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The 5-Day Program, which consisted of a total no. of 14 sessions, aimed at providing opportunities to the participants to learn models and methodologies of a very novel area of discussion in the area of Behavioural Finance had its relevance to a wide spectrum in recent times.

Dr. Shikta had taken two sessions – Understanding Behavioral Finance & Building Blocks of Behavioural Finance.
The dignitaries who delivered the sessions were –
Dr. Jitendra Mahakud, IIT Kharagpur; Dr. Tapas Mishra, Southampton University, UK; Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Delhi University; Dr. Pravakar Sahoo, IEG,Delhi; Dr. Arun Jhulka, DU; Ms. Renu Maheshwari, CEO Finscholarz; Mr. Umang Kejriwal, Finland Labs; Dr. Debasish Das, CEO Humanlinks; Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, CEO Skill Capital; Mr. Sachin Agarwal, C.A , SEBI, NISM Trainer; Dr. Ipsita Nayak, Asst. Professor, KSOM.

These sessions aimed to equip faculties and participants from various institutions and Universities with proper behavioural and financial skills across a wide range of competencies. The sessions provided insightful information and hands-on experience on various components of the theme. These were supplemented with polls, Q&A sessions, simulations, videos, cases and activities conducted in different groups.

It was inaugurated on 21st June 2021 in the presence of Mr. Tirthankar Das, ED, JP Morgan New York & New Jersey, USA, Dr. S.K Mahapatra, Director, KSOM, Dr. S. N. Misra, Dean, KSOM and the faculty members over the virtual mode.

Appreciating KSOM for organizing the FDP, Mr. Tirthankar Das, set a perfect pitch to introduce the broad theme on Behavioural Finance highlighting the relevance of various biases affecting investors’ decisions. He also shared his experience with the diverse roles he held. He indulged the participants to ponder upon the skills, expertise, and competencies that a finance professional requires to possess. Dr. S.K Mahapatra provided an overview of the program and mentioned the functioning of the niche area, while Dr. S. N. Misra welcomed the delegates, participants, and resource persons. He cited the relevance of such a topic which is critical in academic and research engagement. The inaugural session ended with the Vote of thanks by the convenor Dr. Shikta Singh.

The 5 day long FDP had its valedictory session on 26th June 2021 in the presence of Dr. S.K Mahapatra, Dr. S.N Misra, Dr. Ashok Sar, Professor, KSOM and faculty members who have bestowed their support and encouragement.

Speaking at the valedictory event, Dr. S.N Misra, Dean, School of Management welcomed and thanked the faculty members cum participants from KIIT and outside institutions along with external and internal resource persons for their active involvement throughout the FDP. In his address, Dr S.K Mahapara, Director, KSOM elaborately explained the importance of such programs for faculty members and also recommended the continuity of such work. He also appreciated the efforts of the convenor and every person who helped make this program a success. He also thanked Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Hon’b;e Founder, KIIT & KISS for his whole hearted support to the virtual FDP-2021.

Dr. Ashok Sar also gave his insights on choosing such an unexplored area of delivery. Previously, Dr. Shikta Singh, the coordinator of the ATAL FDP-21 welcomed everyone and presented the details of the FDP program through a video and PPT. She talked about the immense interest shown by participants throughout the program. She addressed the audience by conveying her gratitude to all the attendees of the sessions. She talked in brief about the sessions and resource persons along with sharing her own experiences over the course of 5 days.

The FDP had 145 participants who have attended the 5 days from all across India. The participants provided extremely positive feedback for all the sessions.

The session closed with the vote of thanks by the convenor, Dr. Shikta Singh, Associate Professor, KSOM, KIIT DU. She thanked ATAL, AICTE, and KIIT for this opportunity.

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The 5-Day Program, consists of a total no. of 14 sessions, aimed at providing opportunities to the participants to learn models and methodologies of a very virgin area of discussion in the area of Behavioural Finance has its relevance to a wide spectrum in recent times. It aimed to equip faculties and participants from various institutions and universities with proper behavioral and financial skills across a wide range of competencies. Eminent academicians from IIT, IEG, Delhi University, CEO, corporate leaders, corporate trainers were an important part of the workshop and provided insightful information and hands-on experience on various components of the theme. The sessions were supplemented with polls, Q&A sessions, simulations, videos, and activities conducted in different groups.

