1) Chanderprabhu Jain College of Higher Studies organized a 1st National Conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Technology on October 8th, 2016. The conference aimed to provide an intellectual forum for academics, researchers, and industry professionals to exchange knowledge on emerging topics in business and technology.
2) There were two technical sessions held with guest speakers from universities and colleges. Several research papers were presented on topics such as the growth of insurance industry in India, workplace sexual harassment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate social responsibility initiatives in banking, and using bacteria for optical memory storage.
3) Best papers were selected from each session. The conference concluded with appreciation expressed to all guests, speakers, and
The CoMES Pulse Newsletter has released. The newsletter covers various activities of College of Management Studies, UPES also happenings across various domains.
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The CoMES Pulse Newsletter has released. The newsletter covers various activities of College of Management Studies, UPES also happenings across various domains.
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It focused on the reforms in the corporate governance, emerging dimension of corporate social responsibility, protection of securities market and the challenges to corporate restructuring.
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The organisers intended to focus on the need to create an enabling environment for open access (OA) in India, promote and upscale existing OA initiatives, and encourage the development of new OA programmes. This was planned to do by ‘closing the circle’ or linking multiple stakeholder groups, viz. researchers, librarians, archivists, publishers, technologists, authors and policymakers, taking into account their concerns and views and providing a platform to advocate for a common cause.
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Cities are key for business, Job creation, and the growth of society. The Government of India planned to develop smart cities which are sustainable, inclusive and act as a reference for
other aspiring cities. Smart cities in India will work on four principles such as wellbeing of habitants, equity, foresight and efficiency. Existing laws and design principles can act as a
hurdle in achieving the four principles laid down. The principles of Universal Design (UD) are user centric, work on the social goals of inclusion, equality and independence. Universal
Design India Principle (UDIP) is a set of design principles that focus on a country- centric approach which considers culture, caste, poverty, class, and religion. There is an overwhelming need for environmentally sustainable designs for hospitality services. Considering the current requirements, a conceptual framework „Comprehensive Universal Design (CUD)‟ has been proposed which includes principles of UD, UDIP and environmental sustainability. Adopting comprehensive universal design principles in the hotels in smart city will help the planners to realise equity, quality of life, social inclusion and environmental sustainability
India is belonging to the common wealth country. India has to face many major problems and domination. That is socio-political. Because the activities of society is upper class people treated lower class people brutal way. People one can fight with any problem in his or her life such as business loss, disease, unexpected problems etc. But he or she cannot go in harmony with a problem in this world. That is poverty which paves ways to many other problems to the individual and also for the society.
One day Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights in India
Intellectual Property Rights workshop was sponsored by Department of Biotechnology. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is an Indian government department, under the Ministry of Science and Technology responsible for administrating development and commercialisation of technologies.
We discussed about silver lining difference between discovery and innovation. Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights sponsored by DBT was an enriching experience to share with budding Botany students from University of Delhi as to how IPRs can be harnessed in time to come.
What I believe in recent years is simple MANTRA "Learning curve is non-linear curve". Understanding science with hawk eye legal approach is new skill set which needs to be instilled at academia level.
Email: prity.khastgir@gmail.com
About Patent Lawyer
International Speaker speaking on Strategic Aspects of amalgamating technology, law and business in Industry 4 Spectrum Era. Active speaker at tech global conferences and actively participate in ITU Regulatory Workshops & Initiatives on SDGs. Problem SOLVER & Business Strategist with 14+ yrs exp. Seasoned Patent Strategist with expertise in IP portfolio research, cross-border tech transactions, licensing agreements, product clearance, FTO opinion, patent infringement & invalidity, IPR R&D Consultancy.
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Technical expertise: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Bigdata, Internet of Things (IoT), AI, ML, Software, Hardware, Therapeutic biologics, Agri biotech, Biosimilar drug, Plant Variety, Mechanical inventions, Electrical, Medical devices & Healthcare.
Go-to patent strategist for all time zones, be it new product launch in Asia, IP landscape across EU, freedom-to-operate analysis in Japan or patent invalidation for litigation in US.
Senior executive profile with featured publications: BBC World, Nature Group (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery), BusinessWorld, BioSpectrum Asia etc.
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1. CHANDERPRABHU JAIN COLLEGE OF HIGHER STUDIES
& SCHOOL OF LAW
Plot No. OCF, Sector A-8, Narela, New Delhi-110040
(Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi)
Organizes
1ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON
EMERGING ISSUES IN BUSINESS
& TECHNOLOGY
8TH October, 2016
Sponsored by Co-sponsored by
2. Chanderprabhu Jain College of Higher Studies & School of Law organized the
1st National Conference on 8th October, 2016 in the College Premises. The
theme of this National Conference was “Emerging Issues in Business &
Technology”.
The objective of this Conference was to provide an intellectual forum for
exchange of the knowledge and information in relation to the emerging issues
and latest developments in the field of Business and Technology. Eminent
Personalities from Academic Institutions, Research Institutions and Industry
participated in this event and a significant number of research papers were
presented in this Conference.
The Conference was Convened by Mr Yugank Chaturvedi (Director-
Corporate Affairs), Co- Convened by Ms Neha Mittal Bhaskar (Dean- IT,
Commerce & Management) and Dr Nisha Jindal (HOD- Management).
OBJECTIVE
3. FIRST SESSION
The Conference was inaugurated with
auspicious Saraswati Vandana and Lamp
lighting ceremony. The inaugural function
was attended by the Chief Guest Prof.
