IMT CDL Organizes A Workshop On Diversity And Inclusion

The workshop held on 19th December at India International Center, New Delhi was directed by Dr. Deepak Dogra who happens to be a Professor at IMT CDL.

Ghaziabad (I-Newswire) August 18, 2012 - The workshop held on 19th December at India International Center, New Delhi was directed by Dr. Deepak Dogra who happens to be a Professor at IMT CDL. Dr. Deepak Dogra is a highly learned man with several years of experience in various Indian as well as multi national companies. He has an in depth knowledge about Cross cultural Management and Diversity Management and shared his opinion on the same during the workshop conducted by IMT Centre for Distance Learning. Dr. Sherry believes that Dr. Deeepa Dogra’s knowledge and views on the subject are indeed valuable.

Anika K. Warren, who is proficient in the diversity consulting area and has published research papers and articles on diversity and inclusion issues, was also present at the IMT CDL’s workshop. She spoke at length about the gender discrimination. She shared as to how women have to work twice as hard as men to achieve the same position. She spoke about the difficulties that women have to face during their professional career and the need to bring about a change. Dr. Sherry agrees and agrees that not only is this true for women in the West but also for those in the East as well.

Dr. Saini, professor of Human Resource management at MDI, Gurgaon was also invited by IMT Centre for Distance Learning to attend the workshop. He shared some valuable piece of information. He spoke as to how diversity can be turned into corporate asset by giving example of organizations such as Google.

Apart from them, various other highly qualified and learned professionals attended the IMT CDL workshop on Diversity and Inclusion and shared their views on the subject. Most of them were of the opinion that the concept of Workforce Diversity Management would certainly be helpful in augmenting organizational competitiveness. They also shared that in a country like India it is very important to understand the societal context before rolling out a Diversity Management program. There are various diversity issues that India must look at. These include caste, religion, age, gender, education, regional background, language, etc. “ To gain more insight into the current complexities of diversity in India, it is important that such conferences are held often,” says Dr. Sherry.

A lot of knowledge sharing was done during the workshop in an attempt to figure out the degree to which the Diversity Management has been accepted in the Indian market, especially the corporate so as to enhance competitiveness.

IMT Centre for Distance Learning has brought out a very important issue by way of this workshop. With the encouragement and support of Dr. Sherry, the workshop was a success.