The
HR faculty of K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research (K.
J. SIMSR) organized the 3rd International HR conference on Employee
Engagement on February 4-5, 2016. This event was organized in collaboration
with their academic partner California State University, sponsored by BPCL and
supported by Humanist – the HR club of the institute.
“Employee Engagement” the theme for the conference
has been attracting the attention of industry and the academia and gaining
relevance in a multitude of contexts and human settings beyond the conventional
workplace, such as the class room, sports, NGOs, health care amongst others.
The conference sought to dwell on this ever evolving construct extensively.
The
conference compendium comprising of 36 research contributions from 79 received
was released in the inauguration ceremony by our honourable Provost Dr. Rajan Welukar. The
two day conference had overwhelming response from across the country and elicited
international participation from South Africa, Canada, Hungary, Nepal and
Bahrain. Contributions included Research Papers, Conceptual
Papers, Case Studies, View Points, Literature Reviews, and other genres from
academics and industry practitioners. The conference successfully turned out to
be congregation of academicians, research scholars, consultants, practitioners
from the industry and students.
Leading Management Consultant and Executive
Coach Mr. Vivek Patwardhan set the tone of the conference was followed by an
engrossing panel discussion on sectoral practices by senior practitioners from
the Industry. Mr. Ramesh Mitragotri CHRO, Chemical Sector, Aditya Birla Group,
Mr. Rajesh Manik, Head HR, Deloitte and Ms. Sujata Chogle, GM – HR BPCL came up
with illuminating insights on engagement scenario. Deliberations by Mr.
Prasenjit Bhattacharya, CEO, Great Places to Work came up with glimpse of “future
of work”. One of the leading academicians in Engagement Research, Prof. (Dr.)
Jyotsna Bhatnagar, MDI, Gurgaon helped provide valuable insights on different
dimensions of Employee Engagement. This conference served
as a platform to blend the research and practice paradigms in Employee Engagement.
Research
papers, after a rigorous review process
were selected for presentation in track sessions chaired by senior and
acclaimed academicians drawn from reputed institutions such as Mumbai
University and NITIE. Awards were given away to best papers.
