‘Second Thursday Mind Meet’ held at CUJ

DC Samba enlightens students about economic, social & environmental sustainability

JAMMU, MAY 19: ‘The second Thursday Mind Meet’ on Sustainable Business Practices: Agenda G20, a stellar platform created to ignite young minds of the Central University of Jammu towards sustainability was organized today by the School of Business Studies under the patronage of   Vice Chancellor, Prof Sanjeev Jain on the university campus.

Abhishek Sharma, Deputy Commissioner Samba graced the occasion as special guest.  Vinod Prakash Baxla, Head HR, Power Grid, NR-II was the chief panelist.

Speaking on the occasion, Abhishek Sharma, enlightened the youth about economic, social and environmental sustainability. He also emphasized upon engagement of youth towards creation of new business ventures with sustainable practices. He threw light on existing tourism circuits and urged the youth to work on development of other local areas.

Vinod Prakash Baxla, Head HR, Power Grid, NR-II, spoke on the importance of new and renewable sources of energy.

Three scholars, Neetu Bradoo from the department of Human Resource Management and Organization Behaviour, Sachiv Gupta from department of Travel and Tourism and Praveen Yadav from the department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management delivered their presentations on sustainable development practices.

Research scholar Karishma from the Department of Travel and Tourism conducted proceedings of the day.

Prof. Jain, Vice Chancellor, applauded the efforts of School of Business Studies for conducting such an enlightening session.

Earlier, Prof. Jaya Bhasin, formally welcomed the august gathering. The convenor Vandana Sharma, Dean School of Languages and Convener, ‘Thursday Mind Meet’ wrapped up the proceedings of the day and delivered the formal vote of thanks. Dr. Neelika Arora moderated the panel discussion.