Brief Profile: Dr. Angan Sengupta
Dr. Angan Sengupta currently serves as an Assistant Professor and also the chair of the PhD program at Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore. Dr. Angan completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Economics from Calcutta University and in Population Studies from International Institute for Population Sciences. He earned his PhD from Maastricht University, The Netherlands on Health Economics and Policy. He is a Development Economist and Demographer. He has fourteen years of research and eight years of teaching experience at Post-graduate and PhD level. Dr. Angan has been teaching Economics of Health and Healthcare for the NPTEL
portal, as well as in Swayam Prabha platform. Dr. Sengupta has been supervising six doctoral scholars. He has published a number of articles in highly reputed international journals. Dr. Angan earned UGC Junior Research Fellowship and a coveted fellowship from TIFAC, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India to conduct research as a Young Summer Scientist in IIASA, Austria. Dr. Angan was also a visiting fellow at Harvard University.
Abstract/Snapshot: The speaker was welcomed by the students and later it was followed by sessions on basic
understanding of economic theory. The session focused to strengthen the basics of economic theory that can be used in managerial decision making problems within various organizational settings such as a firm or a government agency.
Learnings from the event
The Development of an Understanding of Micro and Macroeconomic theory and their Application to the Economic Sub-fields.
Application of Critical Thinking to Factual Knowledge and the Development of Effective
Decision Making Skills.
Important concept of National Income Accounting
Rules of Computing GDP
Demand & Supply
Feedback from students
The facilitator Dr. Angan Sengupta is a very generous person and was explaining the concepts with an real life examples. The session was interactive and very helpful.
Title of Event: Motivational Talk
Brief Profile: Dr. Rajdeep Manwani
Dr. Rajdeep Manwani is an academician, trainer, motivational speaker, life coach, councellor, social change agent and quizmaster par excellence both by training and by choice. He is a triple post graduate and PhD having completed his M.com, MBA and M.Phil and also a doctorate in commerce on the topic Strategic evaluation of training in commercial banks. He secured the gold medal for topping both M.com & M.Phil examinations in Mysore University. He is the recipient of the National award as role model for empowerment of persons with disability from the honorable President of India in December 2013. He believes in engaging, energizing and empowering individuals who are facing any form of discrimination and helps them face the world with confidence and courage. He has been a featured TED X Speaker and has hosted several training programs, given motivational speeches and held management, career and education related talk shows on radio. He firmly believes in the motto of his life “Touching lives, making a difference”.
Abstract/Snapshot: The speaker was welcomed by the students and later speaker gave some life tips which motivated everyone.
Learnings from the event
How to overcome the FEAR
Building confindence
Be yourself
Feedback from students
The facilitator Dr. Rajdeep Manwani is a very generous person and the session was very interactive. Dr. Rajdeep shared his real-life stories which motivates every students and at the end of the session everyone was so confident and motivated. Overall it was a great and memorable session.
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