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Bhubaneswar: The Xavier School of Human Resource Management (XAHR), Xavier University, Bhubaneswar (XUB), conducted its annual HR symposium at the new mini-auditorium on the Xavier’s city campus Friday.
Attended by both batches of MBA-HRM the gathering was graced by industry veterans and faculty members, like Dr Snigdha Pattnaik (Dean, XAHR), Fr E.A. Augustine, S.J. (Registrar, XUB), Dr Mukesh Biswas (Manager Administration, Oil India Limited), Satyakki Bhattacharjee (Chief People Officer, ABP News), Poonam Gupta (Regional HR Director – Asia Pacific, Metso), Sandeep Patnaik (General Manager – HR & Skill Development, HAL), Rashima Mishra (Co-founder/ Executive Director and Head of Brand Communication & Organisational Development, Milk Mantra Dairy) and Banabas Acharya (AGM – HR, Jindal Steel and Power.
The symposium started with the lighting of the lamp and was followed by an address by Fr Augustine, SJ, who elucidated on the theme of ‘Valuing People’.
He said it was relevant not only for human resources but to every function in an organisation. He stressed on how it’s important to value people beyond organisations.
Before opening the symposium, Dr Pattnaik stressed on the core philosophy of holding a function-specific symposium, a forum which brings together practitioners from multi-faceted domains, helping students connect the dots.
The first panel, consisting of Acharya, Mishra, and Patnaik, threw a spotlight on ‘Employee Happiness in Organisations.’
The moderator of the panel, Prof. SanketSunand Dash (Assistant Professor, XAHR), initiated the discussion by highlighting the importance of happiness quoting the World Happiness Report.