COLLOQUIA
Industry Interface
Over the years, Amrita School of Business has undertaken an extensive continuum of Industry Interface activities like Management Colloquia, Management Development Programmes, Consultancy and Customized In-Company Programmes. We have industry experts coming to ASB every year not only from India, but also from the world bringing with them immense valuable information in the form of their experience from the industry they worked in, the culture of their country and the learning's which give our students an edge over those from most other reputed institutions.
Management Colloquia
Industry professionals over the years have been visiting Amrita School of Business and sharing their valuable knowledge which they have gained over the years. They act as a colossal source of knowledge. This way the students get an industry exposure through the speaker's experience. The industry experts who have visited the campus in the past few years include:
Name of the person |
Topic |
Date |
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2009 |
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| Mr. PNSV Narasimham Executive Head HR, UBS |
Changing the Downturn | April 5 |
| Mr. Biju Dominick CEO, Final Mile Consultancy |
Learning Marketing from Politicians and Beggars | April 4 |
| Mr. R. S. Rajan, Director, Sr. VP, Ion-Exchange |
Meeting Challenges in Today's Environment | February 24 |
2008 |
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| Prof. Jay Mishra, Professor, Harvard Business School |
Rest In Peace - Good Times | December 12 |
| Mr. Sarath Babu, Founder CEO, FoodKing Catering Services Pvt. Ltd. | Food King - The Journey So Far | November 8 |
| Dr. Kezevino Aram, Director, Shanti Ashram and Distinguished Alumni of Harvard School of Public Health |
Is a healthy start to life possible for children in India today? | November 5 |
| Mr. Arjun Prakash ,
Co-Chair, Young Indians, Coimbatore Chapter Mr. Omkar Vikram Shankar CEO, Shankar Foundations |
CII Yi - We Can, We Will | October 23 |
| Mr. E. R. Sainath, General Manager, Reliance Communications | Getting Acquainted to Telecom | October 21 |
| Mr. Binoay, Assistant Vice-President, Marketing, IDEA | Branding Communication | September 24 |
| Swami Someshwarananda, Chairman, Vivekananda Centre for Indian Management | Indian System of Management | September 17 |
| Dr. Vijay Ramakrishnan Founder & CEO, Pikamab Inc, California Entrepreneurship |
Entrepreneurship | July 22 |
| Mr. Premchand Palety, Director, Cfore Elections and Exit Polls | July 17 |
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| Mr. Venkatesh Nagan Director (Sourcing), Sprandi International Ltd, Shanghai |
Taking the China Challenge in Apparel Sourcing | July 16 |
| Mr. Sekar Raju, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University | Working in Global Environments | July 11 |
| Mr. Anand Sen, Vice President, Flat Products & TQM, TATA Steel |
Commodity to a Brand - A Journey of TATA Steel | March 21 |
| Mr. Unni Nair, Managing Director, Ezxcel Adventure & Entertainment | Maximizing Potential through Fun | March 20 |
| Mr. N. Sundararajan Executive Director & Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland |
Transition from Student Life to a Working Professional | March 16 |
| Mr. R. Shyam Sunder HR Advisor, KG Group of Companies |
Workforce Ratonalisation and Employee Engagement | March 8
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| Prof. K.Subramanian DDG(NIC), Ministry of C & IT, India |
Retailing and Retail Management : People, Process and Technology | March 1
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| Mr. N. Sundararajan Executive Director & Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland |
Indian Financing Market & Sub-prime Crisis | February 28
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| Swami Prahaladananda Saraswati, Bihar School of Yoga | Stress Management in Corporate Life | February 13 |
| Mr. C. S. Anand, Managing Director, Hapag Lloyd Global Services | Being Successful in the Corporate World | February 11 |
| Mr. N. Sundararajan Executive Director & Company Secretary, Ashok Leyland |
Mergers and Acquisitions | February 28
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| Mr. C. S. Baskar COO, Royal Classic Group |
Marketing and Brand Building Initiatives | January 30
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| Ms. Hema Hattangady VC & CEO, Conzerv |
Running a Multi-million Dollar Company in India Ethically - A Real Life Account of Corporate Social Responsibility | January 23
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| Dr. Sunitha Krishnan Gen. Secretary, Prajwala |
Fighting for Innocence - The Bane of Child Trafficking | January 25
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| Mr. Rajesh Rai Co-founder and Principal of New Markets Growth Fund (NMGF) |
Role of Venture Capital in Entrepreneurial Growth | January 10
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2007 |
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| Mr. Omkar V. Sankar, Chief Executive, Sankar Foundation, Coimbatore | How to Create Successful Brands? | October 31
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| Mrs. Kalpana Vishwanathan | Trends in the Banking Sector | October 29
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| Mr. L. N. Krishnan VP - Outsourcing, Thomas Cook |
Strategic Outsourcing | October 27
