ConneXions 2010 @ IMT Ghaziabad

PGDM (Executive) Students at Institute of Management Technology (IMT) organised their annual event ‘Connexions 2010’. This year the topic for discussion was ‘Managing change in post recessionary times’. Eminent people from various multinational companies (MNCs) graced the occasion and shared their views and experiences with executive students.


Dr Anwar Ali, Director IMT Ghazibad inaugurated the function by lighting the lamps. In his key note address he highlighted how smart corporates have taken the advantage of situation and restructured the organisation according to the changing business environment.


Dr RK Chakraborti, Dean Academics in his welcome speech stated the importance of ethical code of conduct in the business. Dr Reema Khurana, Program chairperson talked about the PGDM Executive course and the appreciation which the program received from the industry.


Mr Abhimanyu Roy from Avalon Consulting said,” in coming times Asian economies led by India and China will be the ones to watch out for. They are set to be the drivers of growth story. On the HR aspect Mr Rajiv Sahdev from Moser Baer suggested,” companies should not overlook human resources and must blend it
with the technical part of business to succeed. ”


Sharing his views Mr Sanjay Batra from Rockwell Automation added,”to grow during recession, differentiate performance and not treat everyone on equal platform” Mr SP Singh from ISGEC John Thompson opined,” innovation and change is the key to deal with recession. If you don’t change the way you work, things will be difficult. Companies must also learn to delegate responsibility; only then real leaders can be produced who
can effectively face challenges such as recession.”

IMT Ghaziabad successfully organizes CWKM 2010

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad organized at its campus, a National Consultation

Workshop on Knowledge Management (CWKM2010) on Friday, 30th April 2010. This was organized under the AICTE Project, “Developing a Framework for Flexible Knowledge Management Indices”. The Principal Investigator of the Project and Chairperson of the Consultation Workshop was Dr. Surinder Batra. The workshop was attended by over 60 delegates from various parts of the country and was also represented by delegates from Hong Kong & Mexico. All the participants were high level professionals from the Government, UN bodies & other international agencies, industry and academia. The Chief Guest was Dr. Rajiv Ratna Shah, Former Member Secretary, Planning Commission, Govt. of India. Other prominent
speakers included Dr. J. K. Suresh, Associate Vice President and Principal Knowledge Manager, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore; Dr. S. K. Panigrahi, Director General,. Carbon Minus India (CMI), New Delhi; and Ms. Waltraut Ritter, Research Director, Asia Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre, Hong Kong.

A key feature of the Workshop was participation of three esteemed KM professionals from the World Capital Institute from distance through their video-presentations. These were: Dr. Francisco Javier Carrillo, President, World Capital Institute – also, Director, Centre for Knowledge Systems/ Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Dr. Blanca C. Garcia, MAKCi Awards Chair, World Capital Institute; and Dr. Carlos Garcia, Associate Researcher, World Capital Institute. Sessions were also chaired by Wg. Cdr. (Retd.), Pradeep Valsangkar, MD, GCS Consulting; Professor Vinay Nangia, Head, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee; Prof. K. M. Mital, Professor, Strategy Management, IILM, New Delhi; Dr. Gita Kumta, Professor, Information Systems, School of Business Management, NMIMS University, Mumbai; Mr. Dhirendra Krishna from Indian Audit & Accounts Service (Retired); and Prof. V.K Gupta, Professor, Operations Area, IMT Ghaziabad.

The key purpose of the Consultation Workshop was to elicit suggestions on various issues highlighted by Dr. Surinder Batra as the Principal Investigator of the AICTE Project on Developing a Framework on Flexible Knowledge Management Indices. The Participants worked in four groups, with each group deliberating in an idea generation session on different aspects of some of the existing frameworks, namely, Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises; Most Admired

Knowledge Cities; and Knowledge Assessment Methodology. In the convergence session, ideas generated by various groups were shared across the wider spectrum of participants for their further comments and suggestions. A total of 12 Research Papers were also presented in the Workshop by KM professionals from the academia, industry and the Government. These covered themes related to the objectives of the Conference.

CWKM2010 witnessed a rich exchange of ideas amongst KM professionals on the issues related to developing framework for flexible knowledge management indices, which would be relevant across various geo-entities such as village, block, district, city, state and country, as well as at the enterprise level. The deliberations would provide extremely useful inputs for finalizing the research findings and recommendations of the Project.

