Mangaluru: A two-day International Conference on the theme “Business Resilience in Turbulent Global Markets” was organised by the Post Graduate Department of Commerce, St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on September 24 and 25. A total of 300 delegates participated in the conference.

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Gilbert Nduru – Director of the International programme for Linkage and Research, Karatina University, Kenya.

The Keynote Speaker for the conference was Retired Professor of IIM- Bengaluru, Dr. Prasanna Chandra. Chairman of Shivam Holdings Pvt Ltd., Vishwa Nath Goel, was the chief guest for the inaugural function. The principal of St Agnes College, Sr. Dr. Jeswina A.C presided over the programme.

In his keynote address, Dr. Prasanna Chandra spoke about the business resilience of various multinational corporations like Berkshire Hathaway, TCS and various Indian companies like Reliance group, Maruti Suzuki etc. that has been resistant through the years. Dr. Chandra also emphasized on various financial debacles caused by mergers and acquisition all over the world.

In the inaugural address, Dr. Gilbert discussed the various facts of academic linkage programs and spoke about the relevance of the topic of the business resilience and the challenges faced by corporates across the world.

The chief guest Mr. Vishwa Nath Goel said that if there’s no turbulence in your business, the implication is that your business is heading towards extinction. Thus turbulence in business is absolutely necessary for business health.
President of the function Sr. Dr Jeswina AC commended the conference organisers for providing opportunities for deliberation on the topic of risk management and disaster recovery, crisis management and currency volatility which threatens a company’s existence.

The highlight of the Conference was the Memorandum of Understanding signed by St. Agnes College (Autonomous) with the Karatina University, Kenya.

Dr. Catherine N Rao – Conference Convener welcomed the gathering and Mrs. Dolan Banerjee, Co-Convener compered the programme.