IIMC students look to excelling in change management

After excelling in a whole host of specialities, management students have now decided the best career option at present would be to excel in managing change, if the theme at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) festival, Intaglio 2005, is any indication.

The theme this year is "Excelling at managing change"at the fourth Intaglio, currently being held here with a large number of scholars and business executives attending.

"The festival demonstrates, debates, and comments upon the relevant issues shaping the economy in times to come", said organisers at IIMC in a release.

Intaglio 2005 will feature a lecture series branded "Reverberations" on what lies ahead for organisations in the ever-changing business environment.

One of the topics to be discussed would be if the promise of a fast integrating world will finally start generating benefits.

Omkar Goswami, former chief economist of the Confederation of Indian Industry, set the ball rolling today, telling the audience, "The companies must rethink and revolutionize how they do business in India, because most of the potential market lies in the rural sector and is still untapped".

Speakers like Ajit Balakrishnan of Rediff and Mohanbir Sawhney of the Kellogg School of Business and quizmaster Siddharth Basu will be at the meet in the next few days.

Barclays Capital and State Bank of India were backing the meet, while the Kotak financial powerhouse was associated with the online trading game, said the organisers.

TAS, Cognizant, Raymonds, Tata Motors, Gati, Star News, Philips, Cyber Media, Business Standard, Rediff.com, Skytech, Airtel, TCS and Hewlett Packard were also associated with different events.