•  Envision ‘08, the first national IT Summit was held on 20th of September 2008 and the theme of the event is “Managing IT in the Changing Global Scenario”, which focussed on the phenomenal growth of IT over the past few years, its movement through the current economic slowdown, and its future prospects. The speakers were: - Mr. Santosh Mohanty, Head, Global Technology Excellence, TCS, Mr. Arun Pingaley, Head - Product Management Reveleus, Oracle Financial Services, Mr. Srinivasan Komanduri, Office Managing Director – Consulting, Deloitte US Entities in India, Mr. Sonjoy Mohanty, CEO - A Little World, Mr. Abhijit Sen, Divisional Manager & Bhubaneswar Center Head at Infosys Technologies Ltd. and Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, Senior Manager, Innovation Group, WIPRO.
  • There was a Panel Discussion on INDIA@75 - MY VISION FOR INDIA on Thursday, 18th September, 2008. The discussion was moderated by Rajive Kaul, Past President, CII & Chairman of XIMB. It was an enlightening discussion with active contributions from Mr. MV Subbaiah, Past President, CII & Retd. Chairman, Murugappa Group, Mr. Subodh Bhargava, Past President, CII & Chairman, Tata Communications Ltd, Mr. Venu Srinivasan, Vice President, CII & Managing Director, Sundaram Clayton Ltd, Ms. Anu Aga, Chairperson, CII Industry-NGO Partnership Committee & Director, Thermax Ltd, Mr. Vijay K Thadani, Chairman, CII Education Committee & Chief Executive Officer, NIIT Ltd.
  • On 17th September, Shri Sabyasachi Hajara, Chairman & Managing Director, The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.  delivered a talk, which was more like an interactive session in which he shared his experiences about being a CEO in the world of today.  
  • On 23rd August, 2008, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar held its annual seminar, Ashwamedh, on Operations Management. The topic this year was ‘Competing in a Flat World: An Operations Management Perspective’. The event was sponsored by Cognizant Technology Solutions. Eminent personalities from the corporate world like Mr. Debapriya Dasgupta (AVP – Technology, CTS), Dr. R. K. Sinha (COO – Mktg. & Operations, GCPL), Mr. Jiten Sandu (Head – Consulting, i2 Technologies), Mr. Sainath Radhakrishnan (MD – ACES, ABN-AMRO), Mr. Sam Ellangalloor (COO, Bharti), Mr. Shankar P. (Head – HR, Satyam Computers), and Mr. Rakesh Suvarna (DGM – Operations, ICICI Bank) participated in the discussion. For More…http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/16/stories/2008081656300200.htm