MBA Placements: CXOs & HR Heads from Cognizant, FlipKart, Infosys at HINDU BL-MBAUniverse.com Dec 4 Bengaluru meet

The countdown to Indias biggest annual MBA Careers Conference has begun! On December 4 in Bengaluru, CXOs & HR Heads from Indias marquee MBA recruiters from top companies like Cognizant, FlipKart, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Titan, HP, Amazon, CISCO will address representatives from more than 20 leading B-schools at Indias biggest annual MBA Careers Conference -- HBL-MBAUniverse.com MBA Careers Conference.

Mr Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant will deliver a Special Address on the occasion. Cognizant is Indias largest MBA recruiter amongst Top 25 B-schools, according to a recent Economic Times Report.

The conference is an annual MBAUniverse.com platform to showcase cutting-edge Industry Practices and highlight corporate expectations from MBAs. 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 is open for a limited period only. Visit conference website to register.

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. Here are the highlights of each session.

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 MrAnurag 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.

Boon 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 is open for a limited period only. Visit conference website to register.