XLRI Jamshedpur hosts International CEO Conclave ‘Avensis’

Don’t judge an institute by its package: Rahul Purwar

Jamshedpur, Feb 18: Any higher education institute should not be evaluated on the basis of package offered to its students, but the value based education received by them so that they may play a role in social and national development, said Rahul Purwar (IAS), Secretary- Higher & Technical Education- Jharkhand while delivering the keynote address at the inauguration of International CEO Conclave – Avensis organised by XLRI’s Auracia Club.

International Conclave saw dignitaries from the Indian Administrative Services and Indian Police Services sharing their significant and thought-provoking experiences on the topic “Leadership at Grassroot Level”.

Rahul Purwar shared his views on Sustainability as a means of long term that is a right blend of approaching all three aspects – People, Purpose, and Planet.  He shared his views that Sustainability is beyond just solutions. We need to introspect what that situation that demands and tailor an approach that can be a beginning to long-lasting transformation. He emphasised the necessity to design changes in such a way that those changes enable an organisation to solve the present problems and prepare the organisation for any changes that might come in the future. He further went on to highlight the importance of designing process changes in an organisation which are sustainable. The sustainability of any process can be ensured only if the three segments of stakeholders- Customers, Employees and Community are kept in mind while designing any process changes.

He concluded his speech by saying that private and government entities contribute equally to society. Both, government, and private entities should focus on the well-being of the customers, employees, and community to add value to the society.

It was followed by Fireside Chat –on Topic “Leadership at Grassroot Level”. The Panel comprised of: Rahul Purwar (IAS) – Secretary- Higher & Technical Education- Jharkhand, Arava Rajkamal (IAS) – DC- Seraikela, Ananya Mittal (IAS) – DC – West Singhbhum, Prabhat Kumar (IPS) – SSP East Singhbhum, and Piyush Sinha (IAS) – SDM Dhalbhum Jamshedpur East Singhbhum.

The event was Moderated by Auracia Club Founders – Aparajita Choudhary and  Shivank Choudhary. 

Aarav Rajkamal shared his views on his journey as an officer stating that his love for economics. He shared economics is to policy is what physics is to engineer so even for business for that matter is exactly what physics is to engineer so it gives you a perspective to analyse every event. He emphasized that intuition development was the best part of learning, aiding in quantifying human and firm behaviour. Regarding his experience, “Each posting is a challenging experience, and you learn something new.” He also emphasized that the likelihood of failure decreases when multiple layers of leadership exist.

Prabhat Kumar shared with how inculcating leadership is a challenging process, he emphasized on we are living in a world where resources are limited and the people, we are dealing with might have limited capabilities. Prabhat talks about how these challenges can be overcome by bringing uniformity in the process and aligning the team to changing technologies. He also talked about importance of bridging the gap between public and police force. Prabhat talked about how technology is helping to bridge that gap and requested the future leaders from XLRI to work on solving the problems of rural India. He further added that going forward they were to launch a chatbot that would help people retrieve their lost phones and save them the difficulty to go to the police station to file a report. The number is 9006123444. He shared that they have taken this unique number so nobody has to go to a police station after this for restoring mobile loss. They have also used the Word “JOHAR” in their chatbot to make it more relatable for the common people. This will directly go to their technical centre in his office, and you will be contacted I the phone is found. 

 Ananya Mittal shared that the importance of some time to self-reflect and think upon things that you usually miss out on in this busy lifestyle. He focused on the importance of work life balance and how he chooses to keep his best focus at work during work hours to balance his personal life as well. He shared that his experience. Regarding his experience on the move to Jharkhand he shared his views as “Today most of the business acumen being used to solve are for urban centric problems. Being from Delhi and coming to Jharkhand has given the new prospective. Taking the example of mid-day meal program in the rural India, there is numerous opportunities for new business ideas, numerous avenues to solve.  There is a huge scale that is already present. Its up to ideation and the utilization that can add more value. “He also shares with examples from his experience that “In leadership, appreciation is very important. It inspires to take on more challenges.”

Earlier, the event started with the lighting of the lamp that was done by Father George, Father Donald, Sanjay Patro, Prof. Kanagaraj and the dignitaries.