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A REPORT
ON
GTU’s 2nd
Annual International Conference on Finance
MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF A
GLOBLISED MARKET: PERSPECTIVES OF CORPORATES, FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENTS, EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS & CIVIL SOCIETIES
23rd, 24th & 25th January, 2013
Organized By
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
in collaboration with
PARUL GROUP OF MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES
R E P O R T P R E P A R E D B Y : D R . P . G . K . M U R T H Y , D E A N G T U F A C U L T Y O F B U S I N E S S S T U D I E S
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The Second International Conference was organized by GTU in collaboration with Parul
Group of Management Institutes at GTU Campus, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad on 23rd
, 24th
and 25
January, 2013.
The conference theme was “Meeting the challenges of a globalised Market: Perspectives of
Corporates, Financial Institutions, Governments, Educational Institutions & Civil societies”.
Highlights of the programme are as under:
Many Directors, faculty members, doctoral students and students of MBA from various foreign
Universities, Indian universities located outside and in Gujarat interested in the theme of
conference actively participated in the conference. More than 100 Paper Presenters, Open
Delegates (National & International), Research Scholars across the country played a part in
making this conference a grand success.
Day 1: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
INAUGURATION
Dr. P.G.K. Murthy, Director, Parul Institute of Management & Research, Vadodara warmly
welcomed Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon. Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Technological University,
Dr. M.N. Patel, Director GTU, Member & Secretary ACPC, Dr. Samos Bobek – Professor and
Dean, Faculty of Economics , University of Maribor, Dr. D. C. Anjaria – Director GSFC, Prof.
A.D.V de S Indraratna, Professor Emeritus , University of Colombo and President Sri Lanka
Economic Association, Dr. Juergen Schneider , Germany, member of Pan-Pacific Business
Association, Nebraska, USA , Dr. Devanshu Patel, Managing Trustee, Parul Arogya Seva
Mandal and all the Delegate participants, faculty members and students and invitees present at
the inauguration.
[Delegates on dais from the right: Dr. Juergen Schneider, Dr. Devanshu Patel, Dr. M. N. Patel, Prof. A. D. V. De S
Indraratna, Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Dr. D. C. Anjaria, Dr. Samo Bobek, Dr. P. G. K. Murthy]
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A prayer was offered as Saraswati Vandana, the Indian Goddess of Knowledge, followed by
floral welcome to all Dignitaries on the dais.
[Lightning of Lamp by Dignitaries]
Dr. Devanshu Patel, Managing Trustee, Parul Arogya Seva Mandal, for the conference
emphasized on current progress of GTU and various initiatives taken by GTU during last 5
Years. He said the famous quote of Hindi “Bhag lo, ya Bhag lo: indicating that there are two
choices for every situation and you have to select the best option”. He mentioned about the
growth of Parul Group of institutes under the umbrella of GTU.
The program was made more interesting by encouraging and motivating speech by Dr. Akshai
Aggarwal, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, GTU, who elaborated regarding evolution of
Globalization since ancient days and regarding solutions pertaining to meet the challenges of
Globalization. He raised questions about correctly estimating the direction, in which the world is
moving today. He said that the conference would enhance our capabilities to know what is
happening and what should be done to overcome the problems faced in the global market.
Dr. M. N. Patel Director GTU, Member and Secretary ACPC, focused on the progress of
GTU and talked about GTU as a Brand. He focused on the importance of the management
education in this globalized world.
Dr. D. C. Anjaria, Director GSFC, Key note speaker & Guest of honor shared his views
about living with globalization which is an existing fact. He also talked about how finance
follows Economics and outlook for globalization as a matter of attitude.
Prof. A. D. V. De S Indraratna, President Sri Lanka Economic Association gave key note
address on Globalization during decades, with special emphasis on money laundering and the
ways it can be dealt with. Further he gave the real practical knowhow of economy with
globalization, its effects on country, its challenges as well as opportunities. He explain the
concept of Good Governance in today’s Indian Scenario – which actually means a country
‘without Corruption’
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The Inaugural ended with a Vote of Thanks given by Prof. Vijayanti Tikyani, Parul Institute of
Management & Research, to all the dignitaries, invitees , participants, sponsors, faculty
members, student volunteers and media , for the gracing the event .
