The People Management Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a webinar on "Navigating the New Normal - 'Beyond the Classroom - Organizations on Furloughs, Reductions & Motivation' - The HR Challenges" on Friday, 8th May 2020.

Objective of the Webinar
The webinar was conducted keeping in mind the new way of work its impact and policy responses that emerged at this current pandemic situation. It provided Sectoral Perspectives as every organization battled it out during Covid 19. The webinar addressed the important themes/topics that HR in any organisation is facing across all sector at this time.

The webinar was moderated by Mr. Jaidip Chatterjee, Chief of Human Resource, Srei Group and Joint Chairperson, Events Group, People Management Committee, BCC&I.

Speakers at this event were:
▪  Dr Santosh Bhave, Director- HR& IR, Bharat Forge Ltd.
▪  Ms Sreela Das Gupta, Lead - Disabilty & Neurodiversity Inclusion, Tata Consultancy Services.
▪  Dr Tanaya Mishra, Global Chief Human Resource Officer, Essar Projects Ltd (Dubai).
▪  Mr Dipankar Ghosh, Head of Human Resources, Bajaj Consumer Care.

Some topics discussed at the webinar were:
▪  Navigating the New Normal - Offense or Defence
▪  The new way of working
▪  Incentives and Bonus may not be available
▪  Talent is not on demand side
▪  Law and compliance vs Practicality
▪  Organizations on Furloughs, Reductions & Motivation
▪  Employee being the most important assets - How are HR Leaders advising Business Leaders

250+ delegates attended the webinar. The committee will organize more such webinars in future.