PIONEER CONVERGENCE 2014 - PIBM's Annual Business Conclave

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Inauguration of Pioneer Convergence was done by Ms. Jovita Lall - Regional Director (India) - Morneau Shepell and Mr. Kumar Iyer - Principal Director PIBM

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Ms. Jyotsna Khade Sr. Manager of PIBM's Placements Dept. offered garlands to Goddess Saraswati to begin the conclave

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Ms. Jovita Lall being felicitated by Mr. Kumar Iyer - Principal Director PIBM

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Ms. Jovita Lall started the day with her session on best ways to show appreciation to employees

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Mr. K. S. Susinder

GM Finance

BGR Energy Systems

Mr. K. S. Susinder being felicitated by Mr. Pranav Nagpurkar - Deputy Director PIBM

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Mr. K. S. Susinder

GM Finance

BGR Energy Systems

Mr. K. S. Susinder talked about Equity Sector and the role of Equity Analysts in the industry

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Anchors of the day kept the Conclave Proceedings on the go

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Mr. Jitesh Sethi

CEO

womentalentpool.com

Mr. Jitesh Sethi being welcomed by the PIBM students

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Mr. Jitesh Sethi

CEO

womentalentpool.com

Mr. Jitesh Sethi Mr. Jitesh Sethi - CEO - womentalentpool.com talked about strategies on how to retain best employees

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Students asked questions and gained a lot from the sessions

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Mr. Sethunath Ramaswami

Ex Director HR

Cognizant

Mr. Sethunath Ramaswami being felicitated by Mr. Ashish Bhargava - Faculty PIBM

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Mr. Sethunath Ramaswami

Ex Director HR

Cognizant

Mr. Sethunath Ramaswami conducted a session on Indian IT companies - Moving up the Value Chain

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The panel discussion was very insightful for all the students where they put many questions in front of the Corporate Heads

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During the Pioneer Convergence, top three final year students each from Marketing, Finance and HR specializations gave a presentation on their respective Summer Internship Project.

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Mr. Prem Apte

Ex.VP HR

Zensar Technology

Mr. Prem Apte was in the judging panel for presentations

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Mr. Rajesh Derhgawan

Sr. VP and Head HR

Reliance ADA Group

Mr. Praveen Kumar Nair Group was among the guests and talked about Building a High Performance Organisation

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2nd Day of Pioneer Convergence started off with event outline given by Mr. Zulfi Ali Bhutto - Retail Channel Head for West region - Lenovo

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Mr. Praveen Kumar Nair

Sales Head

Hager

Mr. Praveen Kumar Nair answered the various queries raised by students

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Mr. Manish Kotwani

VP HR

Sterling Backcheck

Mr. Manish Kotwani gave an Overview of Back Ground Screening Industry

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Mr. Praveen Kumar Nair

Sales Head

Hager

Mr. Praveen Kumar Nair gave a very insightful speech on Marketing and Sales approach in uncertain times

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Mr. Manish Dubey - Head HR

Greenheck India Pvt.Ltd.

Mr. Arun Pathak being felicitated by Mr. Manish Rohtagi - International Business Head - Mahindra 2-Wheelers

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Mr. Manish Dubey

Head HR

Greenheck India Pvt.Ltd.

Mr. Arun Pathak talked on various HR issues and challenges faced by Indian Corporate

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Mr. Siddhartha Krishna

Dy. Manager HR

OTIS United Technologies

Mr. Siddhartha Krishna conducted a session on Business Ethics & Internal Controls

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Mr. MVS Murthy

CPO

Future Retail Ltd

Mr. MVS Murthy interacted with students and gave a detailed overview of HR Analytics and its importance in Indian Corporate Sector

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Mr. Randeep Singh

Head HR

Serco India

Mr. Randeep Singh being felicitated by Ms. Neelima Khaladkar - Faculty PIBM

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Mr. Arun Pathak

Budding Entrepreneur in ICT & Retail

Ex.VP HR - Amdocs

Mr. Arun Pathak interacted with PIBM students and talked about IT Landscape in India

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Mr. Milind Biwalker

Proprietor

Insights Behavioral Solutions

Mr. Milind Biwalker was in panel for the discussion

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Mr. Arun Pathak

Budding Entrepreneur in ICT & Retail

Ex.VP HR - Amdocs

Mr. Arun Pathak being felicitated by Manish Rohtagi - International Business Head - Mahindra 2-Wheelers

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Mr. Randeep Singh

Head HR

Serco India

Mr. Randeep Singh and Mr. Zulfi Ali Bhutto - Retail Channel Head for West region - Lenovo were among the panelists

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Similar to first day, on second day top three final year Summer Internship Projects in Marketing specialization were presented by students in front of judges.

