PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Oct 12: XLRI’s PGDM (GM) batch of 2022-23 is going to organise a conclave-KRONOS 2.0-to be held for two days on October 15 and 16.
KRONOS 2.0 is going to be a physical event (on October 5) and a virtual event (on October 16) and the theme for the conclave is “Workplace 4.0: Creating Today for Tomorrow”.
The event will be facilitated by Aparajita Chaudhuri, Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Jeetu Mohan, Dilpreet Kaur, Divya Parimala Enamandra, Sohrab Faraz and XLRI PGDM (GM) Student Conclave Committee.
KRONOS 2.0 aims to provide a platform for sharing best industry practices and their views on what strategies organisations can implement to navigate their organisation through these turbulent times and make them future-ready, through a series of interactive panel discussions and keynote addresses by industry leaders.
Workplace 4.0 is one such paradigm shift wherein organisations are realizing the need to retain, nurture and maximize the potential of their employees.
The HR function has emerged as a strategic partner to the business to facilitate the future transition of the workplace.
Organisations need to change to accommodate the future workplace requirement from helping employees with a hybrid work environment, to managing the entire employee experience cycle remotely.
The first day of the conclave starts with an inaugural address by Ranveer Sinha, president Alumni Association and Board of Governors Member, XLRI Jamshedpur.
The chief speaker will be Varadharaju Janardhanan, vice president of HR, Flipkart.
The first topic will be “The Interaction between Human and Machine Labour” which will be discussed by Rajnish Kumar, Group President & Head – Compensation & Benefits and Business HR- YES BANK, Anshula Verma, HR Director and National Head of Talent Acquisition- EY, Chandra Mohan, Head Employee Relations- Delmonte F. which will be moderated by Aparajita Chaudhuri, student of PGDM(GM).
The Second Panel is titled “Hyper Personalisation in HR” which will be discussed by Anand Dhruv, Associate Director HR, NTT Ltd., Vinay Agrawal, Global Head- Business HR, Tech Mahindra, Majid Ali Khan, Global Head of Talent Acquisition- InfoCepts and moderated by Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Faculty, General Management Area, XLRI Jamshedpur.
The second day of the event will start with the panel “Rise of People Analytics & Future of Work” discussed by Vikas Maheshwary, Global Head HR Transformation – Biocon Biologics, Satish Mohapatra, VP & Head HR, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Sumit Neogi, HR Director – South Asia, Middle East & Africa- The Lubrizol Corporation Corporation, Joydeep Roy, MD – HR & Talent Supply Chain Leader, PwC India and this will be moderated by Jeetu Mohan, student, PGDM(GM).
The next panel will be on the topic “Mandate of Flexible Work Conditions regarding Time and Location” discussed by Ritesh Agarwal, Sales Capability Head- Asia BU Region, PepsiCo, Urooj Fatma, Head HR, Macawber Beekay Pvt Ltd., Amit Chincholikar, Global CHRO – Tata Consumer Products, Satish Rajarathnam, SVP HR – Head Talent Transformation, Mphasis and moderated by Dilpreet Kaur, student, PGDM(GM).
