Kontempore powers KSOM’s 14th National Financial Konclave
Kontempore powers KSOM's 14th National Financial Konclave KIIT School of Management in partnership with Kontempore organized its 14th National Finance Konclave on 23rd September 2023 on the theme: Building a Sustainable Inclusive Future: A Finance Perspective. Dr. Shikta Singh, Convenor, set the context of the conclave. She introduced the theme, highlighting India’s economic evolution and the role of sustainability in our journey. She [...]
Kontempore powers KSOM’s 14th National Marketing Konclave
Kontempore powers KSOM's 14th National Marketing Konclave The 14th National Marketing Konclave was organized by KIIT School of Management (KSOM) on 9th September, 2023. Kontempore was its proud knowledge partner. The theme of the conclave was “Building a Sustainable Inclusive Future: Addressing Consumer Priorities in the New Era.” This theme was chosen to reflect the growing importance of sustainability and inclusivity in Marketing. [...]
Renewable Energy Leader Appoints Visionary CEO for Solar Business
Renewable Energy Leader Appoints Visionary CEO for Solar Business Customer Mandate: A very prominent player in the renewable energy sector sought a dynamic and visionary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for their Solar Business. The CEO was to play a pivotal role in overseeing the company's business operations strategy, ensuring growth and success in a rapidly evolving industry. Solution: Kontempore embarked on a mission to find a [...]
Global Conglomerate Appoints GM for Accounts & Investments Role
Global Conglomerate Appoints GM for Accounts & Investments Role Customer Mandate: A professionally managed global conglomerate that manufactures agricultural products and food products such as food grains, edible oil, and agro products was in search of the role of GM - Accounts & Investments who would be responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the organization’s financial reporting as well as establishing and directing the [...]
Leading Multinational Battery Manufacturer and Insurer Appoints Legal Head
Leading Multinational Battery Manufacturer and Insurer Appoints Legal Head Customer Mandate: A leading Indian multinational storage battery manufacturer and life insurance company was in search of the role of Legal Head who would report to the President – Legal & Company Secretary and would be responsible for protecting all company patents, trademarks, and copyrights of the organization by providing legal advice to the organization and the [...]
Top Pharma & Nutraceuticals Company Appoints Head of Sales and Marketing
Top Pharma & Nutraceuticals Company Appoints Head of Sales and Marketing Customer Mandate: A large Indian Pharma and Nutraceuticals company was looking for a Head of Sales and Marketing, who would report to the CEO and have business sense and commercial acumen to understand all the aspects of the sales and marketing process and achieve business targets. The company being the only green petrochemical company of [...]
Senior GM Becomes National Sales Manager for Top Paper Manufacturer
Senior GM Becomes National Sales Manager for Top Paper Manufacturer Customer Mandate: A leading paper manufacturing company that offers a wide array of paper products and premium packaging boards was in search of a National Sales Manager – Retail for their company who would report to the Chief of Marketing and Sales, who would be accountable for yearly /monthly revenue targets and driving business growth across [...]
Kontempore partners with KSOM for its 14th National HR Konclave
Kontempore partners with KSOM for its 14th National HR Konclave Theme: Building a Sustainable Inclusive Future – the Role of Business: Leveraging HR Technology for Competitive Advantage Knowledge Partner: Kontempore Leadership & Business Solutions KIIT School of Management (KSOM) organized its 14th National HR Konclave on August 5, 2023. Prof. Isa Mishra, Convener, extended a warm welcome and greetings on behalf of Dr. Achutya Samanta, Hon’ble [...]
Kontempore partners with KSOM for its 4th National Business Analytics Konclave
Kontempore partners with KSOM for its 4th National Business Analytics Konclave Theme: Building a Sustainable Inclusive Future - Industrial Challenges and Opportunities in Analytics Knowledge Partner: Kontempore Leadership & Business Solutions KIIT School of Management (KSOM) orchestrated its 4th National Business Analytics Konclave on August 19th, 2023, centering around the theme, "Building a Sustainable Inclusive Future: Industrial Challenges and Opportunities in Analytics." The objective of the [...]
5th KoloKwi: Humanizing Digitalization
"Kontempore along with KiiT DU, organised the 5th Edition of KoloKwi on the interesting topic "Humanizing Digitalization" on 27th April, 2021. The session was successfully conducted with international speakers from across the globe." Executive Summary: Mr. Ashish Gakrey started the session with requesting to all to be safe in this pandemic situation. Greeting & introduce all the guest for the session and he introduce the brief about the KIIT University and [...]
Next-Marking Transportation Sector – A Transformation Agenda
“Next-Marking Transportation Sector - A Transformation Agenda” Date: Feb 20, 2021 #Kweettalk @Kontemporeinc @KIITUniversity #KIITThinks Over the last few decades, mobility and transportation have has to face a process of change which is still continuing. Demand for mobility, volume of traffic and along with the need for transportation infrastructure are further incresesing while a rising and highly volatile oil price is challenging the economy and society. Here’s what industry [...]
