Chandigarh February 24, 2021
Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) in collaboration with University
Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized 15 days refresher course in
Commerce and Management on the theme “Emerging Issues in Management” which commenced
today.
Prof. Bhagwati Prakash Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Gautam Buddha University,
Noida was the chief guest of the event. He acquainted the participants about the
relevance of the refresher course owing to various emerging issues in education and
teaching. He emphasised the need to develop internal locus among graduates and
postgraduates and also re-orient the curriculum in a way to cultivate the
entrepreneurial skills among them. He accentuated the gravity of promoting Make in
India and by-India products so that India does not remain a nation of merely
assembly lines.
The guest of honor Prof. V.R. Sinha talked about success stories of home-
grown brands like Nirma and Redbus. Building on Prof. Sharma’s insights, Prof. Sinha
accented the substance of entrepreneurial instincts and attitude, rather than
professional degrees, to devise pioneering business ideas.
Prof. S.K. Tomar, Honorary Director, Human Resource Development Centre,
emphasised on the objectives of the course framed by HRDC and also highlighted the
need to upgrade the skills in the ever changing environment.
Chief Coordinator of the Department, Prof. Meenakshi Malhotra and
coordinators of the course Prof. Meena Sharma and Prof. Purva Kansal, emphasised on
the qualities of teachers and teaching in the globalised scenario. They highlighted
the idea of refreshed knowledge being a necessity in the world that is perpetually
getting smaller owing to stable economies, technology and internet. Building the
premise for the course, they said that the topics discussed in this course would
vary from current issues in Management Research, Marketing, Finance and Human
Resource Management. The inaugural session concluded on the positive note of
highlighting the methods to fulfill the vacuum in teaching due to changing
technology, ethics and value systems.
The inaugural session flagged off the course which was followed by an ice
breaking session conducted by Prof. Sanjay Kaushik, Dean College Development Council
and Professor of UBS. Prof. Kaushik conducted online interactive gaming sessions to
acquaint the participants with each other.
