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SUSCON VI: LEARNING, LIVING AND LEADING 6TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY

2nd - 4th March 2017

Programme

Day/Date Timing Session Details

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8:30 –9:30 A.M Registration

9:30-11:00 A.M Inauguration Venue: Auditorium

11:00-11:30 A.M Keynote Address: Learning, Living and Leading

Need for Biodiversity Finance and Transformative International and National

Processes- Ms Stephanie Jill Hodge, CEO, UN Global; Lead Evaluator, UNDP and

UN Projects, USA 11:30–12:00 P.M High Tea 12:00-1:30 PM Plenary Session I : Venue: Auditorium

1. "Sustainability in the Cognitive Era" –Mr David Raper; Lead, Corporate Citizenship,

Asia Pacific & Greater China Group; IBM, USA

2. “ The Tata Sustainability Journey” -Mr Shankar Venkateswaran, Chief of Tata

Sustainability Group, Tata Sons, New Delhi

3. “Business Model innovations for Climate Smart Agriculture - the case of "India

Water Initiative"-Dr Kalyan Chakravarthy Guntuboyina, Senior Researcher &

Business Coordinator, Agroparks and Metropolitan Food Clusters Wageningen

University and Research Centre, Netherlands 1:30-2:30 P.M. Lunch Break

2:30 –4:00 P.M.

Technical Session 1: Organisation, Culture for Sustainability

Venue: Auditorium

Chair: Dr Sarbani Mitra, Head -EPGPM, PGDSC&LM, ADFSM and AFIH,

Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata P53. Organizational Citizenship Behaviour leading to Sustainable Development of an

Organization; a Perspective –Umashankar K

P44. Impact Assessment of Changes in Balance of Payment on Foreign Exchange Rates:

An USD/INR Benchmark- Sandeep Nath Modi, Saurabh Maheshwari

P41. Factors determining adaptation to sustainable agriculture in Assam in the presence

of climate change and variability- Asfika Begum, Ratul Mahanta

P38. Understanding Pro-Environmental Behaviour: An investigation of Attitudes

towards Environmental Issues- Bhawna Rajput, Saumya Aggarwal, Shweta

P40. Performance Analysis of Infosys Ltd through value added approach: An analysis-

Suresh BK, P Paramashivaiah P74. A Study on Green Marketing Strategies adopted by FMCG Companies in India-

Rashi Baliyan

P75. Reflections on the organizational management interculturality- Jose G Vargas-

Hernandez

Technical Session 2: Media, Enterprise and Sustainability

Venue: LH 6

Chair: Dr Pradip Sadarangani IIM Shillong

P34. The Conflict between Sacred Groove Concept and Enterprise Making on

Sustainability: NLC A case study- P Anbarasan, Sushil

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2:30 –4:00 P.M.

P35. A study of the connection between CSR and Employee Engagement of selected

Large Scale Establishments- Shweta Bapat, Pooja Upadhyaya

P45. A study on Corporate Social Responsibility: Historical Background and Impact on

Organisations and Society- Tejas Modi, Prashant Pareek

P13. Empowering Women for Sustainable Development- K V Sandhyavani, G Taviti

Naidu

P7. Making Planet- Earth a Livable Place: Sustainable Development through

Ethical Consumerism as a wise option- Mukandoli Denyse

P10. Usage of Banking Services in India: Understanding its underlying Socio

Economic Determinants- Shikha Saravanbhavan

P59. Contribution of Social Media to Sustainability- A Study- Fedric Kujur, Saumya

Singh

Technical Session 3: Nature, Culture and Development

Venue: LH-2

Chair: Dr Rohit Dwivedi, IIM Shillong

P24. Environment, Forests and Natural Resources- Management- Pranav Tripathy

P17. An Assessment of the Problems of Jute Farmers in Assam- Bidyut Jyoti Kalita,

Anjan Bhuyan

P65. Impact of legislated domestic rainwater harvesting practice in an Urban setting-

Case of Bangalore Metropolitan Region- K Dheeraj, Parthasarathy

Ramachandran

P73. Is Serial Social Entrepreneurship Leading towards Sustainable Development? A

