New Delhi, June 28, 2016: To address the paradigm shift in Industry expectations from new incumbents and in order to stay abreast of challenges that students are likely to face in times to come, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), organized a special lecture by Industry Experts for the new MBA Batch (session 2016-18) as a part of their two week long ongoing Orientation Program.
Mr. Dharmender Kapoor - Chief Operating Officer, Birlasoft (India) Ltd, and Mr. Vivek Setia - Sr. Vice President and Managing Director (Asia Pacific) - HRS Capability, Xerox Business Services India Private Ltd. interacted with the students and shared insights on how they can make themselves industry-ready.
Mr. Vivek Setia commenced his session by screening a small clipping from the latest Bollywood movie “Tamasha” to emphasize on his key message- “do what you really enjoy doing, follow your heart.” He also advised students to retain their individuality as it reflects their uniqueness and never to consider failures as an end. Mr. Dharmender Kapoor stressed on the need to be adaptive in one’s field, i.e. open to self-learning, challenging the status-quo and being analytical. He urged students to be creative and innovative for this is the only success mantra in today’s fast changing scenario.
These interactive sessions, organized by the Career Services department of UPES, were part of first-of-its-kind annual orientation program titled M3 (M Cube) especially designed for new batch of MBA students at the university. The objective of M3 is to provide a foretaste of academic & non-academic engagements & challenges that lie ahead of students over the next two years in college. The program specifically endeavors to bring students from different graduation backgrounds to a common understanding across different domains of management such as accounting, statistics, marketing etc. Besides, the program provides excellent platform to newly enrolled students to showcase their talents by participating in extracurricular activities.
UPES offers MBA in International Business, Business Analytics, and MBA with specialization in Human Resources/Marketing/Financial & Accounting/Operations Management.