Leadership Talk Series

Leadership Talk Series

Leadership talk (24th July 2019)

The first-year students of Xavier School of Human Resource Management (XaHR), Xavier University, had the wonderful experience of attending a Leadership talk on the theme – Human Resources: A New Leadership Frontier on July 24, 2019, delivered by our esteemed speaker – Dr. Arup Varma, a Professor at Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University, Chicago. While the talk was full of rich insights drawn on the personal experiences of Dr. Varma, it was lively, interactive, with moments of fun and laughter. The talk emphasized on being a good human being first before becoming a good HR professional. It emphasized on being empathetic, understanding others, and developing emotional quotient as per-requisites for being into the HR profession. 

HR-in-Practice(10th August 2019)

Organizations are increasingly taking a data-driven approach for decision making. Efficiently using the ‘Big Data’ to understand organizational trends and plan appropriate interventions is imperative for modern organizations to sustain competition. The first year HRM students of XAHR were fortunate enough to listen to Ms. Niharika Mohanty, Associate Vice President – Employee Branding, Zomatowho has wide experience of working with analytics. The talk proved helpful for all listeners to understand the ground realities of how organizations are using Artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics for decision making in various functions. AI finds it application in diverse HR areas such as recruitment, training, or engagement. AI is getting machines to think like humans. However, it is still a human who needs to train the machine and make wise use of the information the machine provides. Hence, AI will not replace humans, rather will help them effective and efficient decision making. HR roles, with the help of AI and analytics, will become more strategic than operational.

Leadership talk By Renu Khanna (19th Jan 2019)

It was indeed a pleasure to host Ms. Renu Khanna, CEO and Founder, Humex, on our campus on 19th January, 2019. In an interactive discussion with students, she focused on the very basic of Human Resources in the corporate world and threw light upon the re-definition of VUCA as being Versatile, Understanding, Creative and Agile. Further, she also spoke about diversity and inclusion in the corporate world, an area that she specializes on.

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Leadership talk By Arjun Mitra (5th Jan 2019)

On 5th Jan 2019, we had the opportunity to listen to Mr. Arjun Mitra, an alumnus of school of HR, and currently a doctoral scholar and instructor at the Department of Managerial Studies, Liautaud Graduate School of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. In an extremely interesting session, Mr. Mitra shared with the students the secret of success at B-schools, giving them relevant tips to manage academics, extracurricular activities, internships, and placements.

Leadership talk (4th Jan 2019)

Speaker: Ms. Sunita Raut, Organization Development Consultant, The Four Rooms of Change Group, Stockholm, Sweden

The first-year students of Xavier School of Human Resource Management (XaHR), Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, attended a Leadership Talk on the theme – Four Rooms of Change on January 04, 2020, delivered by our esteemed speaker – Ms. Sunita Raut, Organization Development Consultant, The Four Rooms of Change Group, Stockholm, Sweden. The talk revolved around three core words a leader should remember; Failure, Meaning, and Responsibility.

Leadership talk By Richard Lobo (1st Dec 2018)

On 1st December 2018, Mr. Richard Lobo, Senior Vice President at Infosys India Ltd. and an alumnus of the 1996 batch of XIMB, spoke to students on the very topical theme of ‘Digital & the Future of HR’. Mr. Lobo discussed  digitization to customize training modules, creating an engaging workplace, and using social media platform for building informal employee networks. With extremely relevant questions coming from XAHR students, the session was engrossing and provided enriching insights to participants.

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