Senate The flagship event of the Corporate Interface Team, SIBM Pune
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The Senate is the flagship event of the Corporate Interface Team, SIBM Pune which invites industry stalwarts from myriad sectors to come at one table to discuss and deliberate on topics which can add imminence value to the students. Senate invited who is who from the corporate world.
The event commenced with the lighting of the lamp followed by the first panel discussion on “Co-Opetition : The New Strategy in Dynamically Networked Markets”. The panel members were
Mr. Damodar Mall – CEO, Reliance Retail;
Mr. Rajiv Dube – Director, Aditya Birla Group;
Mr. Khazat A. Kotwal – Partner, Deloitte and
Mr. Ram Gopal – COO, Barclays. The panel was moderated by Dr. Suruchi Mittar – Director – Learning, Development & Culture, Appster.
The second panel discussion was on the topic “Evolution of Successful Companies: Preparation Over Adaptation”. The panel members were
Mr. Ketan Kulkarni – Senior VP/ CMO, Blue Dart;
Mr. Ravinder Reddy – Partner, Grant Thornton;
Mr. Shreyash Sigtia – Industry Head: Media and Entertainment, Google India and
Mr. Siju Narayan – Retail & Consumer Industry Business & Technology Practitioner, IBM.
The panel was moderated by Dr. Suruchi Mittar – Director – Learning, Development & Culture, Appster.
The session concluded with a special address by Mr.Bhaskar Pramanik – Chairman, Microsoft India .
The students added immense value through the disucssion, deliberations and the special address
Dr R Raman
Director – SIBM Pune
and
Dean – Faculty of Management – SIU