Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 1: UGC sponsored one- day national level conference on “Contemporary Issues in Business with reference to Global Economic Meltdown”, was organised by College of Management, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.
The conference was inaugurated by Prof Sudhir K Jain, Vice Chancellor SMVDU in the presence of eminent academic and corporate professionals. Prof Neelu Rohmetra, Rector Kathua Campus, University of Jammu and Ashok Kumar Mattu, DGM, Reserve Bank of India, Jammu, were among the keynote speakers.
The session was also chaired by Prof B C Sharma, Dean placements, The Business School, JU, Prof Varsha Mehta, Director, The Business School, JU; Prof N D Mathur, Dean, University of Rajasthan; Prof B K Basu, University of Kolkata; Prof D Mukhopadyay, Dean College of Management, SMVDU, Prof T A Bhawani, Economist from Institute of Economic Growth and the faculty members of the College of Management, SMVDU.
In his inaugural address, Prof. Sudhir Jain, Vice Chancellor, highlighted challenges faced by the organisations during meltdown and hoped that the deliberations in the seminar will be fruitful and will come out with some viable solutions.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mattu introduced 7C’s in context of recession.
Prof Neelu Rohmetra highlighted the importance of cross cultural knowledge of the human resources in the organizations while Prof Basu drew attention to the Euro-American financial risk and its impact on India. Prof Bhawani narrated the importance of manufacturing industry in economy and its impact on India. Finally, Prof Mathur enriched the session with the main focus on the flat economy followed by the paper presentations by the research scholars from different parts of the country in two parallel sessions.
Thirty quality research papers on different dimensions to combat the issue of recession meltdown were presented during the conference.