IIM Bangalore hosts annual business conclave 'Sammantran'; Top industry leaders & CXOs to address

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Amit Agnihotri
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Updated on October 19, 2016
IIM Bangalore's EPGP batch of 2016-17 hosts the 3rd edition of the annual business conclave 'Sammantran' on October 23
The conclave, themed 'Emerging India -- Opportunities & Challenges', will feature keynote addresses by industry leaders and panel discussions among the CXOs of top-notch companies and academicians

IIM Bangalore’s EPGP (Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management) batch of 2016-17 hosts the 3rd edition of the annual business conclave ‘Sammantran’ on Sunday, October 23, 2016 on campus. Sammantran 2016 will feature talks & panel discussions from industry stalwarts and academia on Next Generation Operations, Financial Inclusion and Human Capital Management

The conclave, themed ‘Emerging India -- Opportunities & Challenges’, will feature keynote addresses by industry leaders and panel discussions among the CXOs of top-notch companies and academicians of the country.

The event seeks to provide perspectives on India’s economic future by examining opportunities and challenges for the evolving business ecosystem industries in three core areas -- Next Generation Operations, Financial Inclusion and Human Capital Management, in the form of talks as well as panel discussions.

The line-up of speakers include Juergen Hase, CEO - IoT Business, Reliance Group; Shekar Viswanathan, Vice Chairman & Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motors; Dr. Jacob Crasta, Chairman CME Group, Co-Chairman ASSOCHAM (Southern Council), Member PM’s SME Council; Santhosh Jayaram, Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change, KPMG; D P Singh, VP and Head HR, IBM India and South Asia; Ajit Mishra, Chief Marketing Officer, Essar Oil; B Venkataramana, Group President - HR, Landmark Group, etc. They will discuss topics ranging from the role of sustainability and supply chains in India's growth story, human capital and upskilling, role of financial inclusion in sustainable economic growth, knowledge management and consultancy, human capital management, and more.

The event is targeted at Operations, SCM, HR, Finance enthusiasts, sustainability and climate change specialists, professionals, students, policy specialists, and start-up executives.

One of the top 3 business schools in India, IIM Bangalore has also been ranked #1 in the NIRF 2016 rankings of Government of India. It is the only Indian B-school in GNAM list. IIM Bangalore has been accredited by EQUIS the international accreditation agency and is the first B-School in Asia to sign an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) to distribute faculty teaching cases. IIM Bangalore has produced leaders, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, artists, writers , managers who collectively have a wealth of knowledge and experience.  Some of the prominent alumni of IIM Bangalore include academicians such as Aswat Damodaran, Raghavendra Rau, Karan Bajaj, great author and film maker Nila Madhab Panda.  K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of ISRO and business executives like Ravi Subramanian and Sameer Suneja.

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2016 the entrance exam for IIMs and other top rated B-schools like FMS, SPJIMR, MDI, JBIMS, NITIE, IMI, IMT among others is convened by IIM Bangalore on December 4 2016. It is expected that CAT 2016 would be a different exam than the earlier exams.

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