Excelsior Correspondent
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KATRA, Aug 1: The inaugural session of two-day ICSSR sponsored International Conference, ‘Shifting Paradigms in Applied Economics and Management: Course Correction’ organized by Faculty of Management, was conducted in Matrika Auditorium of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University today.
Prof D Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Management welcomed the audience and briefed about the department and the University.
Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, Prof Sudhir K Jain was the chief guest.
Prof Jain, the pioneer of Intellectual Property Education in India, emphasized on the need for creativity and diligence for success and sustenance and congratulated the team behind this exercise.
Prof Rajah Rasiah from the University of Malaya was the key note speaker who discussed the significance of Southeast Asian experience with respect to the Asian and global financial crisis.
The guest of honour, Prof Kuldeep Kumar from Bond University, Australia, discussed the prevalence of fraud and corruption and their impact on the performance in select cases.
Vibhakar Khajuria, Cluster Head, Jammu region, J&K Bank, one of the sponsors of the event, was the special guest.
The Conference evoked tremendous response with around 150 academicians and scholars from India and abroad, participating in the Conference.
The ICSSR sponsored International Conference, first by the Faculty of Management, SMVDU, strives to provide a cross platform for exchange of ideas involving the best and the most accomplished in the business of Economics and Management, especially in the present environment of massive economic, political and social upheaval.
The conference aims at initiating an in-depth and comprehensive debate and deliberations of high standards regarding present status, challenges and issues confronting the present Indian economic environment and management system in relation to and in context of present global Economic scenario.
The Conference will consist of simultaneous sessions, keeping in view the massive response the event has evoked, spread over two days.
Dr Kakali Majumdar, Convener, briefed guests and delegates, about details and schedule for the two days event.
Vote of thanks was presented by Pabitra Kumar Jena, organizing secretary of the conference.