IIM Udaipur presents the second edition of its annual HR Conclave - Spandan’14 - One day to go!

A drive towards adopting best HR Practices remains the top level strategic challenge for business organization in today’s complex corporate environments. With the aim to explore the transformation in HR practices to cater to the new business priorities of modern times, the umbrella theme will be explored by the esteemed speakers in panel discussions on three sub-themes:

-   Rethinking Convention: Implications & consequences of social, mobile and digital media on HR practices

-   Rethink Approach: Are the present leadership programmes creating 'leaders' or 'followers'?

-   Rethinking Structures: Pyramid organizational structures to job sharing and part-time/flexi-roles: Implications & Consequences

Spandan’s inaugural edition, held on 20^th October 2013 at The Sheraton, Udaipur focused on the theme “Transforming HR for new business practices” with distinguished participants like Dr. T. V. Rao popularly known as the Father of Indian HR, Mr. Bomi Manekshaw - President HR, Cadilla, Mr. Rajandra Ambekar - Global HR Head, Wipro, Mr. Ganesh Ramakrishnan - Senior Director HR, Oracle Financial Services among others participating in the summit.

The underlying purpose of the event is to bridge the gap between the industry and academics providing students with an opportunity to understand the dynamics of HR domain and to enrich the knowledge and perception of HR practices from the interactions with the experienced corporate leaders.