Case of Annapurna Pariwar- Samapti Guha, Medha Samant, Edakkandi

Meethal Reji

P37. Interrelationship between environmental performance and national cultural:

implications of the findings and strategies- Sushant Kumar

P77. Pulicat Lake: Sustainability as Objective- VSS Shreya

4.00 -4.15 P.M. Tea Break 4:15 -5:30 P.M. Plenary Session- II :

Venue: Auditorium

1. Dr R M Pant, Director, NIRD&PR, NERC, Guwahati

2. “Corporate Citizenship at Brillio” Mr Abhishek Ranjan, Global Head, CSR,

Sustainability and BFSI Industry Marketing, Brillio Technologies

3. Mainstreaming SDGs in business education curriculum- Dr Shiv Tripathi, Vice-

Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Meghalaya, Khanapara Campus

6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Cultural Programme Venue: Auditorium

8:00- 9:30PM Director’s Dinner Venue: IIMS Campus

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9:00-10:30 A.M. Plenary Session III: Venue: Auditorium

1. “Sustainable learning in an agile world” -Mr. Rahul Bose, Global Solutioning CoE,

IBM Global Business Services

2. Towards a new Earthshastra: A new vision for life, living and leadership-Dr Subhas

Sharma, Director - Indus Business Academy, Bangalore

3. Mr Madhuchandan, Organic Mandya, Bangalore

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Tea Break

10:45-12:15P.M.

Technical Session 4: Business Environment and Sustainability

Venue: Auditorium

Chair: Dr Basav Roychoudhury, IIM Shillong

P66. Environmental sustainable capability of coal mines- A case study-

Hasanuzzaman, Chandan Bhar

P70. Business Sustainability in India- A case study of Select Public Sector Units-

Rashmi Agrawal,Javed Alam

P26. Rural Development through microentrepreneurship under microfinance

programme: An Empirical Evaluation of Sustainability- Debasish Joddar,

Sudipta De

P58. Point and Line Theory in Management- Dhruv Shankar Dutta, S Riasudeen

P12. Implementable Strategies for Sustainable Development of Rural India- K J

Srinivas, B Sai Giridhar

Technical Session 5: Cicular Economy & Sustainability

Venue: LH 6

Chair: Dr Sharad Nath Bhattacharya IIM Shillong

P22. The perspective of the Sankaradeva’s Bhakti Movement in building a better world-

Utpal Deka, Chandan Sharma

P25. SHG Sustainability in East Garo Hills District of Meghalaya: A case study of

Songsak block- Junybirth T Sangma, Mareno Mrong Marak

P50. Circular Economy for Sustainable Development- Rachna Yadav, Anamika Barua

P4. Makaibari Tea Estate: Lessons in Sustainability through Business Model

Innovations-Sutapa Pati

P1. Sustainable Tourism Practices in Sikkim: Issues and Challenges- Supriya Dam,

Utpal Debnath

Technical Session 6: Innovation and Sustainability

Venue: LH-2

Chair: & Dr Rohit Joshi& Dr Debasisha Mishra, IIM Shillong

P29. Corporate Social Responsibililty(CSR) Disclosure Practices: A Study of Indian

Chemical Industry-Prabhat Kumar Singh, Preeti Sharma, Yesha Tomar, R C

Dangwal

P57. Recycling of Waste Automotive Lubricating Oil: An Environmental Sustainable

Strategy for Competitive Advantage in Rural Automotive Lubricant markets of

India- Rahul Khandelwal

P18. Skill Development for Lifelong Learning- A reflection on India’s preparedness levels

for 2030- Sangeeta Mehrolia,Komal Ganotra

P62. A Study on the Impact of Green Marketing Practices on Consumer Perception and

Buying Behaviour in Delhi NCR: With special reference to Durable products-

Ambika Sharma, Nikhil Dhakate, Cma Parthasarathy P60. Does Equality promote Sustainable Organisational Growth? Exploring the

association among Gender Inequlity, Job Satisfaction and Job Motivation in

Indian Organisations- Nazia Zabin Memon, Lalatendu Kesari Jena

P42. Investigating the Impacts of workplace Spirituality on Ethical Climate- Rohini S

