He was speaking at AIMA-AAMOs National Management Convention in Kolkata on September 8. Said Mr Bikchandani, Biggest constraint for managing new India in future will be lack of talent. Services like IT, ITES, Financial services, R&D in Pharma are all human capital intensive business where India has done well. But we are now running out of talent. My interaction with various companies tells me that there is a huge talent shortage round the corner.

Said Mr Goeka, The India of today is reformed, rejuvenated and resurgent. A dramatic transformation has taken place in the past 15 years. The transformation has been fast and fundamental.

Giving more details of this transformation, Mr Goenka said, The economy has opened up. The pace of growth of the economy is amongst the highest in the world. The content of GDP has also changed. Most importantly, people are infused with confidence. We see the emergence of the Global Indian Player.

On the occasion, several business leaders and AIMA office bearers including Sanjiv Goenka, Vice Chairman, RPG Enterprises; B Muthuraman, MD, Tata Steel; Subir Raha, President AIMA and Hong Kongs Secretary of Security Ambrose Siu-kwong LEE delivered their addresses. Dr Pratap Chandra Chunder, Former Union Minister, Education Social Welfare and Culture delivered Summit inaugural address. Three-day National Management Convention will see series of presentations and discussions on theme Managing New India.

The workshop was conducted by Mr Vinod Kothari, an acclaimed trainer and expert on securitization, asset-based finance and credit derivatives. He has also authored many books on finance. Says FMS, Securitization is a burning topic and needs a lot of understanding. The TATA-Corus deal that was partly financed using this model and the sub-prime market crash are all related to this.

It is a debate that addressed issues pertinent to society and the management discipline. The event was held on September 3. The Chief Guest on occasion was Mr G. Jagan Mohan Rao, the regional director of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He was joined on the panel by Dr. Amar Kjr Nayak and Dr. C. Shambu Prasad, both professors at XIM-B.

On the occasion the HR leaders included Mr Manish Sabharwal, chairman of Teamlease ; Rachna Bhanot, Head (Strategic HR), IBM Daksh; Sunita Majumdar, Senior Manager (HR), ITC Welcomgroup Hotels; Rahul Taneja, Head (Talent Acquisition), Dell International Services; N S Iyer, Chief Manager HR & Central functions, Asian Paints; Sushil Baveja, Director (Corporate HR), DSCL; and N S Rajan, National Director, Ernst & Young-Human Capital offered their insights on emerging HR issues of Managing Talent.

Thats the message from the director of one of Indias premier B-schools, the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) during IMS B-school Tour in Delhi on September 2.

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They should stop being merely the backoffice of the world. Thats the message from Mr Subir Raha, President AIMA and the man known for establishing ONGC as a leading global player. While addressing the topic Managing New India: The Indian MNCs, Mr Raha said, We are very complacent with getting the low hanging fruits. We have achieved good success with body-shopping in IT.