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GUWAHATI: The national level HR Conclave 3.0 was organized by Assam down town University (AdtU) in the city with active participation of human resource (HR) professionals of leading companies in the country.
The conclave was organized with the stated objective to bridge the so-called gap between academia and industry by bringing in top HR professionals from the private sector industries and academic institutions to discuss and formulate strategies and to connect with students eager to establish careers in HR, said an AdtU official connected with the conclave. Among the reputed companies participating in the event were Lupin Limited, Sun Pharma, MRF Tyres, JSW Steel, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, HDFC Bank, tata Consultancy Services, Emami Limited and others.
The conclave consisted of an inaugural session, two discussion sessions and an HR Award ceremony, which was held for the first time to recognize the two foremost HR professionals of the Northeast region.
The topic of the first discussion session was 'Talent Acquisition and Retention: Campus hiring, employer branding and innovative recruitment techniques.' The panel speakers included Ashish Mittal, Group Chief Human Resources Officer of Sreenidh Institute of Science and Technology as moderator and Hemant Kumar Ravi, head of HR at Kantar, Rituraj Sar, Vice President And Head- Learning And Development at Lupin Limited, Kasturi Kalita, regional HR head at SBI Life Northeast region, and Pooja Makasana, HR Head-Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Sun Pharma, as speakers.
The second panel discussion on 'Engaging with Educational Institutions: Establishing strong partnerships with universities & tapping talent pools effectively' featured Roy Joseph, Vice President- HR & Services at MRF Tyres as moderator, with the speakers being- gautam pandey, Vice President-Human Resources, at JSW Steel, Moushumi Choudhury, State HR head Assam at Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Madhurima Das, Regional Talent Acquisition Partner at HDFC Bank, Dr K M Suceendran, Head-Academic Alliances of Tata Consultancy Services and Durlabh Saikia, Plant HR Head at Emami Limited.
The panel discussions were followed by a felicitation and the grand finale- the Awards Ceremony. Tasse M Sangma of Star Cements and Abhishek Sharma of Reliance bagged the awards.
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