XIM-B Hosts National Level HR Summit & HR Summer Project Competition "Kshitij '08"

XIM-B Hosts National Level HR Summit & HR Summer Project Competition "Kshitij '08"

On the 28th of September 2008, XIM, Bhubaneswar hosted Kshitij '08, a national level HR Summit & HR Summer Project Competition organized by XIMAHR, the HR Committee of the college, which gave the students the opportunity to interact with a range of leaders

from across the industry. It was a full day event where Senior HR Executives from various sectors, viz., Systems, HR, Finance and Social Sector, deliberated on issues of importance to the HR area. The students were addressed by six leaders.

Ms. Ellora Panda, Learning & Development, TCS and Mr. Suresh Chandra Nayak, VP & Head BBSR DC, EXILANT Consultants Pvt. Ltd. addressed the students on 'Managing High Attrition Levels in IT Industry: The HR Challenge' as part of the Systems module. Then, Mr. Bhabani Mohanty, OD Manager, Novartis and Mr. Sameer Bali Hans, Centre Head, Bhubaneswar, MaFoi Management Consultants spoke about 'HR as Strategic Function: Reality or Mirage' as part of the HR module.

This was followed by a talk by Ms. Shree Ravindranath, VP-HR, Intellectual Capital Advisory Services, Intellecap Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Mohammed Mushtaque Aalam, VP-HR, ICICI Prudential on the topic 'Recruitment in Finance Sector: Bridging the Employability Gap' as part of the Finance module. Finally, Mr. Hemanta Pamarthy, MD, Hand-In-Hand Microfinance and Mr. Pravin Ramteke, Manager-HR & Training, New Concept Information Systems addressed the students on 'Talent Acquisition, Retention & Employee growth' as a part of the Social Sector module.

The event started with the Systems module in which the two speakers presented their views on attrition in the IT industry. The importance of managing emotions at work and how to bridge the gap between expectations as an individual and expectations as a professional were discussed. The panellists also stressed on the importance of keeping the employees busy and said that the managers should be aggressive, not offensive. This discussion was followed by an extremely informative Question & Answer Session in which various questions related to the emerging role of HR professionals in the IT industry were asked.

Next, the HR module was conducted in which the panellists spoke about the role of HR as a strategic function. They discussed issues like linking HR to the impact on business results and also focus on taking the business forward rather than focus on operational issues alone. This was followed by a highly thought-provoking Question & Answer Session in which a range of questions about the role of HR professionals as Strategy Managers were discussed. The HR module was concluded with a vote of thanks and mementoes being presented to the speakers.

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Contributed by -
Dinah J. Rodrigues,
Coordinator, IlluminatiX,
Media & PR Cell,
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

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