Abhyudaya 2020’- ISB’s Leadership Conclave evokes excellent response

New Delhi: The annual flagship event of ISB’s -Post Graduate Programme in Management for Working Professionals (PGPpro)- ‘Abhyudaya 2020’, which was organised the e-way evoked excellent response from the participants. The second leg of the conclave is slated for July 11, 2020.

Discussions, insights were weaved around the theme of the conclave- ‘Building the plane as you fly.” Experts and thought leaders from industry and academia shared their insights on purpose-driven leadership, entrepreneurship, current and emerging industry trends- challenges & opportunities, skills required for the new normal, technological innovations.

The event kick-started with virtual lamp lighting and an inaugural session by Professor Milind Sohoni, Deputy Dean ISB. He shared his perspective on the importance of robust, resilient, yet nimble decision-making processes and adapting & leveraging new evolutions along the way.

Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman – Hero Corporate Service Limited in his address brought to fore the changing employment scenarios and shared his insights & experiences on enduring and inspirational leadership. His message to the participants was- Listen to the music in your head, do what you love and love what you do.

Mr Pankaj Rai, Senior Vice President – Strategy, Wells Fargo, highlighted his four theories of networking/role-modeling- evolving gender roles, ensuring health and fitness, having a career of choice and leading a life you want and a thought-provoking conjecture of finding your purpose and aligning it with your identity to lead a frictionless life!

The programme was also marked by a plenary session on- Strategies that sail through unprecedented times, where leaders from four different segments Tarun Katial CEO, ZEE5 India, Swarup Mohanty, CEO at Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India) Pvt. Ltd, Unny Radhakrishnan, CEO at Digitas India and Madhusudan Deshpande, Managing Director – India & APAC at Luxoft shared their thoughts and perspectives and offered new insights and suggested the way forward.