CII Seminar to address Industry-Academia gap

The seminar will be held on 9th March 2007 at Radisson MBD located in Noida. Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) is the knowledge partner of this initiative. The seminar will constitute a series of discussions on the different perspectives of industry, government/regulators and educational institutes.

Educators, industry professionals and regulators will speak on the occasion, among them Mr KC Girotra, chairman, CII, UP State Council; Dr Y.S. Ranjan, principal advisor, CII, Dr Harivansh Chaturvedi, director, BIMTECH; Commodore Dilip Mohapatra, vice president, Global Learning and Development, TCS; Dr BS Sahay, director, IMT Ghaziabad; and Prof R.A. Yadav, vice-chairman, AICTE.

The program will have four sessions. The first session will focus Industry Perspective, the second on Government & Regulatory Perspective, the third on Institutes Perspective, while the last session will outline the future plan of action on this important theme.

Speaking to MBAUnivese.com Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, director, BIMTECH said, Indian management institutes need improvement. Knowledge, skills and competencies have to be all linked up. Initiatives such as these will help bridge the industry-academia gap and will empower Indian management institutions to make their students ready for the industry.

Some of the other speakers on the occasion will be Mr Narendra Puppala, VP-HR, Birlasoft, Mr. Navin Bhatia, Chief Operating Officer, Bharti Comtel, Dr. S K Mukerjee, vice chancellor, BIT, Ranchi, Prof. Punam Sehgal, Professor-Organization Behavior, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Prof. Moolchand Sharma, vice-chairman, UGC, Mr R.S. Bidesi, VP & Director, Honda Siel Power Products and Mr. Lokesh Mehra, Regional Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Cisco Systems.