NITIE Business School : Envision 2009
“A Management Event with a difference, an eye opening experience and a fantastic show overall ”, said Himanshu Deshmukh, a student of NITIE who attended Envision 2009, a sustainability focussed management event held at Hotel Rodas, an Ecotel Hotel.
Envision 2009, an annual event organised by the students of the Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Safety & Environmental Management which aims at bringing the leaders from industry, academicians and students from the participating institutes together to discuss business risks associated with environment and share their perspectives on the same.
The day started with the Director Dr.S.D Awale’s inaugural address which made the hair on one’s neck stand up. His ideas about the all pervasive environment will no doubt leave a mark on the young minds that were fortunate enough to be there for his speech.
The first event in the offing was the Lets Go Green case study contest. Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Had provided the case of Marketing of the Wide range of green products that their company manufactures. The 5 teams that were the finalists for the day were from ISB Hyderabad, IIM Shillong and NITIE. After some enthralling and well researched presentations NITIE was declared the winner with ISB coming in second.
This was followed by EnQuizitive, a business quiz with an environmental flavour. This concept was developed and implemented by Prueba, the Knowledge Forum at NITIE. Prueba had received 437 entries from which 5 were shortlisted. The quiz tested the teams in their knowledge of various aspects of the Environment, what the quizmaster called “Environmental IQ” . The audience also had a good time as there were numerous audience questions and gifts that were given away.
Post lunch, the main event of the day, The Sustainability Forum got underway with distinguished luminaries from the fields of Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Consulting and Banking got together for a very intellectual discussion. The panellists for the 
event were – Mr.Prahlad Bhugra, Senior Manager, Eaton Technologies ; Mr.Ravindra Utgikar, Head, International Business Unit, Suzlon Energy Ltd. ; Mr.Arvind Sharma, Associate Director, KPMG Advisory Services and Mr.Sachin Khandelwal, Senior General Manager, ICICI Bank.
They made individual presentations about their particular views on the burning topic of the day – CLIMATE CHANGE : ARE INDIAN INDUSTRIES DOING ENOUGH ?, provoking a lot of thoughts in the young audience that had gathered in numbers to listen to these distinguished professionals. After this, they was a discussion and an open house session which ended with a few questions from the students to make the event a wholesome experience for all present.
“ We should have more events like this for the youth, they are the ones who are going to take this forward.”, said Mr.Prahlad Bhugra.
After an exciting day and an equally exciting line up of events, students and faculty alike were very pleased to have witnessed such an event. Professor Neelima S. Naik , Group Co-ordinator of the PGDISEM course said that through the Panel discussion, the fact that - India was making her efforts towards CO2reductions , but wasn’t willing to accept emission caps because India felt it was still a growing economy came out. She was very pleased with the efforts that her students had put in.
Team Envision ended the day on a high, with a successful event, a good turnout and promise to work towards a greener tomorrow.
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