Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Lecture:

The Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Lecture series is dedicated to the memory of Late Awanish Kumar Dev.

The memorial lecture is intended for HR fraternity to show solidarity & respect for our colleague who lost his life for the cause of HR. The lecture is also intended to bring together CEO’s, HR thought leaders, IR Professionals, Academicians and Management Students to discuss and share their views on the IR issues & Challenges facing the country.

It is an annual event conducted in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki India Limited, National Human Resource Development Network (NHRDN) and Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS,Ranchi).

The purpose of the annual lecture is to contribute to the public debate about contemporary issues in Human Resource Management, Industrial Relationsand Labor Relations. The speaker is a generally a distinguished HR/IR person, academician or a policy maker .The speakers are chosen on the basis of their ability to illuminate some large and important topic which has wide relevance. Topics that have been discussed in recent years include – forecasting the upcoming challenges in HR-IR domain,discussing the strategies to face the challenges and the changing dynamics and aspirations of our workforce.

The lecture is followed by a contribution from a student panel wherein bright minds from reputed B-schools put forward their views. The panel has deliberated on topics of relevance such as Challenges of handling Gen Y Blue Collar in Indian Context, Redefiningthe HR strategy in the changing Era. There is then a full debate and mentoring session in which members of the audience are invited to participate.

Awanish Dev Memorial Lecture

Program	Date & venue	Corporate panel discussion topic	Student panel discussion topics	Participating Institutes
First Awanish Dev Memorial Lecture Building world class organizations-People : The Key Differentiator	5th Aug’13 – XISS Ranchi	Building world class organizations-People : The Key Differentiator	Building world class organizations-People : The Key Differentiator	XISS,Ranchi IIM, Ranchi XLRI BIT Mesra
Second Awanish Dev Memorial Lecture Industrial Relations in the changing business environment	22nd Aug’14 – India Habitat Centre, New Delhi	The changing trends of Industrial Relations in India	Challenges of handling Gen Y Blue Collar in Indian Context	MDI,Gurgaon IMI, Delhi IMT, Ghaziabad XISS, Ranchi FMS,Delhi
Third Awanish Dev Memorial Lecture Repositioning Industrial Relations in the New India	9th Oct’15,Holiday Inn, Mumbai	Repositioning Industrial Relations in the New India	Challenges of handling Gen Y Blue Collar in Indian Context	XISS, Ranchi TISS, NMIMS, JBIMS,SPJIMR, Mumbai SCMHRD, Pune
Fourth Awanish Dev Memorial Lecture Forecasting ER Challenges 2020	21st Sep’16,Crowne Plaza, Chennai	Forecasting ER Challenges 2020 – Risk mitigation strategies for positive and sustained Employee Relations	Redefining ER Roadmap – Aligning to Make In India Initiative	XISS,Ranchi LIBA,IFMR,D G Vaishnava CBS Chennai DOMS IIT Madras
Fifth Awanish Dev Memorial Lecture The Real HR of IR	31st Aug’17,Westin Mindspace, Hyderabad	ER trends across three generations	Tweaking the ER strategies for future	SIBM,NMIMS,ISB,IMT,TISS Hyderabad XISS, Ranchi
Sixth Awanish Dev Memorials Lecture Realigning ER Strategy for Sustained Manufacturing Excellence	1st Sep’18,Marriott, Kolkata	Employee Engagement towards building Sustainable ER	Redefining ER Strategy in Digital Era	XISS Ranchi XLRI XIMB IIM Ranchi, IIM-C IIM Shillong