bhavITva 2008: Where disruptors discussed the future of innovation
March 1, 2008

“BhavITva 2008”, the annual Information Management conclave of SPJIMR was held at the SPJIMR Auditorium. “bhavITva” is a forum for presentations and panel discussions with industry experts on topics related to Information management as part of business strategy. This year, the event was held in partnership with NASSCOM and IAMAI, SPJIMR's strategic partners and BizTech2.0, SPJIMR's media partner.

The theme of bhavITva '08 was “Disruptive Innovations and their role in redefining the technology and business landscape”. On this theme, bhavITva presented the eNNOVATION summit, which saw theme presentations by eminent industry opinion leaders and a panel discussion on the topic “The move towards disruptive innovations in IT: Are technology companies ready?”.

Dr. Sesha Iyer, Director, SPJIMR welcomed the audience of the event highlighting the importance of innovation for the times ahead. Prof. Sunil Rai, Joint Director, SPJIMR introduced the events of bhavITva '08 and set the tone of the day.

The keynote speaker of eNNOVATION was Mr. Ninad Karpe (MD, Computer Associates, India & SAARC). This was followed by guest presentations from Mr. Abhay Gupte (President, ITO, EDS India), Mr. Ravi Trivedy (Executive Director, KPMG) and Mr. Rajdeep Sahrawat (VP and Head of Innovation Initiative, NASSCOM). The guest speakers spoke on a variety of innovation related issues and initiatives. Interesting examples of innovative technologies like Google, Apple iPod, Tata Nano were highlighted by the speakers. The guest speakers were later joined by Mr. Vishwa Kiran (VP, R&D, Accenture India) and Prof. Oscar D'Souza (Faculty, SPJIMR) for the panel discussion. The panel discussion was moderated by Mr. Ivor Soans (Managing Editor, Enterprise Technology, BizTech2.0).

Apart from eNNOVATION summit, bhavITva 2008 saw the launch of IMZine, the annual IM magazine of SPJIMR. The theme for IMZine '08 was in line with bhavITva '08 - disruptive innovations. IMZine '08 had papers authored by senior experts from industry and student participants of the various programs at SPJIMR. The magazine was launched by Prof. Sunil Rai, Joint Director, SPJIMR and the first copy was presented to Mr. Abhay Gupte , President, ITO, EDS, India.

bhavITva 2008 also saw the launch of a unique initiative at SPJIMR - ‘IM The Guiding Spirit’ mentorship program for its PGDM Information Management participants. This programme is an ongoing mentorship activity with the SPJIMR Alumni as mentors.

bhavITva 2008 was conceptualized, planned, managed and executed by the Strategic Business Unit for Information Management (SBU-IM) team at SPJIMR. SBU-IM team has been constituted under the ADMAP administrative learning module of SPJIMR and comprises of participants of the PGDM programme of SPJIMR.