SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS THE “SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs)” ROUND TABLE / PANEL DISCUSSION. LEFT TO RIGHT ARE : DR. PRADIP MANJREKAR (NATIONAL CONVENER ), PROF P. J. THOMAS (NATIONAL CO-CONVENER), MR. K.V.R. UNNI ( MD, M/s EDELSTAHL), MR. GURPREET BAKSHI (CEO, M/s COLA PLUS), MR. DIPAK DOSHI (PRESIDENT, ISSPA), MR JAGDEEP KAPOOR (CMD, M/s SAMSIKA & PANEL’s CHAIRMAN), DR. MOHAN MATHEW ( PROJECT-IN-CHARGE, IMC), MR. ALBERT D’SOUZA (MD, M/s PRINTANIA OFFSET), MR. A.R. MURLIDHARAN (GM, SIDBI)
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NATIONAL RESEARCH SEMINAR ON “ENTREPRENEURSHIP” AT ST. FRANCIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
THE RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY CENTRE OF ST. FRANCIS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, BORIVALI (WEST), MUMBAI IN ASSOCIATION WITH NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION LTD (NSIC) & MAHARASHTRA CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (MCED) ORGANISED A 2-DAY NATIONAL RESEARCH SEMINAR ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON 24TH & 25TH MARCH,2006 AT IT’S 100-YEAR OLD CAMPUS. THIS RESEARCH SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED TO DEVELOP & STRENGTHEN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. CONTRIBUTIONS / RESEARCH PAPERS WERE FROM RESEARCHERS (PROFESSORS) FROM INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING GOKHALE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS & ECONOMICS (PUNE), RBI, IGIDR, ICFAI, MCED, SEVERAL LEADING B-SCHOOLS AS WELL AS INRA (PARIS, FRANCE) AND UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA. SEVERAL INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS PRESENTED INTERESTING CONTRIBUTIONS. ABOUT 40 RESEARCHERS FROM ALL OVER INDIA AND ALSO ABROAD PRESENTED RESEARCH PAPERS ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE NATIONAL CONVENER OF THIS SEMINAR, DR. PRADIP MANJREKAR SAYS “THE SEMINAR BROUGHT TOGETHER SCIENTISTS, ACADEMICIANS, ENTREPRENEURS, EXECUTIVES AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES UNDER A COMMON PLATFORM TO SHARE AND DISCUSS THEIR EXPERIENCE, CULTURE AND PERSPECTIVES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP”.
AS A PART OF THIS SEMINAR, A 1-DAY NATIONAL-LEVEL ROUND TABLES / PANEL DISCUSIONS ON BUSINESSES WAS HELD AT HOTEL TAJ LANDS END, BANDRA(WEST), MUMBAI ON 26TH MARCH, 2006. FIVE ROUND TABLES / PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON : INVESTMENTS, HEDGE FUNDS, GLOBAL BUSINESSES, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES & BUSINESS ETHICS WERE ORGANISED. THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE ROUND TABLES HAD A PRE-DOMINANCE OF INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS. CHETAN PAREKH, CEO OF CAPITALIDEASONLINE.COM CHAIRED THE SECTION ON INVESTMENTS. OTHER INVESTMENTS PANELISTS WERE VIPUL AMBANI (CEO, TOWER CAPITAL) RAMESH DAMANI (MEMBER, BSE) MANISH CHOKHANI (DIRECTOR, ENAM), BHARAT SHAH (PARTNER, ASK-RAYMOND JAMES) CHANDRAKANT SAMPATH & PARAG PARIKH. SHANKAR SHARMA, DIRECTOR, FIRST GLOBAL CHAIRED THE SESSION ON HEDGE FUNDS. OTHER HEDGE FUND PANELIST WERE : DR. SUSAN THOMAS, PROFESSOR AT IGIDR, DR. MEERA SHARMA (IIT,SOM), PANKAJ CHOPRA, (CEO. WOW-INDIA.COM), ETC. MS RUPA NAIK , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIES CHAIRED THE SESSION ON GLOBAL BUSINESS. OTHER GLOBAL BUSINESS PANELIST WERE : LAKSHITA RATNAYAKE, CONSUL OF CONSULATE GENERAL OF SRI LANKA., MR. BAKUL MEHTA, CHAIRMAN, GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL, ETC. MR. PRADEEP RAJE, VICE-PRESIDENT, ADFACTORS PUBLIC RELATIONS HEADED THE BUSINESS ETHICS PANEL WHILE MR. JAGDEEP KAPOOR, CMD., SAMSIKA MKTG CONSULTANTS HEADED THE SMALL & MEDIUM ENTREPRISE PANEL. THE DIRECTOR OF THIS MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE DR. THOMAS MATHEW SAYS “ THE PERTINENT ISSUES OF THESE BUSINESSES WERE DISCUSSED AND PRAGMATIC THOUGHTS WERE GENERATED ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THESE PANEL DISCUSSIONS.” . |