Nair, V. Sivakumar

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Technical Session 7: Operational Excellence and Sustainability

Venue: Auditorium

Chair: Dr Shankar Purbey, IIM Shillong

P21. Understanding Consumer Skepticism towards Cause Related Marketing: The Role

of Cause-Fit Congruence and Contextual Priming- Rishi Dwesar, Sudeepta

Pradhan

P20. Demand Smoothening in Supply Chain by using multi-brand strategy at Reliance

Dairy-Debajani Sahoo, Sudeepta Pradhan, Shailendra Singh Bisht

P72. Role of ICT in realizing Sustainable Development Goals through CSR- Parvathi

Jayaprakash , R Radhakrishna Pillai

P33. An Enquiry in to the Frame and Factorial Relationship in Environmental

Reporting Practices of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry- PK Haldar,Lokanath

Mishra

P9. Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Disclosure Practices in

Promoting Sustainability: A Review for Public Sector Oil and gas Producing

Enterprises in India- Sarbani Mitra, Tapas K Giri, Krishna M Agrawal

Technical Session 8: Micro-Finance for Sustainability

Venue: LH 6

Chair: Dr Sanjay Jhakaria, IIM Rohtak P5. Sustainable Development and Financial Health; A Study based on Central Public

Sector Enterprises- Bhushan Pardeshi, Padmalochana Bisoyi

P19. Developing a model for best banking practices- Ranajee

P61. The Role of Price Advertising in Sustainable Financial Strength of the Retail firms:

A Study- Santosh Kumar, Mrinalini Pandey

P43. Green Governance in Sikkim: Integrating Sustainability into Public Policy- Durga

Prasad Chhetri, Ramesh Dural

P63. Sustainable Supply Chain management: A Systematic Review on Strategic

Framework- Shubham Kumar

P11. To study Cultural Intelligence as a Sustainable Tool for Effective Leadership-

Chhanpreet Kaur Bhatia

Technical Session 9: Road Map to Sustainable Development Goals

Venue: LH-2

Chair: Dr Bidyut J. Gogoi & Dr Mousumi Bhattacharya, IIM Shillong

P36. Using the Sustainability practices as a driver for Innovation- Chandan Medatwal

P32. A pragmatic study on e-Marketing and its impact on sustainable store shopping-

Indrajit Ghoshal

P51. A phenomological approach to understand the nature based experiences and its

influence on cognitive ability- Silpa Sailakumar, KP Naachimuthu

P39. The Traditions and sustainability: The Golden Old Thoughts, Beliefs and Methods

to Sustain- Soumendra Kumar Mishra & Bhaskar Chakraborty

P16. India’s Roadmap to SDGs-KSS Rama Raju

1:30-2:30 P.M.

Lunch break

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Plenary Session IV

Venue: Auditorium

1. "Microfinance: Can it help achieve an inclusive and sustainable growth?" -

Dr.Varghese A Manaloor, John P Tandberg Chair in Eco & Management, Univ of

Alberta, Canada

2. “Transformation and Sustainability: A Case of Indian Microfinance Institutions” Dr

A P Pati, HOD, Dept. of Economics & Management, NEHU

3. “Sustainability Initiatives at L & T”-Mr P S Mallik, GM, Corporate Sustainability,

CSR & EHS, L&T

4:00 -4:15 P.M. Tea Break

4:15-6:00 PM

Technical Session 10: Sustainable Production and Consumption System

Venue: Auditorium

Chair: Dr Anurag Dugar & Dr Neelam Rani,IIM Shillong

P30. Analysis of the Effect of Organizational Silence Climate on Job Embeddedness by

Structural Equation Model- Smitha Rajappan, KirupaPriyadarshini. M

P28. The Trend of NPAs in Public and Private Sector Banks in India: A Comparative

