HR Summit 2012, IIM Kozhikode[/b]
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) conducted the HR Summit 2012 from the 3rd – 4th of February 2012. The two day event aimed to reflect on the concept ‘Do women make better HR managers?
Later in the evening, the panel discussion moderated by Prof. Unnikrishnan Nair, saw Mr. Abhay Kapoor, VP-HR, Ernst and Young and Ms. Gitika Shiv, GM-HR, NTPC emphatically place their views on ‘Global trends in growth and challenges of Women HR leaders’
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) conducted the HR Summit 2012 from the 3rd – 4th of February 2012. The two day event aimed to reflect on the concept ‘Do women make better HR managers?
- Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director - IIM Kozhikode, kick started Day One by welcoming the dignitaries, speakers and the participants. In his welcome address he referred to women’s different thought and knowledge as a result of the ‘way women learnt’ rather than any physical or biological conditions. He also spoke highly of some illustrious women leaders who are paving a new way in academia, such as Harvard’s President Drew Faust and Susan Hockfield of MIT.
- Mr. Kris. Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder and Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys, the chief guest for the evening, expressed his shock at the appalling Infant mortality rate among female children in India. He listed the qualities essential to a good HR manager which involved people centric thinking and skills. He further elaborated on initiatives in Infosys to encourage and create an inclusive workplace for the women employees.
- Dr. Pallab Bandyopadhyay, Director - Human resources for Citrix, who included lots of poetry in his key note address called attention to the current HR issues and presented research evidence that women are transformational along with being inspirational and ethical. He opined that women play the moral and moral compass as a manager.
Later in the evening, the panel discussion moderated by Prof. Unnikrishnan Nair, saw Mr. Abhay Kapoor, VP-HR, Ernst and Young and Ms. Gitika Shiv, GM-HR, NTPC emphatically place their views on ‘Global trends in growth and challenges of Women HR leaders’