The corporate deliberations of ‘HRD Congress’, the first of its kind in the state closed today after two days of deliberation. The event was organised by the School of Business Studies, at the J&K Convention Centre, Jammu under the theme “Nurturing World Class Organizations in an Emerging Global Diaspora” from 16th to 18th of September, 2016.

Prof Mehraj-ud-din Mir, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir was the Chief Guest for the occasion. Prof R.D. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu was the Guest of Honour at the valedictory session. The event was inaugurated by Honourable Minister of Education, Jenab Naeem Akhtar along with Honourable Minister of state for education, Smt. Priya Sethi. This event was organized under the patronage of Prof. Ashok Aima, Honourable Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, who delivered the welcome address to the gathering.
The HRD congress at CUJ was organized under the mentorship of Mr Suresh Tripathi, Chairman HRD Congress and Vice President, HR Tata Steel and Co-Chairman of the conference Mr. D. K. Bakshi, Chief Mentor & CEO Global Talent Company Ltd.

The speakers present for the two day corporate deliberations were: Mr. Suresh Tripathi – VP, HR Tata Steel; Mr. DK Bakshi – Chief Mentor and CEO, Global Talent Company Ltd., Thailand; Prof.Radha Sharma- Ph.D. Dean, Centres of Excellence, MDI Gurgaon; Mr. Krishan Gupta- MD, Organic Wellness ; Mr.Ravinder Bhan- TPS Dubai and Mumbai; Mr. Raj Nehru, Director HR, Schneider Electric; Mr. Anand Bhaskar - Founder & CEO, Planet Ganges; Mr.Shakun Khanna- Director HR, Oracle India; Mr.Pankaj Dubey- Managing Director & Country Head, Polaris India; Dr. BK Kuthiala - Vice Chancellor, MCU Bhopal; Dr. Arun Rath- Professor IMI, New Delhi ; Mr. Subhash Jagota - Executive Director, GBS; Mr.Vikas Shah – COO, Water Health India Pvt. Ltd; Mr. Beni Kinha - Blissful Life Coach ; Mr. Rakesh Kumar Arora - Former Vice President HRD HCL; Mr. Kunal Wali - Head - Leadership Development – Infrastructure Services, IBM; Dr Roopak Vashista- CEO and Managing Director - Sector Skill Council ; Mr. Saurabh Gupta- Engagement Manager TATA Strategic; Dr. (Maj.) Rupinder Kaur- GM ( L& D) Securitas India, Accenture; Dr. Aquil Busrai- CEO at Aquil Busrai Consulting; Mr. Yogesh Misra- Vice President, Thomas Assessments; Mr. Siddarth Zarabi- Executive Editor – Bloomberg TV India; Mr. S. Deendayalan- MD Centre of Excellence Bangalore; Mr. Ajay Mishra- Associate Vice president - Learning; Royal Bank of Scotland and Dr. Sanjay Muthal- Executive Director, RGF India Ltd.

The key takeaways of the conference as delivered by Mr. Suresh Tripathi and Mr. D.K. Bakshi with fleet of well known speakers around the country are:
Align yourself to the future needs of the corporate
Build your personality to become the global Indian manager
Capacity and competency level of world class standard
Demonstrate commitment for action and result
Energize to create business excellence
Prof Mehraj-ud-din Mir, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir delivered valedictory address along with Prof RD Sharma.
The future roadmap for Central University to prepare an agenda for design and development of “Leadership Congress” to be held in Kashmir under the leadership of Central University organization.

The students from Central University of Jammu, GCET, MIET, MBS, IMS, Yogananda College of Engineering and Technology, ICCCR and HRM, University of Jammu along with research scholars and faculty members from BITS Pilani, Jamia Milia Islamia attended the two day corporate interactions. The local industrialists and corporate members also attended the deliberations. The event was organised by the full support from the J&K government.