It was inaugurated on 21st June 2021 in the presence of Mr. Tirthankar Das, ED, JP Morgan Newyork & NewJersey, USA, Dr. SK Mahapatra, Director, KSOM; and Dr. S. N. Misra, Dean, KSOM and the faculty members over the virtual mode.

Appreciating KSOM for organizing the FDP, Mr. Tirthankar Das, set a perfect pitch to introduce the broad theme on Behavioural finance highlighting the relevance of various biases affecting investors’ decisions. He also shared his experience with the diverse roles he held. He indulged the participants to ponder upon the skills, expertise, and competencies that a finance professional requires to possess. Dr. S. K. Mahapatra provided an overview of the Program and mentioned the functioning of the niche area, while Dr. S. N. Misra welcomed the delegates, participants, and resource persons. He cited the relevance of such a topic which is very much needed in academic and research engagement. The inaugural session ended with the Vote of Thanks by the convenor, Dr. Shikta Singh.

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The program received an overwhelming response of more than 200 registrations from across India from the field of pharmacy, medicine, biotech, engineering, management, and corporates too. A huge diversity was seen amongst the participants.

The Faculty Development Program (FDP), organized by KIIT School of Management (KSOM), aimed at providing opportunities to the participants to learn models and methodologies of leadership relevant to a wide spectrum, while also learning the recent developments in leadership styles & strategies. It aimed to equip teachers, corporates with managerial skills across a range of competencies in various areas. Eminent academicians, industry leaders, doctors, therapists were an important part and parcel of the workshop and provided insightful information into various subjects and topics. The sessions were supplemented with polls, Q&A sessions, Simulations, Videos and activities conducted in different groups.

The Faculty Development Program (FDP) which was a five day long program, constituting of total 15 sessions was inaugurated on 12th January 2021 with the presence of Honourable VC of the University, Prof. Dr. Hrushikesha Mohanty, Esteemed Registrar, Prof. Dr. Jyanaranjan Mohanty, Revered Guest of Honour Dr. Ranjit Nayak and the Director of KSOM, Dr. Saroj Mahapatra, as well as Dean of KSOM,Dr. S. N Misra. The session began with a warm welcome address given by the Dean of the School Dr. S N Misra who rightly pointed out the significance of leadership in transforming countries. Taking it forward, the gathering was heartily welcomed and addressed by Dr. S.K. Mahapatra, Director of KSOM  by giving an overall overview of this five day FDP Program. The participants were greeted by our Honourable VC, Dr. Hrushikesha Mohanty, he rightly mentioned the significance of leadership in every domain and how the meaning of leadership and roles could vary from person to person for the next generation even. Prof. Jynaranjan Mohanty, Registrar of the University also shared his views and thanked the guest for his valuable insights.

The esteemed guest for the inaugural session Dr. Ranjeet Nayak, Former World Bank staff and Chief Govt. Advisor to the Govt. of Macedonia on International and European Union Affair appreciated KSOM, KIIT University for organizing a FDP on an apt topic like ‘Leadership GenNext- Exerting Influence without Power’ and shared his experience in diverse roles he had held. He indulged the participants to ponder upon the skills, expertise, and competencies that a leader requires to possess.

Dr. Saroj Mahapatra Director, KSOM KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, started off the first day of the program by sharing his insights on the topic, Leadership exerting influence. Dr. Saroj emphasized the importance of a leader and how his method of leading others can influence the outcomes. Session 2 was addressed by, Dr. Gourav Das Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon, AMRI, Utkal Hospital, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Gourav primarily addressed the issues faced by a leader in the healthcare services, he gave insights into the dynamic environment and the steps that such leaders need to take to enhance precision and efficiency in healthcare. The last session of the DAY-1 was addressed by, Dr. Shwetaleena Bidyadhar SVP & Global Head, MPS Interactive, Mumbai. Dr. Shwetaleena inspired the audience to recognize the importance of Designing Hybrid Classrooms for GenNext, in the most facile manner.

On day-2 of The Faculty Development Program, three eminent speakers addressed the attendees on several significant topics and issues. While Dr. Debjani Roy, Chief HR Officer at Mind Your Fleet (Kromozones Software Pvt. Ltd.) Former HR Head, SRL diagnostics, brought into the light, The Transformational leadership model in Corporates, Dr. Raiguru Mangesh, Corporate Guru Founder, Twaran, Mumbai talked about Neurolinguistic Leadership. Mr. Jayanth Jayaprakash Founder, Director &CVO at I2E Harmony Pvt. Ltd. Influencer, Transformist, Listener, Healing, Micro-blogger, addressed the final session and spoke about how design thinking is essential component of leadership and captured the immense potential that the faculty across the nation has, to take humanity to a different level.