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| Dr. Arvind Bhatnagar | Raksha - Palliative Care | October 17
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| Mr. Rajamani | Overview of the Functioning of TATA Steel | October 10
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| Mr. Pravin Shekar Chief Executive, Dexterity KPO Services |
Anonymity of KPO - Mumbo Jumbo | August 31
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| Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan Senior Scientist, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India |
Management from Traditional Perspective | August 17
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| Mr. Shivram V Managing Partner, The Hit Factory |
The Mind of an Entrepreneur | March 30
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| Ms. Madhuri Menon CEO, Amaya Consultants |
Corporate Social Responsibility | March 29
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| Mr. Ramesh K General Manager, Media Direction |
Media in India - The Big Picture | March 23
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| Mr. Padmanabhan CEO - Telematics Business Unit, Ashok Leyland |
To Learn the Customer | March 17
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| Mr. Vijay Aithreye, AVP & National Head Rural & Social, Tata AIG |
Micro Insurance | March 15
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| Mr. Pradeep Menon Executive Vice President and Director - Operations for Quadrant Risk Management International |
Careers and Challenges in the Field of IT Consultancy | March 13
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| Dr. Eric Brewer Co-founder of Inktomi and Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley |
Two Encounters with Dr. Eric Brewer | January 31
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| Mr. Praveen V. S. | Journey of an Inventor | January 11
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2006 |
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| Mr. Kishore Kumar Sr. Vice President, Corporate Banking, HDFC Bank India Ltd. |
Micro Finance | |
| Mr. Krishnankutty,
GM, Sales and Marketing, Chandra Hyundai |
On Branding | November 24
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| Mr. Sudhakar Jayaram Director& CEO, Amrita TV |
Role of Media in Society | November 14
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| Ms. Madhuri Menon CEO, Amaya Consultants |
Be Like a Functional Parachute ... | November 9 |
| Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Former Chairman - ISRO, Director-NIAS, MP | On Leadership | November 1
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| Dr. Sriram Devanathan Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, Amrita |
Six Sigma | September 11
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| Dr. Maresi Nerad, Associate Graduate Dean, University of Washington | "Pride in Nation, Passion For Education" | September 6
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| Dr. Jose Schutte Aine Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne |
Entrepreneurship - Personal Experience | August 17
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| Mr. Ranjith Nambiar VP, ARMS Pvt Limited |
Challenge is to ... "Stay Ahead of Opportunities" | August 11
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| Mr. Yoshiro Ito, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, Japan | An Extraordinary Visit by an Unassuming Man | August 10
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| K. Manivannan | Team Building and Leadership | July 26 |
| Mr. Antti Juhani Wihuri Management Consultant, Finland |
Two Encounters with Dr. Eric Brewer | July 24
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| Br. Nijamrita Chaitanya | Dharma, Happiness and Spirituality | July 22
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| Dr. Vish Krishnan, Sheryl and Harvey White Endowed Chair in Management Leadership, Rady School of Management | Moving from a Knowledge Driven Economy to an Innovation Driven Economy | July 20
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| Mr. Guru Ganeshan MD, ARM Embedded Tech. Pvt Ltd |
(Inauguration of Batch 2006-08) | July 3
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| Prof S. Sriram, Executive Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management | Careers in Management | June 30
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| Dr. Sameer Kamat Wachovia Corporation, USA |
January 9
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2005 |
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| Mr. Prasad Chandran, Chairman and Managing Director, BASF India Ltd, Head of BASF South Asia |
Matrix Management | |
| Revathy, Film Actress & Director | Dreams and Passion | |
| Mr. Jairam Vardaraj MD, ELGI Eqipments |
Business Basics | |
| Mr. H. P. Kripesh , General Manager, Human Resource Pantaloons, Mumbai | Future of Indian Retailing | |
| Mr. K. B. Chandrasekhar Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Jamcracker |
The Hungry Entrepreneur | |
| Mr. Narasimham, HR Head, Global Solutions Center, Hewlett Packard | Is BPO a BAD Word? Issues of a Growing Industry | |
| Mr. Subramaniam Maveric Info Systems, Chennai |
Service Offerings from Software Industry | |
| Dr. Eric Brewer, MD, Oracle | Oracle Experiences | |
| Mr. Chandar Sundaram Academic Lead, Microsoft |
IT Industry |