Seminar: Managing for Global Competitiveness held at International Management Institute

International Management Institute along with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. organized a seminar on Managing for Global Competitiveness targeting the senior managers of an organization. Spread over three days with a mix of lecture, case discussion with trade counselors of various important countries this seminar was held at the campus of International Management Institute from November 15 – 17, 2006.

International Management Institute (IMI), India’s first corporate sponsored B-School was established in the year 1981 with the support from IMI, Geneva (Now IMD, Lausanne). The principal mission of IMI is to impart education relevant to professional and entrepreneurial development. Over the years, the Institute has come a long way in the pursuit of that mission. Today, IMI enjoys a place of esteem among the leading management institutions and the patronage of reputed business organizations in the country.

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. was incorporated in 1989 and was in the business of transmission of electricity across the country. With opening up of the economy Power Grid has leveraged itself to play of pivotal role in all facets of distribution in the power sector. Finding synergy in distribution of telecommunication the organization has diversified into this industry. Having harnessed knowledge in this field it has move to consultancy area.

Since this change in business focus, the organization has realized that managing in the global arena is a pretty difficult proposition. This is why they have tied up with International Management Institute to provide inputs on Managing for Global Competitiveness.

The eminent speakers and participants of this seminar are experts from their respective fields. Few of them were professors from International Management Institute; Dr. Ajit Prasad, Dr. Rajat Kathuria, , Dr. Rajat Bakshi, Dr. Srabani Roy Choudhary and from Power Grid Corporation were Mr. U.R. Misra, Director Personnel and Mr. R.P. Ojha, General Manager – Human Resource. There were other participants, the managers of ONGC, ICCL & SAIL.