PLENARY SESSION I
There were 3 Expert Speakers in this session for sharing their research outcomes in areas of their
specialization. The esteemed experts were:
1. Dr. Samo Bobek, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor,
Slovenia .
2. Professor. A D V de S Indraratna, University of Colombo and President Sri Lanka
Economic Association. ( Chair Person )
3. Dr. Juergen Schneider , Germany, member of Pan-Pacific Business Association, Nebraska,
USA, and the International Forum of Consulting Science, Zurich, Switzerland .
After a warm welcome to the dignitaries, Dr. Samo Bobek shared his words of wisdom on the
topic “E Business in global Environment”
He elucidated about facts on increasing boom of online
advertisement. He threw light upon online advertising
giants like “Google & Face book” & discussed about the
future of online advertisements.
Dr. Bobek elucidated about business model, its working,
revenue generation potential and its creation and adoption
in global era with new technology.
He shared his experience on 3 perspectives for
development of e business and narrated about CSF-
Critical Success Factors for successful e-business &
strategies for e-business implementation. Some of the
major CSFs for successful e-business suggested by him
were:
[Dr. Samo Bobek]
Top Management support and involvement
Clear goal
Strategy
BPR
Change management
Effective communication
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He ended his session with observations like: E business
brings innovation but it needs substantial resources &
success is not guaranteed thus CSF should be taken into
consideration.
The session continued with enlightening speech by Dr.
Juergen Schneider, Germany, Member of Pan Pacific
Business Association, Nebraska, and USA
He threw light on the topic “The carrying amount of cash
generating units” with respect to international finance
reporting system
He drew the attention of the audiences by starting with
impairment test, procedure to implement it, followed by
description about cash generating unit, carrying amount of
asset, carrying amount of cash generating unit, its component [Dr. Juergen Schneider]
& consequences.
He grabbed the attention of the audiences by narrating
facts about consistency principle and components of
carrying amount.
He grabbed the attention of the audiences by narrating
facts about consistency principle & components of
carrying amount.
Lastly the session was taken over by Emeritus Professor.
A D V de S Indraratna, University of Colombo and
President Sri Lanka Economic Association who
elaborated on impact of global recession on Sri Lankan
Economy”
He used data and graphs to show the impact of the
recession on Sri Lanka and he disclosed that due to
globalization tremendous positive effect was seen on the
economy.
[Prof. A D V de S Indraratna]
He further narrated that recession has an impact on employment
ratios, FDI’s & Inflation.
He depicted the decreasing unemployment ratio of Sri Lanka and lessening of Foreign Direct
Investments (FDI).
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Day 2: Thursday, 24 January 2013
TECHNICAL SESSION I
The second day of the event started with a technical session titled “Challenges of globalized
markets for MNCs, Corporate of large corporate conglomerates, large size, medium and small
size companies”. Two eminent personalities Mr. Shashikant Patange, Head HR Linde
Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. and Ms. Deepa Nair, AGM-HR, Piramal Glass chaired this session.
Mr. Shashikant Patange gave presentation on title
“Challenges of globalised markets for MNCs in services sector
“wherein he shared the factors influencing HR practices at
Linde engineering India Pvt. Ltd. He also explained the
evolution of globalization & its relevance in different centuries.
In his presentation he shared his experience regarding
challenges faced by the service industry and its solution in the
Globalization era. It includes style of doing business in
domestic versus international market, Language, staffing the
top level position, talent acquisition, integration of newly
acquired talent, cross cultural integration and so on.
[Mr. Shashikant Patange]
Ms. Deepa Nair presented on the title” Challenges and
Opportunities of globalised markets for large Indian companies
in Manufacturing Sector. She also emphasized on time-space
compression and super territoriality.
Her major discussion for Globalization revolves on Marketing
and Innovation. In her discussion she discussed the challenges
faced by manufacturing sector like foreign indebtedness, foreign
exchange, corruption, e commerce, unstable Government and so
on. She continued by imparting knowledge on major 3
challenges of HR which include attracting and retaining talented
people, improving organization capabilities and building
creditability.
