COLLOQUIUM SESSION SPEAKERS | DR. V.P. KOCHIKAR, Infosys |
"Managing Knowledge"
Infosys aims to steer the organization to the “Learn once, Use anywhere” paradigm where all actions are fully enabled by the power of knowledge; which truly believes in leveraging knowledge for innovation and every employee is empowered by the knowledge of every other employee.
This talk will examine the imperatives for organizations to implement Knowledge Mangament (KM), and outline the genesis and current status of the KM effort at Infosys and will elaborate on company’s integrated KM strategy. Dr. Kochikar is the Principal Knowledge Manager at Infosys. He has published extensively in international and national conferences and journals. He is on the panel of reviewers of various international journals and conferences and a guest lecturer at various business schools and industry in India, the UK and the US. He has been profiled by Knowledge Management Review magazine. He holds a PhD from IIT, Chennai, an M.Tech from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a B.Tech from IIT, Mumbai. "Knowledge Management - A People Approach"
Every organization has an invaluable asset in the collected knowledge base of its people who create and deal with knowledge that directly impacts its bottomline. However, this knowledge is rarely captured and remains as nuggets tucked away in the form of presentations, text files, mails, spreadsheets and most importantly experiences that individuals hold on to.
A good Knowledge Management tool must be centered on the organizations biggest assets - its people. It must offer facilities for the creation, capture organization, access use of information assets and, yet, make the individual the champion. It must provide a framework to reward both knowledge seekers and experts. Mr. Patil has over 12 years of experience in building high impact execution strategies and strong management teams. His background includes deploying highly scalable technology solutions in the Financial Services, Insurance and Healthcare industries in the US. Before re-locating from the Silicon Valley to head the IT Services and e-Business initiatives of Max Infotech, Raj has co-founded Health Cast LLC, USA and was the founding CEO for Mind Crossing Inc, USA. | GAUTAM BRAHMA, Hughes Software Systems |
"Knowledge Management - A Primer"
Knowledge management has become exceedingly important today because of important factors largely out of the management’s control.
A useful approach to understanding it is to look at the variety of KM projects in progress and to survey what companies mean when they say they are
doing KM. KM implementation is expensive and best taken up after appreciating the various ways of measuring success and identifying and building on the key success factors. Every successful company actually practices KM often without being aware of it and without calling it by that name. It is important to identify & appreciate these fragmented initiatives before uniting them under a planned KM program. Gautam Brahma is an alumnus of IIT, Delhi and IIM, Bangalore. He has worked for the last 22 years in hardware/ software engineering, industrial engineering, R&D management, quality assurance, training & consulting. Currently, he is the Head of the software quality function at Hughes Software Systems, He has active interests in e -learning, knowledge management, and intellectual property issues related to software. "Using KM as a Strategic Tool to Hyper charge Your Business - IBM Case Study"
This presentation looks at understanding knowledge and Knowledge Management, the Five Pillars of Knowledge Management and understanding what knowledge is needed by whom?. It examines on the Strategic Business benefits of the Knowledge Management Strategy - The IBM Case Study and on Solutions for Implementing Knowledge Management Arun Sawhney with 10 years of experience in Industry and Consulting is a part of the Transformation Consulting Practice of IBM Consulting Group in India. He has consulted in various industries, focusing on Telecom . He has worked as an internal consultant with Xerox in India, and as the Head of Business Process Management with Escotel Mobile Communications Ltd. He is a frequent speaker at international foray including in Hong Kong, the UK and the US. | PROF. MADHUKAR SHUKLA, XLRI |
"The Two Faces of Knowledge Management"
A major dilemma companies face when embarking upon the Knowledge Management program is the choice between "documentation" (KM implies capturing and codifying knowledge) and "personalization" (,KM is a culture-based activity). This presentation proposes that while some amount of integration between the two approaches is critical to the success of any KM program, the organization must still make a conscious choice about which approach to emphasize upon in it KM effort and discuss the criteria that can help the organizations making this choice. Madhukar Shukla, XLRI, Jamshedpur is a Professor of Organizational Behavior & Strategic Management. He has been associated as a trainer and consultant to several leading multinationals companies, including American Express, Hindustan Lever Ltd., GE India, ITC Ltd., TELCO.. Prof Shukla is the ex-Dean (Research) and a Professional Member of the Indian Society of Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS)., and is a member of the Academic Council of Academy of HRD.
He has published extensively in professional journals and is the author of 2 books
‘Competing through Knowledge: Building a Learning Organisation’ and ‘Understanding Organizations’. | PROF. R.S. GANAPATHY, Aptech | "Strategies of a Knowledge Economy"
The Twenty-first Century is widely regarded as the Knowledge Century, where knowledge-based economic activities will grow rapidly and become dominant. Knowledge will become the strategic source of competitive advantage among enterprises and knowledge-based activities will perhaps contribute over half of the Gross National Product in several countries. This plenary presentation will review the nature of knowledge economy as well as knowledge resources in enterprises. It will seek to identify potential areas of growth and develop a set of strategic options for promoting the effective use of knowledge in industry, government and the professions. Prof R S Ganapathy has degrees in Chemistry Law, Management and a Ph.D. (University of Michigan, USA). He has been the Chief of Long Range Planning at the Indian Atomic Energy Commission and a Professor of Management at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, for over 17 years. He has researched, taught, published and consulted widely in India and abroad with a variety of organizations. He has also worked on Consulting and Research Projects for the UN , UNDP, UNESCO, UNIDO and the World Bank. Currently, he is the Corporate Guru at Aptech Limited and is the Chairman of India’s first Net-based MBA programme. "Implementing a Knowledge Management System"
This presentation attempts to bridge the gap between Knowledge Management theory and practice. It addresses how to implement a knowledge management strategy and knowledge management system in your organisation.
The presentation will cover four stages in knowledge management system development - evaluate and leverage existing infrastructure; analyze, design, and develop the knowledge management system; deploy the knowledge management system; evaluate performance. Mr.Reddy (PMP), BE, MS (USA), MBA (USA), Director Knowledge Management, is an invited life-member of Project Management Associates, India. He is also a Guest Faculty at the Loyola Institute of Business Administration and the Madras Management Association. He founded the Integrated Strategic Information Systems .In the area of KM, he was the technical lead on the intelligent integration platform used in the Design Knowledge Management System of the US Airforce and the Advanced Software Development Workstation for NASA. Early in his career, he was responsible for building a temporal (planning) framework for knowledge representation and situation understanding for the US Navy. |
