HR Summit 2013 comes to a succesfull end at IIM Kozhikode
The three-day HR Summit 2013 successfully concluded at IIM Kozhikode on February 10, 2013. The conference with a theme of “High-tech people, High-touch HR: are we missing the humane touch?” was aimed at providing a common platform to academicians, practitioners and policy makers where they can interact and share their experiences and research findings. Considering the indispensability of the human resource to the growth and survival of any organization the recent trends in human resource management and talent acquisition and HR policy formulation warrant a serious outlook and inclusive approach owing to the diversified employee profiles today. The event saw the participation of saw the participation of various eminent academicians, practitioners, policy makers and research students from across the length and breadth of the country.
The first day of the event included an inauguration ceremony presided over by Mr. Satish Pradhan (Group HR Head, TATA Sons Ltd), Mr. Radhakrishnan Nair (CHRO - Federal Bank), Prof. Debashis Chatterjee (Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode) and Prof. Manoranjan Dhal (Co-Convenor, HR Summit 2013). The second session of the opening day was comprised of a Panel Discussion with the panel comprising of Shri KK Nair (National Treasurer for INTUC, New Delhi), Dr. Vishwanath Lele (Professor in OB& HRM at NICMAR, Pune) and Prof. Unnikrishnan K Nair (Professor in OB&HR at IIM Kozhikode).
The second day of the event saw eminent personalities from the field- Shri KK Nair (National Treasurer for INTUC, New Delhi), Mr Thomas Varghese Simon (Vice President HR, Global Talent Engagement, TCS) and Mr Rajesh Nair (Vice President Markets, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd). The post- lunch session on the second had Mr. Sandip Dash (AGM, SAIL), Ms. Kalpana Sinha (Co founder and CEO, Cosmode Consultants) and Dr. Prashant Nair (Head HR, Cipla) sharing the stage to discuss the concept of spirituality at workplace and enlightened the audience with their views on the contemporary issues from the field of Human Resource Management.
The final day of the event witnessed Prof. Vishal Gupta (Professor, HR area, IIM Calcutta), Mr. Soum Chakraborty (VP- HR & A, RENAULT India Pvt. Ltd) and Mr. Rajiv Noronha (AVP & Head-Organizational Effectiveness, TCS) coming together to discuss the appropriateness of the extant polices of selection, training, compensation and benefits in the country.
Paper presentations exploring the theme brought forth a mix of academic treatment and industry practices. The event culminated with the distribution of the Best Paper awards. The 'Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper' was given to Ms. Srabasti Chatterjee for her paper titled-'Examining the antecedents and consequences of career decisiveness using motivational systems theory – A conceptual model' and the 'Outstanding Paper' award was given to Dr. Vijai Giri & Dr.Pavan Kumar for their paper titled- 'Assessing the relationship between participation in decision making and organizational citizenship behavior: The mediating role of organizational commitment'.
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