A two-day Mega Digital HR Conclave was inaugurated at the KIIT on Friday on the theme ‘The Future is now: Rewiring the Workplace’.
Inaugurating the conclave, KIIT & KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta said this topic is very relevant in the current context. A lot of change has happened in the economy because of the pandemic. Rewiring the workplace will bring in positivity in the tough times.
Citing he examples of KIIT and KISS he said these organisations rapidly adapted to the situation and integrated digital workspace and blended learning thereby becoming one of the first educational institutions to respond and overcome the pandemic situation.
The conclave, one of the biggest digital events to have been held in India, is being participated by 200 eminent corporate personalities from 17 countries and having an audience of over 30,000 from industry, academia and student community.
Among others, Scott Friedman, author of “Celebrate! Lessons Learned from World’s Most Admired Organisations”; Manoj Kohli, Country Head, SoftBank India; Dr Hrushikesh Mohanty, VC, KIIT University; and Prof Sasmita Samanta, Pro-VC, KIIT were present on the occasion.
The inaugural was followed by 16 panel discussions digitally happening across nine different schools of KIIT. Some of the themes under discussion were ‘The Altered Workplace-Opportunities and Challenges’, ‘Reinventing the Rural Workplace’ and ‘HR 4.0: Is the workplace ready for New Age Technology like Block chain?’ The panellists were eminent speakers from various national and international corporations.
A total of 100 workshops are also being organised at the conclave.