At a tech panel discussion at Vista 2022, Ganesan Ramachandran, MD of Tech Strategy and Advisory at Accenture Strategy & Consulting, and Amit Sharma, Managing Partner of Global Delivery at IBM Consulting, discussed technologies ranging from Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence to Blockchain, Metaverse, Quantum Computing and more and their impact on business. They remarked that business needs drive the emergence of such technologies. In the current scenario, they said, all business models need to be supported by the latest technologies, and must have a good Technology Quotient and Sustainability Quotient in order to succeed.
In conversation with Dr. Gaurav Jakhu, faculty from the Economics & Social Sciences area at IIMB, during Vista 2022, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Chairperson, Competition Commission of India (CCI), shared his thoughts on the prevailing competition policy and its implications in the changing business environment.
Ravi Venkatesan, Board Chair for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) was in conversation with Dr. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director of IIMB and Professor of Strategy, during Vista 2022, and discussed what businesses can do to succeed in turbulent times.
A panel from World Bank addressed social responses to crises and observed that such responses require multi directional analysis and coordination between government and businesses.
In conversation with Prof. Nilam Kaushik, faculty from the Strategy area at IIMB, Peyush Bansal, Co-founder and CEO of Lenskart, and alumnus of IIMB, emphasized the importance of incorporating sustainability in business. He also talked about how upcoming business leaders need to prepare for future obstacles and challenges.
Paroksh Chawla, CEO, ITW Catalyst, Nikhil Vyas, Co-founder and CEO, ITW MediaWorx and Joshey John, Director and Head of Sales, ITW Universe, spoke on the changing landscape of sports marketing and the evolution of sponsorship. They also their views on current trends of Fantasy Sports and Sports in Metaverse.
Vista 2022 drew to a close with a discussion featuring actor Boman Irani, Prof. Sourav Mukherji, Dean Alumni Relations and Development and faculty in the OB&HRM area at IIMB and Porf. S Raghunath on “Why Career is Not a Race”. Boman Irani’s advice to students: “Pace yourself; don’t be in a hurry”.
Vista 2022 concluded with an address by Prof. R. Srinivasan, Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) at IIMB and faculty in the Strategy area, and Poorva Singh, secretary, Vista 2022 at IIMB.