Evolving Opportunities In The Legal Profession
“Evolving Opportunities In The Legal Profession” Date: Feb 13, 2021 A career in law can be intellectually challenging, personally fulfilling and financially rewarding. The complexities of our legal system have created hundreds of legal career options that serve a variety of core and non-core legal functions. From lawyers, judges, and mediators to paralegals, secretaries, and consultants, the legal professional’s role is expanding and evolving to keep pace with the [...]
KiiT DU organized AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS: Emerging trends and opportunities
Automotive electronics innovations such as autonomous driving, all-electric vehicles and in-car infotainment are emerging developments in the automotive industry. These vehicles are transforming into “Ultimate Electronic devices and promise commendable ease and efficiency in comparison to older versions of vehicles. The focus is now shifting to automotive electronics which is estimated to represent about a third of the overall cost of the whole vehicle in the coming years. The [...]
KiiT DU organized 3rd Edition of KoloKwi – HR RESOLUTION FOR NEW YEAR 2021
KiiT DU organized the 3rd edition of KoloKwi – A Global Deliberation Initiative on 15th January, 2021. The theme of the session was “HR Resolution For New Year 2021” The International speakers Mr. Arindam Mukherjee, Global Head of Human Resources – DKSH (From Thailand), Ms. Sonali Kumar, APAC Head of Talent & Head of HR -Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (From Hong Kong), Mr. Chang LIU, Group Director of COE [...]
Rebooting Hr : Talent Molting in the Era of New Normal
Date: 9th Jan, 2021 In this era of a global pandemic, it is very important to keep the morale high at the workplace. And, since they would be the newest entrants to the workplace, students too, need to be motivated, and their confidence should not be allowed to waver. So, the question that arises is: how do they mould themselves in order to be accepted? Change is the only [...]
Demystifying Correlation of Retention Vs Hiring
Date: Dec 19,2020 #Kweettalk @Kontemporeinc @KIITUniversity #KIITThinks Are organisations explicating the correlation between retention and hiring? Hiring and inspiring the employees is imperative for a forward-looking organization, as there significantly exists the egg-hen syndrome about hiring and recruitment- hire employees and ensure that they stay. Recruitment and retention are closely intertwined, and cumulatively improve the retention of staff and reduce the need and expense of recruitment. Kontempore, in association with [...]
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Business Continuity Plan during Lock-down & Pandemic
Download Brochure Date: April 22, 2020 Introduction The sudden global lock-down due to Covid-19 has left many organizations scrabbling to keep operations running smoothly. Kontempore in its second Tweet chat series on “Business Continuity plan during lock-down and pandemic” helped to chart a pragmatic course through the pandemic pandemonium. The speakers and the participants discussed and deliberated on how to stabilize business continuity. The leaders cutting [...]
LEADING IN CRISIS on May 15, 2020
Download Brochure Date: May 15, 2020 Introduction Are you leading through the crisis ... or Managing the Response? As this future of Covid-19 crisis unfolds, it is useful to think what distinguishes past, present & future. There was a past of relative firmness & predictability. There is now confusion & disruption. There will be … a different state. Some will become resilient. For others, this future will be [...]
Thought Kamp on Smart Manufacturing: Cultural Imperative
Download Brochure Date: 24th January, 2020 Venue: The Pride, Shivajinagar, Pune 6.30pm onward Introduction Kontempore, drawn from the words contemporary and relevant is a movement. It is a though leadership forum led by various senior leaders from across sectors. Organizations are going to go through huge transformation in next one decade because of automation, digitization, artificial intelligence etc. Type of talent and organisation culture industry required [...]
Smart Manufacturing: Cultural Imperative on December 5, 2019
Download Brochure Date: 5th December, 2019 Venue: The Park, MG Road, Bangalore Introduction Kontempore, drawn from the words contemporary and relevant is a movement. It is a though leadership forum led by various senior leaders from across sectors. Organizations are going to go through huge transformation in next one decade because of automation, digitization, artificial intelligence etc. Type of talent and organisation culture industry required and [...]
Kontempore Thought KAMP in Business Analytics on November 22, 2019
Download Brochure Date: 22nd November, 2019 Venue: Hotel Radisson, MIDC, Andheri (E), Mumbai Introduction As a part of Thought KAMP series we periodically organise various round table discussions or interactive sessions on topics of contemporary interest to industry practitioners. The attempt is to get together select senior professionals to share ideas, experiences, views and in the process, learn from each other. This edition of Thought KAMP [...]
