The International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar (IMIB) organised a two-day Management Development Programme on formulating effective strategies for CSR, sustainability and governance here.
Inaugurating the programme, IMIB Director Prof Ramesh Behl spoke on the relevance of CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities, saying CSR formulation and implementation need to have initiation from top management to all sections of employees of any organisation.
This action of the employees with committed assignments makes CSR sustainable, he said. In the inaugural session, General Manager (HR) of NTPC MSD Bhattamishra cited the history of CSR activities and expected a better society for tomorrow through CSR implementation and its sustenance. Prof Supriti Mishra, programme director of the event, also spoke on the relevance of the topic including its governance.
The other speakers were Dr Ambika Nanda, State Head-Odisha and Jharkhand, UNDP; Priya Mahapatra, GM (CSR), TCS and Dr Parimita Mohanty, Team leader, TERI, Bhubaneswar. More than 20 senior and middle-level executives from NTPC participated in the programme.