[Ms. Deepa Nair]
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TECHNICAL SESSION II
Title of this technical session was “Corporate Policies and Strategies in the areas of Finance, HR,
Marketing, Production etc., to meet challenges of global markets”. Mr. R. D. Pandya, LNT
Sergeant Ltd., Dr. M. Thiripal Raju, Director, Indian Institute of
Capital Markets, Mumbai, Ms.Vibhuti Bhatt, Director, One
Advertising Ltd, Ahmedabad and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schäfermeier,
Vice Dean, UAS Bielefeld, Department Business and Health Care
chaired the technical session.
Mr. R. D. Pandya shared his views on the topic “Policies and
Strategies to meet challenges of Global Markets – Case of LNT
“.In his presentation he discussed about Inter –country transfer of
goods and Service, Asset creation in multiple countries,
multinational technology transfer, recent trends in the companies,
increase in investment in multiple countries
[Mr. R. D. Pandya]
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schafermeir made a presentation on
"Optimization and Controlling of outsourced Processes in an
international BPO Environment". He focused on optimization and
controlling of international BPO.
He also stressed on the most difficult steps in outsourcing
processes in an international BPO environment.
Most difficult steps in outsourcing as per his view:
Reengineering of organization and process,
Staff communication strategy.
He shared his views regarding failure of outsourcing techniques
and reasons for dissatisfaction in organization.
[Dr.Ulrich Schafermeir]
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Ms. Vibhuti Bhatt shared her views on the topic “Marketing
Policies and Strategies in Global Environment”.
She with her strong communication skill and presentation skills
discussed about various marketing and communication strategy
stressing upon how it helps in brand building. She also discussed
about consumerism and standardization as the key of success in
global market.
She discussed the case of Himalaya – 360 degree brand
communication. How Himalaya flourished and became
International Brand.
She cited recent examples of various advertising brands for example [Ms. Vibhuti Bhatt]
Zoo Zoo of Vodafone, honey bunny of Airtel, thums up, Lakme.
Dr. M. Thiripal Raju, shared his knowledge on "Raising of Funds
through public issues in Global Environment." He shared the facts
and figure and explained the trends in Global IPO Markets.
He discussed about Iniatial public offereing and challenges faced
by today’s companies.he also shared his views about Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) and how it can be helpful in this global
economy business world.
He showed the graphical view of global IPOs by stock exchange
for the year 2011 for various International countries. Also shared
facts & figues of ten largest global IPOs in 2011. [Dr. M. Thiripal Raju]
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TECHNICAL SESSION 3
The session was on the topic “Impact & challenges of Globalized Market on commercial
Banking, Investment Banking & Exchanges “.
The eminent guests for the session were
1. Dr. V R Narasimhan, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Pension Fund, Mumbai
2. Dr. Rajat Dutta, Executive Director, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors (P) Ltd., Mumbai
3. Shri D C Anjaria, Director, GSFC, GIFT & foremen Director, Standard Chartered Bank, Citi
bank
The session opened up with an enthusiastic curtain raiser from
honorable “Shri. D C Anjaria, Director, GSFC, GIFT & former
Director, Standard Chartered Bank, Citi bank on the topic
“Impact on and Challenges of globalised markets on MNC
Banks”.
The session began with a fact that investors have changed their
preferences to invest from banks to financial markets. In this
discussion he discussed about the presence of competition
between banks and financial institutes.
Due to the presence of this healthy competition, investors are
confused regarding their decision about the investments in banks
or financial market. [Shri. D C Anjaria]
Thus the session had focused on the latest issue of change in
preference of investors while taking decision about investments
This session was followed with an interesting topic by Dr. V R
Narasimhan, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Pension fund, on the topic
“Impact on and Challenges of globalised markets on Commercial
Banks” He elucidated about the importance of BASEL III norms
which assures the investors about the reliability in the minds of the
investors especially international investors.
He introduced the concept of “Counter Cyclical Capital Buffer” &
“Approaches to Risk Management” which should be improved by
understanding the statistical data.
