Delphique - The annual national management convention has been organized on 4th and 5th November, 2006. The idea of Delphique is to invite eminent people from industry and present them with the findings of an extensive original research carried out by MDI students. These speakers then brainstorm and try to give a glimpse of real life to participants.
An indicative list of speakers (subject to confirmation) is as follows ...
Strategy PanelTheme: System V/S Entrepreneurship Based Strategy
Moderator - Prof. A. Sahay, Professor, MDI
Prof Subash K Bijlani, Professor of Practice, University of Maryland, University College
Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, President, TiE Delhi
Mr. Rahul Goswami, Head Strategic Planning & CIO, Ranbaxy
Mr. Kiran Deshmukh, CEO, Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd.
Finance PanelTheme: A Developed Commodity Market In India: The Implications
Moderator - Mrs. Mythilli Bhusnurmath, Editor, Financial Express
Mr. Arun Kaul, GM, PNB
Mr. P.H. Ravikumar, CEO, NCDEX
Mr. Yeong-Ho Woo, President Future Market, Korea Exchange
Mr. S Sundereshan, Chairman FMC
Information Management Panel Theme: Measuring IT Business Value
Moderator - Prof Dhruvnath, Professor, MDI
Mr. Anuj Jain, Partner, IBM Business Consulting
Mr. Shivram Sethuram, Director - Management Consulting, Deloitte Consulting
Mr. Rohit Sehgal, Associate Partner, Accenture
Communication Panel Theme: Reputation Matters
Moderator - Prof. Ashok Kapoor, Dean, MDI
Mr. Paresh Choudhry, Head-Corporate Communications, HLL
Mr. Deepak Mukerji, Country Head, Corporate & External Affairs, Shell
Ms. Meena Vaidyanathan, Director, Corporate Communications, Honeywell
Mr. Indraneel Ganguli, VP-Corporate Communications, Satyam
Operation Panel Theme: Innovations and Innovation Outsourcing
Moderator- Prof. Akhilesh Kumar, Professor, MDI
Mr. Salil Agrawal , Country Head , IT & ITES Eicher Consulting
Mr. J V Ramamurthy, Director, Operations HCL
Mr. P S Easwaran, Head Lean Manufacturing Systems, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt Ltd
Ms Richa Arora, Head Innovation & Marketing, Brittania India Ltd
HR Panel Theme: Diversity Management: A Temporary Fad or a Strategic Challenge?
Moderator - Prof. Asha Bhandarkar, Chairperson-PGHR, MDI
Mr. R. Raghuram, Director, HR, India & High Growth Market, Motorola
Mr. Yashwant Mahadik, VP , HR, Johnson & Johnson Medical India
Mr. Madan Srinivasan, VP, Organizational Capability, Pepsi Co India (FritoLay Division)
Mr. M. S. Venkatesh, Director - HR Ops & Admin, Coca-cola , India
Marketing PanelTheme: Marketing To the Post-Liberalization Generation
Moderator - Prof. Vinod Kalia, Professor, MDI
Mr. Subodh Vardhan, Director- Sales & Business Head, Government & Enterprise Sector, Motorola
Mr. Saurabh Gupta , Director, Operations, Pepsico
Mr. Vijay Raghunathan, Head- Credit Card India, American Express