First Day of Lakshya 2006 at NITIE, Mumbai
 "Weave society's concerns into business models"
emphasize Visionaries at Lakshya, NITIE
 

The grand corporate event, Lakshya witnessed the icons pouring in the NITIE campus from myriad celebrated industrial houses of India. At the time of inaugural ceremony, the ambience inside auditorium was redolent and invigorating with glowing light scattering the magical rays auguring fulgent future for every industry. When Honorable Finance Minister, Govt of Maharashtra Shri Jayant Patil and the Lakshya Business Visionary awardees Chairman ITC Ltd, Mr. Y.C Deveshwar, Chairman Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Mr. Keshub Mahindra and Chairman & MD Wipro Technologies Ltd, Mr Azim Premji (awarded in absentia) along with Chairman India TV, Mr. Rajat Sharma stepped on the podium of NITIE auditorium, spectacle was riveting with prolonged clapping reminding everyone the great corporate journey that they laid out with their sole hard will and unflinching desire to bring home the bacon.

Mr. Keshub Mahindra a distinct doyen among industrial celebrities defined visionary as a person who looks at the future with wisdom and imagination. The often quoted adage that "there is no mantra for instant success but hard work" was termed as the talisman which if executed properly can fetch laurels and accolades to anyone.  He raised the issue that a major part of our population lives in the rural areas and thus the attempts to alleviate poverty through wealth creation should not only be confined to cities but should be spread across the country.  The conclusion remark was about the moral conduct that one should behave with to command respect in the society.

Mr. Y.C Deveshwar who has been instrumental in taking ITC to new heights, was modest in saying  "Being the Chairman of ITC is a tribute to the people of this nation." He adumbrated that the challenges in the years ahead will be more complex and we must decide now, what role we have to play for the sustainability of the economic growth. He wanted the young brains to find ways of perpetual progress, while nurturing the environment in the process.

Mr. Rajat Sharma, the winner of Emresario Best Start-up Entrepreneur award for the year 2006, promised that the voice of the common man will be made more forceful so as to incorporate the concerns of every strata of Society. He expressed that the Fourth Estate should depict the true voice of the people to empower and build a foundation of information exchange for the common man.

The Chief Guest Mr. Jayant Patil reiterated that the bottleneck in achieving a double digit growth rate is the shabby condition of our infrastructure. Now the onus of moulding the future of the country rests on the shoulders of engineers who have zeal and capability and can veer the growth in such a direction that leads realization of the egalitarian view of our vision of success. He very explicitly illustrated how the lethargic nature of our judicial system is proving a major obstacle in the path of total industrialization.  

The first day of the modern Mahabharata culminated with presentations of mind-boggling projects in the Supply Chain Management module and Systems & IT modules. Participants in the SCM module were Deloitte Consulting India, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Godrej Consumer Products, Marico, MICO Bosch Group, while those in Systems & IT management module were BASF India, i2 Technologies India, Intel Technology India, Mahindra & Mahindra and Patni Computer Systems. All the companies flaunted the new swords out of their scabbards that are going to decipher distant future shape of Supply Chain Management and Systems & IT Management. . In Supply Chain Management module, Marico industries Ltd. emerged as winner and in the Systems & IT Management Module, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. won the best project.

At NITIE, the Lakshya of excellence will continue on 14^th and 15^th October as well….

INDRAJEET PANDIT
IEtimes
Batch of 2008
NITIE, Mumbai
E-mail: ietimes@rediffmail.com
 

Source: By E-mail (October 14, 2006)

published on IndianMBA.com on October 14, 2006

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