[Dr. V R Narasimhan]
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The discussion continued on fair treatment policy and transparency of banking product, foreign
account transaction conversion act(FATCA) and included elaboration on wholesale banking and
techniques to retain corporate client who is far more better than a retail client.
The session started with informative key notes by Mr. Rajat Dutta, Executive Director, Motilal
Oswal Investment Advisors (P) Ltd on the topic “Impact on
and Challenges of globalised markets on Investment Bankers”.
The discussion revolved around the concept of emergence of
BRIC and Economic Global Scene and India imbibing
characteristics of emerging market, enlightening about the
investment banking in INDIA.
He elaborated about India post 2008 , current scenario of India
depicting through graphs about mergers and acquisitions
activities followed by global trends & driving forces for the
mergers and acquisitions deals, break up of mergers and
acquisitions activities in India sector wise and mergers and
acquisitions deals of 2012.
[Mr. Rajat Dutta]
He discussed on the primary markets indicating positive trends which are observed. The
discussion was followed with the presentation of data regarding recent trends in primary markets
via IPO/FPO.
The data was supported with the graphs showing FDI in India & debt markets
To conclude the speech, he said that an average consumer in developing country purchases with
savings of their funds but consumers in developed countries purchase more on credit.
There was a healthy discussion on all the three topics at the end of session. Few questions that
rose were some global banking services, fund transfers cross border mergers and acquisition and
it continued with focus on who are the MNC banks whether all banks providing global services
are MNC?
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Day 3: Friday, 25 January 2013
TECHNICAL SESSION 4
Two Expert Speakers in this session for sharing their skillful knowledge in areas of Government
policies like fiscal, monetary, trade, industrial labor etc., in era of
Global Markets were:
Dr. C S Adhikari, Dean (Academic), ITM, Mumbai shared his
views on the topic “India’s Trade Policies in Global Environment “.
He discussed about the trade policies of India and compared it with
global market. Global environmental goals and trade goals can be
reconciled. He focused on the implications of international trade for
the global environment.
[Dr. C S Adhikari]
Dr. Rasanand Panda, Professor, MICA, Ahemdabad, shared his
expertise knowledge on “Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Global
Environment”.
He talked about monetary policies of India and other countries. He
shared his knowledge on growing fiscal deficit.
Monetary policy uses a variety of tools to control one or both of
these, to influence outcomes like economic growth, inflation,
exchange rates with other currencies and unemployment
[Dr. Rasanand Panda]
PLENARY SESSION 2
Dr. Mumel Damijan , Professor and Vice Dean and Dr.
Pisnik Korda Aleksandra, Assistant Professor, University of
Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business ,University of
Maribor, Slovenia on “Gender Role Changes And The
Growing Importance Of Cosmetic Products and Services For
Men – A Global Trend Of The 21st Century”
They discussed about new approaches embraced by marketers
in this globalized world. New & rapid technological
developments, greater customer empowerment fragmentation
of traditional media, increased competition, globalization and
growth of emerging markets, environmental stability and
social concerns were the points they have discussed.
[Dr. Mumel Damijan & Dr. Pisnik Aleksandra]
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TECHNICAL SESSION 5
Two Expert Speakers in this session for sharing their skillful knowledge in areas of Impact,
Challenges and Opportunities for educational institutions in higher education and Vocational
Education were:
1. Mr. Varun Arya , Director , Aravali Institute of Management , Jodhpur
2. Dr. Wankhede G.G, Professor and Chairperson ,Center for Higher Education ,School of
Social Sciences, Dean ,Social Protection Office ,Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Mr. Varun Arya, Director, Aravali Institute of Management ,
spoke about “Impact, Challenges and Opportunities for
institutions in Management Education in Global Environment ”.
His in-depth speech revolved around the principle of 80 : 20
rule, focusing on education as profession, the practices ,the
strengths, the weaknesses, the remedies, Education as a
business, its impact its influence on the wellbeing of the society.
The session further talked about difference between education
and qualification, applicability of theories in career & prospects
after MBA. The presentation involved discussion about AICTE,
its norms, reports etc [Mr. Varun Arya]
The eminent speaker guided the students regarding Management
challenges in 21st century with the technique managing change.
Thus he concluded his part with an inspirational note.