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Ms. Madhuja Chatterjee - final year Marketing student presenting on her Summer Internship project

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Mr. Arun Pathak

Budding Entrepreneur in ICT & Retail

Ex.VP HR - Amdocs

Mr. Arun Pathak and Mr. Milind Biwalker - Proprietor - Insights Behavioral Solutions during panel discussion

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Mr. Vivek Gupta - final year Marketing student presenting on his Summer Internship project

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Mr. Shantanu Bhattacharya

Head HR

Reliance Communication

Mr. Shantanu Bhattacharya talked about various strategies on how to retain employees

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Mr. Rajat Grover

Group Executive Vice President

YES Bank

Mr. Rajat Grover conducted a session on Best appraisal practices in Banking sector

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Mr. Nilakantan Govindan

VP HR

Reliance Industries Ltd.

Mr. Nilakantan Govindan talked about management skills for practicing and new Managers

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Mr. Chandru Badrinarayanan

Executive Director

MSCI

Mr. Chandru Badrinarayanan being felicitated by Mr. Kumar Iyer - Principal Director PIBM

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Mr. Sandeep Pathak - Trainer - MTF

Mr. Sandeep Pathak conducted a session on attitude of people when they get into workforce management

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Mr. Sandeep Pathak

Trainer

MTF

Mr. Sandeep Pathak used various games to demonstrate various important HR concepts

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Mr. Chandru Badrinarayanan

Executive Director

MSCI

Mr. Chandru Badrinarayanan interacted with students and gave some success Mantras to them in building a career in financial service sector

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Mr. Tanmay Parikh - HR Manager

Sansui Electric Co. Ltd.

Mr. Tanmay Parikh conducted a session on Critical Skill Sets required by HR professional during decisions

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Mr. Praneet Kumar

CEO

Pune Fashion Week

Mr. Praneet Kumar being felicitated by Mr. Ashish Bhargava - Faculty PIBM

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Mr. Praneet Kumar

CEO

Pune Fashion Week

Mr. Praneet Kumar gave a very motivational talk on Power of Dreams

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Mr. Piyush Nagda

DGM & Head Channel Franchisee

Axis Securities Ltd.

Mr. Piyush Nagda during his session on Emerging trends in Capital Markets and career opportunity

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Mr. Parag Desai

National Sales Manager

Anchor Health & Beauty

Mr. Manish Kotwani gave an insight on FMCG sector Road Map to 2015

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Mr. Raghvendra Mirji

Sr. GM & National Head Direct Sales

Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Mr. Raghvendra Mirji talked about Connecting with Changing Indian consumer landscape

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Mr. U.S.Yadav

VP HR

Reliance 4G

Mr. U.S.Yadav being felicitated by Mr. Dhaval Vakharia - VP Finance - Avendus Capital

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Mr. U.S.Yadav

VP HR

Reliance 4G

Mr. Praveen Kumar Nair during his session on Career Management

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Ms. Payal Pandey - final year Finance student presenting on her Summer Internship project

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Ms. Amruta Dey - final year Finance student presenting on her Summer Internship project

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Mr. Dhaval Vakharia

VP Finance

Avendus Capital

Mr. Dhaval Vakharia l being felicitated by Ms. Neelima Khaladkar - Faculty

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Mr. Atul Saxena

Vice President Technology

Crest

Mr. Arun Pathak interacted with PIBM students talking about Organization Structure and Agile Culture in IT

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All the committees who helped in organizing Pioneer Convergence were called up on stage and applauded for their good work

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Felicitation committee was headed by Ms. Neelima Khaladkar and Ms. Harshada Sharma

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Mr. Raman Preet

Executive Director - PIBM

Mr. Raman Preet motivated students towards working hard and achieving their goals

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Mr. Dhaval Vakharia

VP Finance

Avendus Capital

Mr. Dhaval Vakharia along with Mr. Ravinder Singh - Faculty PIBM were the judges for Summer Internship Project presentations by Finance Students

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Presentation Committee was responsible to prepare various company presentations for all the Corporate Heads present during conclave

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Transportation Committee

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Escort Committee

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Mr. Raman Preet

Executive Director PIBM

Day 3 of Pioneer Convergence closed with speech by Mr. Raman Preet - Executive Director PIBM

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IT committee was responsible to coordinate all the IT related activities during Pioneer Convergence 2014

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Placement Cell was the core committee responsible for coordinating with Corporate Heads and inviting them for Pioneer Convergence

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Mr. Diplesh Puria won the best Summer Internship Project presentation award for Marketing Specialization

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Ms. Payal Pandey - final year Finance student won the award for best Summer Internship Project presentation award for Finance Specialization. Mr. Pranav Nagpurkar - Deputy Director PIBM gave away the award.

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Ms. Payal Dewangan - final year HR student won the award for best Summer Internship Project presentation award for Human Resource Specialization. Mr. Kumar Iyer - Principal Director PIBM gave away the award.