Sanjiv Mittal (Dean, USMS, GGSIPU), Key
Note Speaker Dr. Anuradha Jain (Dean,
VIPS), Session Chair for the First
Technical Session, Dr. Renu Vashisth
(Associate Professor, VIPS) and Guest
Speaker for the First Technical Session, Dr.
Anurag Singh (HOD, NIT, Delhi), Mr.
Yugank Chaturvedi (Director, CPJ-CHS &
SOL) and Ms. Neha Mittal Bhaskar (Dean,
Mgmt, IT & Comm.) along with other
invitees, delegates and faculty members.
All the guests were felicitated with
mementos & bouquets.
4. In the inaugural address, the Chief Guest Prof. Sanjiv Mittal (Dean, USMS,
GGSIPU) deliberated on the importance of emerging issues in business and how
innovation is driving huge profits for the organizations. He also congratulated and
appreciated the College management on organizing a National Conference on a
contemporarily relevant theme. The inauguration was soon followed by the Key
Note Address of Dr. Anuradha Jain (Dean, VIPS). She shared her views on the
importance of the theme chosen for this conference in the light of rapidly changing
business environment. The inaugural session was concluded by Mr. Yugank
Chaturvedi (Director, CPJ-CHS & SOL) who highlighted the academic
achievements of the institution and expressed his gratitude to everyone for being
part of this grand intellectual gathering.
5. The first technical session started with a lecture
by the Guest Speaker Dr. Anurag Singh (HOD,
NIT, Delhi) on the topic “Game theory in
Networks”. The speaker connected well with the
audience and focused on the importance of
competitive business strategies. The first
technical Session was chaired by Dr. Renu
Vashisth (Associate Professor, VIPS).
Afterwards, the presenters were invited on the
stage to deliver the presentations on their
respective research paper topics. A total of 4
research papers were presented in this Technical
Session.
The paper presented by Dr. Sunil Kadyan & Mr.
Manish Sharma on the topic “Foreign Direct
Investment: Speeding the Growth of Insurance
Industry in India” was awarded the Best Paper
for the First Technical Session.
6. SECOND SESSION
Second Session of National Conference commenced at 2:30 p.m. It started with the
welcome of Dr. Amit Prakash Singh (Associate Professor at USICT) who was the
Session Chair for the Technical Session-II and Dr. Namita Rajput (Associate
Professor, Shri Aurbindo College, University of Delhi) who was the Guest Speaker.
Dr Namita Rajput addressed the gathering on the most emerging issue i.e. CSR by
throwing light on Green Banking. Wherein she shared her experience about the
research she did on the topic which shows the result that the bankers do have very
little knowledge about green banking. Green banking is all about doing banking
with saving and conserving Environment. She emphasized that if we are moving
towards one currency, one nation so we should not follow different structures.
7. Further the session was made open for the Speakers to
come and present their Papers on which the research was
conducted by them. There were five speakers during the
session which covered various topics like the Companies
Act 2013, Mergers & Acquisitions, Initiatives in Indian
Banking Sector in CSR, Emerging trends in Computer
Technology etc. Each speaker was given 10 minutes to
give the presentation.
The First Paper was presented by Mr Anjay Kumar ,
Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Law, University of
Delhi on the topic “ Companies Act 2013: A Step towards
Good Corporate Governance” where he explained the
Companies Act 2013 in detail and discussed about its
impact towards good corporate governance.
The next paper was presented by Ms Ayushi Khandelwal
on behalf of Dr Ajay Pratap and Ms Monica from Technia
Institute of Professional Studies on the most relevant topic
of today’s scenario “Workplace Sexual Harassment”
wherein she discussed about the ways to safeguard
oneself from the sexual harassment at the workplace.
8. Further the next paper was presented by
Mr H.R. Anthala a Research Scholar from
Punjab University on the topic “Merger &
Acquisition- Banking & Finance”. He
discussed about the various guidelines for
mergers and acquisitions with respect to
the Companies Act 2013 wherein he
emphasized on the fact that Companies
Act 2013 is having more transparency in
comparison to the last act for mergers and
acquisitions.
This was followed by the paper
presentation of Ms Jyotsna Oswal on the
topic “Initiatives in CSR by Banking
Sector”. She highlighted the importance of
CSR activities in the Banking Sector of
India and emphasizing upon the Global
Reporting Initiatives.
9. The last paper was presented by Ms
Vidhi Sood (Faculty, CPJ-CHS) and Mr
Sumit Drall (Faculty, CPJ-CHS) on the
topic “Emerging Trends: Optical
Memory Based on Bacteriorhodospin”.
They discussed about how the bacteria’s
can be used for the memory space as
physical memory has limited storage.
The memory by the use of bacteria will
be cost effective and is considered as a
new topic of technology that will gain
importance in the coming future. This
session was concluded by the session
chair person, Dr. Amit Prakash Singh.
He gave a brief about all the papers
presented in the session and appreciated
the contribution of all the presenters in
their respective fields and also
announced two best papers of Ms.
Jyotsna Oswal and Ms. Vidhi Sood. The
two presenters were felicitated by Dr.
Amit Prakash Singh and Dr. Namita
Rajput.
10. In the End, Vote of thanks was given by Mr. Yugank Chaturvedi (Director,
Corporate Affair). He extended his warm gratitude towards the guests and the
speakers for their presence and the valuable time. Hoping that such type of
National Conference will be organized by CPJ in near future. And he extended
thanks to all faculty, student’s volunteers and the students for making the
conference a success.