Dr. Wankhede G. G, Professor and Chairperson, Center for
Higher Education, School of Social Sciences, Dean, Social
Protection Office, Tata Institute of Social Sciences talked about
“Impact, challenges & opportunities for institutes in higher
education in global environment with special focus on India.
He discussed the importance of practical knowledge suggesting
the changes in the structure & functions which can improve the
quality of education imparted.
[Dr. Wankhede G. G]
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The session further moved through the lines of impact of cultural social bias on the educational
system and was about the gap which should be covered through the quality education to cater the
needs of the industry. It focused about the international standards, its expectations and the latest
demand.
Dr. Wankhede proceeded with exploring opportunities for the
students & discussing about the developmental programs. The
emphasis was on quality education and research which can prove to
be a factor contributing to the progress of nation and the speaker
suggested of revamping the institutes of higher education. Thus the
enriching speech ended with suggestions to improve the education
system.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS AND PRIZE, CERTIFICATE
DISTRIBUTION
During the valedictory and prize distribution ceremony Dr. Devanshu Patel,
Managing Trustee of Parul Arogya Seva Mandal highlighted the
point of massive increase in intake of MBA programme by
comparing since 2000 to till date.
So, need of the hour is to impart quality education. He pointed out
that quality faculty pool can deliver quality education and the
conference is an opportunity for researcher.
Dr. Bakul Dholakia, Vice Chairman and Director, Adani
Institute of Infrastructure Management and former Director,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Chief Guest of
the day, started his speech with the point,
[Dr. Bakul Dholakia]
“I feel delighted with this type of initiative. While talking about globalization, we must focus on
developing local market also so that we can globalize our product and services. We have to bring
together education administrators and faculty members with international participation. It is good
that people come together & debate”.
He was very much impressed by theme, diversity of topic; significant research content &
meaningful & conclusive research paper with have been published in the book by GTU for 2nd
international conference.
While going through the book, his attention was on a paper entitled “impact of recession of Sri-
Lankan economy”. The second most likes research paper was “social networking helps the
youngster to sharpen their personalities more specifically.”The most challenges we are facing
that “how do you satisfy the aspiration of youth for their education. In current scenario, 70 % of
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management institutes are not providing meaningful placement.
So does it mean, country has no demand for the management
institutes? If more & more youth dissatisfy about the education
system, so it becomes wastage of natural educational resources.”
He finally ended up with the opportunities available for the
educational system in this globalized world.
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Honorable Vice Chancellor, GTU said,
“GTU’s every institute is a Center of knowledge for the society.
None of our institutions should accept mediocrity in any aspect of
its working. We must aim at excellence in our learning systems as
well as in our research work.” He talked about the following
collaborative research projects, in each of which many Colleges are [Dr. Akshai Aggrawal]
participating. (i) GTU has a Kotler’s Incubator on Ayurvedic Medicines, which is mentored by
Kellogg School of Business, USA. (ii) Jointly with Prof. Dr.
Friedrich Augenstein of DHBW Stuttgart and with Dr Ramesh
Shah, two research projects on ‚ Survey on Cooperation
Management’ and on ‘Indo-German Business Activities – DOs and
DON’Ts’ have been taken up by GTU. (iii) Five research projects
in HR, mentored by Professor T.V. Rao of IIM, Ahmedabad and a
few industry professionals.
He wished each and every institute to become “centers of
knowledge”. GTU has faced lot of challenges which we have to
face and answer all questions while not to accept mediocrity.
[Dr. P.G.K. Murthy]
Lastly Prof Indraratna from Sri Lanka commented on the on the extraordinary hospitality he had
received during the event.
Dr. P.G.K. Murthy concluded the valedictory function with Vote of Thanks to all the
dignitaries, participants, sponsors, faculties and student volunteers for participating and gracing
the event with their presence. He congratulated all the prize winners who won First, Second and
Third prizes for best research papers in each of five categories.
After the enthusiasm of 3 days with such a great ideas, facts, information, resource of knowledge
The International Conference came to an end with the National Anthem. Throughout the
conference the Speakers, Paper presenters, delegates, faculty members and students from
different corners relished the different ideas and the resource of knowledge.
