April 2009 appointments

April 2009
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2 – *Avis - 1.15 pm; *Nirmalya Kumar, *Pradipta K. Mohapatra - 3.15 pm; *Uttam Prakash Agarwal - 6.30 pm
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4 – *Kunal Banerjee, *M. Gopalakrishnan, *A. N. Raman - 12 noon
5 – *N. Ramachandran - 12 noon (Thanjavur); *Interaction with a few PMU students; *Campus visit - PMU;
6 – *S.Vaidhyasubramaniam - 1 pm
7 – *Abhay Gupte - 12
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9 – *Jayakumar Christian - 12 noon
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11 – *P. G. Raghuraman - 12 noon
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14 – *R. Sampath - 1 pm
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16 – *K. Gopi - 1 pm; *Prakash Krishnamoorthy - 4 pm
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20 – *K. Guruswamy- 1 pm
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22 – *Devdutt Pattanaik - 3.30 pm
23 – *Sivabalan Sekhar, Ramakrishnan V - 12.30 pm
24 – Cleartrip.com (?)
25 – *Dr K. M. Cherian - 3 pm
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27 – *A. C. Fernando - 12.30 pm; *Bala V.Balachandran - 4.30 pm
28 – *Sunil Kumar - 12.30 pm; *Angela Ng, *Manish Bansal - 3 pm
29 – Dr J. V. Mahendran- 12.30 pm (?)
30 – *D. Antony Ashok Kumar - 12.30 pm
(* means 'met/'spoke'; $$ Awaiting confirmation; ? Didn't happen)

D. Antony Ashok Kumar

D. Antony Ashok Kumar, Director and Principal, SRM Institute of Hotel Management, and Sr General Manager, SRM Hotel P Ltd, Chennai
April 30, 2009, 12.30 pm

D. Antony Ashok Kumar - Videos

Impact of slowdown on hospitality industry

Need for environmental awareness in hospitality industry

Waste management practices in hotels

Customer preferences that require attention in hotels

Tourism potential in India

Example of Singapore in tourism promotion

Zero crime rate

Foreign travellers to India are exploited and harassed

Remembering my teacher

We learn every moment

Views about the younger generation

Book on health recipes that I'd like to write

A recipe for heart patients -- fish biryani

Research in Indian culinary

A signal that tells me there is a problem

Scope for creativity and innovation in hospitality industry

Low-cost hotel for budget travellers

Feasibility of budget hotels

How does a fresh graduate go about setting up a hotel

Suggestions for the media

Status stigma that hoteliers suffer from

Job of air-hostesses is tough

How can travel be made more popular

Suggestions for the media

Status stigma that hoteliers suffer from

Job of air-hostesses is tough

How can travel be made more popular

Plans for expansion

Heritage research

Foreign travellers like to know more about Indian food

We have students from other countries

Entry-level hotel employees need to be paid better

Cost management in hospitality industry

Changes required in hotel management curriculum

Does hotel management course attract the right students

How panic reactions affect hospitality industry

Rural tourism

Policies that can promote the hospitality industry

Manish Bansal

Manish Bansal, Regional Marketing Manager-SAARC, Websense International Ltd, Mumbai (www.websense.com)
April 28, 2009, 3 pm

Angela Ng

Angela Ng, Director, Marketing, APAC & Middle East, Websense Inc
April 28, 2009, 3 pm
Angela Ng

Angela Ng - Videos

Opening remarks…

Where are malware getting hosted

Business risks in blocking websites

Security trends

First to detect viruses and malicious code in the market

Are there estimates of how much damage malware has caused

Impact of economic downturn

Revenue growth, and manpower increase in the last six months

Employee enablement, in the form of training of engineers, and R and D expansion

Tough to eliminate hackers

EIP - Essential Information Protection

Any product for the mobile space

Remembering my teacher

Any product for the mobile space

Remembering my teacher

One most valuable work lesson is to be nice to people, and not to play politics

A dream I'd like to chase is to start a school for special needs children

Top three challenges as the leader

Views about the younger generation

A common myth is that security is a one-time exercise

Certification programmes

Pricing policy