Consulting Continuum Held at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay Saw Avid Participation from Consulting Fraternity

Consulting Continuum Held at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay Saw Avid Participation from Consulting Fraternity
Post-event Press-release

'Continuums' are a series of lectures held annually in each discipline of management at Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay. The Consulting Continuum 2009 was held on 14th March. The theme was 'Hard Times come Hand in Hand with

Opportunities: A Consultant's Perspective'. This continuum was graced by top-notch consultants from esteemed organizations like KPMG, McKinsey & Co., Stern Stewart & Co., AT Kearney, Protiviti, Avalon Consulting, etc. The event saw participation from almost 300 students, including the management students and alumni from the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management.

The event was kicked off with address by the Head of SJMSOM, Prof. Karuna Jain. She spoke about technology and analytics being the two key tools of a consultant. The keynote address was delivered by Mr. Neelesh Hundekari, Principal AT Kearney, who said that the current scenario is not all doom and gloom because what some may perceive as frightening, others may perceive as challenging.

The next talk on the agenda was by Mr. Santosh Kamat, Director, KPMG, who spoke about issues and challenges in Public Private Partnership in the infrastructure sector. The next in line was Mr. K. G. Purushottam, Associate Director, Protiviti Consulting, who stressed on the need to work within a risk management framework. He also emphasized the fact that there are more expectations from consulting to deliver more 'solution' from more service and at the same time demonstrate value and savings.

Present there to honor the occasion was Mr. Ashish Dwivedi, an alumnus of SJMSOM who is a part of Corporate Strategy & Business Development at the Aditya Birla Group. He highlighted the typical reactions of corporate at the downturn period and the key concerns of the corporate sector at this point in time. He put forth his views on why downturns are the time to bring enduring benefits to business by making some structural changes and seeking synergies actively. After this was a crisp lecture from Mr. Sanjay Kulkarni, MD, Stern Stewart & Co., who gave an optimistic view of the downturn situation saying that we were lucky to sense it very early.

Mr. Ashish Dwivedi from Aditya Birla Group Interacting with Students during Consulting Continuum at SJMSOM

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* Contributed by -
Gunjan Gulati,
Member, Public Relations Team,
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay.

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