Co-creating a Sustainable Approach for Talent Transformation in Infrastructure Sector on October 18, 2019
Download Brochure CONSULTATIVE REPORT Date: 18th October, 2019 Venue: ITC Kohenur, Hyderabad Introduction Kontempore, drawn from the words contemporary and relevant is a movement. Organizations are going to go through huge talent transformation in next one decade because of automation, digitization, artificial intelligence etc. Type of talent industry required and opportunity industry provided in the past will go through huge transition with more part-time, contractual and [...]
Talent Transformation in Infrastructure Sector – Executive Summary April 24, 2019
Overview Infra Kontempore, Mumbai held on 24th April 2019 was the 1st Edition in the series for Infrastructure domain. The event was organized with an objective to deliberate sustainable approach to Talent Management issues in the Infrastructure Sector with views from various Industry stalwarts and senior leaders. It provided a common platform to identify the challenges faced by Infrastructure sector and brainstorm the possible remedial actions. The participants finally dwelled [...]
Co-creating a Sustainable Approach for Talent Transformation in Infrastructure Sector
Download Brochure Date: 24th April, 2019 Venue: The Club, Andheri (W) The infrastructure landscape has never been as dynamic as it is today, having moved from the domain of utilities and public service providers to the focus of policy dialogues. There are multiple factors driving the future of infrastructure - advent of new technologies and blurring boundaries in the era of industry X.0, consumer behaviour and aspirations, changing nature [...]
IT Kontempore-Executive Summary February 08 2019
Overview IT Kontempore, Bengaluru was the 1st Edition in the series for Co-creating a Sustainable Approach for Talent management in IT/ITES Sector. It was held on 8th February 2019. The event at Bengaluru deliberated to create a sustainable approach to Talent Management in the IT/ITES Sector with views taken from various Industry leaders representing operations, project delivery, product development, talent acquisition, start-ups. The event witnessed the coming together of industry [...]
Co-creating A Sustainable Approach For Talent Management In IT/ITES Sector
Download Brochure Date: 8th Feb, 2019| Venue: The TajMG Road, Bengaluru Introduction Kontempore, drawn from the words contemporary and relevant is a movement. Organizations are going to go through huge talent transformation in next one decade because of automation, digitization, artificial intelligence etc. Type of talent industry required and opportunity industry provided in the past will go through huge transition with more part-time, contractual and consulting jobs. India needs [...]
BFSI Kontempore – Executive Summary November 02, 2018
Overview: Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Sector (BFSI) Kontempore witnessed coming together of industry stalwarts on a common platform for identifying the present and prospective challenges faced by BFSI sector related to talent. Participants explored issues from the widest possible perspective and found most innovative out-of-the-box solutions to the most imposing questions staring at the industry. Process: BFSI Kontempore pushed the boundaries of ideas and dared to explore beyond what [...]
Co-Creating a Sustainable Approach for Talent management in Automotive Sector : Executive Summary
Overview Auto Kontempore, Chennai was the third edition in the series for Co-Creating a Sustainable Approach for Talent management in Automotive Sector. The first edition was held in Delhi in November 2017 and the second edition was held at Pune. A consultative report was created as an outcome of the discussions conducted in the first two editions through Large-Scale Interaction Processes. The present event at Chennai was following up on [...]
Kontempore’s Event on Automotive Sector 16th November 2018
Evangelist - Mr. Nitin Seth, President LCV Business - Ashok Leyland Mr. Nitin Seth, President LCV Business - Ashok Leyland, is the Evangelist for the event. He is part of team responsible for establishing the products of Ashok Leyland _ Nissan Joint venture in India. He has also has additional charge as President for Defence business for Ashok Leyland. Automotive Kontempore Theme - Talent Management in Automotive Sector Date - 16th [...]
Kontempore’s Event on BFSI Sector 2nd November 2018
Evangelist - Mr. Ramesh Iyer, MD - Mahindra & Mahindra Finance Mr. Ramesh Iyer, Managing Director - Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, is the Evangelist for the event. Mr. Iyer serves as a Member of Group Executive Board and President of Financial Services Sector of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He has vast experience in matters relating to business development, finance and marketing. He serves as Non-Executive Chairman at Mahindra Rural Housing Finance [...]
Highlights Automotive Sector Kontempore
Auto Kontempore, Pune was the second edition in the series for Co-Creating a Sustainable Approach for Talent management in Automotive Sector. The first edition was held in Delhi in November 2017 and a consultative report was created as an outcome of the discussion conducted there through a Large-Scale Interaction Process. The present event at Pune was following up on the same to create a sustainable approach to Talent Management in [...]
Kontempore’s Event on Automotive Sector 22nd June 2018
Automotive Kontempore held at Radisson Blu, Kharadi, Pune on 22nd June 2018 pushed the boundaries of ideas and dared to explore beyond where most industry events venture. Senior HR leaders & Business leaders explored issues from the widest possible perspective and endeavored to come up with some innovative and bold solutions to the most imposing questions on talent issues being faced by the Automotive Industry through Large Scale Interactive Process. [...]
