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Post-event Press Release - November 8, 2004
From XLRI, Jamshedpur
Two day National IT Seminar on
"IT in Industry Verticals" Concludes

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The session on Organised Retail saw Ms. Riti Chatterjee, Senior Practice Manager, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Mr. Subrat Mishra, Hindustan Petroleum discuss how IT can actually help in optimising the resources available leading to more profits. While Ms. Chatterjee explained the technical aspects of e-retailing, Mr. Mishra discussed the practicalities in implementing the solutions, varying from infrastructural to human aspects. The potential of the innovative RFID technology was a key agenda amongst most speakers in this session. Mr. Anuj Sharma, Senior Consultant in Retail and Distribution, Infosys gave an insightful presentation from the Solution Provider angle.

The sessions were rounded off by an IT Quiz, conducted by Mr. G. Sreekanth from TCS Kolkata, which saw students competing with professionals. The results for the off-stage events are to be published on the NITS website (www.xlri.ac.in/nits).

The conference was sponsored by Cognizant Technology Solutions and Tata Consultancy Services. Business Standard and Sify.com were the Media partners, while Hindustan Petroleum was the co-sponsor for the event. CoolAvenues.com was the Associate Partner for the event.

Concluded.


Contributed by -
Deepti Voleti,
Executive Member,
External Linkages Cell,
XLRI Jamshedpur.