NITIE charged to carry Lakshya 06
 

Once again NITIE is back with a bang. This time the bang is louder then ever before. The reason is the annual corporate event "LAKSHYA" a Flagship of PGDIE.

NITIE, Mumbai, proudly presents Lakshya 2006, the annual confluence of corporate giants and budding managers. 13th October 2006 will witness the legacy of excellence exemplifying the 7th edition in the presence of eminent personalities from the corporate world. This unique event serves as a catalyst and an eye-opener for nurturing and benchmarking the latest in management ideas & concepts. The Campus will be buzzing with plethora of activities spread over three days.

The event will be inaugurated by Mr Jayant Patil, Hon'ble Finance minister, Govt. of Maharashtra. It will be a symposium of great minds from the corporate world. The stage will be graced by Mr Rajat Sharma, Chairman, India TV Ltd.,Mr. Azim Premji , Chairman, Wipro Ltd., Mr. Keshubh Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and Mr. Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC. Ltd.

The presentation ceremony of Lakshya Business Visionary Awards will be followed by a small tête-à-tête between the stalwarts of corporate world and the media. The event will be covered by major electronic and print media for all the three days along with a live coverage of the Prize distribution Ceremony on the Final Day.

Talking about Lakshya, it represents the conception and implementation of ideas in different companies under the four modules of Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Systems & IT Management and General & HR Management.

It is a unique endeavor of PGDIE students of NITIE to nurture Industry-Institute interaction to keep students updated with current requirements of the corporate world so as to prepare them to handle their future portfolios efficiently.

NITIE is the only institute in India where elite class engineers with versatile skills are admitted. To create interest about the corporate world in the budding engineers, NITIE-PGDIE also organizes "SAMADHAN" under the aegis of "LAKSHYA". The event consists of online Business games, quizzes and case studies related to Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Systems & IT Management and General & HR Management which facilitates in flourishing and inculcating the management knowledge in the fresh minds of booming engineers. The comprehensive details of the event are available on www.lakshya-nitie/samadhan.com.

NITIE awards Lakshya Business Visionary Awards to corporate icons for their extraordinary leadership and exemplary vision to impact the course of Indian economy. The Lakshya Business Visionary Awardees for year 2006 are

* Mr. Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd.,

* Mr. Keshubh Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and

* Mr. Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC. Ltd.

Lakshya 2005 awardees were Mr. Ratan Tata, Mr Subir Raha and Mr K V Kamath. Over the years Lakshya Business Visionaries have been Dr. Verghese Kurien, Mr. Adi Godrej, Mr. Nandan Nilekani , Mr. Kumarmangalam Birla ,  Mr. S.Ramadorai to name a few.

The shortlisted Participating companies this year are 3i Infotech, BASF, Bosch, BPCL, Deloitte, Dr Reddy's, Dupont, Godrej, HPCL, i2, ICICI, Intel, L'Oreal, L&T, M&M, Marico, Patni, Wipro etc. An eminent jury panel comprising of stalwarts from various organizations across sectors adjudges these projects and the best project wins the coveted 'Overall Lakshya Trophy'.

The final day Empresario celebrates the spirit of Entrepreneurship. The event will be kick-started by felicitating Most Inspiring Entrepreneur Mr. Harish K. Mittal , Chairman & MD, Mercator Lines Ltd. and Best Start-up Entrepreneur Mr. Rajat Sharma , Chairman, India TV for the Year 2006. Last year, Empresario Awardees were Captain G. R. Gopinath and Mr. Kishore Biyani. Empresario has an association with TiE, Mumbai and Nirma Labs. SIDBI Ventures is the main sponsor for Empresario 2006.

A unique B-Plan++ Contest and Spardha – the entrepreneurial game, will evolve ideas of making a difference. Empresario started only a couple of years ago has already gained wide popularity gauged by 250+ entries from top B-schools across India.

Sponsors endorsing Lakshya 2006 are State Bank of India, Financial Express, Atos Origin, Glenmark, Murugappa, ONGC, Safexpress, SIDBI Ventures, Siemens, Stantonchase, Subros, Tata Consultancy Services and VIP. The comprehensive details of the event are available on www.lakshya-nitie.com

The knowledge saga will end with vote of thanks but the Lakshya of excellence will continue….!!

Indrajeet Pandit
IE Times
PGDIE Class 2008
NITIE, Mumbai
ietimes@rediffmail.com
 

Source: By E-mail (October 13, 2006)

published on IndianMBA.com on October 13, 2006

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