A lecture on ‘Transformation in Automotive Industry’ was delivered by Mr. Manish Kumar - Director, Engineering Solutions - NXP Semiconductors India Design Center to identify the future opportunities that the industry will offer with an unprecedented change being witnessed by the automotive industry. He talked about bridging the gap between the industry and the academia for the future of innovators in the country and also shared the opportunities for growth enabled by technology & the future of automotive industry. “A complete transformation is going on in the automotive industry and the next two decades will be very crucial for the industry,” said Mr. Kumar. He gave a detailed insight into the journey of his organization. Radar, Secure Gateway, Integrated Solutions and Automated Processors are some of the segments where NXP Semiconductors holds the primary position. Autonomy, Electrification and Connectivity are the areas where NXP is looking to lead the industry transformation. Mr. Kumar also averred that their target markets were Automotive; Industrial & IoT; Mobile; Communication Infrastructure & others.
A lecture on ‘Are you ready for the Corporate world? An industry perspective’ was shared by Ms. Simran Khandelwal - Manager- HR & Operations – Amazon. She shared what an MBA means for most of the youngsters who believe that their life and career gets sorted once they pursue an MBA. “But doing an MBA is just one of the tools to help you procure a job. It adds value to your skills but there are more skills that are needed to be developed to be ready for the corporate world. Ms. Khandelwal further averred that to succeed in the corporate world one needs to Develop effective Interpersonal Skills which includes cultivate a positive outlook, control your emotions, acknowledge other’s expertise, practice effective listening and show genuine interest in your employees. She also stated that Enhancing one’s communication skills was pertinent to succeed in the corporate world. She delved that to do that it was necessary to master all forms of communication-verbal, written and listening skills; let your team know that they matter by smiling and listening to them attentively; establish mutual trust between you and your teammates; Be easily accessible and available for your team to discuss any issue; take interest in the lives of your team and boost their moral all the time; make your team feel valued by active encouragement and recognizing achievements.
Ms. Khandelwal also spoke about on the need to know how to organize and delegate effectively that can be done by creating and meeting deadlines; identifying problems; developing strategies; do developmental planning and focus on setting & meeting goals. “Doing strategic planning and thinking by allocating time and encouraging people to work individually is important. Also it is necessary to encourage people to participate in discussions and brainstorm which ultimately contributes to planning,” said Ms. Khandelwal. Suggestions were also shared on the need for possessing problem solving and decision making skills along with having a global mindset.
A lecture on ‘Post Covid-19: State-Society Interface’ was delivered by Professor Dr Sanjay Bharadwaj, Jawaharlal Nehru University who shared how the pandemic has affected lives across the globe and also brought out the huge difference between the rich and the poor. He also shared how the migrant workers had to travel long distances on foot to reach their native villages and how the inequality between people, states, countries and continents was brought out during this pandemic. Even instances of domestic violence and inequality in pay have been visible clearly indicating that the governments and organizations across the globe haven’t been able to fulfil their responsibilities.
A lecture by Dr. Nick Wilton, Director of Undergraduate studies, Oxford Brookes Business School was delivered on ‘Talent Management and Employer Branding’. While addressing Mr Wilton said that talent management should be connected to a wider strategic and HR activities to be effective. There is a growing importance of employer branding and distinctive employee value proposition. He averred that most firms adopt hybrid approaches to talent management. “War for talent continuous to rag and effective talent management is good for HRM. The notion of talent is context specific,” said Dr. Wilton.
For making effective talent management communication is common, organisational understanding of talent, how talent is identified and transparent processes for doing so. Management of expectations about the implication of being identified as talent. Horizontal integration of key functional areas of HRM, including resourcing, performance management, reward and development.