Speaker Series
The Distinguished Speaker Series at DSU is a university level initiative with a global focus. The program strives to bring industry leaders to the portals of Dayananda Sagar University Industry leaders address our students on invitation on a wide variety of areas spanning management, engineering, social sciences, biological sciences, humanities and art.
Webinar on "Future Skills in Emerging Business and the Talent Landscape".
Sunday, 07 June,2020
Webinar on "A Case - Study on Supply Chain Planning In High-Tech Industry"
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Webinar on "Transformational Leadership"
Sunday, 24th of May 2020
Webinar on "Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption- opportunities & challenges for the future!"
Thursday, 21st of May 2020
Webinar on "Digital Transformation, AI in the industrial sector, before and after the pandemic"
Sunday, 17th of May 2020
Webinar on "Globalization… What next?"
Thursday, 14th of May 2020
Webinar on "A Journey of Brand Rejuvenation"
Sunday, 10th of May 2020
Webinar on "Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations"
Sunday, 3rd of May 2020
Webinar on "Employee Engagement in the time of crisis"
Thursday, 30th of April 2020
Webinar on "Leadership Lessons for the V-U-C-A" world
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Webinar on Careers & Opportunities in Covid-19 Era
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Webinar on How is the start-up community coping during the COVID-19 pandemic
Monday, April 20, 2020
Under the aegis of the Distinguished Speaker Series, Executive Education, Dayananda Sagar University brings to you a session of Saketh BSV who is the co-founder of Perpule, one of the fastest-growing retail tech companies in India. Saketh spoke about “How is the start-up community coping during the COVID-19 pandemic?” This speaker series strives to bring the best minds to our classroom and expose our students to thoughtful leaders from across the world.
He has answered the questions from many of the participants and helped them to understand that this is high time to come out of the comfort zone and think differently to beat the competition by taking first-mover advantage. This will help them to increase their business opportunities 100x times.
Saketh's company; Perpule has raised investment from notable investors like Kalaari Capital, Prime Ventures, & Venture Highway. Perpule helps make offline stores smarter, by creating a data first platform that improves consumer experience across all channels which include Point of Sale and Self-Checkout. The company has previously launched India’s first “cashier-less, cash-till less” store along with Hyper CITY last year.
It has notable clients like Big Bazaar, Shoppers Stop, SPAR, etc. to its name. Saketh graduated from IIT Madras in 2015, worked at Goldman Sachs, and currently manages the Product and Engineering team for Perpule. He has been recognized by selection to the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2018 list.
Webinar on Leadership by Prof. Chester Elton
Friday, April 17, 2020
Under the aegis of the Distinguished Speaker Series, Executive Education, Dayananda Sagar University, Celebrated author, executive coach and professor Chester Elton spoke to us from New York City on "Leading With Gratitude and Creating A Great Culture". These speaker series strives to bring the best minds to our classroom and expose our students to thoughtful leaders from across the world.
After Chester Elton completed his view on Leadership, there was Q&A session as well. Mr. Elton answered the questions from many of the participants and helped them enhance their understanding of leadership.
Chester Elton has spent two decades helping clients engage their employees to execute on strategy, vision, and values. He has been called the “apostle of appreciation” by Canada’s Globe and Mail, “creative and refreshing‚” by the New York Times, and a “must-read for modern managers” by CNN. Elton is co-author of the multiple award-winning New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling leadership book- All In, The Carrot Principle, and The Best Team Wins. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide.
Elton is often quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fast Company and the New York Times. He has appeared on NBC’s Today, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, National Public Radio and CBS’s 60 Minutes. Elton serves as a leadership consultant to firms such as American Express, AT&T, Avis Budget Group and Procter & Gamble.
He lectures extensively at Fordham’s Business school in New York City and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York state and various other universities.
Distinguished Speaker Series
Prof. Patri spoked on The Economic Impact of COVID-19
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Professor Jitendranath Patri is a business leader, passionate about technology, customer centricity & data analytics. He has over 20+ years of experience; specifically, in fashion & retail; customer loyalty, customer experience, marketing & communications, predictive marketing, business strategy. He is a sought-after consultant and builds skills and knowledge in marketing automation and personalization. He has a Master’s degree in science and a post-graduate degree in management from IIM-B, Bangalore.
