erudition 2010
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The Annual business conclave of the
Department of Commerce, Erudition is
back!!! And the thought provoking confluence
of business leaders and change masters is
going to get only bigger and better this year.
Scouting for the prominent names in terms of
speakers and sponsors alike has already started.
Slated to be held on September 17th and
18th, 2010, at the Paintal Memorial Golden
Jubilee Auditorium, V. P. Chest Institute in
the heart of the North Campus of the
University of Delhi, the event promises to be a
phenomenal success. And to ensure this, we
have a team of new and fresh faces from the
junior batch of MHROD. The work has started
in full swing. The brochures are ready, and the
long process of getting the details right is
already underway.
2nd August 2010
ERUDITION ‘10
CONSTRUCTING CORPORATE CONSCIENCE
Erudition’10 – Constructing Corporate Conscience: Introspecting the Resurgence
17th
and 18th
September 2010
A warm welcome from
Team Convention
Nonetheless, an event of such a magnitude
cannot be the effort of a few. So here’s looking
forward to the support and guidance of all the
stakeholders, i.e. YOU...
CONSTRUCTING CORPORATE CONSCINECE
INTROSPECTING THE RESURGENCE
and an individual, needs to implement? What are
the ethical challenges for the post recession
managers?
Important questions all, and especially in the
backdrop of the global financial crises. And
although traces of recovery and resurgence
emerge, these questions become even more
important, lest the demons from the past
behaviour come to haunt us in the future.
Therefore, the call of the hour is caution, and
more importantly, INTROSPECTION, to identify
what doesn't work for us anymore, and what
does...
As the future managers, we are handed with the
responsibility of making good decisions,
CONSCIENTIOUS decisions. And to help us in
this, it is with immense pride that the students
and faculty of the MHROD and MIB,
Department of Commerce, Delhi School of
Economics, University of Delhi, hold our 15th
Annual Convention, Erudition 2010, themed
"CREATING CORPORATE CONSCIENCE:
Introspecting the Resurgence", to help us in this
very quest-to find what went wrong over the past
three years, and have we learnt anything from the
same, as well as attempt to shed light on and
evaluate the various corporate strategies and
policies that the organisations throughout the
country are adopting in an attempt to be more
humane.
Erudition’10 – Constructing Corporate Conscience: Introspecting the Resurgence
17th
and 18th
September 2010
What doesn’t kill us, only makes us stronger. Or
does it?
In the intrinsically destabilising system of
capitalism that is known to drive the largest
economies of the world, the threats to prosperity
are many. Perhaps the biggest testimony to this
has been the past two decades, which have seen
such highs of growth and such depths of
depression, that the course of future cannot still
be predicted. And while we emerge, albeit
precariously, from the depression that seemed to
have swallowed the behemoth corporations and
crumbled the largest economies, there are certain
questions that need answering, and soon.
As Milton Friedman pointed out, “The one and
only social responsibility of Business is to use its
resources and engage in activities designed to
increase its profits so long as it stays within the
rules of the game”. What are these rules? Who
makes them? Touted as the system that rewards
personal ambition and effort, what is it in
capitalism that leads to a psyche of greed and
fear? Is it not important for those in power- both
in business and in governments- to behave
responsibly? Can organizations figure out a way
to grow along with fulfilling their social
responsibilities? Are we already seeing a humane
side of the shrewd businessman? What are the
changes that the organization, both as an entity
Sub Session 1
Chaos is the uncertainty sparked by uncharted
territory, economic recession, and bubbles of
opportunity. HR managers know best that chaos
causes organizations to retreat. But that isn’t
always true. For example, Disney, CNN, MTV,
Hyatt, Burger King, FedEx, Microsoft, Apple,
GE, and Hewlett-Packard were all founded
during periods of economic recession. Periods of
change create enormous opportunities, but only
for those organizations that are structured to
reinvent and change. With a contagious
enthusiasm for innovation, organisations must
prepare themselves for a revolution in the times
of chaos to emerge more innovative and
successful than before.
DATE: 17th September 2010
TIME: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Exploiting Chaos –
Sparking
Innovation and
Creating a Culture
of Revolution
Sub Session 2
The immediate challenges for HR leaders in
today’s volatile business climate include “right-
sizing” and rationalization to control costs.
