Stressing on the business scenario in India, Mr Mitra said sectors like tourism, automobiles, and real estate had tremendous potential and we need not look for outside help in these areas. While foreign tourists need be lured and foreign exchange earned, 95 per cent Indian tourism growth has been on account of domestic travelers. Professor C V Baxi, Director MDI said the present economic scenario called for introspection leading to formulation of an appropriate strategy to meet the global challenges.

Industrial firms like Mercer, Indian Association of Investment Professionals, Procter and Gamble, Deloitte and Computer Sciences Corporation were the knowledge partners for the different discussion panels. In each of the panels, the discussion by the industry executives was followed after a presentation by the student research team. Some of the participants who formed panel were Mr Davinder Singh, Director, New Product Commercialization, Coca Cola India Inc., Mr Manoj Bhalla, Treasurer, GE Capital India, Mr PV Ramanmurthy, Vice President HR, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, Mr Venkata M Reddy, Vice President, Supply Chain, Spenceras Retail Limited, and Mr Baba Varanasi, Head, Office of Innovation, Computer Sciences Corporation India Pvt Ltd. aDelphique a08a concluded with Mr. Manoj Kohli, President & CEO, Bharti Airtel giving a speech on the opportunities of India to progress as a country.

MDI hosts National Convention for Energy

Also, MDI, Gurgaon organized National Convention on Energy on November 09, 2008 on the theme of enhancing energy security of India. The convention was organized by MDI School of Energy Management headed by Professor (Dr) Atmanand. In his welcome speech, Dr. Atmanand said that energy security being the demand of the time, power engineers have to work for sustainable growth of the power sector. The convention was inaugurated by MDI Director Professor C V Baxi.

Senior power engineers, experts, and consultants representing National Thermal Power Commission (NTPC), IREDA, State Electricity Boards, NDPL(Delhi), NPTI (Faridabad), Secure Meters, Emergent Venture India, Simon Carves (I) Ltd., Gen Next Business Consultants and many more power industries personnel participated in the convention. Speakers emphasized development of non-conventional energy sources particularly solar, wind, biomass, and nuclear energy. The experts stressed on reduction in carbon foot print, and review of government policies besides efficiency measures by the power industry in the country.