XLRI hosts SYNERGY 2014: Ms. Seema Modi, MD, Heinz India delivers Address as Chief Guest

XLRI one of Indias premier B schools is organizing the 1st edition of the National Annual Management conference, Synergy 2014 at Mumbai on the theme The Role of India Inc. in Reviving the Nations Growth Story on November 6 and 7, 2014. Ms. Seema Modi, MD, Heinz India delivers the address as Chief Guest. The 2 days long conference aims to bring together eminent industry leaders and academicians on a common platform to discuss and deliberate on key issues pertinent to business in an era of phenomenal change.

The conference organized by 3 of the oldest and most prestigious committees at XLRI- CRUX (Consulting and Research Undertaking @ XLRI), FINAX (Finance Association at XLRI) and AXIOM (Association at XLRI for Industrial and Operations Management) amalgamates two national conferences of XLRI - Gnosis - Annual Finance Symposium and Insight- XLRIs Annual Consulting Conference. The event would also witness launch of magazines by CRUX and FINAX.

Fr. E. Abraham S.J. Director of XLRI commented about the event, Over the years Gnosis and Insight, the annual conferences of FINAX and CRUX respectively have hademinent speakers and have grown to become importantforums for exchange on ideason the strategic, economic and financial scenario in India. With widened scope spanning the fields of consulting, finance and operations, SYNERGY is an attempt to make the event even bigger and better.

Synergy 2014 would witness prominent speakers such as Mr. Sanjay Bhandarkar (M.D, Rothschild, India), Mr. Krish Shankar (CHRO, Philips), Mr. Avartan Bokil, (Vice President, Group Strategy at RPG Enterprises), Mr. Srinivas Chunduru, (President, HR & Strategy, Piramal Enterprises), Mr. Paresh Nair (Head of Supply Chain at Boehringer Ingelheim, India), Mr. Alvis Lazarus (India Head, Distribution Centre and Line Haul Operations at Flipkart.com) and Mr. Srinivas Iyer (General Manager Supply Chain -Laboratory Solutions India, Thermo Fisher Scientific India), Mr. Praveen Gupta (MD & CEO, Raheja QBE General Insurance Co), Mr. Ravichandran (President, Tata AIG General Insurance Co) and Mr. Navneet Munot (Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, SBI Mutual Fund) among other eminent speakers.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Munish Thakur, Professor, Strategy, XLRI said, Recovering from a period of sluggish growth, the Indian economy is still in a formative stage and hence, the kind of actions each stakeholder in Indias growth takes in the foreseeable future become extremely important in shaping Indian economy. Changes in business models, renewed focus on innovation, consolidation of the market to extract maximum synergy and transform human talent, a strong financial market built on sound financial intermediaries, elimination of infrastructural constraints and building on the existing supply chain and logistics network are identified as some of the areas which could be explored in the context of accelerating and sustaining Indias growth. At SYNERGY 2014, we expect a healthy discussion on point of views of our eminent panelists on a range of topics with the objective of understanding the present better, building a vision for future and, formulating strategies and action plans to achieve that vision.

Synergy 2014 shall have 4 panel discussions with participation from eminent corporate leaders, academicians on varying topics relevant to current economic scenario namely firms tap opportunities via business model transformations & innovations; M&A Integration and HR Readiness; Supply chain in India: Are we geared up? and Indian General Insurance Industry: The Way Forward. The conference will hold the series of inter B-School competitions such as the The B-School Debate 2014, The Stock Pitch Challenge, a competition on equity investment ideas and Sanshodhan- Paper Presentation competition - a paper presentation competition on Contemporary topics on Logistics and Supply Chain.

XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur is a premier, private management institute in India founded in 1949 by Fr Quinn Enright, S.J. in the steel city of Jamshedpur. Over the last six decades, the institute has grown into a top-ranking business management school of international repute with a wide portfolio of management programs and research publications. Its alumni are spread around the globe and have demonstrated responsible business leadership in their organizations.

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