Director (Refineries) and Director (HR) review Syndicate Presentations undertaken by SMP Participants
New Delhi 20-Mar-2015
Mr. Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries) and Mr. Veghese Cherian,
Director (HR) along with dignitaries on the occasion.
Mr. Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries) and Mr. Veghese Cherian, Director (HR) reviewed the project work of SMP in presence of Prof. Ashok Banerjee, Programme Director and Faculty, IIM Kolkata, Prof. Preetam Basu, Faculty IIM Kolkata, functional experts Mr. Amreesh Kapoor, ED (CC), CO, Mr. Rajiv Bahl, ED (CF & Treasury), CO, Mr. S. Mukherjee, ED, IiPM, Mr. S. P. S. Jolly, ED (HS & E), RHQ, Mr. N. K. Gupta, ED (Optimization), CO, Mr. D. K. Garg, ED (IA), CO, Dr. S. K. Dam, GM (CP & ES, HR), CO.
The 9th Senior Management Programme [SMP] concluded with the last module of Syndicate Presentation of Project Works which commenced on January 28, 2015. The five topics covered in the projects were “Financial Prudence”, “Enhancing Reputation and Corporate Brand”, “HR challenges in the Oil and Gas Sector”, “Managing Uncertainty” and “Leveraging Assets for Profitability”. The projects themes were framed jointly by IiPM and IIM, Calcutta, based on contemporary concerns of domestic Oil and Gas Sector in general and IndianOil in particular. Both the Directors opined that the topics were practical and contemporary while interacting with the groups during Q & A sessions. Mr. Sanjiv Singh advised during interaction with the groups that the participants should identify one or two learnings as take ways from such a programme on which they should plan their actions in their own areas of works to do things differently with the objective of organisational improvement. Mr. Veghese Cherian while emphasising all practicing Managers have a HR role and need to discharge the same judiciously, stated that IOCians have to overcome functional silos and strive to constantly improve upon the processes and add value. Even small endeavours would go a long way in assuring Indian Oil’s overall Improvement.
The programme had twenty eight (28) Senior Level Executives in Grade – ‘G’ & ‘F’ participants from all divisions of the corporation. The Syndicate Presentation Session concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Mr. S. Mukherjee.
