Business Leaders speak at MHROD’s HR-Symposia

Masters in Human Resource and Organisational Development an HR- Management Course run by Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University recently organized a week long HR-Symposia with an aim of giving students an opportunity to interact with senior HR professionals and vice-versa. It is a bi-annual student initiated event, conceptualized by them in order to gain insight into the latest HR practices and ideas and to have stimulating and enriching exchange of ideas with business leaders.

This particular conclave stretched over 6 days from 6th to 11th August where 15 sessions were held on topics ranging from Talent Management, PCMM to Leadership and Knowledge Management.

Mr. Abhijit Bahduri, Dir- HR, Frito Lay held an interactive and invigorating session where he gave insights into Employer Branding, and how HR is aligning with Marketing to come up with Employer Branding strategies and Campaigns in its effort to attract and retain the best of talent.

Another compelling session was held Mr. Srini K. Head- Strategic Initiatives with Satyam. He imparted gyan on HR’s role in Mergers and Acquisitions. He explained how pivotal HR is in soothing over Manpower related differences in pre and post Merger scenario. Mr. Anurag Bhartiya , VP-HR, Max Newyork life took the students over finer points of Talent Management. He explained how changes in the Market were catalyzing changes in organizational thought process in context of HR, and what were the latest challenges and solutions to compounding problems of Talent crunch. Mr. Kamlesh Vyas, Head-SQM stressed that all future Managers should imbibe spirit of entrepreneurship and initiative. Ms. Arvinder Khanna, Head-HR, South Asia, Ikea Trading focused on importance of identifying and building Leadership.

A Few other prominent speakers were Mr. Rohit Chandra, Head-HR, North, Reliance Retail who spoke on knowledge Management, Mr. Vijay Rai, Chief HR officer, Apollo International and Mr. Vikram Vasal, Director-KPMG.