The first leg of Confluencia ’08, consisting of Finance and IT/Consulting with Prof Alok Pandey, Professor from IMT Ghaziabad delivering a key note address on the Changing Trends in Indian Financial Markets, which was followed by a talk by Mr Sanjeev Krishan, Executive Director, Transactions, PWC India Pvt. Ltd. on Due Diligence in Mergers & Acquisitions. Post lunch sessions were taken by Mr Tushar Pandey, Country Head Strategic Initiatives & Advisory Government YES Bank Ltd. & Mr Rajan Sehgal, Managing Director Pro Fin Capital Services Ltd. Gurgaon, who spoke on the Paradigm Shift in Indian Financial Markets and Indian Capital Markets respectively. Day one of Confluencia provided insight on the nitty-gritty of Indian Financial Markets.

Day two of Confluencia-Phase one consisted of six speakers who delivered talks on various aspects of the Indian IT & Consulting Sector. The day began with a lively talk by Mr Deepak Bhatnagar, Advisor, TIFAC, Department of Science & Technology, GoI. It was followed by a session from Ms Nalini Narayan, Head, Industry Solutions Lab, IBM India Pvt. Ltd. She talked about Integrating IT with various sectors such as retail, banking, healthcare, etc. Towards the end of her talk, she also presented a demo of IBM solutions for retail shopping. The next lecture, given by Mr Abhimanyu Roy, Associate Vice President, Avalon Consulting, was about consulting sector in India which consisted of Role of Consulting Companies, opportunities and career prospects for students in Consulting sector. Post lunch sessions consisted of speakers like Dr. Atul Nischal, ex-CEO, S Chand & Co, Dr Atul Nischal spoke on the role of IT in Education. This session was followed up by a lecture from Commander Jaitly, Former Consultant, CISCO Systems, where he spoke on Leadership in IT Projects and the final lecture for first leg of Confluencia a08 was taken up by Mr R Sumanthra, Principal Consultant, eGestalt Tech Pvt. Ltd, who took a session on MCA21 Project.

The second leg of Confluencia’ 08, which consisted of Marketing and Operations began with Dr Sanjeev Prashar, marketing professor at IMT Ghaziabad, he delivered a key note address on aIndian Consumer: Discriminating Onea, which was followed by a talk by Mr. Rajnish Kumar, Category Manager (Chaupal Sagar), ITC, on Organized Retail in Rural India. Post lunch, Conlfuencia a08 witnessed sessions from Mr Koteshwar, Brand Manager, Thums Up & Mr. Raghunath, a Media Consultant. The two spoke on the Branding Strategies of Thums Up and Changing Face of Indian Consumerism respectively. Overall, the day 3 of Confluencia provided a great insight on the nitty-gritty of Marketing in Indian Scenario.

Day two of Confluencia-Phase two consisted of four speakers who delivered talks on various aspects of Operations Management. The day began with a talk from Prof. Upendra Kachru, ex-CEO Maruti Udyog Ltd. and currently a Professor with IILM Gurgaon. Prof Kachru shared his knowledge and expertise in Strategic Cost Management. It was followed by a session by Mr. Surinder Sharma, Consultant, Quality Management, where he talked about various aspects of Quality Management. The next lecture, given by Mr NP Chandok, Quality Head, Hero Honda Motors Ltd., was about Quality Processes at Hero Honda Motors Ltd. The final session of Confluencia a08 was conducted by Mr B Kumar, Sr Dy General Manager, BHEL, Haridwar, who talked about Six Sigma Processes.

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