Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 29: International Centre for Cross Cultural Research and Human Resource Management (ICccR & HRM), University of Jammu (JU) organised the week-long induction programme to embark the beginning of the newly admitted batch of MBA (International Business) students.
The induction programme was designed in a holistic manner with speakers across different verticals that is corporate, academia, NGOs and Incubation centres, thereby developing professionals with corporate acumen, entrepreneurial potential and social consciousness.
The week long deliberations provided an opportunity to the students to interact and network with mentors from industry and academia of both national and international repute.
Ruchir Sonkar, Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, deliberated upon the intricacies of International Financial Markets and Currency Management. He also stressed upon the adoption of Digital Currencies across globe and the associated challenges. He led students to navigate across the different verticals of financial markets: Capital Markets, Currency Markets, National and International Stock Exchanges, SDR’s and Portfolio Management.
Manjula Sularia, CEO: Transformers Value Creation, spoke about Building Youth through engagement with community and outreach exercises. She embarked upon her journey of volunteerism and the need for the younger generation to adopt voluntary societal engagement for bringing the change in the mindsets of students in particular and society at large.
Debashish Ghosh, Vice President & Country Head, Berkadia India elaborated upon the importance of building leadership skills, wherein he presented a contrasting perspective of Fixed vs Growth mindset and motivated students to practice growth mindset for developing traits and behaviours that significantly develop the leadership competencies required by industry at large.
Madhuri Pal, Innovation Practitioner, Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog, Govt of India, elaborated upon the need for developing Culture of Innovation, wherein academia should emphasize to create and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship by developing new programmes and policies for fostering innovation across different sectors of the economy and provide platforms and collaboration opportunities for different stakeholders.
Professor Neetu Andotra, Director, ICccR & HRM, University of Jammu, highlighted the significance of international business management in today’s globalised economy.
Dr Isha Sharma, Faculty at ICccR & HRM, Coordinated the Seven-Day Induction Programme.