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India
International Institute of Management, Mansarovar, Jaipur organized a
National Seminar on ‘Global Competitiveness : Critical Success factors for
Indian Industry’ on Thursday, 25 October, 2005 at IIIM Auditorium, Sector
12, Mahaveer Marg, Mansarovar, Jaipur. Dr. Digambar Singh, Minister for
Medical, Health and Ayurveda, Rajasthan graced the occasion as the Chief
Guest. He said that it is the need of the hour to indicate a debate on the
challenges the Indian Industry faces while seeking the challenge of
competing with the big players in the global market. The most important
factor that can play a vital role in making corporate India a leader from
the global perspective would be innovative thinking of the future
managers. Director Dr. Ashok Gupta welcomed the guests.
Mr. Dilip Baid, Convener Northern Region, Handicrafts Industry expressed
that there is a need to compete with China globally in terms of
innovativeness and nationality to make corporate India a leader from the
global perspective.
In the first technical session, Dr. Arun Kumar Jain, Professor IIM,
Lucknow said that the turnover of companies like Wal-Mart is exceeding the
GDP of other nations. In order to compete with these organizations we have
to develop some strategies for our development.
According to Mr. Charan Rawat, Associate Director Barclays Bank PLC the
world’s top most companies are making profits by breaking the rules to win
this global competitive race. According to him the companies should follow
ethical & legal norms to succeed in a long run. Mr. Umesh Agarwal, Dy. G.M.,
TCI, Gurgaon handled the topic that how in a supply chain we can add
value, and how these value added chains can be beneficial to the business.
Mr. C.M. Khurana focussed on the excellence in business operations –
Business process reengineering. Mr. Gaurav Mehta, Director, Brand DNA
threw light on the importance of having a good product as well as good
customer relations to win this globally competitive era.
In the second technical session Dr. Justin Paul , Professor, IIM Indore
focussed on the aspect that India is equally competitive as other global
players in textile sector. This sector can be helpful in earning more and
more foreign currencies. Ms. Vidya Kane, TCS stressed that India has a
good name in IT sector and we can take advantage of this in all other
sectors. Mr. Hemant Anand, Director, Vantage Consultancy said that if
there is any sector after IT which can make corporate India a leader from
the global perspective, than that is pharmaceutical sector.
This seminar was equally beneficial to the budding managers, business
analysts, consultants, academicians, corporates, to develop agenda for
themselves and their organizations. |