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National Symposium 2005

A National Syposium in association with CII on “Indian Retail Bandwagon: Are You On?” was organised on 12th August 2005 in the Institute’s premises. Shri L. Mansingh, Secretary, Deptt. of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, was the Chief Guest, Shri Vikram Bakshi, Managing Director, McDonalds India was the Keynote Speaker and the Concluding Remarks were given by Mr. Jayant Davar, Chairman, Haryana State Council. Shri Prabir Sengupta, Director, IIFT made the Welcome Address.

Other speakers were Mr. Harish Bijoor, CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc.; Mr. Arvind Singhal, Managing Director, KSA Technopak India Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Ravindra Jain, Business Head, Dharampal Satyapal Ltd.; Mr. Anshuman Magazine, Managing Director (South Asia), CB Richard Ellis; Mr. Ajay Khanna, Executive Director, DLF Universal Ltd.; Mr. Seshu Kumar, Head-Rural Retail Business, ITC Ltd.; Mr. Rajeev Shorey, Research Staff Member, IBM IRL; Mr. Sanjay Chhabra, Head-Operations, DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd.; Mr. Siddharth Patankar, Special Correspondent, NDTV; Mr. N.P. Bhargava, Managing Director, Jumbo International, Mr. Bhuwan Singh, Director-Client Service, AC Nielsen; Mr. Amit Saha, General Manager, Coke India Ltd., and Dr. Pinaki Dasgupta, Associate Professor IIFT.