PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Sept 22: Professionals and students from various parts of the country will brainstorm on a virtual platform during a E-commerce Conclave eVartan to be organised by XLRI’s Executive Post- Graduate Diploma in Management (ExPGDM) batch of 2021-22 on September 25.
The conclave will be organised on the theme Decoding e-Commerce.
It will be inaugurated by Ranaveer Sinha, president of XLRI Alumni Association and member- XLRI Board of Governors.
This will be followed by a welcome address by Arpita Srivastava, assistant professor (Marketing), XLRI .
After the welcome address, the chief guest Ayyappan Rajagopal, chief business officer, Myntra, will share his insights on e-commerce ecosystem in India, followed by the keynote address by guest of honour, Prithvi Chandrasekhar, president – Consumer Finance, InCred Financial Services on the topic ‘The Impact of Fintech on Today’s E-commerce Sector.’
The conclave will also see a panel discussion to be participated by Anurag Jain, co-founder, Milkbasket, Mohnish Jaiswal, vice- president (Supply Chain & Digital Transformation), Byju’s, Sumit Taneja of Alibaba Group and Veneet Vishal, director ( Product Operation and Business Excellence), OLX Autos.
The post-lunch session will also witness a panel discussion on “The Future of Payments – Has Covid Accelerated the Inclination to a Cashless Society.”
Some of the panelists include Pawan Vats, associate director, Freecharge, Prabhakhar Tiwari, chief growth officer, Angel One (Formerly Angel Broking), Manoj Jindal, head asset procurement – Amazon (UK and Europe) and Parth Sharma, associate general manager, JioMart.
Then there would be an exciting panel discussion on customer experience in the post-Amazon world.
The event will conclude with a batch profile presentation and vote of thanks by the placement committee of ExPGDM.
Notably, this is the flagship e-commerce conclave of the B-school.
Officials said the conclave would see the participation of over 100 delegates comprising professionals and students.
