Title of the Lecture : Environmental Management in Hospitality & Tourism Industry

Brief Profile of Speaker :

Niranjan Khatri is currently General Manager - Welcomenviron Initiatives of ITC Welcomgroup. He has a hotel management background and has had operational experience as the General Manager of various ITC Welcomgroup hotels. He pioneered the concept of eco designing in Welcomgroup Bay Island in Port Blair/Travel House / Land base India ltd and submitted a paper to ILO/CORNELL UNIVERSITY on eco-designing. He was invited by CII to Head their Renewable Energy cell for one year. He developed eco rating for the Delhi Government, which has been distributed to 1200 schools, translated into Marathi & further distributed to 6000 schools.

He has been taking sessions for IIT -Delhi & Mumbai, Delhi University & for management institutes like XLRI, S.P. Jain MDI and other institutions like the CII, FICCI, PHD, Assocham on eco designing. Ex convener of the water committee of CII Delhi council. Currently member of power & water committee of CII northern region. Member of Arunim an arm of ministry of social justice looking at issues of persons with multiple disabilities. Served as a non executive director in Central Electronics Ltd for 5 years.

Lecture Overview :

What are the alarming issues and concerns in Environment. To share live examples of green practices from the Welcome group and initiatives taken by the Hospitality Industry overall.

Title of the Lecture : Entrepreneurship Experience

Brief Profile of Speaker :

Nupur Chaturvedi has mastered in English Literature from the Delhi University and has also done a Diploma Course in Journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan. A five-year stint working on monthly publications in Cyber Media at various levels gave her the requisite grounding to start Minerva. Today, she is the Chief Operations Officer in the company, with ten years of rich and varied experience in writing, editing and content management under her belt.

Lecture Overview :

How and Why you decided to become an entrepreneur, how you came upon your idea, exciting moments, the challenges that you faced and are facing and how you overcame them.

Title of the Lecture : Authentic Cuisine vs. Customized Cuisine

Brief Profile of Speaker :

Chef Giovanni Leopardi took charge of the ‘The Med’- Authentic Mediterranean Restaurant at the Radisson Delhi. He has been in the hospitality sector for almost three decades.

Culinary arena offered him the ideal canvas to express his innate creativity and talent for working with his hands. Enthusiastic and passionate, an unconditional believer in the usage of fresh seasonal ingredients, he promises to bring the best that Mediterranean cuisine has to offer. His dedication to his craft and relentless pursuit of perfection, efficiency, charisma and rich experience has placed him firmly at the forefront of today’s culinary world. His tireless attention to detail and unique mastery of his Cuisine truly sets him apart.

Lecture Overview :

Customizing a cuisine to the local palate vs. retaining the authenticity of a cuisine and instead motivating the customer base to embracing it in its original/authentic form. What drives this decision?

Title of the Lecture : Auditor’s role in financial reporting

Brief Profile of Speaker :

Mr. Amitabh Verma is presently heading client acquisition division in “Xpert Consulting”, Gurgaon, Haryana, providing a comprehensive range of Finance, Taxation, Assurance, Advisory Services. He is Associate Chartered Accountant and holds Diploma in Information Systems Audit. He has also worked as Senior Analyst with Deloitte and as Audit Manager with Ashwani & Co. Chartered Accountants.

Lecture Overview :

Auditor’s role in financial reporting, Methodology used, concept of creative accounting, auditors responsibility for reporting on general purpose financial statements and like topics.