MBA institute holds conference

S K Patel Institute of Management and Computer Studies' two-day conference on management saw participation from around 125 delegates and students from across the country.

The conference also saw a study on 'Multi-objective Portfolio Optimisation' by a student from Bangalore winning the best paper presentation award. This year, the conference was based on four different themes"" Finance, Marketing, General management and IT.

The conference had a rich mixture of paper presentations along with keynote speakers delivering their speeches on different topics.

Also, a panel discussion, focusing on the media industry was conducted on the 2nd day, which included media professionals from business newspapers, the electronic media as well as public relations.

The discussion stressed on the awaited competition in the radio segment and also focused on how different competitors were vying to enter this market.

Key note speakers included Om Prakash Arya, from Zydus Cadila, who talked about the trends in pharma market and highlighted global and domestic aspects which can affect the future of many big pharma companies.

Saurabh Dikshit from Adani Exports discussed many innovations happening in the human capital arena. N. Ravichandran, faculty from IIM Ahmedabad, advocated the growth of consumerism in the country.