A special session organised by BCIC Membership Expert Committee
St. Francis College, Koramangala
The only source of KNOWLEDGE is EXPERIENCE… Albert Einstein
Experiences and strategies shared by the thought leaders from across industries during the Levelling Up and Driving Business Growth sessions on overcoming the economic distress helped all the participants, gain insights into plans of action for their businesses.
The Bangalore Chamber for Industry and Commerce under the aegis of its Membership Expert Committee, organised a special session on Levelling Up! Driving Business Growth on 13th of March 2020 at St. Francis College auditorium. Thought leaders from across the Chamber’s member organisations discussed the strategies and plans of action during the two panel discussions.
Driving Growth through Innovation and Partnerships was the first panel discussion led by Mr. Devesh Agarwal, President BCIC and Managing Director, Jesons Technologies Pvt. Ltd., with panellists including Mr. Augustus Azaraiah, IBM, Mr. Girish Nuli, Antara Software and Consulting, Mr. Ramesh Saligrama, Bosch Limited and Mr. Badrinath N.R, Singhvi, Dev & Unni LLP participated while Mr. Bharath Shivappa moderated the session. Leaders shared on how their organisations are able to see major positive strides being made through innovation and partnerships. They also discussed the macro strategies that allowed them to dream big, while leverage their existing and new relationships to achieve extended business objectives.
Sameera Fernandes, Co-Chair, Membership Expert Committee & Director – Strategy & Planning – St. Francis College Koramangala moderated the second panel discussion on “Building Future Ready Organisations”, led by Mr. T.R. Parasuraman, Sr. Vice President, BCIC and Jt. Managing Director, Toyota Industries Engines India Ltd., and panellists including Dr. L. Ravindran, Wealthmax Enterprises Management, Mr. Vineet Verma, Brigade Hospitality, Mr. Naresh Pagariya, Kwality Foods, Mr. B. Indushekar, Volvo Group, Dr. S. Devarajan, TVS Motors. This panel focused on the importance of process implementation across organisation to improve the overall contribution of employees in achieving the common shared business objective. The discussions also brought out the benefits of employee engagement and cross skilling to ensure that the teams are ready for the future challenges while working with well spread outsourcing strategies.
The question-answer session after each panel discussion witnessed passionate and concerned voices of the participants, while the panellists sharing their experience and their ideas for most of the questions raised. All-in-all, this special session served as a great eye-opener and a loud wake-up-call for the participants. Networking time, both before the start of the session and post completion was well utilised by the delegates through peer-to-peer interactions and exchange of views on various topics.
