Symbinar - Mr. Vikas Sharma

The Corporate Interaction Cell of SIBM – Hyderabad has come up with a new initiative in this phase of lockdown, ‘SYMBINAR’ a series of webinars that aims to foster learning from home. The first of such webinars was hosted on this Sunday, 26th April, 2020. The speaker for the session was Mr. Vikas Sharma, Senior Vice President, HR Head for HCL Technologies Infrastructure Service Division. The session was attended with much vigour, enthusiasm by the students. Our Director, Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain joined us and offered his views on the current situation. The faculties of the institute also participated keenly posing interesting questions.

Mr. Vikas Sharma’s session was engaging and insightful as he discussed the impact of COVID 19’ on today’s industries and the possible shift in the working world post the pandemic. It was interesting to know that his organisation could foresee and anticipate this outbreak and accordingly come up with measures to facilitate a smooth transition. Further he stated that work from home which is already becoming a reality could be the new norm which will require discipline and commitment. Employee engagement is another pertinent issue that was discussed which involves communicating with the employee with respect to their roles, career advancement and growth in the organisation in the face of the looming uncertainty due to the outbreak of CoronaVirus.

The session was followed by a Q&A where students came up with thought provoking questions that reflected their concerns with respect to the job markets, future prospects and the revival of the economy.

We look forward to hosting for such webinars that will broaden our perspective and propel continuous learning from home in this hour of quarantine.