The Consulting and Strategy Consortium of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), ‘Constrat’, organised its annual business conclave ‘Stratonomics’ on the theme “Mergers & Acquisitions: A myth or reality for long-term sustainable growth” on Sunday.
L&T Infotech Ltd Global Head (M and A) Dinesh Agrawal, Cognizant Technology Solutions Strategy and M and A Director Rahul Gupta attended as guests.
Gupta started with familiarising the students about what mergers and acquisition is about.
He went on to address the theme from a process perspective and added that understanding the time to market and the shareholder’s value are the key factors of a successful deal.
He also encouraged the students to have a positive conviction and the passion to innovate to have a generous career in M and A strategy.
While Agrawal led the topic of the day by speaking about investments from the M and A point-of-view and talked about the difference between general partners and limited partners of a firm and how investment bank is the primary source of information when it comes to M and A. He advised the students to keep learning in the ever-changing world.
On the occasion, the winners of “Midnight Stratomania online quiz and “Consilium 2019”, white paper writing contest were felicitated. “The Strategist” annual magazine of Constrat was also released.