The most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be Talent: smart, sophisticated businesspeople who are technologically literate, globally astute, and operationally agile. The converging forces of enhanced attrition, demanding jobs and innovative technologies demand stable talent resources for sustainable competitive advantage.

The looming war for talent is very real and, left unaddressed, stands to dramatically alter the economic performance of companies and countries. CEOs around the globe are challenging their HR leadership to develop winning strategies for recruiting and retaining the top talent that will continue to drive growth and performance. Talent thus becomes an organization focal point. Instead of conventional talent management strategies, organizations need to identify the linchpin positions which are Mission-Critical in achieving organizational goals.

Mission-Critical Talents contribute to the organization in the current scenario of Team Oriented, Virtual, Collaborative, and Extended Enterprises. Acquisition, Engagement, Development, and Retention of Talents in a transient enterprise system are hard tasks.
Kalpatha 08, the flagship event of the CET MBA addresses these issues to shape the Talent maps and grids to ensure enhanced returns.

		Inauguration
		Dr. K.Radhakrishnan, Director, V.S.S.C. Key Speakers
		Mr. Anand Pillai Sr Vice President , VP - Talent Transformation HCL Technologies Ltd., India
		Mr. Bijay Sahoo President and Cheif People Officer Reliance Retail
		Dr. K. Subramanian Managing Director Symbol Technologies, Motorola
		Ms. Vasanthi Srinivasan Associate Professor OB & HRM IIM-Bangalore
		Mr. Srikanth Srinivasan Corporate HR Ashok Leyland

KALPATHA - A Retrospection

"Kalpatha '03 " which was the first of the series was held in the premises of the Techno Park on the topic 'Competency Management' which gathered lot of applause and recognition from the corporate world. The event included presentations of many eminent personalities from the corporate world including Mr.S.Gopalakrishnan , COO, Infosys Technologies, Mr.R.R.Nair, Advisor, Unilever, Dr.Uma Jain , Director, Academy of Human Resources Development, Ahmedabad, Mr. Ujwalla Pendse, Director, Vernallis India Ltd., Dr.S.Chandrasekar President Corporate HR, Reliance Infocomm Ltd.

The Second in the series " Kalpatha '04 - A National Conference on Business Intelligence " was inaugurated by Mr. Giri Narayan, Head of HR and Facilities, Daimler- Chrysler and the speakers included Mr. Ananth Parthasarthy, Consulting Editor, The HINDU, Mr. Hemant Manohar , Chief Knowledge Officer, KPMG and other renowned experts.

Lean Six Sigma, third in the series branded as Kalpatha '05, was well taken by the business and the student community. Mr. Sunil Guptha, IVL India, delivered the inaugural address and Mr. Vijayaraghavan, former CEO, Technopark gave the keynote address. The speakers included Prof. Mahesh Chinnagiri, Indian Statistical Institute, Mr. P. Ganesh, GM (HR) Ford Chennai, Mr. Saktivel, Head, Lean Six Sigma, Timken Bearings, Bangalore, Mr. Karthikeyan, India Rewards Manager, Motorola and Mr. Atul Chugh, VP (HR), GE, Hyderabad.

Knowledge Powered Retail Mangement, fourth in the series named as Kalpatha '06 had become a great and graceful event through the fruitful speeches of Mr. Amit Mukherjee
CIO, RPG Group; Mr. Anilkumar C. S., Vice President, HR Reliance Retail; Mr. Gibson Vedamani, CEO, Retailers Association of India; V.K. Mathews, CMD, IBS Software Solutions; Prof. Sourav Mukherji, IIM Bangalore; Mr. R. R. Nair, Senior Advisor: OD Unilever; Mr. Krishnamoorthy, Head Infosys, Trivandrum.

The fifth in the series " Kalpatha '07 - Collaborative Strategic Management " was inaugurated by Dr. Ian Kerr, COO, suntech Busiess solutions and the speakers included Mr. Aravind Bharadwaj, Executive Director, R&D Technology, Asok Leyland, Mr. Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Professor- Strategy, IIM-Bangalore, and other renowned experts.