08 Feb 2017|Noida | I2 Moot Court
Asia’s Biggest Research Conference & Business Summit – INBUSH ERA World Summit 2017 begins at Amity University
Amity University Noida & Greater Noida Campuses kick started their three day 17th Annual Research Conference & Business Summit “INBUSH ERA World Summit 2017”from February 8th – 10th, 2017 on the theme“Comprehension, Commitment, Courage & Collaboration (4 Cs): Converting ideas into logical outcomes for creating world class organizations” at Amity University Campus, Sector 125, Noida.
The much awaited magnum opus is being attended by Ambassadors, Vice Chancellors& Directors of premier Institutions, Foreign Diplomats, Corporate Heads,Media Personalities, top Academicians from India & Abroad and over thousands of delegates. The conference which is also considered as Biggest International Research Conference and Business Summit of Asia - INBUSH ERA World Summit; is being successfully organized for the last 16 years.
‘INBUSH ERA World Summit 2017’ was inaugurated by Prof. Nick Petford,Vice Chancellor, University of Northampton UK; Mr. Richard Everitt, Director Education,British Council; Prof. José Manuel Restrepo Abondano, President (Rector), Del Rosario University, Colombia; Mr. Pramod Saxena, Chairman, Oxigen Group, Ms. Pooja Chauhan, Vice Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation; Maj. Gen K Jai Singh, Principal Advisor, Amity University; Prof(Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Amity Group Vice Chancellor & Director General –Amity Greater Noida Campus & Amity International Business School.
Addressing the students, Prof. Nick Petford, Vice Chancellor, University of Northampton UK said that Amity University & University of Northampton are global academic partners. Apart from India, the cooperation with Amity is getting strong at Mauritius, Singapore also. Prof. Petford said that there is a need to change the old system of teaching to improve the future learning. He stressed on experiential learning – teaching to learning and learning to experiential learning. He defined four themes for changing the old model of study and education by – re defining and redeveloping the curriculum, by employability by digitalization, by internalization.
Mr.Richard Everitt, Director Education, British Council in his speech focused on employability and said that graduate must work closely with the industry to become industry ready. University should cooperate with industry and have industry oriented curriculum activities. He also preferred on use of technology to enhance the future learning and preparing the students to face the new challenges in the market.
Mr. Pramod Saxena, Chairman,Oxigen Group said that in the present decade, we are seeing large number of students coming up with ideas and venturing intostartups. He added that if a student gets help from entrepreneurs, industry,universities; he can create a wide pool of new age companies. He stressed that Universities can become a great participant of entrepreneurial development in the county. Speaking about Oxigen, Mr. Saxena shared that Oxigen has partnered with Government of India in realizing the concept of Make in India and also helping country to become cashless economy.
Delivering the welcome address ,Prof (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Amity Group Vice Chancellor & Director General – Amity Greater Noida Campus & Amity International Business School said Research is the backbone of the Amity University and the purpose of ‘INBUSH ERA World Summit 2017’ is to ignite afire of research appetite in all the budding management leaders.” In INBUSH ERA, 1817 research papers have been received and 480 research papers have been produced. Addressing the students, Prof. Singh said that INBUSH provides an opportunity to listen to the front runners and leaders of different arena and to implement their experiences & thoughts to transform way of working& living. He added “Education is revolutionary and it is only through quality education that humanity can witness a positive change.
During the inaugural session, International Partnerships & signing of MoUs were held with University of Northampton, UK, Del Rosario University, Colombia; UTM International Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia; SIT, Japan; Fresenius Universityof Applied Sciences, Germany; Teesside University, UK and Oxygen Group
Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, legendary Film Icon in his video message while accepting LifeTime Achievement Award from Amity thanked the University and gave blessings to the students. He also promised to visit Amity very soon.
Honorary Professorship was conferred upon Prof. (Dr.) Uday Kumar, Professor & Head, Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering,Luleå University of Technology, Sweden and Prof. A. K. Verma, Professor(Technical Safety) in Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, Norway.
Amity Global Academic Excellence Awards were awarded to Prof.Nick Petford, Vice-Chancellor, University of Northampton; Prof. José Manuel Restrepo Abondano, President (Rector), Del Rosario University, Colombia; Dr. Handa S. Abidin, Vice Rector, P resident University, Indonesia; Prof. (Dr.) Muralidhar Miryala, Deputy President, Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan; Prof. (Dr.) Nordin Yahaya, Senior Director, UTM International, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia; Dr. Shinji Inoue,Department of Social Management Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University, Japan.
Amity Media Excellence Awards were presented to Shri Alok Mehta, Chief Editor, Outlook Hindi; Ms. Romana Isar Khan, PrimeTime Anchor, ABP News; Mr. Kartikey Sharma, Managing Director, ITV Network.
Amity Corporate Excellence Awards were given to Mr. Avnit Kumar Chopra, Vice President, Petronet LNG Ltd., Mr. Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan, Sr.Vice-President Communications & Head of eCommerce, Nestle Ltd., Mr. Abhishek Atree, Deputy General Manager, Strategic Marketing, HCL Technologies Ltd.
The inauguration was followed by the enriching Plenary Session on: “EmergingEconomies: Growth strategies in the Age of Volatility” whereindistinguished panelists including Mr. V. K. Mishra,Chiarman, India China Trade Centre; Mr. Alok Kumar, Chairman,Akis Tech Ltd.; Mr. S. K. Tripathi is Former Chairman & Managing Director of MSTC Limited; Amb. Suresh Goel, Fellow- Society of Public Studies; Dr. BBL Madhukar, Secretary General- BRICS CCI & Former CMD-MMTC Ltd.; Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Former Deputy Chief ofMission; Prof. Yogesh K Tyagi, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi; Prof.R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, National Law School of India University,Bangalore; Dr. Gurmohan Singh Walia, Vice Chancellor, Sri Guru GranthSahib World University; Prof. A.D.N. Bajpai, Vice-Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University; and Ms. Lubna Khan, National Strategy Head, Orchard Advertising. The session was chaired and moderated by Lt. Gen DV Kalra,Fellow- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
During the occasion Research Journals - Amity Global Business Review; Amity Global HRM Review were released.
Evening of the Inaugural day of ‘INBUSH ERA World Summit, 2017 witnessed the Musical Extravaganza by world famous RAFTAAR and MOJOJOJO which kept the audience captivated.