Winning in the Digital Age

C-Rishabh.Raj@timesgroup.com

“The industry andprofessional organisationshave a role in nationbuilding. If AIMA and otherindustry organisations jointheir efforts, India’s businessecosystem can betransformed,” said Ministerof Railways and Commerce& Industry, Piyush Goyal onthe occasion of 64thFoundation Day and 14thNational Management Dayof All India ManagementAssociation.

The Minister also sought

help of India’s working and retiredmanagers in implementing thegovernment’s schemes in villages.He said that the last mile delivery ofpublic services is a challenge and

managers could adopt their villagesto transform those.

The Minister presented the awardsto industry stalwarts for theircontributions and concerted effortsto take the country to new heights.The theme of this year’s celebrationwas ‘Winning in the Digital Age’.Various dignitaries and notablepersonalities attended the ceremony.

Addressing the audience, SanjayKirloskar, President, AIMA &Chairman & Managing Director,Kirloskar Brothers Ltd., said, “Indianmanagement was facing twinchallenges of technologicaldisruption and economic slowdown.AIMA was there to help Indianenterprises deal with thesechallenges through newmanagement ideas and practices.”

Harsh Pati Singhania, Senior VicePresident, AIMA and Vice Chairman& Managing Director, JK Paper Ltd.

and Rekha Sethi, Director General,AIMA, also addressed the gatheringduring the event.

This year, S Ramadorai, Chairman,Governing Board of the Tata Institute

of Social Sciences, received the AIMALife Time Achievement inManagement Award.

RS Sodhi, Managing Director,Gujarat Co-operative Milk MarketingFederation Ltd., was conferred with

the AIMA Public Service Excellenceaward.

Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian, TataSons, was honoured with Dr RamTarneja Award for the Best Article inIndian Management.

The Dr JS Juneja Award for

Creativity and Innovation in MSMEwas presented to Microlit. The awardwas received by Atul Jain, Director,R&D, Microlit and Aadhar Jain, Head-Product Development, Microlit.

The book ‘Innovation: Key to

Success for Enterprises’ waslaunched on the occasion. Dr JSJuneja, Chairman, AIMA MSMECommittee & Chairman, GlobalProjects & Services Pvt. Ltd.introduced the book to theaudience.

Piyush Goyal presenting the AIMA Life Time Achievement in Management Award to S Ramadorai, Chairman, Governing Board of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences as Sanjay Kirloskar, Mala Ramadorai and Harsh Pati Singhania look on

Awardees & delegates at AIMA's 64th Foundation Day & 14th National Management Day

Atul Jain, Director, R&D andAadhar Jain, Head, ProductDevelopment from Microlit,recipient of the AIMA - Dr JSJuneja Award for Creativityand Innovation in MSME

Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian, Tata Sonsrecipient of the AIMA -Dr Ram Tarneja Awardfor Best Article in IndianManagement

Piyush Goyal presenting the AIMA Public Service Excellence Award to RSSodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing FederationLtd. as Sanjay Kirloskar and Harsh Pati Singhania look on

TAKING THE LEGACY FORWARDOn the occasion of AIMA's 64th Foundation Day and 14th NationalManagement Day, industry stalwarts were honoured for theircontribution towards nation building

Release of the book 'Innovation: Key to Success for Enterprises'. (L-R) Sanjay Kirloskar; JS Juneja, Chairman,AIMA MSME Committee & Chairman, Global Projects & Services Pvt. Ltd. and Piyush Goyal

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(L-R) Rekha Sethi, Director General, All India Management Association; Sanjay Kirloskar, President, AIMA & Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd;Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Government of India; and Harsh Pati Singhania, Sr. Vice President, AIMA & Vice Chairman & ManagingDirector, JK Paper Ltd releasing AIMA's 64th Foundation Day and 14th National Management Day souvenir