Jamshedpur: Day 2 of the 2nd National HR-IR conference held at XLRI saw students, academicians and industry experts discuss and deliberate on the various issues being faced by the Indian IR community.
XLRI has been a premier B-School and a traditional forerunner for Management Education in Human Resources in all of Asia Pacific. Keeping with that spirit, SAPPHIRE, in association with SBI, provided a platform for this marquee event to take place, with Al Neda Travels as the Travel Partner.
All the events were in line with the theme, �Fortifying the Future: Managing the Changing Workforce and its Needs�, the list of both the participants as well as the speakers was a diverse mix of those in the world of scholarship as well as those in the world of practice.
The theme for IR Panel �Consolidation of Labour laws and its Impact on the HR & IR Scenario in India� was introduced by renowned Professor P.K. Padhi of XLRI Jamshedpur on Day 1 itself. Day 2 began with a panel discussion on theme and was chaired by Professor Paramjyot Singh of XLRI Jamshedpur, with the other panellists including Raghunath Pandey (Trade Union Leader, JUSCO), Rahul Sapkal (Professor, Maharashtra National Law University) and Saurabh Anand Prakash (Lawyer, Supreme Court of India). Paramjyot Singh introduced the topic to the panel members to begin the proceedings.
The discussion revolved around the key problems that the industry faces. The panellists spoke about the Chinese model of exploitation of the workers, mentioning that Indian workers are not marginalised and the sanctity of democracy is maintained. They spoke about the in-formalization of the labour workforce, and highlighted the probable changes that the Consolidation of Labour Laws may have.
The second session of day 2 was power packed with student delegates where the renowned Professor EM Rao of XLRI Jamshedpur, took an interactive session on the required Labour Reforms in the Indian Labour Laws and provided his guidance to the students entering the HR industry. He raised the key areas where reforms are required and provided his perspective on the proposed reforms for the same. The session could clarify certain basic doubts of the students of different colleges.
Post this the third round of HR Triathlon, a student event was conducted, which saw participation from students across the top B-Schools of the country followed by the Battle HR Royale finale.
After the valedictory speech, prizes were distributed to the winners of the HR Triathlon event along with the winning team of Battle HR Royale. The conference ended with a Vote of Thanks by Colin Koshy Panicker, Secretary, SAPPHIRE at XLRI.
Students Association for Promotion of Personnel Management, Human Resources and Industrial Relations (SAPPHIRE) , was incubated in 1989 to promote Human Resource Management and act as an interface between the academia and industry.