In our Distinguished Speaker Series Prof. Patri spoked on The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on 12th Sunday,2020.
Career Re-engineering After Covid-19
Saturday, April 11, 2020
As part of the Distinguished Speaker Series curated and arranged by Executive Education, Dayananda Sagar University, Dr. Pierre Al-Khoury, Professor & Dean, Lebanese German University, spoke on the incumbent global pandemic and how it would impact careers with particular reference to India.
His talk was followed by Q&A, and Dr. Al-Khoury fielded questions from many of the 150 participants, mainly comprising of faculty, staff, and students of the Executive MBA and full-time MBA programs.
The Distinguished Speaker Series invites persons of eminence to speak to our student community on carefully chosen topics of importance in order to kindle intellectual thought and debate.
Pierre has around 30 years of diverse education management and industry experience mainly developed in central banking. Multicultural, with a proven ability to work and live with people from different backgrounds. He has published around 25 scientific papers in international refereed journals, mainly in the management field, with a special concentration on education management. He has published 5 books in education management with sound international publishers in Europe and the States.
Developing New Managers
Management is distinguished as the level of supervision between the entry level employees and organizational leaders. Residing between effective leadership and efficient employees, effective managers are critical to organizational success. Different paths to becoming a manager exist—either through the ranks or through outside accomplishments. Managers must have certain knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to be able to achieve organizational goals and engage employees. Lacking these KSAs, managers will need basic or advanced training, depending on their place within an organization. The training of managers should be an ongoing process, even as managers become proficient at basic levels of business acumen. All managers should be concerned with management development—in terms of both their own and their subordinates' advancement. With our training workshops working executives will be provided the skills they need to succeed as managers in a complex world. By identifying prospective managers early and identifying a clear management track, your company will prosper and thrive with a solid development structure. Becoming a new manager can seem like a daunting and challenging task. To overcome these hurdles let us create an environment where employees know what is expected of them.
With our training, program your employees will gain the support, best practices, and knowledge that is essential for a new manager. The training workshops will help your company develop well rounded, fair and confident managers. By identifying early you will be able to groom prospective candidates and provide the best chance for success.
We can assist you in a wide variety of areas from developing high performing teams, leadership, communication, sales & marketing, sales enablement, finance and operations.
We customize training programs for your specific needs.
Learning and development’s impact on the success of an organization can be significant. You can be assured your corporate training programs will be successful when you have the right training development partner.
The center will cater to executing customized training programs on a need based basis, after carrying out an analysis. Our unique five step approach will add immense value to your organization in terms of enhanced intellectual capital.
Step 1:
We start by analyzing your operating environment, your business and development challenges, and your training-specific needs. Together, we will articulate your development goals and define your overall expectations. And you can rest assured that your input will be central to the process from beginning to end.
Step 2:
During this second step, we choose the people who will lead your training program: the faculty members, experts and/or other specialists who will be working directly with your employees to bring your customized program to life. Based on your predefined objectives and your company’s profile, we will develop the structure and content of your program so that it fits your business and your employees like a glove. It is at this stage that we will determine which teaching methods are the most appropriate in the context.
Step 3:
The sessions can be held at your place of business, in our facilities or at another place of your choosing, here or anywhere else on the planet. Simply select the option that is the most convenient for you. We will ensure that all of the necessary elements are in place to facilitate learning and show participants how to apply their newly acquired knowledge in the workplace.
Step 4:
We will continuously assess and modify the program and pedagogy depending on your feedback. Your concerns will be addressed on an immediate basis.
Step 5:
Our faculty involved with the training program will stay in touch and mentor the trainees on a need basis that is mutually acceptable.
Step 6:
Our training programs offer the following takeaways.
You’ll see concrete improvements in such areas as:
- Overall employee engagement
- Motivation within a group to make a real and lasting difference
- Solutions to company-specific problems
- Integration of management practices acquired during the course
- Efficiency in workplace collaboration
- Technical and functional skill sets.
Benefits:
- Content that is directly relevant to your organizational challenges
- Experience-based learning approach
- Hand-picked instructors
- Program designed specifically to heighten your business’s productivity and impact
- Small groups (12 to 20 participants)
- The training program will be accredited with a certificate from Dayananda Sagar University – Centre for Executive Education.