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[Section of Audience during National Anthem]
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The list of participants who won the prizes:
Author Name Title of paper Category Rank
G P Namdeo Man power Appropriation Study - Contribution
of BPC to Industries
Human
Resource 1
Jignesh J Trivedi Social Media and Recruitment in a Globalized
Market
Human
Resource 2
Alpa Parmar &
Fomi P Dwivedi A New Outlook of HR in Global Context
Human
Resource 3
Ankita Soni
Social Media Marketing and its impact on
Consumer buying behavior: An Analytical
study with special reference to Vadodara city
Marketing 1
Dr. Y. Padmaja
Rani
FDI in retail: is it in the right spirit of
globalization or a curse for small producers in
India
Marketing 2
Aniruddha Tambe
& Richa Sharma
Marketing Strategies for Indian FMCG
companies to meet challenges of Global
Markets
Marketing 3
Vijayendra S.
Gupta
Technology Enabled Banking Services and
Consumer Behavior: A study Finance 1
Dr. Rajkumari Soni
Challenges and Opportunities Before Indian
Mutual Fund Industry:
A Behavioral Finance Study
Finance 2
Sweety Shah Household financial literacy : An outcome of
Global Financial Crisis Finance 3
Dr. Firdos T Shroff
& Dr. Dilip K.
Chellani
Unique Identification Authority of India –
Universal Micro-payment Technology
Solutions linked to “UID biometric-Aadhaar
Card”
IT 1
Nirav Majmudar Evaluation of Social Networking Sites- As a
Business Development Tool IT 2
Rajanibala J. Shah
An empirical analysis on challenges and
opportunities faced by higher education system
with special reference to management
institutions
General
Management 1
Dr. Jayant Kumar Butter fingers and fragile pillars: a critique of
global competitiveness index
General
Management 2
Debabrata Deb
Vocational Education and Training for a Global
Marketplace: Case Study of the Food
Processing Industry
General
Management 3
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List of Experts for Double Blind Review of Research Papers
Category Name Institution
Finance
Dr. Nanad Dhameja Professor , MDI , Gurgaon
Dr. S O Junare Dean , Faculty of management , GTU
Dr. Avinash Chander Technical Director , ICAI , New Delhi
Prof. Kiran Joshi Professor , Faculty of Management ,MSU , Baroda
Dr. J P Joshipura Director , Som Lalit Institute of Management , Ahmedabad
Dr. P. K. Priyan,
Associate Professor , GH Patel Institute of Management , SPU
,V Nagar
Prof. Sundararajan Professor , Faculty of Management ,MSU , Baroda
Dr. M. Thiripal Raju, Director , Indian Institute of Capital Markets
Dr. Amita Kantawala Professor , Faculty of Commerce , MSU
Marketing
Dr. G Somayajulu Professor , SP Jain Institute of Management , Mumbai
Dr. Tripat Kaur Director , Dr. D Y Patil Institute of Management , Bharuch
,Gujarat
Dr. Vijaya Ashish
Sethi Director , Manish Institute of Management ,
Prof. Parimal Vyas Dean , Faculty of Commerce , MSU
Mr. S Sukul Retd as Vice President , Sarabhai Chemicals Ltd , Baroda
Mr. L Sundar Former Vice President , Bayer ABS Ltd and Adjunct
Professor , PIMR , Baroda
Human
Resource
Dr. Trupti almola I/c Director , Narmada College of Mgmt , Bharuch , Gujarta
Dr. S C Reddy Dean , Faculty of Mangement , GTU , Rajkot
Mr. Rakesh Pandya Retd as GM , IPCL and visiting professor to MSU and Adjunct
Professor at PIMR
Mr. A P singh Retd as Sr. Vice President , IPCL and visiting professor to
MSU
Dr. Sunita Sharma Associate Professor , Faculty of Management ,MSU , Baroda
IT
Dr. Samo Bobek Dean , Faculty of Economics and Business , UOM , Slovenia
Prof. (Dr.) H. J. Jani Director , GHPIM , VV Nagar , Gujarat
