Stage is all set for India’s biggest annual MBA career meet, the HBL-MBAUniverse.com MBA Careers Conference that begins on Dec 4, 2015 in Bengaluru. CXOs & HR Heads from top companies like Cognizant, FlipKart, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Titan, HP, Amazon, CISCO will interact with representatives from more than 20 leading B-schools on MBA Career Opportunities 2016 at the prestigious one day career meet. The conference is an annual MBAUniverse.com platform to showcase cutting-edge Industry Practices and highlight corporate expectations from MBAs.
Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant & Former Chairman of NASSCOM will deliver a Special Address at the conference. Cognizant is India’s largest MBA recruiter amongst Top 25 B-schools, according to a recent Economic Times Report.
The conference will be attended by Directors, Deans, Placement Heads and hand-picked students from 20 leading B-schools from all parts of India.
The conference is divided into three sessions, each focusing on a different aspect of MBA placements, giving opportunity for MBA community to understand the HR perspective to plan their careers. Each session highlights the placement scenario, expectations and future opportunities for MBA graduates.
Session 1: Careers in customer-facing Businesses: Changing Expectations from MBA Graduates
The purpose of this session is to showcase cutting-edge Industry Practices, to bring forth the corporate expectation from newly minted MBAs attitude and Guidelines for MBA grads to prepare themselves for long-term career opportunity, and not just a job.
Speakers at this session include Mr Anurag Verma, Director-HR, Flipkart; Mr Raj Narayan, SVP & CHRO, Titan Company; Mr Raj Raghavan, Country HR Director, Amazon.in; and Mr TK Srirang, Senior General Manager & Head HR, ICICI Bank.
Session 2: Careers in Consulting & IT/ITES sector: Skills-sets, Career path and expectation
The focus of this session is to showcase cutting-edge Industry Practices, to bring forth the corporate expectation from newly minted MBAs attitude and Guidelines for MBA grads to prepare themselves for long-term career opportunity, and not just a job.
Speakers at this session include Mr Prem Kumar V , Director - HR, CISCO Systems; Ms Smitha Murthy, AVP & Head Organizational Development, Infosys BPO; and Ms Uma Sankar, Global Operations Head, Capgemini University.
Session 3: ‘Candid Talk with HR Leaders: The 'Real' Success Mantras at Work’
While intelligence & diligence are important for on-job success, what are the 'soft factors' that determine who will lead critical projects, initiatives, customers and eventually companies. HR Leaders will share their wealth of experience to unravel the 'real' on-job success mantras at this panel.
Mr C Mahalingam, Executive Coach & Former CPO, Symphony; Mr NarayanRao K, Head - HR, NCC Limited; Mr Shyam V Iyer, Head HR, Tata PowerSED and Mr Surya P Mohapatra, Head- Training & Knowledge Management, Hewlett Packard will be addressing this session.
In addition to top MBA recruiters, conference will also see academic leaders like Dr Shekhar Chaudhuri, Professor, Strategic Management Group & Former Director, IIM Calcutta; Dr RC Natarajan, Director, TA Pai Management Institute Manipal (TAPMI); Dr Raghu Raman, Chairman, Amrita School of Business Coimbatore and Mr Sanjay Padode, Secretary, IFIM Business School Bangalore will address this platform.
Special Session: Release of ‘ The Hindu Business Line -MBAUniverse.com B-School Ranking 2016
Special session will be addressed by Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant; Dr T V Rao, Chairman, TVRLS; Former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad; Founder President, NHRD Network; Member, HBL-MBAUniverse.com Rankings 2015 Advisory Committee; Mr Rajiv C Lochan, MD & Chief Executive Officer, The Hindu Group.
The special session will stand witness to the Release of India’s one of the most credible ‘The Hindu Business Line – MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2016’ by Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant; Dr T V Rao, Member, HBL-MBAUniverse.com Rankings 2015 Advisory Committee; Mr Shailesh Kekre, Principal, McKinsey India; Mr Rajiv C Lochan, MD & CEO, Kasturi & Sons (The Hindu Group) and Mr Amit Agnihotri, Founder, MBAUniverse.com.
Great opportunity for B-schools & Universities
With discussions on highly relevant topics like 'MBA Career Opportunities 2016: In E-commerce, Consulting, IT/ITES, BFSI, FMCG, MARCOM, International Placements' and 'Career Planning for MBAs: Selecting right sector & company based on individual SWOT analysis' conference is big boon for MBA and PGDM students at B-schools and Universities who will get an opportunity to hear top MBA recruiters at one platform.
The conference is also very relevant for Directors and Academic Leaders. In addition to addressing the students community, recruiters will also be offering inputs on the topic of 'Developing MBA 3.0: Corporate perspective on how B-schools can improve value of their MBA program'.
Registrations open for limited period
The conference will be attended by Directors, Deans, Placement Heads and hand-picked students from 20 leading B-schools from all parts of India. Registration to the conference can be made online Visit conference website to register. The facility for spot registration will also be made available prior to 9.00 AM at the conference venue ITC My Fortune Richmond Road, Bangalore.
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