KALPATHA OVERVIEW

College of Engineering, Trivandrum, (CET) founded in the year 1939 by the rulers of Travancore, is a pioneering and premier professional institution in India. From the modest intake of 21 students to the present capacity of 5000, the college has to its credit some of the brightest minds of the country and abroad. Accumulated expertise and quality of last seven decades, maintain the status of this institution continuously among the topmost percentile. The institution is affiliated to the University of Kerala and accredited by the AICTE including departments conforming to ISO 9000 certification.

CET started its MBA programme in 1985 as a part time programme and has been well received by the practicing management fraternity. A department of this current status was started in 2000 with a full time programme. CET –MBA is now one of the premier management programme in South India and has achieved excellence in quality education. The department provides a platform to continuously supervise and instill enthusiasm, dynamism and appropriate awareness of professional management. In short the Institution aspires to be a catalyst in transforming young men and women into world-class leaders.

‘KALPATHA’ is dedicated to uphold the recent trends ands issues in management and bridge the gap between the corporate world and student community. It provides an unparalleled avenue to explore recent issues, gain insights into emerging trends and comprehend the vanguard management practices. KALPATHA over the years has been graced by prominent speakers from the industry and academic areas, and has seen unprecedented response from both the business and student community.

ABOUT STRATEGIC CRISIS LEADERSHIP

An enterprise wide framework to combat unexpected crisis is the need of the day. Growing environmental factors force the business to identify the vulnerabilities to map out possible crisis scenarios. This period of economic crisis and recession warrant the need for restructuring their organizations to get a competitive fit in the industry and business.

Strategic Crisis Leadership involves high leverage skills that are vital to corporate recovery in the midst of a disaster. Crisis leadership skills are needed that define the crisis beyond the obvious, forecast the intended and unintended consequences of decisions, anticipate the effect of the crisis on impacted stakeholders, assess the impact of the crisis on core assets, follow the values and guiding principles of the organization.

Managing crisis and ambiguity requires strategic leaders who not only provides a sense of direction but who can also build ownership and alignment within their workgroup to implement change. Strategically leading and handling a crisis entails making decisions across different cultures, agencies, agendas, personalities and desires. Strategic crisis leadership provides the vision and direction for the growth and success of an organization. Crisis leadership is the art of making the right ‘defining decisions’ and executing at the right time.

Kalpatha ’09, the flagship event of CET MBA presents the art of making defining decisions through Strategic Crisis Leadership.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Along with the conference, CET MBA is also organising a paper presentation competition on 'Optimistic India -At Times of Recession'.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

The broad objectives of the conference include:

• Providing the tools and habits for dealing strategically and reflexively with various forms of contingency, crisis and change in and around their organizations.
• Providing participants with an opportunity to build and develop leadership skills for handling stress, pressure and crisis.
• Making the participants understand the anatomy of crisis and what should be in place before, during and after the event.
• Develop and implement contingency plans for crisis management.
• Helping the participants in acquiring an in depth knowledge in the key aspects of Strategic Crisis Management.