Day 1, Session 1:
The two day annual symposium hosted by LIBA – Insight ’09 came to a close on 6th November after a series of presentations and lectures from the leaders across different industries such as auto, retail, IT, telecom and many more. The presentations reflected the achievements and ideas of the masterminds in developing successful business models. The event was inaugurated by Mr. C.K. Ranganathan, CMD, CavinKare Pvt Ltd. and Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu State Council, followed by the keynote address from Mr. Ravi Santhanam, MD, Hindustan Motors, and a special address from Mr. Bijou Kurien, President and Chief Executive, Lifestyle, Reliance Retail.
In the inauguration address, Mr. Ranganathan scaled out four basic principles of building a successful business which will be adaptive to any uncertainty to the students of LIBA, prospective managers and entrepreneurs of the future.
Mr. Ravi Santhanam proceeded the session with a very remarkable presentation illustrating some exclusive case studies of business models that have been seen developing in certain sectors. With his presentation he well set the tone of the symposium leaving the students and the audience enthralled.
Following that was a special address from Mr. Bijou Kurien, elaborating the “behavioral change in the Indian consumer and the lesson learnt from the West”, which has created a great impact on the retail sector and is expected to keep evolving hence forth. He further detailed on several aspects of the retail business scenario and studies on the changes in the past decade.
-Pritha Gupta
PGDM 09-11
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