Recession proof yourself

Updated on: Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Kolkata: With the recession locking consumer spendings world over and shrinking demand across board Haldia Institute of Technology under Indian Centre for advancement of Research and Education, (ICARE) Haldia had arranged for an industry-institute workshop to explore ways and means of fighting recession.

The theme of the workshop is 'You cannot recession proof the economy but you can recession proof yourself'. This two-day workshop on October 30 and 31 at the HIT premises at Haldia explored ways and means of strengthening the youth of tomorrow.

Sayantan Seth, executive director of HIT, pronounced, 'Since recession is the latest threat to the world eminent, established speakers from all spheres of life were invited to contribute their valuable opinions and enlighten our students about the country's and world's recent economic status'.

Speakers included Anjan Bose, senior vice president, HR and chief information officer (Haldia Petrochemicals), Badri Narayanan, vice president (Accenture), Sanjay Bose, director strategic initiatives (Taj Group), C R Narayanan, senior vice president (D S Constructions), Subroto Basu Chaudhury, general manager HR - India Region (Momentive Performance Materials), Biswajit Chatterjee, general manager HR (TCS) besides two management specialists, Biswanath Ghosh and Ashok Chaudhuri.

According to Biswanath Ghosh, 'Strenghth of character, renewed belief in core values and an absolute belief in continuous learning were my suggestions to the students oh HIT in recession proof tough times.'

While speaking on the topic 'What Next' S B Chaudhury said, 'It's the outlook that is important. Itâ€™s like looking at a glass half filled instead of thinking it to be half empty. Instead of looking at anything in negative ways why not change the whole attitude towards the aspect.
As per C R Narayanan, 'Industry seeks go-getters. Recession proofing yourself means introspection, retooling and a massive attitude shift. I enjoyed the session with HIT students.'

According to principal advisor Kaustav Majumdar, 'Being the Oldest Private Engineering College in West Bengal and the 2nd largest intake in West Bengal after Jadavpur University, the institute boasts of placing 85 per cent of their students despite the recent economic turmoil, in excess of 100 national and international organisations. The balance 15 per cent pursues higher studies in leading institutions in India, USA, UK, Germany, Japan and Singapore'.

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