Study- Rashmi Kumari, V C Sharma

P3. Corporate Social Responsibility: A comparative study of Legal Frame Work of

India with developed countries-Tanuja Kaushik, Arpana Singh

P46. Decent work and economic growth: India’s response for inclusive growth- Bir

Singh

P54. Identification and Prioritization of Barriers to Green Supply Chain Management-

Sanjay Jharkharia P47. Why Should I Switch Off: Understanding the Barriers to Sustainable

Consumption?- Suresh Malodia

Technical Session 11: Rurban Economy and Sustainability

Venue: LH 6

Chair: Dr Khanindra Ch. Das & Dr Sanjita Jaipuria, IIM Shillong

P56. Sustainability with Special Reference to Energy and Waste Management- Gitanjali

Gupta, Hitesh Arora

P69. Promoting Sustainable Consumption Practices: A Systematic review- Rashmi

Tripathi

P49. The Dragon and the Elephant: Contours of Corporate Social Responsibility-

Ananda Das Gupta P67. Role of Panchayats in the Delivery of drinking water Service: A Case Study of

Selected Gram Panchayats in Karnataka- Basavarajeshwari K

P27. Workplace Happiness Paving the Way to Organizational Sustainability via

Sustainable Human Resource- Rituparna Roy, Juthika Konwar

P6. A Study on Impact of Social Networking Sites Usage on Linguistics Practices and

Academic Conduct of MBA College Students – Pranita Burbure, Kirti

Dharwadkar

Technical Session 12: Society and Sustainability

Venue: LH-2

Chair: Dr Arindum Mukhopadhyay, IIM Shillong Ltd & Ms Usha Jumani,

Independent Researcher, Ahmedabad

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P8. Green Banking as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development-Geeta Sachdeva

P52. Moral Intensity for Climate Change and Public Transport Use-Himanshu

Shekhar Srivastava, Gurbir Singh

P68. En-cashing the Cash-less: Usability and Adoption of Digital Payment Options-

Nidhi Phutela, Anubha Vashisht, Bharti Wadhwa P48. Enhancing Agro-Environment and Socio-Economic Condition of Rural poor: A

Case of Lupin Corporate Social Responsibility- Ram Nayan Yadava, Bhaskar

Sinha

P64. Analysis of Barriers and Critical Factors Affecting Construction Supply Chain in

India- Ratri Parida, Saroj Kumar Dutta

P23. Sustainabilty of Value Chains in India: An Evaluation- Hareesh Kumar A G, Dr.

Thomas Paul Kattookaran

7:30 – 9:00 P.M. Banquet Dinner

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Technical Session 13:Value Chain Analysis and Sustainability

Venue:LH-2

Chair: Dr BK Das, Former MD, Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd & Numaligarh

Refinery

P15. Re-examining some of the foundations of the Existing Modern Economic

Institutions in the Light of Achieving the SDGs- Usha Jumani

P31. Green Marketing- Industry Initiatives and Prevailing Consumer Sentiments-

Prityush Haldar

P71. Value Creation Efficiency Analysis on Pharmaceutical Sector:An Indian Evidence-

Neha Smriti

P2. Long Term Unemployed: Potential Recruits for E-Commerce Start Ups- Renu

Girotra

P14. Plantation Monitoring Information System(PMIS) Monitoring of 2 crore sapling

plantation by Web/ Mobile App and Web GIS Applications- P Srivastava, P

Sakhare

10:00–10:15A.M Tea Break 10:15–12:45 P.M Competition on Top 5 - Sustainability Articles Presentations (B-Schools)

Venue: Auditorium

1. Impact of Mandatory CSR on India’s human development parameters (IIM

Shillong)

2. Making India a green energy superpower: The policies to make it a reality (IIM

Ranchi)

3. Green Manufacturing (IIM Shillong)

4. Microfinance for Sustainable Development: Pre and Post Demonetization Era

(TAPMI)

5. Social and Neural Marketing (SPJIMR)

12:45- 1:30 P.M. Valedictory Session Venue: Auditorium

Best Papers Award

Best Prizes for B-School Competition

Certificate Distribution

Valediction 1:30-2:30PM Valedictory Lunch 2:30-6:30 PM Local Site Visit (optional)

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