SMVDU VC felicitates Chairman JK Bank for catalyzing Transformation and Industry Academia Partnership
Jammu, June 7:
Chairman and CEO JK Bank Parvez Ahmed presided over the valedictory session of SMVDU International Conference on the Management Education as Chief Guest at Katra today which was attended by Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab University, Guest of Honor, Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadahyay, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, Dr. Mario B. Curotolo, CEO, MBC Business Management Consultants, Switzerland, Prof. Gurcharan Singh, Head, SMS, Punjabi University, Patiala Prof. R.K. Mishra, Director, IPE, Hyderabad Dr. Saurabh, Head, School of Business, SMVDU, Dr.Suparn K Sharma, Convener, senior officials of the Bank, eminent delegates from India and abroad and faculty members of SMVDU.
Paying glorious tributes to the founders of Shrine Board and SMVDU, the Chairman JK Bank in his presidential address said,” The kind of infrastructure and contribution that one idea of creation of Shrine board and allied infrastructure has made in the Ecosystem of this place is huge by any standards and we need to compliment the vision of the founders of the Shrine Board”. Parvez Ahmed complimented the SMVDU for setting of first incubator for Start Ups in the state and requested to popularize the success stories so that it percolates in the society. While assuring full support to the premier university for promoting the start up culture and quality management education in the J&K state , the Chairman appreciated the introduction of innovative courses like Data Analytics in the curriculum of Management education in SMVDU. Sharing his thoughts on the Management education and the expectations of the Industry Parvez Ahmed laid emphasis on creating a new model which is scalable across geographies as we are still following the assembly line model of Management education which was created for the manufacturing economies. He added that the change is happening at an exponential scale, we need people with ability to deal with change, to learn new things and to preserve their mental balance in unfamiliar situations. In order to keep up with the world of the future we will not need to merely invent new ideas and products we will above all need to reinvent ourself again and again. Discontinuity is going to be the most salient feature of our learning curve as the world is not just changing rapidly but it is being dramatically reshaped in such a manner that it is starting to operate absolutely differently. This reshaping is happening way faster than we have been able to reshape ourselves, our education, our institutions and our society and that is causing a huge gap. A decade now is the new millennium where in even the best of the experts in their respective field cannot comprehend what the future holds after a decade. He concluded with his thoughts on instilling the life skill of Sustainability which is very important for the future business leaders to orient themselves on pressing issues of climate change, conservation of resources, inclusivity of society, etc.
