Amritsar, August 9

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Amritsar, conducted its sixth annual HR conclave, ‘Yukti’21, on August 7 and 8.

Prof Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, Director, IIM-Amritsar, emphasised adapting and improving according to the industry’s needs.

The theme for the first-panel discussion was ‘Reimagining HR in the era of technology’. Akshay Kumar and Krishna Prasad shared their presentation stating how technology has impacted the day-to-day HR practices in organisations. Dr Kiranmai Dutt Pendyala, head-HR, Western Digital India, highlighted how tech adoption began much earlier, but the pandemic accelerated the pace. She said tech was the only solution for large organisations with multiple fields as it not only betters the response time, but also helps strategise better.

The theme for the second-panel discussion was ‘Work from everywhere: Breaking away from notions of yesteryear’.Anand S and Shivam Saini, students of IIM-Amritsar, discussed the paradox around a hybrid workplace, which provides more flexibility, but does not entirely fulfil the need for humans.

Namratha Roy, a human resource leader, informed how the pandemic has helped align values, trust, purpose and empathy. She talked about how people were finding organisations and managers that can help them find purpose and perspective and 40 per cent were willing to change jobs. — TNS