The People Management Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized the annual ‘Next Gen Employability Conclave – 3rd Edition’ at Williamson Magor Hall, The Chamber Premises, Kolkata on 18th March 2017. The objective of the Conclave was to address the employability scenario in Eastern India and to understand and brainstorm today’s requirements of the industries through an interface between representatives of Industry and Educational Institutes imparting Engineering and Management studies. The Conclave was attended by Directors, Faculty, Students and Administrative Officers of Engineering and Management Institutes and HR Leaders involved in recruitment process.

Speakers at this event were:

- Mr Somesh Dasgupta, Chairperson – The People Management Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and President (Corporate Affairs & Admin), India Power Corporation Limited

- Mr Sutanu Ghosh, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Director, Ghosh, Bose & Associates Pvt. Ltd.

- Mr Rahul Bose, L&K Leader, GBS, India, South Asia, IBM India Limited

- Mr Sunil Kanoria, Vice Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd and Immediate Past President, Assocham

- Mr. P.K. Sahu, Co-Chairperson - The People Management Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sr. General Manager (HRM & Safety), Tata Steel Processing and Distribution Limited

- Mr. Jayanta Mukherjee, Head – HR, Quaker Chemical India Private Limited

- Mr. Subrata Kumar Saha, Dy. Chief Manager Manager – Human Resources, Times of India

- Mr. Supratik Bhattacharya, Associate Director – HR, Cognizant Technology Solutions

- Maj Gen (Dr) SC Jain, VSM (Retd), Director, Army Institute of Management, Kolkata

- Ms. Shikha Banerjee, General Manager – HR, Shapoorji Pallonji And Company Pvt. Ltd.

- Mr Rajesh Jain, Head (Corporate HR), Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited

- Mr. Subhashish Das, Vice President - Corporate HR & Personnel, Berger Paints India Limited

- Ms Rituparna Ghosh, AVP-HR, Wipro

- Mr Ankur Chaturvedi, General Manager, Emami Ltd

- Mr Swarup Roy, Founder and Chairman, Time International Co., Bangkok

- Mr. Venkatakrishnan, Director, Bloom Electronics (P) Ltd

- Mr Ravindra Dharkar, Head HR – Cement Operations, Lafarge India Ltd

- Ms Shivani Chaturvedi, Vice President – HR, Accenture India, Kolkata

- Mr. Sugata Halder, Country Head – HR, Century Plyboards (India) Limited

- Dr Malay R Dave, Principal, JISCE

Mr Sunil Kanoria, Vice Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd and Immediate Past President, Assocham, shared the story of his journey to success which inspired senior industry professionals to strive for professional excellence and also motivated young graduates to be more focused in their approach towards their future professional careers.

Eminent HR Heads were of the opinion that education was the single most important instrument for social and economic transformation. A well educated population, adequately equipped with knowledge and skills was not only essential to support economic growth, but it was also a precondition for growth to be inclusive since it is the educated and skilled person who could stand to benefit most from the employment opportunities which growth would bring about.

A magazine named “HR Graffiti” was also published on the programme day which contained many articles on employability scenarios written by eminent HR Heads from the industry.