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11 th National Conference Kolkata played host to the The 11 th National Conference of the National HRD Network that was held from November 29 th to December 1 st , 2007 at the ITC Sonar. The theme of the Conference was “India’s Century: The Challenge for Indian Business Leadership.” Mr Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation was the Conference Chairman. 725 delegates attended the Conference including 100 students from various Management Institutes from all over the country. The Conference kicked off on the morning of November 29 th with an impactful audio visual on the theme of the Conference, the recitation of the Code of Professional Conduct of the National HRD Network followed by the Jan Gan Man. The traditional lamp lighting ceremony followed. with the lamp lit by Mr Sarthak Behuria, Chairman Indian Oil and Conference Chairman, Mr Y C Deveshwar, Chairman of ITC, Mr Nandan Nilekani, Co Chairman of Infosys, Mr Aquil Busrai, Executive Director HR of IBM and National President, National HRD Network, Mr Sourav Daspatnaik, Director HR & Strategy of the Apeejay Surrendra Group and President of the Kolkata Chapter of the National HJRD Network, Mr B Santhanam, Chief Executive of St Gobain and Chairman of the HR & IR Sub Committee of the CII and Dr A K Balyan, HR Director ONGC and President of the National Institute of Personnel Management. In his address as Chairman of the Conference Mr Sarthak Behuria spoke on “The Role of Industry in National Building”, Mr Y C Deveshwar delivered the Inaugural Address on the theme “Creating a More Secure and Sustainable Future” and Mr Nandan Nilekani as the Key Note Speaker spoke on “Vision 2025” and the rolw that “ideas” will play in shaping the future. The Inaugural Session was followed by a module on “The Emerging Environment for Business” that was moderatedby Mr Govind Ethiraj, Editor in Chief of UTV News. Speakers at this session included Prof Amitav Bose of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Prof (Ms) Nandini Sundar from the Delhi School of Economics, Mr Baijayant Panda, Member of Parliament and Mr Ramesh Vangal, Chairman of the Katra Group of Companies. This session explored the impact that macro economic, political and social-cultural trends would have on shaping the future environment for business. Ms Madhabi Puri-Buch, Executive Director of ICICI Bank, addressed the delegates on “The Challenge of Diversity” and emphasised the need for corporates to look beyond traditional sources of talent supply to build more inclusive and diverse groups of employees. The highlight of the first day’s proceedings was the address by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India. Dr Kalam spoke about his Vision for India, the need for compassionate and creative leaders, the special role that youth has in shaping the destiny of the country and the need to build appropriate management structures and systems for effective execution. He had a special word for the students present at the Conference. Dr Kalam’s session was followed by a module on “The Empolyee of the Future” with Dr (Ms) Sujaya Banerjee, Chief Learning Officer of the Essar Group speaking on “The New Employee Profile” and Mr Pratik Kumar, Executive Vice Preident, Group HR, Wipro Corporation, speaking on “The New Employment Contract.” Day I concluded with the Conference Dinner hosted by Mr Sarthak Behuria. Day 2, November 30 th , began with an address by Mr Debu Bhattacharya, Managing Director of Hindalco and Vice Chairman of Novelis, who spoke about the “Challenge of Overseas Acquisitions” on the context of the acquisition of Novelis by the Aditya Birla Group earlier this year. He shared his insights and learnings from the acquisition process with the delegates. His session was followed by a Panel Discussion on the Global Survey on Talent Retention conducted by Summit HR, USA. The session was anchored by Mr Ranjan Sinha, CEO of Summit HR USA. He shared the findings of the Research Study and the implications for talent retention arising from this Study. This session was followed by a very interesting Panel Discussion on “The HR Challenge of Building a World Class Enterprise” brilliantly moderated by Dr Santrupt Misra, Director of the Aditya Birla Corporation. Panelists included Mr G K Agarwal, HR Director of NTPC, Mr Rajeev Dubey, President HR and Corporate Services of Mahindra & Mahindra, Mr Steve Correa, HR Director of Vodafone Essar, Mr Udai Upendra, Managing Director of The HR Company and Mr T V Mohandas Pai, Director HR of Infosys. The Panel explored what world class organizations really are, how they are built and what are the HR challenges that need to be addressed in this process. The afternoon session on day 2 dealt with the Sunrise Sectors of Media and Modern Retail with the delegates addressed by Mr Rajdeep Sardesai, Managing Editor of CNN IBN and Mr Bijou Kurien, President of the Lifestyle Division of Reliance Retail. The opportunities opening up in these sectors, the impact they would have on the business environment and the new challenges arising form the opening of these sectors were discussed. Mr K V Kamath, Managing Director and Chief Executive of ICICI Bank addressed the delegates on the theme “Building a World Class Enterprise” and emphasized the need of focusing not only on human capital but on speed capital and innovation as well. This session was followd by a Panel Discussion on “Entrepreneurship” moderated by Mr Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO of Naukri. The other panelists were Mr Sanjeev Agarwal of Helion Ventures, Mr Mohan Reddy of Infotech Enterprises and Mr R Sashikant of Subiksha. What inspired them to take the road less traveled, the unique challenges of building entrepreneurial organizations and the HR role in such organizations were discussed. Day 3 started with an address by Ms Poonam Barua on the “Role of Women in Providing Leadship to Business and Industry in the Future.” This was followed by Mr B Muthuraman, Managing Director of Tata Steel, addressing the delegates on “Building the Indian MNC.” Mr Muthuraman spoke about the experience of the Tata Group in acquiring enterprises across the globe and how important it was to allow the manmagements of these enterprises to continue managing their enterprises within the overall policy and values framework of the Tata Group. Two sessions on the “HR Implications of Mergers and Acquisitions” and the “HR Challenge of Managing Across Borders” followed. These session were addressed by Mr Marcus Banfield, Chief Executive of Typhoo Tea which has recently been acquired by the Apeejay Surrendra Group | HRD News Letter | December 2007, Vol.23, Issue:9 6 |
