Minutes of Meeting of NHRDN on 12th December.

The monthly meeting of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter for the month of December was convened on 12^th December, 2009 at 6.30 pm at Hotel Marrion, Bhubaneswar. The evening started with a talk by guest speaker, Dr. Suvendu Das on the topic "Stress Management for HR professionals". Dr. Suvendu Das is presently the General Manager - HR of Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. His talk was extremely entertaining. It started with the audience endeavoring to do stress reliever exercises, which was very relaxing, especially for the trainees of the workshop who had already gone through a day full of indoor and outdoor activities. His talk enlightened the audience on various aspects of stress like the external and internal sources of stress, physical & emotional signs of stress, stress associated conditions and treatment for stress. The pace of talk and the style of presentation left the audience yearning for more.

 

The talk was followed by meeting of NHRDN members of Bhubaneswar Chapter. It was decided to keep the meeting short as the day was marked with events right from the morning.

 

The President, Dr. S. K. Mahapatra, announced that he would release an annual calendar of events in the forthcoming meeting of NHRDN, pertaining to the month of January, 2010. Dr. Mahapatra announced the chapter plans to organize events in association with organizations like NIPM, ISTD, CII and other similar professional associations, so as to establish a camaraderie with them and to add value to NHRDN vis-à-vis adding value to them. He also invited members to conduct research studies in preferred subject areas, in association with NHRDN. Dr. Mahapatra encouraged all members to volunteer and organize events for the chapter. This was instantly responded to by Mr. G. S. R. Murthy who came forward to organize quizzes on behalf of the chapter. In this regard, Dr. Mahapatra called each member an EC member, responsible for making the chapter stand and retain its identity. Further, Sri Sankarsan Acharya emphasized that all innovative thoughts must be prioritized and implementation should be ensured. Amidst all his innovative trend-setting ideas, Dr. Mahapatra also announced that the guest talks every month will not be limited to HR related areas but would also include all other areas including art and culture.

 

Dr. Mahapatra released a memento which was long since planned and specially designed, on behalf of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter and announced that such a memento would be presented as gesture of appreciation to guest speakers and dignitaries, so that the spirit of NHRDN is propagated.

 

The meeting concluded with a formal vote of thanks by President, Dr. S. K. Mahapatra, especially for the support extended by members to make the workshop a success. 

 

The meeting was followed by a networking dinner hosted by Mr. Sameer Hans, life member of NHRDN, Bhubaneswar Chapter, a leading HR consultant and entrepreneur. Dinner was accompanied by live music by a leading musical troupe of Bhubaneswar.