HELLO I’M AKANKSHA NAGAR FROM RETAIL BATCH 2020.

SO TODAY I’LL BE TALKING ABOUT MY

LEARNINGS AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE RAI’S 14 TH ANNUAL HR CONCLAVE WITH THE THEME OF
MANNING MODERN RETAIL ON AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR THE YEAR 2020. THE EVENT WAS BEING
HELD FOR TWO CONSEQUITIVE DAYS. For the first day a welcome address was being delivered by
Kumar rajagopalan, CEO of rai. The topic for day1 panel discussion was on the topic NEW
LEADERSHIP AGENDA FOR LEADING YOUR TEAM INTO THE NEW NORMAL. FUTHER THE PANELIST
FOR THE DISCUSSION WERE SOME REKNOWNED PERSONALIEST SUCH AS MR MANISH KAPOOR
WHOS THE CEO OF PEPE JEANS INDIA, MR ABHISHEK GANGULY (MD OF PUMA INDIA AND SOUTH
EASTERN ASIA) MR KULIN LALBHAI WHO’S BEEN A VC FOR RAI AND MS LAVANYA NALLI VC OF NALLI
GROUP.

THE TOPIC OF HOW NORMAL RETAILERS COULD REACH OUT THE CUSTOMERS FOR PROVIDNG THEM
SERVICES AND SOLVING THEIR ISSUES. THEY DISCUSSED ABOUT HOW INNOVATION THROUGH
USUAGE OF TECHNOLOGY WOULD NOT ONLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENHANCING THE
PRODICTIVITY AND EFFIENCY OF THE COMPANIES BUT ALSO WOULD IMPROVE THE EMPLOYEE
MOBILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS. THEY MAINLY DICSUCCED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT DIGITITAL
PLATFORMS HAVE BEEN IN TODAYS DATE AND MARKETING. MORE AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE
SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR ACHIEVING OPTIMUM RESULTS DURING SUCH
TIMES WHEN THE MARKET POSITIONS LATELY HAVE BEEN HIT HARD DUE TO COVID. USING SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS WHATSAPP, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK WOULD BE HELFUL IN
CREATING A LINK BETWEEN THE CUSTOMERS AND THE RETAILERS. ALSO THEY DISCUSSED ABOUT
HOW THE NEW NORMAL THAT IS HOW THE RETAILERS SHOULD BE HANDY WITH USING OF THE
LATEST ADVANCED TEHNOLOGIES AND SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE FUCTIONING WITH IT. THEY
ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITILIZATION FOR THE OMNICHANNEL RETAILERS.
LATER WE COULD SEE SOME OF THE SOFTWARE TOOLS SUCH AS FRONTLYNEWHICH IS PRIMARILY
USED FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING CAREER PROGRESSION. THE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH
THE topic of performance management and the final concluding statement that came through the
panellist was that the top performing companies dis around 90% of the task themselves whereas
only 10% of the task were done from the other parties. In the final parts of the day 1 mr GURANG
DAS CAME UP WITH THE 5 LEADERSHIP STRATIGIES. ACCORDING TO HIM MOTIVATION IN THE
EMPLOYEE PR TO CREATE ZEAL OF ACHIEVING THE BEST WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GET THE
DESIRED BUSINESS OUTCOMES.

NOW TALKING ABOUT THE DAY 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR, THE SPECIAL ADRESS WAS BEING
DELIEVERED BY MR BS NAGESH, CHAIRMAN OF SHOPPERS STOP. THE TOPIC FOR DAY 2 DISCUSSION
WAS ON THE TOPIC OF NEW LEADERSHIP AGENDA – LEADING YOUR TEAM INTO A POST- PANDEMIC
WORLD. SOME OF THE MAJOR TOOLS FOR ENHANCING THE PRODUCTIVITY ACCORDING TO HIM
WERE THAT TRANSPERENCY AND OPENESSS IS SOMETHING WHICH COULD DO WONDERS IN
CREATING A GOOD TRUSTABLE BRAND IMAGE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. THE SECOND PANEL
DISCUSSION WAS ON THE TOPIC OF APPRENTICESHIP- COMPLIANCE LEADING TO WEORKFORCE
OPTIMISATION IN THE NEW NORMAL. THEY DISCUSSED ABOUT THE FORMATION OF INTERGRATED
GOVERNMENTT COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE BUILT TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATION AND
LITERACY LEVEL AMONG THE STUDENTS. ALSO ANOTHER SPOFTWARE TOOL JEEVITAM WAS BEING
DISCUSSED LATER. THE LAST PANEL DISCUSSION OF THE DAY WAS ON THE TOPIC OF MAKING
VIRTUAL LEARNING CLICK. AS STATED BY MS NANDINI FROM LIFESTYLE THAT VIRTUAL LEARNING IS
THE NEED OF THE HOUR FOR ALL THE STUDENTS DURING PRRSENT TIMES. FOLLOWING TO THIS MR
JEEVA FROM RELIANCE GROUP OF INDUSTRIES ADDED THAT THE MAIN TWO PIVOTIAL FACTORS ON
 WITH THEIR FIRM HAS BEEN DEPENDED ARE THE AGILITY AND ADAPTABILITY AS PER THE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT. AT LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, DR SANJEEV FROM PEPE JEANS HIGHLIGHTED THE
DRAWBACKS OF VIRTUAL PLATFORMS AS WELL AS HE STATED THAT TECHNICAL GLICHES AND
PROBLEMS DO CREATE ISSUES SOMETIMES. ALSO MR SUTANU FROM SPENCER AND MR JEEVA BOTH
EMPHASISED UPON THE POINT OF GIVING MORE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROVING
A HELPING HAND FOR THE YOUNG BRIGHT TALENTS OF THE COUNTRY. FOR CONCLUDING IT A
THANKING VIDEO WAS BEING PLAYED IN THE HONOR OF OUR FRONTLINE COVID HEROS WITH A
THANKING NOTE AT THE END.