and Mr Inder Walia, Group HR Director of the Bharti Group who spoke about his learnings whilst managing the HR responsibility at Arcelor Mittal. Prof Peter Cappelli of The Wharton School, who directed the Research Study jointly undertaken by The Wharton School and the National HRD Network, on “The DNA of Business Leadership,” presented the findings of the Study and released the preliminary report of the Study to Mr Aquil Busrai, National President and to Mr Vivek Paranjpe, HR Advisor of Reliance Industries. Reliance Industries had sponsored the Research Study in which over 100 Chief Executives of Indian corporations participated. Dr Pallab Bandyopadhyay, Mr R Vidyasagar and Prof Premrajan of XLRI presented the salient features of CompMode to the delegates. A unique feature of the Conference was the session on social entrepreneurship which aimed to enable delegates learn from the experience of social entrepreneurs working in the non-corporate sector. Speakers included Mr Vishal Talreja of the Dream a Dream Foundation and Gargi Banerjee of Pragya. These sessions were truly exhilarating. The Valedictory Session brought the curtains down on the National Conference. Mr S K Roongta, Chairman of SAIL delivered the Valedictory Address and Prof Jitendra Singh, Dean and Shaw Professor of the Nanyang Business School, Singapore and Paul Steinberg Professor of Management at Wharton was the Chief Guest. He spoke on “How will we make this India’s Century.” The Eastern Region of the National HRD Network honoured four social entrepereneurs for their unique service to society and for choosing the road less traveled. They were Mr Vishal Talreja of Dream a Dream Foundation, Ms Gargi Banerjee and Mr Sunil Pillai of Pragya and Sr Cyril Mooney of the Rainbox Education Project working with street children in Kolkata. Mr Roongta presented the “Most Promising Chapter Award “ to the Nagpur Chapter and the “Best Chapter Award” to the Delhi Chapter. The curtains came down on the 11th National Conference at 6.30 pm on Saturday, December 1 st , 2007. We now look forward to the 12 th National Conference to be held in Chennai in 2008. The delegates carried away with them “saplings” as mementoes that they will plant and nurture and as these saplings grow they will serve as a reminder of the Conference and in the process help in a small way in greening our environment. The baton has now been passed on from Kolkata to Chennai. UDAIPUR DECLARATION - November 3, 2007 Second International Dialogue on “Economics of Non-violence: Cultural Values & Ethics” was held at Pragya Shikar, Mahapragya Vihar, Bhuwana, Udaipur, during November 1-3, 2007. The dialogue concluded: 1. The present day Economics emphasises largely materialistic development; in its place, it is necessary to develop a new economic concept which is based on balanced cultural, social, spiritual and material development in society. 2. In order to keep social, political and economic aspects of life free from problems, it is necessary to connect development with the element of "transformation of consciousness” so that greed, selfishness, impertinence, etc. can be curbed and minimized. 3. A new concept of Relative Economics is being developed so that people at large can be benefited by the economic development and ultimately the chasm of disparity between the rich and the poor, between rural and urban areas, between different regions of a country and communities is reduced through a process of inclusive development of all. 4. The "Corporate Social Responsibility” should be borne by big business houses and industrial groups so that none should remain bereft of basic needs. Government should also perform its role of social responsibility. 5. The elements of non-violence, compassion, sensitiveness etc. should be strongly cultivated in the consciousness of people so that violence, cruelty, callousness etc. in human relations and behaviour may be curbed and consequently, a new society infused with amity, cooperation and peace may be constructed. 6. Without controlling tendencies of individual accumulation and consumerism, it would not be possible to curb acts of violence, killings, crimes, terrorism etc.; keeping this in view, the consciousness of non-possessiveness or limitation of wants needs to be developed and the trend of voluntary "visarjana” (sharing with others) needs to be emphasized. Giving & caring for others is a must for building a happy and congenial social order. 7. "Roti" (i.e. bread), Ahimsa, Spirituality and Morality—all these four dimensions are to be considered simultaneously with respect to their development and for that the technique of “Training-in- Non-violence” should be administered. The entitlements for the poor should be stressed in this regards, so that their concerns are properly taken care of regarding food, shelter, education, health and other basic needs of life. 8. Making a total change in the system of education, the technique of "emotional control” should be included in curriculum from the very beginning so that inspite of the growth of intellectual and economic competence, it can be put under control through the consciousness of Viveka (prudence) & children start imbibing the noble spirit of truth and non-violence from the early stage in life. 9. To save the individual as well as society from the dreadful consequences of the lopsided material prosperity, giving rise to the internal restlessness, tension, conflict, environmental pollution etc., a paradigm shift in the development requires to be developed so that peace, true happiness, relaxed life and conservation of environment is guaranteed for all human beings. 10. The Relative Economics should be centred round "human being” and not "matter”. 11. Economic rationality needs to be extended to include cultural and ethical rationality. In fact, there should be complete convergence between economics, culture and ethics for building a sustainable society. The necessary details should be worked out in this regard through further surveys and studies by experts in their respective fields. Ashok Bapna Convener | HRD News Letter | December 2007, Vol.23, Issue:9 7 |
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