The First Big Step! 1st National Conference on “Emerging Issues of Corporate Social Responsibility

It’s not even a year, and we have done it. Conducting our very own 1st National Conference on “Emerging Issues of Corporate Social Responsibility on November 26th and 27th.” 

This is a big thing. A very big thing when we consider the students and teachers juggling between working real hard to make this event a star marked one and between the usual college routine. The internals, the project submissions, the presentations, and preparations. And yet, no one seems tired, no one complaining, and everyone just as excited, committed, and dedicated. After all, working for family isn’t pressure, is it?

Giving all of you a little sneak peek in our endeavor....

SLS, NOIDA is introducing a new era of innovative learning, inter-disciplinary knowledge and industrious environment with unique orientation and methodology of legal pedagogy in place. Research is an integral part of studies including interdisciplinary research involving collaboration between academic fraternity, students, and industry. SLS, NOIDA’s efforts are shared by the contribution of members of the bar and bench, corporate sector and international experts.

Chief Guest for the inauguration:  Justice Dr. Arijit Pasayat, Chairperson, Competition Appellate Tribunal

Chief Guest for the valedictory:  Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General,Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT),(Department ofInformation Technology)Ministry of Communications &Information Technology,Government of India

Themes of the Conference - 

     

Original papers in different areas were invited and received on the following sub themes:

Emerging Law and Management Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

    * Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Idea and National Importance

Session Chair: Prof.(Dr.) S. Surya Prakash (Chairperson, Center for Business and Commercial Law, National Law

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Anil Kumar (Executive Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group)

    * Legal and regulatory regime of CSR in India: Structure, Strength and Reforms.

Session Chair: Prof. S.K. Jain ( Head of the Department & Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)

Keynote Speaker:  Mr. Virendra S Gupte (Head, Trade Services and Chief Ethics Counsellor, Tata International Limited)

    * Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) OF CSR in Movie, Media, Mass communication and telecom industry.

Session Chair: Prof. Dharmendra Singh Sengar(Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow-Noida Campus,Noida)

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Anjan Das Gupta, Partner HSA Associate, Mumbai

    * CSR and Intellectual Property Rights.

Session Chair: Prof. Motilal Dash ( Director (Academic), Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences KIIT University,

Bhubaneswar)

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Rajiv Bakshi (Vice President-Legal, Godrej Industries)

    * CSR: Measurement and Reporting

Session Chair: Prof. Anil B. Suraj (Law and Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore)

Keynote Speaker: Ms. V Shyamala (Head - Legal & Regulatory at STAR DEN MEDIA SERVICES PVT LTD)

                                Ms. Garima Babbar, Manager, Development Sector Practice, KPMG India

    * CSR and Environmental Issues

Session Chair: Prof. Rajendra Prasad Srivastava (Director, Ernst & Young Center for Auditing Research and Advanced Technology, School of Business, The University of Kansas, Lawrence-USA)

Keynote Speaker: Capt. Sanjay Moholkar ( Head-Claims, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance)

    * Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Idea and National Importance

Session Chair: Dr. S.L Gupta ( Professor & Coordinator (Academics & Doctoral Research), Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology, Noida)

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Vikram Bhardwaj (Head-Legal, Timex Group India Limited)

    * Legal Impact Analysis of CSR in Industry, Commerce And Trade  

 Over 150 participants including various Academicians, Business Executive, Advocates, Researchers and Students engaged in the field of Law and Management will be discussing various issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility.  

Our official page:

http://www.symlaw.edu.in/csr-conference

This is grand. And we are proud. We would be a little more proud when the conference id done, and over with, and we would definitely be relieved. But then, we would sit together and plan something more bigger, like we always do.

Hoping, praying and working to make our first national event, an experience for all to take home with delight for a life time!

~ The SLS Family J