry-ready , India can aspire to go to next level and become the world’s supply chain for skilled work force. To leverage this history -shifting opportunity, we need to develop our leadership skills, NOW.
Dr. Manjunath Bhandary Chairman of Bhandary Foundation in his Presidential remarks stressed that a leader must have confidence, commitment, dedication, accountability, responsibility to overcome the uncertainties in business. He also stressed on the fact that uncertainty is faced in all walks of life but being proactive and vigilant is the dire necessity.
Dr. Umesh M. Bhushi, Principal, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management welcomed the gathering and Dr. A.P. Achar, Director, Department of Business Administration gave an overview about the Summit. The 1st session was on Managing business during uncertainty: unique challenges, smart solutions. The resource persons for the session were Mr. Srinivas H.N. General manager, Taj group Mumbai and Mr.Ramkumar seshu , Chairman, Skill, Education and HR committee, FKCCI. The session was chaired by Mr.Ananth Ravi Senior Vice President of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
The afternoon session was on the topic Contextual leadership styles for sustaining and growth in volatile environment. The resource persons for the session were Mr.Augustus Azariya Associate Director-HR, IBM, India , Dr. Jebin Manohar Director HR and Talent Mangement Aptean Bengaluru and M. Jeba Kumar, Director HR& Legal Services/ Past Chairman NIPM.