IT Conclave 2008 Held at IMT Ghaziabad

IT Conclave 2008 Held at IMT Ghaziabad

India has been known as a service-oriented economy. Can India earn such a name in the products segment also? In this information era, technology needs to be constantly improving in order to avoid stagnancy. How should an organization adapt itself to the emerging

trends in technology?

These were the broad issues that formed the base of the IT Conclave 2008 organized by Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, on October 4th, 2008. The IT Conclave, sponsored by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., witnessed eminent personalities from the IT industry as well as B-school students. Dr. Surinder Batra, the faculty coordinator of the IT conclave, delivered the welcome address.

IT Marketing: Products Vs. Services

The panelists for the first topic of discussion were Mr. Asheet Makhija, Regional Manager - Lotus, IBM; Mr. Pradeep Balsankar, GCS Consulting, Mr, Rohit Sharma, Global Logic, Mr. Manmohan Singh, Tata Consultancy Services and Mr. Alhuwalia, Intelligent Systems. The keynote speaker for the discussion was Mr. Radeshwar Davar, Account Manager - New Sales, Wipro InfoTech Ltd. The panel explained that services cover a broader horizon whereas products market is a niche area catering to a specific segment. India can carve itself a place in the products market through innovation and by catering to the global audience in order to move up the value chain.

Emerging Business Models: Trends & Technologies

The panelists for this discussion were Mr. Piyush Jain, MD, Uneecops; Mr. Gautam Krishna, Business Development Head, Uneecops; Mr. Baba Varanasi, Black Belt, Six Sigma, Office of Innovation, CSC; Mr. Satyendra Singh Tomar, Business Development Head UK, CSC; Mr. Radeshwar Davar, Account Manager - New Sales, Wipro Infotech Ltd. The keynote speaker for the discussion was Mr. Asheet Makhija, Regional Manager - Lotus, IBM. Various technologies such as SaaS, Web 2.0, and virtual world were discussed. The panel expressed that SaaS is a peripheral service and the de-limiting factor could be infringement on intellectual knowledge. They also stressed on the importance of focussing on the patterns of customers and on emerging trends.

PlannIT

The discussion was followed by PlannIT - The B-Plan Competition. The teams from SIMSREE, Mumbai; NITIE, Mumbai; FORE School of Management, Delhi and IMT, Ghaziabad were short-listed from around 50 entries. The team from FORE School of Management was adjudged the winner of PlannIT and the team from IMT Ghaziabad was the runner-ups.

Concluded.

* Contributed by -
Himanshu Sharma,
PGDM-IT (2007-09),
Media & Communiction Committee,
IMT Ghaziabad.

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