Xpressions ‘09, Annual B-school Event of XIM, Bhubaneswar Kicks Off with Corporate Panel Discussion, ‘Conclave'

Xpressions ‘09, Annual B-school Event of XIM, Bhubaneswar Kicks Off with Corporate Panel Discussion, ‘Conclave'

Mr. V. K. Sood stressed on one’s commitment to work and loyalty to his or her organization, as opposed to the norm of loyalty to oneself. He said that if each one of us is focussed towards our country’s objectives and combine it with performance and hard work, there is nothing that can stop our country from progressing and reaching its goals.

Mr. Sandeep Pandey’s take on the negatives of diversity in politics, religion and local sentiments was interesting, but he also pointed out the fact that ours had been and still is a successful democracy in all except two years of its independence. According to him, we cannot truly progress unless diversity in the economy on the scale that we have in our country is reduced drastically by concentrating on primary production and agriculture instead of services.

Mr. B. K. Sabharwal spoke about the diversity in the finance sector and the unexplored opportunities lying there while Mr. Pawan Agarwal stressed that economic liberalization combined with the diversity of skills that our population gifts us leads to budding entrepreneurs, who should take the lead in encouraging the people of our country to reverse the recent trend of spending patterns shifting to benefit other countries rather than India itself.

Our special guest, Mr. Sastry was invited to the dais to say a few words. He was vocal about us, as a country being holistically strategic, instead of solution oriented, to be innovative in the rural region and for each and every individual to be completely transparent.

The floor was then thrown open to questions from the house and several important issues were brought up and discussed among the panellists, including vote bank politics and the choice of party over candidates.

Dr. D. V. Ramana brought the discussion to a close, citing the XIMB initiative of PSR (personal social responsibility), as definitive actions, rather than CSR(corporate social responsibility) which are generally restricted to thoughts and no more, followed by the vote of thanks. Mementos were presented to each of the speakers and the special guest by Dr. Subhajyoti Roy, dean academics.

Over the next three days, XIMB reverberated with 'Freedom', which is the Xpressions '09 theme. It brought together participants from colleges of different streams, and corporates too, in a gamut of events ranging from business simulation games to communication development programmes, paper presentations and cultural events ranging from fashion shows to rock nights. Xpressions '09 culminates with Mohit Chauhan (of Masakali and Tum Se Hi fame) performing live on campus on Sunday evening. Xpressions '09 is being covered by Channel [V] for their new campus show 'School of Cool' and also by Red FM.

Concluded.

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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

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