Is India Ready for a Cashless Economy?

Mr. Shoma Basu - HSBC, Mr. Ashish Goyal – Early Salary, Mr. Sid Banerjee – Credit Suisse, Mr. Ram Gopal- Barclays, Mr.Ajay Nahar - EY and Mr. Vikrant Ponkshe - Being Catalyst Pvt Ltd debated on topics like Tokenization of Aadhar - Penetration in Rural India, Rural vis a vis Urban Population, Preparatory aspects of a Rural Women, Cultural Patterns, Structural deficiencies, Infrastructure, Education, Willingness, Spending Patterns, Difficulties in breaking Social Patterns, Digital Literacy, Change of Behaviour on other Mediums, Incentives attached for the change, Percentage of Urban unbanked with larger Wealth and much more. This kept the spectators wonder whether the overnight decision of demonetization was a good move? Is India really ready for a Cashless Economy?

Global Leader Corporate Summit

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Speakers Mr. Ranjit Anand - Credit Suisse, Mr. Ashok Karania - Infostretch Corp., Mr. Karuna Kumar Vempala - Cigniti Technologies, Mr. Prosenjit Mukherjee - Azure Knowledge Corp, Mr. Peter Theobald - Hitachi Systems along with Ms. Rhea kumar – Moderator of the Event. It was a great learning experience for SIMS Students with lot of modern Ideas as Artificial Intelligence being requisite for industries to keep pace with today’s fast growing business world. AI needs to be coupled with Human Intelligence and supported by Technology to gain Business sustainability concluded the Panellists. 

Industry 4.0 should be India's Battle Cry

Industry 4.0 should be India’s Battle Cry was the topic discussed by Mr. Ettore Cuchetti - ACG Pharmagents, Mr. Sajeev Sularia - Intelligence Node, Mr. KV Praveen - Larsen and Toubro and Mr. Sanjay Gawde- Pencilworks Learning Pvt Ltd . The discussion was taken to an altogether next level. They felt a need to Implement Industry 4.0 responsibly without hampering Customer Satisfaction, Sales and growth and ensuring Cost optimization. The panellists argued that the Internal and External environment like Industry, Society and Politics plays a vital role in the transformation and emphasized on the joint effort of the Environment in this major transformation.

Uberization in Consulting - A Consultant is on the way

Mr. Priyanshu Singh - Adecco India Gromediaup, Mr.Srikanth Dorairajan - Capgemini,     Mr. Susshruth Apshankar - SG Analytics, Dr. Murali Padmanabhan - Virtusa Corporation, Mr. Rajat Mathur - Morgan Stanley and Mr. Warren Patrick - YES Bank discussed on  “Uberization in Consulting : A consultant is on the way” 

All the panellists firmly believed that there’s a need to seek the Opportunity and  that’s what Uberization is. Affordability of consulting is another criterion that  marketers need to seek for an Uber based consulting. They see huge potential in this sphere especially for SME’s of the country but yes “Opportunity” is the crux.   

Brand Marketing and News Jacking : A Quest for Customer Loyalty

Prominent faces like Mr. Vynsley Fernandes - Castle Media Pvt Ltd, Ms. Manjula Nair - Creative Bharat Pvt Ltd, Mr. Ajit Thakur - Eros International, Ms. Nikitsha Chopra - Ping Network and Mr. Pradeep Dwivedi - Sakal Media Group highlighted the Importance of Brand and Customer Loyalty. They mentioned News Jacking also is catching up fast and it is now Imperative for Brands to seek for relevant News and create a story around that. Mr. Pradeep Dwidedi – Sakal Congratulated SIMS on completing 25 years and mentioned that business is nothing but marketing. It is the ability of channel/Medium to establish that loyalty. He said Credible Message is the essence to maintain the success of any businesses. The Panellists also shared insights on how to create a brand of themselves and how to make a pragmatic use of Social Media and digital platforms in reaching out to today’s marketers and brand houses.