This session brings together experts who talk
about how to optimize the HR value proposition
during unprecedented change, how HR strategies
can increase “change-ability,” organizational
agility, and immediate and long-term employee
performance by protecting top talent and skills,
building trust and responsible management,
reducing costs, improving communications, and
integrating new technology.
DATE: 17th September 2010
TIME: 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Building
Organizational
Resilience and
Sustainability
Sub Session 3
The past few years have been a challenge for HR
to build and sustain a healthy, thriving
organizational culture when faced with recession,
lay-offs, salary reductions, and benefit cuts.
Organizations are rethinking everything from
policies to priorities to their people. With so
much change, how will HR bring the focus back
to the people while helping companies adapt?
This session explores trends and practices of
organizations that have kept the focus on their
people and as a result, enjoyed the success that
comes from being a great workplace.
DATE: 17th September 2010
TIME: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
People are Your
Business!!
It gives me immense pleasure to be called a part
of the dynamic “Team Convention”- the sole
driving force behind “ERUDITION” – the pride
of MHROD. To be chosen in it was nothing less
than a dream come true for me. Only a few get
the opportunity to contribute for a place which
has the utmost importance in our lives and I am
one of those lucky ones along with my other
Team Convention members.
Above all, when you get to work under the
guidance of such enthusiastic and passionate
seniors namely, Shalini - Convener of Team
Convention, Anupreet, Ankita, Shweta and
Kulparkash, there is nothing more that you can
ask for.
Greetings from Team Convention – Batch of 2012
The series of rounds we had to go through for our
induction into the team and then the warm
welcome that we received charged us up and
revived the sweet memories of first getting into
MHROD earlier.
Looking forward to learning a lot from our
seniors and getting groomed to successfully go
ahead and organize “ERUDITION 2011” next
year. Lastly, I would wrap up sharing that we, the
junior Team Convention members, pledge to put
in our soul and heart to make “ERUDITION” this
year, an even greater success than it was last year.
- Nishita Bhasin
Member, Team Convention
M.H.R.O.D. Batch 2012
Erudition’10 – Constructing Corporate Conscience: Introspecting the Resurgence
17th
and 18th
September 2010
Erudition has been the pride of the Department of
Commerce for the past 14 years, since the
inception of the MHROD and MIB courses. This
year we present to you, our 15th
Annual
Convention – Erudition 2010. We feel that it is a
matter of immense pleasure and pride that we’re
entrusted with the responsibility of an event of
this magnitude and importance. We promise to
put in our most sincere efforts and bring together
the best minds of the industry, on one platform
which is – Erudition ’10.
The batch of 2012 is brimming with enthusiasm
and energy and has proved itself very talented
during the induction process. Each one of them
was worthy of a place in the Team and therefore,
with a lot of difficulty and after endless
Message from Team Convention – Batch of 2011
discussions we finally arrived at our final Team
of six members.
All the members of the junior team are full of
ideas and are willing to learn. We really value
their commitment and hardwork and feel great
pleasure in working with them and learning from
them in return.
This year, Team Convention will strive to make
Erudition’10 memorable for all of us. For this we
request your participation, cooperation and
wholehearted support. Let us all take an initiative
to work towards a better Erudition and in turn, a
better MHROD!!!
- Shalini Sharma
Convener, Team Convention
M.H.R.O.D. Batch 2011
Erudition’10 – Constructing Corporate Conscience: Introspecting the Resurgence
17th
and 18th
September 2010
TEAM CONVENTION
Shalini Sharma
9899506218
Ashutosh Kumar
9711840578
17th
-18th
September 2010
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Paintal Memorial Golden Jubilee
Auditorium, VPCI, University of
Delhi
Department of Commerce
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi
Delhi – 110007
Phone: 011-27662608
Fax: (11) 27666781
Mobile: +91 9899506218
Email: [email protected],
Website: www.mhrod.com
Erudition ’10
CONSTRUCTING CORPORATE
CONSCIENCE: Introspecting the
Resurgence
CONTACT DETAILS
Ankita Seth
9958574627
Nishita Bhasin
9990408488
Arijit Chakraborty
9654751279
Anupreet Singh
9871006657
Hitesh Joshi
9540861452
Shweta Jatwani
9818073846
Nandita Joshi
9953914613
Kulparkash Singh
9650945311
Himanshu Sagar
9891190629