Invitation for Panel Discussion @ IIMA on: 1. Bridging the Divide between Academia and Industry 2. Nurturing Thought Leaders

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About PGPX Program: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Proudly Presents
“Teaching PGPX participants has been and continues to be a pleasure for the
following reasons. With an average of 10years of experience before coming to
PGPX, the participants bring in a lot of perspective into the classroom that is not
normally available with a younger audience. They are highly engaged audience;
the opportunity cost to them for the program is quite high and so there is a ConneXion — CXO Conclave
higher desire to extract value from the sessions - which makes life more inter-
esting for me as a teacher. Give me a PGPX audience any day!”
Organized by PGPX Class of 2010
-Prof. Arvind Sahay
(Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin)
Professor of Marketing and International Business
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
“I am extremely impressed with PGPX and have been personally involved in re-
cruiting from this programme. IIM Ahmedabad selects candidates with rich
experience through rigorous selection criteria and the candidates have walked
away from successful careers to receive this enriching management education.
PGPX provides the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group a ready talent pool of
highly motivated recruits who seamlessly fit into senior and middle management
positions and have the potential to be business leaders in the future.”
- Rajeev Bhadauria
President, Group HR, Reliance ADA Group
2010 Student Profiles: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/pgpx/PGPX0910_batch_profile.pd
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HR— Academia Panel:
Bridging the Divide between Academia and Industry
Corporate leaders appreciate the edge and flair that candidates from premier institutes
bring to their firms. Top journals acclaim the role of this top pool of talent in forging India
forward. Yet, it is a common complaint that fresh campus recruits are unable to "hit the Event Schedule—Feb 9, 2010
ground running". The objective of this session is to enable industry professionals and
management educators to confer and develop a collaborative approach to bridge the divide
between theory and practice. 08:00-09:00 AM Registration
09:00-09:40 AM Inauguration
Panel Chair: Rajiv Krishnan, MD—DDI India
09:40-10:00 AM Tea break
Key Panelists:
Rajiv Bhadauria, Head Corporate HR, ADAG 10:00-11:30 AM HR Panel
Yogesh Patgaonkar, VP Talent Management, RPG
Prof. Shailesh Gandhi, Chairperson PGPX, IIMA 11:30-11:45 AM Tea break
Prof. Biju Paul Abraham, Chairman PGPEX, IIMC
11:45-01:15 PM Address by Prof. Raghuram, IIMA
CEO Panel: 01:15-02:15 PM Lunch
A CEO’s Agenda for HR over the coming decade 02:15-03:45 PM CEO Panel
The HR function has experienced intense turbulence over the past decade. In recent years, 03:45-04:15 PM High Tea
the field of Human Resource Management has gained the much-needed attention it deserved
since the day man started to trade. Today HR managers are expected to shift gears quite 04:15-05:00 PM Closing address
often to match the varying needs of their organizations. With multiple objectives which
frequently change, HR functionaries are at times perplexed on what is expected of them. This
event is a platform for CEOs of diverse companies to deliberate on their vision and require-
ments from the HR function.
Panel Chair: Prof. Arvind Sahay, ex-Chairperson PGPX, IIMA
Key Panelists:
Rashesh Shah, Chairman & CEO, Edelweiss
*Pankaj Patel, MD, Zydus Cadila
*Gautam Adani, Chairman Adani Group
*Sudhir Mehta, Chairman, Torrent Group
*- to be confirmed