The event was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr.Sanjay Kaul, CEO, NICR- National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Institute of Commodity Markets and Research .Eminent leaders and strategists were invited to discuss pertinent issues relating to the fields of Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology & Operations.
Dr. B S Sahay, Director, IMT Ghaziabad, at the occasion said, "Today's emerging business paradigm demands leaders not managers. Keeping this industry-need in view, IMT, Ghaziabad has tailor-made this unique Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Executive) designed for executives with minimum 5 years of experience drawn from top-notch companies."
The speakers at the conclave included Mr. Praveen Tripathi, SBU Head, Ranbaxy CV, Mr. Rajesh Jain, VP & Head Research- SMC .Mr. Ambrish Dixit (Business Head- Business & Communication Products, Sony India Pvt Ltd.), Col. S.P. Raman (Senior VP SEZ- Reliance Industries Limited), Mr. Anant Sarma ( Head –India Outsourcing Sun Capital Partners.), Mr. Deepanshu Sharma (GM- Mktng & Strategy- AMD Athlon), Mr.Rakesh Verma (Vice President & CTO- Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd) and Mr. Rajbir Singh (Practice Director, Business Consulting Services- HCL Technologies) among others.
"The PGDM (Executive) programme of IMT is one of the most sought after full time residential executive management programmes in the country. ConnEXssions 2008 builds the interface between top notch executive talent at IMT Ghaziabad and the Industry," added Dr Parvinder Arora, Program Chairperson- PGDM (Executive) and Placement Co-Chairman.
Present on the occasion, Dr. G.D Sardana , Dean Academics , IMT Ghaziabad said "Rapid changes are taking place in the business environment as a result of globalization and the frequent and breakthrough advances in information and communication technology . Needless to say these changes are being reflected in the Management Philosophy of corporations. At IMT Ghaziabad, the executive students stand a class apart; owing to the rich experience they have gained through various leadership roles in their career so far."
The conclave witnessed comprehensive discussion on essential areas influencing modern day business in areas such as the power of HR, International Marketing, How to build brand equity overseas, CRM, Visual Communications in the 21st Century, Trends in the Pharma sector and other focus areas.