On the Day-3 of the programme, Dr. Ashok K. Sar Professor, KSOM KIIT Deemed to be University, delivered a session on Leadership & Academic Alliances, where he gave a detailed explanation about ‘What ?’, ‘Why ?’ and ‘How ?’ of academic alliance and the role of leadership in the same. This was followed by a Session by Prof. Sunil Sarangi .In his deliberations, Sunil Sarangi of XLRI, Jamshedpur discussed in detail how leadership can influence without authority, he began with the explanation of non-conventional power types and went on to talk about the soulful persuasion and the factors of intrinsic motivation. The last session of the day witnessed the insightful interaction of the audience with Dr. S.N Mishra, Dean, KSOM, KIIT University. Dr. Mishra drew the timeline of the facets of transformational leadership and also shared his unforgettable experience with Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam.

The discussions of Day-4 began with an exercise by, Dr. Mitali Das Consultant Psychiatrist, Epworth, South Eastern Consulting Suites, Berwick & Monash Health Greater Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Das deliberated on one of the most crucial topics of current scenario- Modern day stress, while she explained the cases and consequences of such stress, she also gave productive ways to reduce the stress and live a more fruitful life. In the second session Mr. Srimanta Panda GM, Finance, NALCO, delivered a presentation on the topic- “Leadership & Financial Planning”. He very vividly touched upon the issue how sound financial knowledge is essential to carry with every individual to grow as a better leader. The last session of the day saw the delivery of Dr. Abha Mishra UNDP, Head, Bhubaneswar. She highlighted on Role of Social Sector/NGOs in exerting influence & shaping leadership. Dr. Abha, uncovered Social Leadership, by supplement the session with examples and videos and appreciated and saluted Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta for the incredible work he is doing to mankind and society at large.

The final day of the Faculty Development Program, commemorated with a musical session, on the topic, Stress Management through Music Therapy, carried by Dr. Isa Mishra Associate Professor KSOM, KIIT Deemed to be University & Dr. Ipsita Nayak Assistant Professor KSOM, KIIT Deemed to be University.The session attracted a lot of enthusiasm and exhilaration from the attendees, as the notable speakers sang harmoniously, the audience also joined them in form of musical activities and chorus. The second session of the day also witnessed a similar kind of liveliness as, Dr. Jayalaxmi Samal, Zonal Head Bharatiya Yog Sansthan, Odisha and Assistant Professor, Management Studies, Sri Sri University, Cuttack revealed the evil of stress and the power of Yoga.

The final session of the FDP was taken by Dr. Shikta Singh, Associate Professor, KSOM. She threw light on ‘DISC’- the way of describing the patterns in a person’s behaviour and using that knowledge to predict how they are likely to act in the future. He touched upon the role of Behavioral biases in shaping leadership.

The Valedictory Session was addressed by Mr. Suvasis Ghosh, Director & Head of Client Growth and Development, Dr. Saroj Mahapatra, Director of KSOM, and Dr. S.N. Misra, Dean of KSOM along with the faculty members, Resource persons and participants of the 5-day Program. Mr. Suvasis shared his experience as how one learns through the varied roles of job he is vested with, which turns him into a great influential leader.

The FDP conducted drew humongous appreciation and encomiums from the participants for conceptualizing and delivering the entire program by KSOM Organizers and the Convenor with punctuality and tireless efforts.

To mark the successful completion of the program, a video containing the glimpses of the entire program was dedicated to all the eminent speakers and participants.

The Faculty Development Program (FDP), was ended with a Heartfelt Vote of thanks to all by the FDP Convenor Dr. Shikta Singh.

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The role of management consultants in supporting governance at state and center has been steadily rising, creating opportunities for management professionals. The arena of Government Advisory spans multiple social, economic and environment domains, requiring specialized competencies to create collective impact. The session was aimed to gain insights into the emerging landscape of business with government, besides the new models in the corporate world. Further, how the insights thus gained can be used to develop talent for the impact economy.

