PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi Addresses International Conference at Great Lakes Institute

PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi Addresses International Conference at Great Lakes Institute
Theme: "Global Mindset, Indian Roots"
Post-event Press-release

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Dr. Venkat R. Krishnan, the Director of Yale-Great Lakes Center for Management Research, speaking on the occasion, said that the center aims to promote, facilitate and advance India-centric management-related research which contributes to the development of basic and applied knowledge in the field of management. He said that this conference will act as a bridge that links scholars around the globe with India as a common interest.

Ms. Indra Nooyi Addressing the Delegates

Apart from Ms. Indra Nooyi, several illustrious thought-leaders and professors of the world shared their views in the conference. Dr. Seenu V. Srinivasan of Stanford University, who is regarded as world's foremost authority in marketing research, expounded the technique of a using 'conjoint analysis' as a method to predict future behavior. Prof. Paul Prabhakar, Dean of FSU spoke about the DNA of a sustainable business enterprise. Dr. Sudhakar Balachandran, who was awarded the outstanding faculty award at Columbia Business School, spoke on share-holder value maximization.

There were many interesting case studies / talks by Dr. Suj Krishnaswamy, Dr. Sridhar Moorthy, Dr. Rama Shankar, Dr. Siva Nathan, Dr. Ashok Vasudevan and Dr. Neharika Vohra. Paper presentations from many well-known schools like Indian Institutes of Management - Ahmedabad & Bangalore, Indian School of Business-Hyderabad, IIT-Khargpur, IIT-Chennai, etc., also attracted the audience. Prof. Sriram, Executive Director of Great Lakes, thanked Ms. Indra Nooyi and all other distinguished professors for making such thought-provoking speeches.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Nitin Prabhakar (Campus Associate),
PGPM - Batch 2007,
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

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