National Seminar on "Strategies for Business Excellence: Scalable, Sustainable & Profitable"
At: PHD House, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi.
Jagan Institute of Management Studies organized National Seminar on "Strategies for Business Excellence: Scalable, Sustainable & Profitable" on 15th November 2014 at PHD House, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi. The industry experts from Corporate, JIMS staff and students were part of the session. Dr J K Goyal, Director, JIMS inaugurated the session with his welcome speech wherein he introduced JIMS as one of the prestigious brands in the education sector to the industry experts.

Further Ms. Pooja Jain, Faculty, JIMS introduced the theme of the session to the audience. She quoted “The theme has contemporary relevance as the world of business is constantly growing, changing, adapting and modifying. As organizations respond to changes in their markets and develop new business models, their definitions of excellence also change. Companies that want to create a portfolio of transient advantages need to make major shifts in the way they operate. Businesses have to constantly strive to uncover unique strategies to take their organization to the next level and to stay abreast in the business.”

The Seminar was divided into three technical sessions:
Session I: Plenary Session
The panel of industry experts and senior academicians gave a comprehensive view about the topic and discussed corporate level strategies.
Panelists for the sessions were:
Chairman & Moderator
Dr. J.K. Jain, Professor, MDI, Gurgaon
Panelists
Abhay Kapoor, Associate Vice President (Corporate HR & ER) and Head - Group ER, Escorts Limited
Ajay Hiraskar,Director- Global Application and Packaging,Dell
Raj Kapoor, COO, JCT Electronics
Rajiv Mitra, CEO, Govind Mills Ltd

Session II - Marketing Strategies
The session had a panel discussion on innovative marketing strategies which companies adopt to sustain in the ever-changing and ever-evolving business environment.
Chairman & Moderator
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Professor FMS, Delhi University
Panelists
Prasoon Bhardwaj, AVP, Jubliant
Dr Amit Pareenja, Manager,Business Solutions Consulting Group, Vodafone
Prateek Dubey, Zonal Head, Coca Cola
Vineet Mittal, Zonal Head Marketing, Reliance Broadcast
Session III – Finance Strategies
The esteemed and learned panel discussed financial strategies adopted by companies to keep abreast with general trends to meet the rapidity of changes which occur in field of finance and determine market volatility and diversified risks.
Chairman & Moderator
Prof. C.P. Gupta, Professor, Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi
Panelists
Prem Thakur, AVP, Steria
Gopal Mandal, Director- Finance, IDFC
Sandeep Gupta ,AVP –Finance, Jindal Stainless Limited
Sunil Sayal, CFO- India Region, Nokia Solutions & Network's India Pvt Limited
Vikrant Singhi, Associate Director – Corporate Finance & Investment Banking, PricewaterhouseCoopers
The Vote of Thanks was given by Ms Pooja Jain, Faculty, JIMS and Convener, National Seminar.
Overall the seminar was a successful affair for both the Corporate and the JIMS Fraternity.

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