3rd International Conference on Data Management organized by IMT Ghaziabad

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad organized 3rd International Conference on Data Management was held on 11th and 12th March 2010 in collaboration with University of Saskatchewan, Canada and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The conference, co-chaired by Dr. Poonam Garg and Dr. Susmi Routray, was attended by over 200 delegates from India, Bangladesh, USA, Canada, Turkey, Singapore and many other countries. The conference witnessed a rich exchange of ideas amongst IT professionals. The delegates felt that the overall experience was enriching and the high-end discussions that they had enlarged the spectrum of their subject knowledge. Academicians, industry experts, research scholars and IT practitioners shared copious flow of knowledge during these conference days. They discussed that data is growing exponentially. But enterprises need maximum scalability, performance and production for its intensive applications. An effective data management in terms of quality and consistency across the enterprise can drive significant business benefits. Data management in firms enables intelligent business decisions and impacts positively all business processes ensuring customer delight. The major challenges of an effective data management for any organization are heterogeneous sources of data across multiple applications and databases, customer driven markets, global slowdown, high costs per internal and external transaction for organization due to siloed data stores, challenges in managing customer churn and new customer acquisition. The conference was inaugurated by Mr. Gerarld Seniuk Chief Judge of Saskatchewan. The keynote address was delivered by Mr. Rajat Nag (Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank), and Mr. Bharat Rele (Director-Solution Engineering for SAP India). Mr. Nag’s keynote address focused on the future of the Asia and Pacific region in the global economy following strong economic growth in recent decades. The address then highlighted the need for inclusive growth to address the challenge of the "two faces of Asia" where one face is evidenced by glittering skylines in Asian capitals while the other reveals abject poverty. Finally, Mr. Nag focused on the key challenges for India. He also discussed the importance, among others, of infrastructure improvements, environmental concerns, governance reforms and India's leadership on regional cooperation and integration initiatives for a more prosperous South Asia and global economy. Mr. Bharat Rele’s keynote address was focused on Managing the Lifeblood of Your Organization. He explained that heart of any organization is Data. Almost every department in the organization depends on it. When properly managed, information can help you run your business effectively and efficiently by providing critical data needed to drive business processes and decisions. Information can also be a source of knowledge helping your organization increase competitiveness and profitability. The plenary session is being conducted in two parts by Mr. Swapan Purkait who is the CEO of Nettech, a leading information technology consulting and development firm specialized in the area of computer networking and Ruchin Kumar who is the principal architect of Safenet which is a global leader in information security. Mr Swapan has presented demonstration of hacking and guided the audience regarding the measures to be taken to safeguard their network against unethical hacking and Mr. Ruchir Kumar demonstrated how to secure your information, Network, email & desktops. We received around 300 papers and as an upshot of a double blind review process we selected 125 papers for presentation. Technical sessions were organized in 21 parallel tracks of data management, computer science and engineering and communication network and security, computer applications, and ERP/CRM. The conference was just an episode in the series of conferences planned to be taken with the annual periodicity. Dr. Poonam Garg, the conference co-chair, closed the event by announcing the theme of the conference to be held next year in the month of January with its thematic focus on data management and ethical hacking.

Alumni Watch..Contd. - Subhinder Singh Prem

Subhinder Singh Prem is the current Managing Director of Reebok India. With his vision and experience he has taken Reebok to newer heights. He was the brain behind the renowned tie up with Manish Arora for Reebok Fish Fry which won Reebok worldwide acclaim. 

His previous stints include working in Ranbaxy and the Middle east. A sports lover and a marathon runner, Subhinder finds pleasure in music and reading among a host of other activities.

Alumni Watch..Contd. - Mr. Prasoon Joshi

Prasoon Joshi started his career with Ogilvy & Mather(O&M) Delhi, and after working there for over 10 years, he joined McCann-Erickson, in early 2002. By 2006, he was Regional creative director, South and South East Asia, when in December 2006 he was elevated to Executive Chairman for McCann Worldgroup India and Regional Creative Director Asia Pacific.

He made his bollywood debut as Film Lyricist with Rajkumar Santoshi's Lajja, which soon led to Yash Chopra's Hum Tum and a string of popular Bollywood films, Fanaa, Rang De Basanti, Taare Zameen Par, Black, Hum Tum and Delhi 6. With Rang De Basanti (2006), he also became a dialogue writer.

Prasoon has also created many advertisements like NDTV India ("Sach dikhate hain hum"), Saffola ("Abhi to main jawan hoon") LG, Marico, Perfetti (Alpenliebe, Chloromint), and the thanda matlab campaign for Coca Cola with Aamir Khan, Happydent -which is considered by experts as India's best ad till date, he has rightfully earned the title of "the Ad Guru of India".

In 2006, he was chosen a 'Young Global Leader 2006' by the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum. In 2008 he was invited as theCannes Jury Chairman and in 2009, he was named amongst the exclusive 10-member Cannes Titanium & Integrated Jury 2009 at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2000.

Alumni Watch - Achievements

Rajeev Karwal is one of those rare leaders who is an innovator, a shaper yet an effective manager due to his team skills and organizing cum execution capabilities.He has successfully worked with Indian and Multinational organizations in India and abroad. 


His adaptive nature and high nervous energy has made him a success with startups, turnarounds as well as steady state organizations. 

He has worked with organizations like Onida, Chellaram’s, LG, Philips, Electrolux and Reliance in the last 23 years and has met success at all places due to his ‘Ethics and hardwork have no alternative’ motto.

Milagrow is a Venture Catalyst, founded by Rajeev Karwal. Milagrow fills the 'Management Capital' need gaps of growth seeking - micro, small and medium businesses left un-addressed by the 'idea capital' providers (pure consultants) or the 'financial capital' providers. Milagrow brings in rich management capital to its clients through its completely unique solutions, services, platforms and real insights into the issues of micro, small and medium businesses.

Milagrows' founder Mr Rajeev Karwal says , "Ideas never fail, its we who fail them".