Annual Staff Conference [Conclave] Of RUDSETI Directors - A Brief Report
REPORT ON THE ANNUAL STAFF CONFERENCE [CONCLAVE] OF RUDSETI DIRECTORS ORGANIZED BY CENTRAL SECRETARIAT, UJIRE FROM 14.8.2012 TO 16.8.2012 AT DHARMASTHALA
Among the many best practices of RUDSETI, organizing an Annual Staff Conference for capacity building and review of the functioning of all the RUDSET Institutes is a regular annual event. During the Conclave, the Directors of various RUDSET Institutes, invariably from Syndicate Bank or Canara Bank, will have the opportunity to interact with the Executives of the Banks concerned and the Banks in turn, will review the performance of each RUDSET Institute. In addition, the President of RUDSET Institutes, Dr D Veerendra Heggade, will personally review the performance of each Institute, thus guiding the Institutes in the right direction and giving a clear vision about the activities to be undertaken by the Institutes in the field of Entrepreneurship in the future.
Accordingly, a 3-day Annual Staff Conference [Conclave] of the RUDSETI Directors was organsied by Central Secretariat, Ujire from 14.8.2012 to 16.8.2012 at Dharmasthala wherein the officials from the Monitoring Cell for RSETIs were invitied to conduct a thorough review of the performance of each RUDSETI so that the gaps in the functioning of the RUDSETIs are identified and suitable remedial measures are suggested to address these gaps. The Conclave was inaugurated by Dr D Veerendra Heggade, President, RUDSET Institutes and Dr Dinesh Avasthi, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad delivered key note address. Sri Srivastava, IFS Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi was the Chief Guest. Sri K N Janardhana, Chief Project Co-ordinatgor and Sri K N Nagendra Babu, Director from Monitoring Cell for RSETIs reviwed the performance of few RUDSET Institutes in the presence of Sri S M Desai, Executive Director. Furthermore, Dr D Veerendra Heggade, President of RUDSETI also personally reviewed the performance of each RUDSETI and suitably guided the Directors in further improving the functioning of the Institutes. On the 2nd day of the Conclave i.e. on 15th August 2012, befitting the RUDSETI culture Dr D Veerendra Heggade hoisted the National Flag and received salute from all the RUDSETI Directors and Faculty members. Sri Srivastava, IFS Chief Conservator of Forest, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi was the Chief Guest. Thereafter, review of performance of RUDSET Institutes continued, followed by a session on "Innovative Entrepreneruship" by Sri H Somashekar, DG, NAR, Bangalore. Later in the evening during the Sponsors' time, executives from both the Banks interacted with the respective RUDSETI Directors and addressed various issues pertaining to individual Directors. The valedictory function of the Conclave was held on 16.8.2012 wherein Prof. S. Prabhakar, Vice President, SDME Society, Smt Susheela, AGM, Canara Bank, Head Office, Bangalore, Sri K N Janardhana, CPC, Monitoring Cell for RSETIs and Sri S M Desai, Executive Director, CS: Ujire were present. The function was presided over Dr D Veerendra Heggade. On the 3rd day of the Conclave, all the participants were taken for an exposure visit.