Foundation Fortnight - Neev 2015 (Welingkar, Bengaluru)
Foundation Fortnight, Neev 2015 at
Welingkar Bengaluru
Theme - 'Responsible leaders...passionately curious'
remains at the core of all deliberations.
DAY 2 (27 June) - Neev 2015 (Welingkar,
Bengaluru)
Responsibility and Accountability are two distinct traits
of Leaders
 The second day of Neev 2015 saw anxiety giving way to
comfort. The students looked forward to the proceedings of
the day. And to their pleasant surprise their first
interaction of the day was with Mr. Ramanujam, President &
Regional Head South, Yes Bank. Some of them must have
secretly cherished to be someone like him.. Mr. Ramanujam
has over 20 years of work experience in Corporate Banking
having worked in Exim Bank, Meghraj Finance (Boutique
Investment Bank), ICICI, Standard Chartered Bank and Yes
Bank. He holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore (1995 pass-out)
Centre Stage
 Ramanujam drawing the attention of the young audience
towards the central theme of NEEV 2015 started off with
the proposition that curiosity and responsibility are
seemingly incompatible concepts. He believed that a person
who was curious could not be responsible and vice versa.
Leaders should take responsibility of their actions with
accountability towards the outcome. The onus lies on the
leader to decide how far to go and where to withdraw.
Industry awaits talent that takes ownership to get things
done, has right attitude and team spirit. The students
animatedly discussed the issue, sharing their version on
the same along with their volley of questions.
Every chapter of the Hello We introduces the students to a
new department/ function, new faculty or staff at
Welingkar. The second episode introduced them to the
Career Management Cell (CMC). The Cell guides the students
in their career moves, internships, live projects and
final placements. It has in house experts, faculty and
industry experts.
Navigating through the events of the day- Conversations
was the next stop. It unfolded a panel discussion on the
piquant question of what was driving modern finance-
regulation or innovation? The panelists were Siddhartha
Ghosh, Consultant-CGI, Anand Wani- Advisor -CSC & Rohit
Bhagade-Finance Controller, CISCO.
It was a clear consensus that though regulation could be
stunting, innovation too has its drawbacks and could be
equally disruptive for economies, though both are an
essential part of the economic system. Ghosh stuck to his
rather unique stance of saying "Innovation and Regulation
were independent of each other. The panel discussion was
followed by an interesting Q&A session with the students.
Supporting innovative mindsets and design thinking have
been one of the elemental values at Welingkar. In his
message to the students on the very first day Dr Uday
Salunkhe, group director, Welingkar had brought out the
importance of the same while sharing how the city has been
crucible of innovation urging the students to lead from
the front. Innovation needs creativity, imagination,
perseverance and commitment. But above all it needs a good
and incisive understanding of one's ecosystem and the
related issues.
Besides the above interactions the students had classroom
session on Governance and ethics, in concurrence with the
core theme of the fortnight. The day wrapped up after Dr.
Anil Rao, Dean- Welingkar Bengaluru introduced the faculty
to the students.
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