Resource person

Amit Kumar Patjoshi, National Lead, (India) at Palladium

Amit holds a MBA from Xavier Institute of Management and is a World Bank certified Public Procurement expert. He has over 11 years of rich working experience in Strategy and consulting. As the National Lead, he leads assignments with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Prior to his current assignment, he worked as Director, KPMG; Manager, Accenture; Senior Consultant, PWC; Consultant, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd, India; and Consultant, CTRAN Consulting Pvt Ltd.

Participants

Seventy-eight participants from five schools such as School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Humanities, School of Languages, School of Law and the Corporate Relations team

Intended learning outcomes

1. Changing business landscape in WorkSpace Industry, Education, Entertainment, Hospitality, Tourism & Aviation, e-Retail and BFSI.
2. Emerging area of engagement in the Government space- impact investing, go-local, incubation accelerator, ruralisation – agri-transformation, cashless – contactless, and inclusive PPP to PPCP (public, private and community partnership)
3. The impact economy: need for different actors to work together to create economic and social impact on the needed scale.
4. Areas of new investment: fresh food, preventive healthcare, vitamins and household care.
5. Industry expectations from the new hires: be innovation, specialization, be agile, justify value of investment and be collaborative.

Methodology

1. Interactive lecture
2. Story-telling
3. Discussions

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Student development is one of the keys to success and excellence of MBA students. With work-from-home conditions that prevail today owing to the COVID19 Pandemic, new student development process are emerging. The session was aimed at gaining insights into some the foundations and contemporary aspects of student development, with a view to strengthen the student development process under the new normal conditions. The broad issues cover a) what, why and how of holistic development; b) self-management vs. stress management; c) thoughts-word-action cycle management; d) ingredients of success; and e) core values and shaping mental models.

Resource person

Prof. Jyoti Rana, Ph.D., Professor (Management) at Shri Vishwakarma Skill University

She 23 years of rich experience in teaching-learning, research, student development, training and consulting. She has demonstrated ability to teach, motivate & direct students while maintaining high interest and achievement levels. She has published more than 50 research papers in leading peer reviewed journal and has authored 11 textbooks in Marketing and Management. She has trained more than 1000 executives and has conducted large number of funded research projects UGC and the central government. She conducts leadership workshops and conclaves for youngsters and women. She also conducts “Poetry Pathshala” for schoolchildren to enhance their expression.

Participants

Eighty-two participants from five schools such as School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Humanities, School of Languages, School of Law

Learning outcomes

1. Understand how the world, businesses and people are changing in VUCA times.
2. Understanding of the drivers of holistic development of students.
3. Gaining insights into the ingredients of success, such as, a) empathy, b) creative thinking and courage, c) handling criticism, d) communicating with self- be your own person, e) cooperation, and f) what I can’t accept, I forgive.
4. The need to create a development ambience- trust based cultures, work together creatively, cross training, integrity and purpose.
5. Narratives of success and failure

Methodology

1. Interactive lecture
2. Experience sharing
3. Story-telling

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Majority of the current successful business are driven by connectivity, largely powered by data. Data has been a part of not only the so-called technology business like service aggregators, platforms and e-business companies, but also business in retail, finance, automobile and media. Over the last 10 years, companies have been investing heavily in acquiring digital talent and developing digital talent in-house. The COVID-19 Pandemic has accelerated the need for digital skills, a) 26 times for relocating digital talent among business units, b) 12 times for dedicating time to learn about digital technology and c) 4 times on data analysis of customer and business needs. Thus, there this need to develop the digital executive and the need to reorient the curriculum and teaching, learning and student development processes in business schools to create digital executives who would possess the data and technical skills along with the domain skills.

Resource person

Mr. Kyle Porter Clark , Senior Skills Transformation Consultant,Coursera, Mountain View, California

Mr. Clark holds a MBA degree from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and has 12 years of working experience. As Senior Skills Transformation Consultant, He works with leading companies and governments on skills transformation as part of Coursera’s global enterprise business. He manages partnership with over 2,000 customers, including governments, universities, and Fortune 500 companies, to help them build the workforce of the future using the best online education from 200 of the world’s top universities and industry experts. Prior to his current assignment, he has served as Enterprise Content Expert, Coursera; Program Manager, CITRIS Foundry; Farber Fellow, REDF; Growth Strategy, Localwise; Lead Facilitator, Higher Expectations; Business Analyst, Management Consulting & Strategy Consultant, Accenture; and Urban Public Policy, Center for Houston’s Future, Inc.

Participants

Seventy-eight participants from five schools such as School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Humanities, School of Languages, School of Law.