Highlights BFSI Kontempore, 24th January 2018- Mumbai
Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Sector (BFSI) Kontempore witnessed coming together of industry stalwarts on a common platform for identifying the present and prospective challenges faced by BFSI sector related to talent. Participants explored issues from the widest possible perspective and find most innovative out-of-the-box solutions to the most imposing questions staring at the industry. BFSI Kontempore pushed the boundaries of ideas and dared to explore beyond what most industry [...]
Highlights Auto and Auto Ancillary Kontempore 7th November 2017
Kontempore, drawn from the words contemporary and relevant is a movement. Organizations are going to go through huge talent transformation in next one decade because of automation, digitization, artificial intelligence etc. Type of talent industry required and opportunity industry provided in the past will go through huge transition with more part-time, contractual and consulting jobs. India needs to add more than 300 million employable individuals across industries by 2022, over [...]
Talent Challenges in Financial Sector on 24th Jan 2018
Team Kontempore organised a symposium on 24th Jan 2018 , 4.30 pm at MCA Club , BKC, Mumbai ,the event being one-of-its-kind in the country.The event had industry leaders , CEOs , CHROs from various finance and banking companies who collaborated , discuss and deliberate around creating a sustainable road-map for talent development in Financial Sector through facilitated large scale interactive process. Download Brochure
Kickoff Event of Kontempore on 7th Nov.
Team Kontempore organised its first ever symposium on 7th Nov 2017, 4:00 pm onwards at Taj City Centre , Sector 44, Gurgaon, the event being one-of-its-kind in the country This kickoff event was attended by business leaders of from various fields together to discuss and create actionable work revolving around the Talent challenges for the Automobile and Ancillary Industries.
THE DEFINING GOALS OF KONTEMPORE
Kontempore is an attempt to answer the big puzzle the country is grappling with. Talent sourcing and skill creation. But here is the key difference. It’s not just about solving the talent issues for the corporate but creating an ever-growing knowledge-base of actionable insights on skill and talent development for smaller organizations, state and national governments and educational institutions. So our goal is to make the hundreds of years of [...]
MAKING INDIAN MANAGERS GLOBAL LEADERS
There is a strong consensus about developing Indian managers to become global leaders.This is because of several factors like projected futuristic growth of Indian economy, the confidence and enthusiasm of Indian corporates to become global MNCs as well the strong aspiration of Indian Millennials to work outside their home countries (In one of the latest PwC studies 93% of Indian Millennials agreed to work outside their home country during their [...]
DEVELOPING MIDDLE MANAGERS INTO SENIOR LEADERS
All organizations would want their middle layer to be the fulcrum of operational excellence. In order to do so all organizations would need to focus on developing their middle managers, both to take on their current responsibilities and to take on senior positions in the future. Also, what the middle managers may have learnt at school or in their careers so far might not be enough for them to cope [...]
DEVELOPING MIDDLE MANAGERS INTO SENIOR LEADERS
Developing middle managers into senior leaders is seen as a business imperative by most of the organizations. The nature of work and learning preferences has changed significantly therefore ways of developing and also areas in which development is required needs to be reassessed. The power of technology and social communities is to be leveraged more meaningfully while creating a learning environment. Different forms of development including coaching needs to come [...]
CAREER MANAGEMENT FOR MIDDLE MANAGERS – ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Middle manager roles require a strong balancing act. They have many stakeholders to manage and therefore influencing and collaboration becomes extremely important skill sets for this layer. The notion of success in many of these cases is linked to past achievements which fosters a belief that they are ready for the next level. This notion may or may not be true; however for an organization the challenging aspect is to [...]
CONTEXTUALIZING WESTERN COACHING APPROACHES FOR INDIAN MANAGERS
Organizations in India need strong leadership capability to sustain the growth momentum and reach the asprational level in the future. Identifying, developing and retaining leadership talent has now become a strong business need.Executive coaching, as a development mechanism is in its incipient stage in India. There is a strong need to include it in the development charter of the organizations, however the first step is to educate the corporates about [...]
CHANGING TALENT LANDSCAPE IN INDIA
The talent landscape in India presents a mix of challenges and opportunities. On one side there seems to be a huge pool available, on the other side there are questions about whether this pool is or will be ready to perform at international standards. The efforts put in by the corporates and the government in this area are a testimony to the relative importance of this issue vis-à-vis many others [...]
ROLE OF HR AS CULTURE BUILDER
The role of HR has significantly changed over the decades, from being just the executor of internal processes, to becoming the trusted advisor of the organization leader. As HR moves from the mandate of operational excellence to the role of organization builder, the question we must ponder is: although HR is supposed to be subject matter experts, do HR people actually have the required expertise to gear organizations and leaders [...]