Event: Extension Lecture Series
Date: May 11-12, 2012 




Speaker: Mr Mani M. Dan, Vice President-HR, METAFRIQUE Group
Topic: Organisational Behaviour-Stress Management; Conflict Management; and Organizational Change and Development.

Prof. Mani is currently working as VP - HR with Metafrique Group, a multinational organization with operations in West and Central Africa, Middle East, South East Asia and India with a turnover of USD 100 million; dealing in the manufacture of TMT Steel Bars.

Prof. Mani has done MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC) Calcutta in 2007, Post Graduation in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations and Human Resources from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, University of Calcutta, Calcutta in 1998 and Bachelor of Commerce from University of Calcutta, Calcutta in 1996.

He possess over 14+ years’ of experience (domestic & international) in HR Branding, Global Policy Review, Operations of plant (including Industrial relations) & Centre of Excellence as well as Post Merger Integration and Due-Diligence of HR; delivering strong ROI and supporting strategic corporate concerns. Adroit in conceptualizing, implementing and developing process operations, procedures and service standards with top to bottom line profitability thus achieving the operational goals for business excellence.

Apart from the professional deliberation; his passion is in teaching. He is also associated with "Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management", New Delhi and IMT Ghaziabad.

Event: Extension Lecture Series
Date: May 11, 2012




Speaker: Prabhu Narasimhan, Solicitor, White & Case LLP, London-United Kingdom
Topic: If I cannot win, I will change the rules! The Vodafone case and its impact on foreign investment in India

Prabhu is a Solicitor and a Senior Associate at White & Case LLP in London and has a considerable experience advising some of the largest multi-nationals companies, financial institutions and funds on high-value transactional matters including cross-border mergers and acquisitions (public and private), joint ventures and reorganisations, structured and asset finance as well as capital market transactions including bond issues, rights issues, equity and debt placings, IPOs and loan agreements. Prabhu also has considerable international tax advisory and structuring experience which has included setting up a complex multi-tier tax driven investment structure for a multi-billion global real estate fund established by a major bank and structuring the acquisition, on-going investment and exit strategy for a major private equity fund investing in the emerging markets (including India). Prabhu has particular expertise in international tax planning, especially in the context of banking and finance, real estate and aviation transactions.

Prabhu regularly writes in various legal journals and also takes guest lectures at various Universities in India. Prabhu completed his B.S.L from the University of Pune in 2001 and completed his B.A (Hons.) in law from the University of Cambridge in 2003 (in two years instead of the regular 3 years). He was also awarded his M.A from the University of Cambridge subsequently.

Event: Extension Lecture Series
Date: May 9-10, 2012 




Speaker: Prof. (Dr.) Renu Luthra, Director, Galgotias Business School
Topics: Organisational Behaviour- Introduction to Organisational Behaviour; Foundations of Individual Behavior; and Transactional Analysis

Dr. Renu Luthra is MBA, Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Lucknow University. Her specialization is Human Resource Management and Organization Behaviour. Her research and consulting interests includes Leadership, motivation, emotional intelligence, communication, Stress Management, employee obsolescence, Positive Organizational Behaviours, Attitude and Time management.

She has more than 20 years of academic experience. She is has been associated with Galgotias business school since 2008. She also worked with Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow in varied capacities such as Assistant Professor (1995-2001), Associate Professor (2001-2004) and Professor (2004- 2008).

She is a resource person for Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussoorie for imparting training to IAS officers. She has imparted a series of MDP’s in the areas of Development of self and interpersonal relations, Time Management, Leadership style, Motivation techniques Managing problem employees, Effective communication, Quality of work life, Role of Trade Union leaders in the context of liberalization and globalization, Transaction Analysis, Team Building, Conflict resolution, Employee Attitudes, Reshaping values, Coping with multiple roles and stress management, Organizational attitude towards women & work to various organizations such as Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Income Tax Training Institute, Lucknow, Institute of Management Development, Uttar Pradesh, LICI, Lucknow, NIIT, Central Bank of India, Academic Staff College, Lucknow University , Geological Survey of India,  Institute of Chartered & Works Accountants, Lucknow Chapter, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Sugar Cane Federation of Uttar Pradesh , NTPC, SIFPSA, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy, Massoorie, HAL, RDSO, SGPGI, Regional Training Centre Defence : Lucknow Cantt, U.P. Khadi Gram Udyog, Paharpur 3P Industries.

Her research papers are regularly published in national and international journals. He also associated with several journals and publication houses as reviewer and for editorial work.