Campus chitchat

Sport Call

Dr Vidya Yeravdekar,principal director,Symbiosis,has been nominated a member of the Board of Governors of the Swarnim Gujarat Sports University (SGSU),Gandhi Nagar ,by the government of Gujarat for three years. Yeravdekar,who is a member of governing body of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR),was also a member of University Grants Commission (UGC) for two terms. She has served on the Executive Council of National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management under Union ministry of agriculture.

Chairs of Success

MIT School of Government recently announced the establishment of the chair programme in the names of four leaders of the country – Lokmanya Tilak,G K Gokhale,Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and A B Vajpayee. The broad objective of this programme is to provide well-equipped centres of learning to intellectuals,academicians,students and the public to undertake studies and

research with an intention to understand,assess and disseminate ideas and thoughts of Tilak,Gokhale,Ambedkar and Vajpayee. The curriculum includes academic,productive and consultancy programmes.

A Cultural Platform

Religious guru Aniruddha Bapu recently inaugurated a new auditorium at Progressive Education Society,Sivajinagar Campus. Speaking on the occasion,the society’s Executive President,Gajananda Ekbote,narrated their entire journey thus far. “The society has seen lot of cultural events over the years. I hope this auditorium will also showcase a lot more talents and promote cultural events,” he said. The Secretary of the society,Shyamkant Deshmukh,and Deputy Secretary Jyotsna Ekbote were also present to grace the event.

Conflict Management

The University of Pune,Department of Management Studies awarded a PhD degree to Balaji Gopalan on August 1. Gopalan,a senior HR professional working in an Italian multinational company as Asia Pacific Human Resource Director and recognised as a Thought Leader,has done his research in Conflict Management and Inter-group Behaviour. He did it under the guidance of Dr (Capt) C M Chitale,professor and head of the department of management studies at Pune University. This research has adopted a dual approach — emperical and case studies. The research highlights that conflicts need to be kept issue-based and,instead of negotiations,collaborative style will present win-win solutions. This calls for perseverance,transparency and involvement of all concerned,at the same time acknowledging and accepting differences of opinions. The findings and recommendations of this research are relevant to the industry,which faces conflicts as an inherent part of business.