Panel Discussion-1 - Wisdom Learning Series (HR Club Activity)

 A PGDM student introducing the Guest speakers(L-R_Rohit Kher; HR Mgr.-Reliance Retail, Renu Nargunde; HR Psychologist-British Council and Mona Bose; VP-HR; Aranca)

Ms. Mona Bose, VP-HR, Aranca being felicitated by HR faculty, Prof. Rangana Maitra

 

HR Faculty, Prof. Rangana Maitra presenting Ms. Renu Nargunde, HR Psychologist, British Council of India with a memento

Mr. Rohit Kher, Sr. HR Mgr., Reliance Trends receiving a memento from HR Faculty, Prof. Rangana Maitra

Faculty-in-charge, HR Club, Mrs. Merlyn Michael D'souza moderating the Panel  Discussion

Ms. Mona Bose inititiating the Panel  Discussion

A PGDM student proposing the Vote of Thanks

Title of the Event: Panel Discussion (HR Club Activity)       

                                                                                                                              

In-charge Faculty: Mrs. Merlyn Michael D’souza                                   

                                                                                                                     

Day: Saturday,

Date: 9^th December 2017                                                                                                                                                                              

Time:                   From:  2:30p.m.    to   4:30p.m.                                                

Venue:        Class Room 304, 3^rd Floor

                                                                                  

Audience (for whom conducted):    HR Specialisation – (PGDM, 1^st Year, Batch 2017-19)                      

Number of people attended:              11          

Topic:    ‘HR Career planning: Campus to corporate transitions’           

Speakers Name :

1.     Ms. Renu Nargunde, HR Psychologist/ Counsellor – British Council of India

2.     Ms. Mona Atindra Bose, Vice President - Human Resources –  Aranca

3.     Mr. Rohit Kher, Senior Human Resources Manager, Reliance Retail.

Comments :

Ms. Renu Nargunde, HR Psychologist/ Counsellor – British Council of India, Ms. Mona Atindra Bose, Vice President - Human Resources –  Aranca and Mr. Rohit Kher, Senior Human Resources Manager, Reliance Retail, was able to communicate fine with 11 students of PGDM, 1st Year, Batch 2017-19, on Saturday, 9th December 2017 in Classroom 304, 3^rd Floor, on the topic, ‘Career Planning: Campus to corporate transitions’. Mrs. Merlyn Michael D’souza, Faculty-in-charge, HR Club Matrix moderated the discussion with introspective comments at the beginning, during and at the end of the session. Ms. Mona Atindra Bose initiated the discussion with what she wanted the students to take away from her session. She addressed issues faced by students at the beginning of their careers in terms of being a big fish in a small pond or vice-versa and how to deal with it. She explained the nuances of working with start-ups and different career options available vis-à-vis working with large companies and different HR career choices one has to make. In reply to a query, she suggested that HR consulting was a lucrative career option for HR freshers as well, as she currently heads, an HR Managing Consultant Firm. She explained the stages in the HR function right from hiring, on-boarding to training, appraisals and finally controlling attrition with a sound knowledge of HR analytics. Mr. Rohit stood up amidst the students and made the session quite interesting by asking questions to the audience on what HR careers meant to them and why they chose their specialisations. He shared his Industry experiences on Recruitment being the first type of job an HR management trainee does and said that recruiters look for right attitude and company fitment while choosing prospective employees. He related that all colleges are at the same level in the eyes of a recruiter and he illustrated this by sharing an example of how Taj employees in the 26/11 attack never left the Taj hotel amidst the chaos and most of them were not students of premier B-Schools like the IIMs and yet they displayed high company loyalty. He urged all to maintain a diary on what new thing they learnt everyday at work and the minute they had nothing to fill in that diary he suggested that they should change their work profile. Ms. Renu Nargunde walked and talked the behavioural language in terms of assessment models relevant to HR. She said that every manager has to be continually aware of him or her selves. She explained the role of Johari window and Transactional analysis as an aid to create self-awareness. She guided a student on how HR behavioural tools could bridge the generation gaps and diversity issues faced by an organisation’s employee by continuously being self-aware. On the whole, the session was educational and there was a good discussion with improved points dealt by students and the Guest Speakers. Visit the links below for this Panel Discusssion and our other HR Club Guest Lectures:

1. https://iesmcrc-hrclub.blogspot.in/2017/12/panel-discussion-1-wisdom-learning.html
2. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-wisdom-learning-series-hr-club/
3. https://twitter.com/hrclub2/status/940130705115197440