PRATISANDHI – NKE SOCIETY’S MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The NKE Society Group of Institutions viz., Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SVIMS), SVIMS Business School and NKES College of Arts, Science & Commerce had organised a two-day multi-disciplinary International Conference ‘Pratisandhi” sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, under the aegis of University of Mumbai and as part of the Government of India’s ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ initiative. The conference was held on April 1, 2022 and April 2, 2022 at the NKE Society’s Wadala, Mumbai campus and its theme was “Sustainable organization in technology driven era”
On the inaugural day of the conference, Dr Purshottam Patil, Director SVIMS welcomed the dignitaries and subsequently Dr Vasumathy Hariharan, Dean – Academics, SVIMS and Convenor of the Conference highlighted the relevance of the International Conference and the importance of sustainability. Mr. Anant Banwasi, Trustee, NKE Society delivered the management address, which was then followed by the inaugural address by Dr Sateesh Ojha, Regional Dean, Lincoln University, Nepal and subsequently the special address by Dr Smita Shukla, Director, ICSSR, Western Region.
Dr. Kuldeep Kumar, Professor, Bond University, Australia and Dr Sandeep Poddar, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Lincoln University, Malaysia delivered the felicitation address and enlightened the audience. Mr.Parthasarathy Naik, President, NKE Society, Mr. Shashikant Joshi and Mrs. Padmaja Banwasi- Hon. Secretaries of NKE Society, Ms. Bhavani Bhargava, Committee Member, NKE Society were also present during the occasion.
The other eminent speakers who addressed the audience were Mr Parameshwaran Iyer, Partner Consulting – Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP, Ms Asha Ruth, Finance Controller, ITC Group of Hotels, Mr Sankar Raman, Sr. Vice President, Raychem RPG, CA Pradeep Godbole, Director – Risk & Compliance, The South Indian Bank Ltd., CA Hiten Kapadia, Mazars India, and Dr Koel Roychoudhury, Principal SIES College, Navi Mumbai. The vote of thanks was presented by Dr Veena Prasad, in charge Principal, NKES College of Arts, Commerce and Science.
A total of over 140 researchers from India and abroad had registered for the international conference and the compendium of abstracts was released during the conference. Over 98 research papers were presented during the conference – both in the offline and online mode. The International Conference proved to be grand success..