Dr. Sarla Achutan Director, BK School of Management , Ahmedabad
Dr. C S Adhikari Dean , ITM Khargar , Mumbai
Dr. Rajesh Khajuria Director , CKVIM , Baroda
Dr. M L Kantha Rao Former Principal , SK University College , Anantapur , AP
Dr. A S Rao Professor , Department of Economics , MSU, Baroda
Dr. Chalapati Rao Professor and Member of Board of Governors , ISID, New
Delhi
Dr. Yogesh Joshi Associate Professor, GHPIM, VV Nagar
GTU’s 2nd
Annual International Conference on
Meeting the Challenges of a Globalised Market: Perspectives of Corporates, Financial Institutions, Governments , Educational Institutions & Civil Societies
18 | Gujarat Technological University (http://www.gtu.ac.in/) | | Contact: [email protected] | Tel: +91-79-2630 0699 |
Judges / Chairperson for Paper Presentation Track
Date Time Track Chairperson/Judge
23/1/2013 3:45 pm - 5:30 pm
General - I Dr. C. S. Adhikari,
General - II Dr. Sarla Achutan
Finance Dr. J. P. Joshipura
Marketing Dr. Mumel Damijan
& Dr. Aleksandra
24/1/2013 3:45 pm - 5:30 pm
General Dr. P.V. Desai
HR Mr. S. R Kulkarni
Finance Dr. M. Thiripal Raju
Marketing Dr. Mumel Damijan
& Dr. Aleksandra
IT Dr. Samo Bobek
25/1/2013 9:30 am to 11:15am
General Prof. A. D. V. de S
Indraratna
HR Dr. S C Reddy
Finance Dr. Juergen Schneider
Marketing Dr. Hemant Trivedi
GTU’s 2nd
Annual International Conference on
Meeting the Challenges of a Globalised Market: Perspectives of Corporates, Financial Institutions, Governments , Educational Institutions & Civil Societies
19 | Gujarat Technological University (http://www.gtu.ac.in/) | | Contact: [email protected] | Tel: +91-79-2630 0699 |
Appendix: Some of the distinguished persons at the Conference were:
1) Shri D. C. Anjaria, Director GSFC
2) Dr. Bakul Dholakia, Director, Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management and former Director,
IIM Ahmedabad
3) Professor Dr. Ulrich Schafermeir , Vice Dean, UAS Bueiefield, Department of Business and
Health Care.
4) Dr. Samos Bobek – Professor, University of Maribor
5) Professor A.D.V de S Indraratna, President Srilanka Economic Association
6) Dr. V R Narasimhan, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Pension Fund, Mumbai
7) Mr. Rajat Dutta, Executive Director, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors (Pvt.) Ltd., Mumbai
8) Dr. Jignesh Panchali, Sr. Vice President, FTKMC, Mumbai
9) Mr Shashikant Patange, Head HR, Linde Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.
10) Ms Deepa Nair, AGM Piramal Glass
11) Dr. M. Thiripal Raju, Director, Indian Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai
12) Dr. Hemant Trivedi, Director PDIPM, Gandhinagar
13) Dr. Pisnik Korda Aleksandra, Assistant professor, faculty of economics & business university of
Maribor, Slovenia
14) Dr. Hemant Trivedi, Director PDIPM, Gandhinagar
15) Dr Juergen Schneider, Berlin Campus of German University of Cairo
16) Dr. C. S. Adhikari, Dean Academics, ITM Kharghar, Mumbai
17) Mr S.K.Raijada, President(Corporate HR and Management Services), Piramal Glass Ltd, Mumbai
18) Mr. B.K. Basu, CEO, LNT Sargent Ltd.
19) Ms. Vibhuti Bhatt, Director, One Advertising Ltd., Ahmedabad
20) Mr. S R Kulkarni, Head (HR), L&T Power, Baroda
21) Dr. P V Desai, Managing Director, PLACON CMS Pvt Ltd and Academic Director, Amedabad
Management Association.
22) Dr. Mumel Damijan, Professor, University of Maribor
23) Mr. Varun Arya, Director, Aravali Institute of Management, Jodhpur
24) Dr. G G Wankhede, Profession and Chairperson, Centre for Higher Education, School of Social
Sciences, Dean, Social Protection Office, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.