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 5 (01 July) - Neev 2015 (Welingkar,
Bengaluru)
Talent
acquisition, to Entrepreneurs is Getting a Person with the
Same Passion
 Fifth day deliberations were themed on Governance in IT
Industry along with the umbrella theme- Responsible
leaders- Passionately curious. The experts were Sundaresh
, Founder Envensys Technologies and Rajiv Krishnan,
Partner and India Leader, People and Org, E&Y.
Sundaresh started by
saying that IT governance is not all about technology. It
is more of putting framework of governance around the use
of technology in businesses. He mentioned a few fiascos in
the space, like Flipkart discount sale, Satyam Computers
and the Harshad Mehta scam, saying that these happened due
to lack of a fool-proof mechanism to monitor the space. He
shared his views on the connect between the IT governance
and IT business. He emphasised the fact that Business and
governance must be well-aligned. Technology can play a
good role here. He signed off saying that better
governance leads to better decisions, better portfolio
management, better program management and leads to a
better climate for innovation.
 Rajiv Krishnan
speaking on the latter theme of Responsible Leaders-
Passionately Curious, asked the students to question their
purpose of being there. He said at times because of their
family lineage people feel they are entitled to certain
privileges, which is a misconception. One must learn to
unlearn things. In his message to the students he urged
them to have general curiosity in the world around them
and not to vie for multiple degrees but to nurture an
overarching goal in life. They should be also aware of the
social norms around them. Besides they should learn to
manage partnerships with a sense of equality and to be
unbiased towards stereotypes.
Moving on to the next
brainstorming session, Welingkar had on the fortnight
forum five distinguished panelists. These were Surendra
Shahi- Founder Streetappy, Shashaank Singhal, Founder
Tapcibo , Arvind Sivdas- Co Founder and CEO Officeyes.com
,Suneel Pillai, Product Manager - Jiyo and Madhur
Kathuria- CEO Agivetta Consulting. The discussion pegged
on Entrepreneurship.
There were gospels
that all the experts agreed upon unanimously.
Entrepreneurs should be ready to endure some not so easy
phases. As of the triggers to entrepreneurial ventures,
these could be myriad; ranging from being bored with the
present job to filling a gap between a provider and the
needy to creating a product and the desire to see your
idea blossom.. The experts had a word of caution-before
selling a new product commercially, it should be launched
and tested amongst a small section of the users/public.
Also value addition should be another important element to
be kept in mind in ones business and transactions.
Entrepreneurs should be connected with their customers and
should have a firsthand knowledge of what they feel about
their products and services.
Moving the focus on talent acquisition, the panelists
reiterated that is not about getting the best talent; it
is about getting a person who has the same passion as
yours, at least in the initial stages. Later people with
diverse viewpoints can be taken onboard; interns are a
good way to bridge the gap. And the most crucial of all
was the advice to the aspirants that while pitching for
funding, they should customize pitch, considering the
perspective of who the listener is instead of rolling out
a common script to all.
The day came to an end on a lighter note when the students
enacted roles given to them by the faculty with them.
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