BWI: Great Lakes hosts ‘HR Conclave 2011’ at their Campus

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Source: Great Lakes Institute of Management
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 07:09 PM IST (01:39 PM GMT)
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Great Lakes hosts 'HR Conclave 2011' at their Campus
Theme: And It's Not Just About Work

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Tuesday, September 06, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Great Lakes Institute of Management, a leading management institute, founded by Prof. Bala V Balachandran, hosted 'HR Conclave 2011' today. Dr. Ashok Chanda, Head - Strategy & Shared Services, GATI, delivered the presidential address at the Great Lakes Campus at Manamai. Mr. Satish Pradhan, VP - HR, TATA Sons gave the keynote address. Dr Ashok Chanda and Mr. Benedict Paramanand, Editor, ManagementNext Media & Publication released the Dr.C.K Prahalad Special Edition.

The HR Conclave is an annual event at Great Lakes since the year 2008. The theme for the event this year was - "And it's not just about work." The objective behind the same is to understand how enticing it would have been if ones job is not just about work, but about anything and everything that one would aspire from his career. After all it is said - "Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life."

The speakers for the first panel discussion on - 'Developing and nurturing future leaders,' were Mr. Mr. Anand Bhaskar, VP - HR, Sapient; Mr. Mali Mahalingam, CPO, Symphony; Mr. Ashit Ranjan, VP - HR, Tecnova; and Mr. M.S. Venkatesh, Head - HR, Educomp.

Mr. Sebi Chacko, Head-HR, South Asia - Thomson Reuters, Mr. MVN Rao, VP - HR L&T Infotech, Mr. Chandrashekar Chenniappan, Country HR Manager, Hewlett Packard, Mr. Praveen Kamath, Head - Talent Acquisition, Wipro BPO, and Mr. Sukumaran Mariappan, Head-HR, Trimble India participated in the second panel discussion - 'Innovative Employee Engagement.'

The final discussion was on, 'Intrapreneurship and Thought Leadership'. Mr. Rajeev Menon, Director - HR, Cognizant, Mr. Manoharan M, Senior GM and Principal consultant, TCS, Dr Ravi, Head-HR, FSS participated in the same, which was moderated by Prof Venkat R Krishnan, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Academic Director of Great Lakes.

The valedictory addresses were given by Prof. Bala V. Balachandran, Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, and Mr. Chetan Tolia, Director, TATA Management Training Center, followed by a special address by Professor Venkat R Krishnan, Director-Yale Great Lakes Center of Management Research at Great Lakes.

Mr. Tolia and Professor S. Sriram, Executive Director - Great Lakes Institute of Management released "Gravity" - the Great Lakes Magazine.

Giving the keynote address via video conference, Mr. Satish Pradhan, VP - HR, TATA Sons, spoke on consumer confidence index, he said, "The highest consumer confidence is in India, so why worry about the rate of growth and GDPs in an emerging economy. There is a huge consumer pull in a country like India and China, which is now going to drive economic development."

Speaking on the occasion Prof. Bala V. Balachandran, Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management said, "In the HR Conclave 2011, we explore the ideas and strategies that HR professionals from diverse industries would confer and inspire on the subjects like innovative employee engagement, nurturing future leaders and initiating thought leadership, which would further propel the eagerness amongst their colleagues doing justice to a talent and ability well spent."

Adding to the statement Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan, Academic Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management said, "Great Lakes Institute of Management has taken a strong initiative to tap the learning from the experiences of highly eminent HR leaders belonging to companies from various sectors."

About HR Conclave:

Started in 2008, 'Great Lakes Human Resource Conclave', is envisioned as a unique platform to bring together the best of HR leaders in the industry and the potentially great managers of the future. The event includes panel discussions and speeches from distinguished speakers pertaining to the central theme of the event. The HR leaders are invited from various industries and offer industry-specific insight about the theme. The last event was organized at our "LEED Platinum-rated Green Campus" on 5th September, 2009.

About Great Lakes Institute of Management:

Great Lakes Institute of Management is a leading B-school in India founded in 2004 by Prof. Bala V. Balachandran, J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management Northwestern University, USA, The institute has academic alliances with Stuart Graduate School of Business USA, Yale University USA., and Nanyang Technical University, Singapore. The institute offers a one year Post Graduate Program in Management. The B-school is a not-for-profit organization; Section 25 registered company with the mission of "A Global Mindset and Indian Roots".

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CONTACT DETAILS
Prof. T.N. Swaminathan, Director External Relations & Prof. Marketing, Great Lakes Institute of Management, +91 9840195454, tnswami@greatlakes.edu.in
Twinkle Xavier, Senior Account Manager, 20:20 MSL, +91 9884480115, twinkle@2020india.com

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