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S P Jain hosted participants from Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) on their International Business Strategy in Asia (IBSA) visit to India in December 2011. The program comprised academic sessions led by faculty from S P Jain and AGSM, in-depth informative sessions on India-specific business topics presented by prominent experts, and company and cultural visits.
The main objective of this visit was to understand various opportunities in India’s main industrial and service sectors in the larger context of trade and commerce throughout a growing Asia, and gaining insight via interactive sessions with prominent experts on potential investments in India’s top business sectors. Prof. Murali Chandrasekaran, Faculty, AGSM and Prof. Sundaram Rajagopalan, Dean of Executive Education, S P Jain, welcomed the participants, giving them an overview of the contexts to follow for the program.
The program kick-started with a presentation by Prof. Sundaram Rajagopalan on Emerging India – Indian Growth story in 21st century, where he presented the characteristics of India’s broad-based growth model and its unique path to development, as well as, a comparison of its model with China and other emerging nations. Later during the program many informative sessions were covered such as: Indian Financial Services sector overview by Mr.Tushar Vikram Managing Director, Citi Bank India, Impact of Culture on Indian Business by Prof. Piya Mukherjee, Professor of Corporate Ethics, Human Values and Life Skills, S P Jain, Understanding the Indian Economy: Challenges & Opportunities for Investment by Dr. Harkant Mankad, Professor of Business Strategy, Macroeconomics; Microeconomics, S P Jain, Building Brands in India by Hamsini Shivkumar, Partner, Leapfrog Strategic Consultants, Marketing to diverse Indian consumers by Prof. Mangesh Borse, Associate Dean Marketing, Welingkar Institute of Management, Indian Entertainment and Media Industry by Aditya Bhatt, Director of Believe Media, Visiting Faculty, S P Jain, IT/ ITES Industry Overview by Mr. Sagar Narsian, Vice President, Reliance Infocom, Indian Retail Industry: Metro cash & Carry in India case discussions by Prof. Sundaram Rajagopalan, Indian Manufacturing Sector: Opportunities, Challenges and Myths by Prof. Boman Moradian, Member of the Board of Garware Polyester Ltd., Zee Telefilms and Essel Propack Ltd., Outsourcing from India: Opportunities and Challenges by Prof. Sundaram Rajagopalan, Enterprise Telecom Sector by Mr. Prasad Nambiar, Vertical Head - Global Banking & Financial Services, Reliance Communications, and lastly, the valedictory address by Mr. K.G.Ananthakrishnan, Managing Director, Merck Sharp Dhome India on Indian Healthcare Sector: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Pharmaceutical Companies.
The sessions were complemented by company visits such as visit to the Larsen & Toubro, Powai , where Mr. Yogi Sriram, Executive Director Larson & Toubro, Engineering & Construction Projects L&T, presented on how L&T has been contributing to the development of the Indian infrastructure and what are the challenges and opportunities lying ahead of them in this venture. This presentation was then followed by the site visit where the participants had the opportunity to learn the manufacturing facilities at the L&T premise. Another company visit was at the Commodity Exchange MCX, Andheri where the participants had the opportunity to get a glimpse of the live trading operations of the commodities, and the last company visit to Intelenet, Malad where the participants took an insight into India’s role as a BPO destination. Apart from these educational visits, the participants also visited the Chokhi Dhani village to taste the true essence of the Rajasthani culture. During this visit, they had the opportunity to experience the folk dance, folk music and the traditional food of Rajasthan.
The program was highly acknowledged by the AGSM faculty and participants for the high quality of content and faculty expertise assembled for class room sessions. They appreciated the company visits and interaction with top officials of the respective companies. AGSM officials accompanying the participants were indeed confident of making this event a regular program.
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