National Conference HIMCS

The efforts of Convener Prof M.S. Teotia (Director), Organizing Secretary Dr. Naveen Gupta (Dean), Co-Conveners Prof. Nihal S. Jain and Dr. B.K.Lehri resulted in the 2 nd National conference held at Hindustan Institute of Management and Computer Studies on 12 th -13 th March, 2004. The topic of the Conference was "Strategies for Sustainable Growth in the Era of Information Technology". The various sub themes of the conference were:

•  Marketing Strategies for Service Industry

•  Strategies for Responsive corporate governance

•  Integration of Indian and Global Financial Markets

•  Globalization and Innovative HR Practices

Eminent speakers from academics and industry graced the occasion. Few of the speakers were:

•  Dr. Devi Singh (Director, II, Lucknow)

•  Prof. N.K.Jain (Head, Dept of Mgmt. Studies, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi)

•  Dr. M.Akbar (Prof. of Strategy, IIM, Lucknow)

•  Mr. S.K.Mehta (Director- R&D, BEL, Bangalore)

•  Mr. D.K. Bakshi (General Manager(HR), Luxor)

•  Mr. Subash Jagota (CEO & Founder, Global Business Solutions)

•  Mr. Jain Chawla (Progrramme Partner HT-Pace, Delhi)

The technical sessions were chaired by eminent speakers Students as well as researcher were given an opportunity to present papers on their topic of interest.

The conference came to an end with Parasailing as a special attraction on March 14, 2004. It was nice to see that along with the HIMCS family the delegates had a good time in venturing the limitless sky.

MBIT Workshop HIMCS

A workshop was held on 6 th and 7 th April 2004 in the college campus. This workshop was organized under the aegis of the HRD Students Club of HIMCS. The focus of the workshop was on the personality testing and the main tool adopted was the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Test.

The workshop was conducted by Ms. Rekha Bharadwaj, Senior Manager and faculty Human Resource Development Institute of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at Noida, and Dr. Naveen Gupta, Dean HIMCS.

There were Participants from industry as well as from academics. HRD executives of M/S Agra chains (P) Ltd., and sales executives of M/S Coca Cola (India) Ltd. represented industry while teachers and management and engineering students of RBS College, Agra, Seth Padam Chand Jain Institute of Management & Computer Studies, Farah, Hindustan College of Science & Technology, Farah, BMAS Engineering College and Anand Engineering College, Runkata, Agra, were the other participants.

Individual personality testing is considered an effective tool and the MBTI test is based on the personality theory of the 20 th -century Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. The MBTI maps an individual's personality preferences along following dimensions:-

•  Extraversion-Introversion

•  Sensing -Intuitive

•  Thinking -Feeling

•  Judging -Perceiving

It was seen that a person could be typed as "ESTJ" or "EIFP" or "ISFP" or various other combinations/permutations of the above Personality typing helps in identifying the various natural and behamonral traits of various persons in any group and thus can be a valuable starting point for managing change. An appreciation of the unique strengths associated with psychological type helps leaders set forth a vision of the well -rounded, multi-skilled organization that today's competitive environment requires.

The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. M. S. Teotia, Director, HIMCS, Col. C.K. Singh, President of Agra Chapter of National HRD Network was present on both days.

Computer Awarencess Program

Anand Engineering College is committed to fulfill its social responsibility of creating a knowledge environment in the larger interest of the society. Enthused by this mission, a general "Computer awareness program" was organized by department of Computer Science for the rural area school teacher under guidance of Prof. D.D. Kinikar. A team of faculty members lead by Mr. Abhishek Shivhare, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science introduced them with basics of Computers and their applications. About 25 teachers of nearby village school (Runukata) Participated in this one day program. This endeavor of the department was highly appreciated by the local community AEC is committed to carry on social activities like this persistently.