The two-day seminar, Coalescence 2019 concluded on Sunday at Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal.
The second day of Coalescence'19 commenced with a keynote speech by Kirti Mishra on Sustainable Solutions and their importance in the agricultural context, he concluded his speech by urging us all to incorporate the principle of sustainable consumption.
The first Panel discussion which was themed 'Leveraging Technology and Analytics for Better Governance' dealt with how Technology and Data analysis can help revolutionize governance in India. Eminent speakers such as Anurag Shrivastava, retired IFS officer; Hemant Khosla, State Rural Sanitation Expert; Alok Ranjan, Principal Data scientist and Jigyasa Bisaria, faculty IIFM; skimmed through range of topics related to governance, AI and Data Analytics.
The second Panel session was held post lunch, themed 'Corporate Social Responsibility Landscape in India' dealt with the understanding of the term Corporate Social Responsibility across the years especially within the Indian context; Given the recent amendments in the CSR Act the scope and future of CSR was discussed by eminent speakers such as Nixon Joseph, President and Chief Operating Officer at SBI Foundation; Suresh Reddy, Lead CSR and Director at SRF Foundation; Parul RishiChairperson, Centre for CSR, IIFM.
Parallel to the Panel Discussions, A business plan competition 'Manthan', under the theme of 'Waste to Wealth' was being conducted. 'Mecardo' a marketing design competition was held after the second panel discussion.
The day was concluded with a Valedictory function in which the guests and winners were facilitated.