Learning outcomes

1. The relevance of data and technology skills for MBA graduates
2. The concepts involving data and technology (the theory part of data and technology)
3. How to include data and technology related aspects into MBA curriculum/ courses
4. How to orient teaching to develop data and technology skills in MBA students
5. How to design assessment tasks to measure data and technology skills in MBA students

Methodology

1. Interactive lecture
2. Discussions
3. Experience sharing related to best practices
4. Skill graph and skill taxonomy

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Resource person

The resource person was Prof. Himanshu Dhaka is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Management and Labour Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. He has completed his FPM in Organizational Behaviour from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. His research is primarily on the application of contemplative practices for improving values and behaviour of individuals in the workplace.  He has also taken consulting assignments on behalf of TISS for government programmes such as Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) and for business organizations such as RPG Group.Presently he teaches Organizational Behaviour, HR Systems and Practices, Organizational Development and HR Analytics at TISS. He also visits IIT Bombay to take guest sessions on qualitative research methods for their doctoral program

Participants

Seventy-five participants from five schools, i.e., School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Humanities, School of Languages and School of Law.

Intended learning outcomes

1. Enhance understanding on the needs of systematic literature reviews
2. Enhance understanding on the methodology of conducting a systematic
   literature review
3. Enhance understanding on the reporting protocols like PRISMA and
   Cochrane
4. Enhance understanding on methodologies of conducting a meta-analysis

Methodology

Interactive lecture covering:

1. Need of systematic literature reviews
2. Steps of conducting a systematic literature review
3. Reporting protocols and use of appropriate keywords
4. Reporting of systematic literature reviews
5. Need for meta-analysis
6. Process of conducting a meta-analysis
7. Publication and Sensitivity Bias

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Resource Person

The resource person was Mr. Pradeep Roy, Principal Director, Accenture’s Growth & Strategy organization (Chief Strategy Officer’s organisation).

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and  Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India. He has 23 years of experience in Strategy and Technology practice, consulting and research. For the last 12.5 years he is with Accenture with experience in consulting, strategy, research, planning, and operations. He leads Research Centre in India comprising 70 member strong multi-disciplinary strategy research team. He also leads 20 member multi-continent (Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America) based team who undertake strategic research at the intersection of technology and business. Prior to Accenture, he worked with PwC, Infosys and Crisil in consulting/advisory roles for 10.5 years.

Participants

Eighty-two participants from five schools such as School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Humanities, School of Languages, School of Law and the Corporate Relations team

Intended learning outcomes

1. Basic understanding of the two-sided businesses: Exchange and Maker Platforms
2. Gaining insights into network effects: Same side and cross side network effects
3. Use of technology like AI, Machine Learning, IOT and Big Data Analytics
4. The significance of behavioral dimensions in understanding the expectation of stakeholders on both side.
5. The significance of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Technbological Quetent (TQ)
6. Make changes in curriculum to develop associated competencies in students and enhance engagement with industry.

Methodology

1. Interactive lecture
2. Story-telling
3. Discussions

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The resource person was Dr. Samiksha Ojha, Director, Amalgam Scholastic. She has done her Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Finance) from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad and Ph.D in finance from Delhi University. She has over 30 years of experience in management teaching-learning. She has also been a Dean with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. High level Expertise in blended learning. Skilled in Career Development, Executive Education, Analytical Skills, Lecturing, Student counselling , Academic Pedagogy and Team Building. Strong education professional with a Glocoll 2012-2013 focused in Globol Colloquium on Participant-centered Learning from Harvard Business School.

Participants

Seventy-six participants from five schools, i.e., School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Humanities, School of Languages and School of Law participated in the online webinar.

Learning outcomes were as follows:

1. Enhance metacognition
2. Improve retention
3. Promote inclusivity
4. Foster soft skills

Methodology

It was an interactive lecture covering:

1. Introduction and overview
2. Thee need of blended learning
3. The significance of blended learning
4. The approaches to blended learning
5. Benefits for students, teachers and educational institutions
6. Impact of blended learning on domain skills, technical skills, data skills, life skills and industry readiness.

Live demonstration of a learning management system portal covering the following:

1. Blended learning plan
2. Online library
3. Case study repository
4. Learning calendar
5. Student guides
6. Assessments
7. Facilitator guides
8. Grading and feedback
9. Student to faculty feedback
10.   Discussion boards

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