6 July, 2015 – Su-raaj (WeSchool, Mumbai)

Mukund Prasad: Director-Group HR, Business Transformation & Group CIO at Welspun Group highlighted the importance and need of rating of “self” from 0-10 on self governance by different professions. Besides, the “I” in the team. Managing “I” & “yourself”- is power of discipline and focus. It was important to be a team player and to be well networked. A little bit of worldly wisdom lies in seeing through the organisational dynamics. Also it will do well if we could manage ambiguity well. An interesting piece of advice came from him ‘Rock the boat sometimes, be fearless and manage well’.

  L. Qing Hong: CEO, Industrial & Commercial Bank of India (ICBC), Mumbai Branch, highlighted the need of India and China knowing each other better. Talking on the lines of good governance, he shared examples picked up from his education and work. In his talk he underlined the importance of financial statement analysis. Also he elaborated on performance evaluation systems. Talking of Infrastructural development he said the two neighbours can definitely collaborate better.

  Ramesh Raskar & Pratik Shah: MIT navigated the new batch through their journey so far with Welingkar. They also spoke about Kumbhathon in Nasik which is nextmonth and how the young innovative minds can work in the sectors of health, housing, payments, food, transport etc. This would help transforming challenges into opportunities and market opportunities. Prof. Ramesh Raskar is a world renowned inventor and innovator along with being Head - MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture Research Group. Prof. Raskar also shared the past few events which MIT has carried out successfully with Welingkar. A significant part of his talk was focused on the bundle of opportunities the approaching Kumbh at Nasik presented them to work on. He pressed the young audience to add something new to their persona every day and prodded them to add passion into whatever they do. Mr. David Akov: Consul General at the Consulate General of Israel with his wife Mrs. Tamar Akovy talked about innovations' and entrepreneurship. They shared their concerns about environment; water management and how we can work on these issues. Methods taken by Israel in agri production- “drip irrigation” which conserves water were shared.