A three-day Conference on the "International Conference on Future World Business and Technology" was organised at CSIBER on December 8, 2022. Addressed by Professor T. Mangaleswaran, Vice-Chancellor of Vavuniya University (Sri Lanka), and Professor (Dr) S. P. Rath, Director (CSIBER), Kolhapur, highlighted the challenges faced by global business and technology in the post-Covid era. The conference focused on four crucial issues: Environment - Man and Nature, Information Technology, Management-Business and Commerce, and Social Entrepreneurship.
Earlier in the conference, the lighting of the ceremonial lamp was done by the dignitaries and Prof. Sachin Jagtap delivered a melodic version of the Saraswati Vandana. The new edition of the "South Asia Journal of Management Research" was also released at the conference.
Prof. Mangaleswaran during the conference emphasized the importance of embracing cutting-edge management strategies, evolving organization structures, and team-oriented approaches to achieve organizational success. He spoke on Global Business and Technology and the challenges faced by the global businesses in the post-Covid era and the changing environment due to rapid technological advancement. He highlighted that success of an organisation depends on effective and efficient use of human and other resources and that the goal should be to deliver high quality products and services to the customers at low cost.
Dr. Rath on the other hand discussed the shared cultural and historical links of more than 2600 years between India and Sri Lanka. Giving various examples, he revealed how different dynasties from eastern and southern India exercised a greater influence in Southeast Asia. He also drew a clear distinction between India and the western imperial powers by underlining that Indian empires were not colonies but a second home to the traders. Answering a question, Prof. Rath said that the India-China turf war being played on the soil of Sri Lanka is a temporary phase and is only hyped by the media. He also stated that India and Lanka will continue to live together in harmony like they have done for many centuries and the western dominated world order are playing games, and China could be a better friend of India than the US in future.
