Book Launch Event: Launch of the book ‘Employee Engagement’

On 28th of February 2011 (Monday), the book ‘Employee Engagement’ co-authored by myself and Mr. S. Ramadoss (Senior V.P. & CHRO, Titan Industries Limited, Bangalore), was officially released by Mr. Bhasker Bhat, MD. Titan Industries Limited. The venue of the event was the ‘Autumn Hall’ of the Royal Orchid Hotel, Bangalore.

The dignitaries who attended the function were from across the corporate world and academia. Human resource Heads and functional heads from companies like Infosys, IBM, Oracle, Himalaya, Titan and Professors from, from organizations like Wellingkar, Alliance University etc. were in the august attendance.

Prominently among them were Dr. Madhukar Angur, Chancellor, Alliance University, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Biztantra Publications, Mr. K.V. Ravinaraynan, GM Wiley India, Mr. Harish Devarajan (President NHRD, Bangalore & People Unlimited), Dr. Archana Arcot, Head – Organizational Development, Infosys, K.G. Umesh Head (HR) Himalaya Herbal Healthcare, Mr. R. Balaji Senior Manager – HR & Housing Titan, Mr. Chayan Chakraborty Senior Project Manager IBM. Also present were Mr. Raju Joseph Senior Sales Manager, Mr. Ramesh Shankaran, Sales Manager – Imports, Wiley, Mr. Vijay Kumar Area Sales Manager, Biztantra, Mr. Ravindran Managing Director – Pearl HRD Solutions, Prof. Anuradha Mahesh, Faculty Wellingkar, besides a host of other corporate leaders.

The event started with a welcome address by Mr. S. Ramadoss. He welcomed all the dignitaries and spoke briefly about the book. He spoke about how his stint at Titan gave him the inspiration to pen down his experiences. After this I took the audience through a brief tour of the book sharing how the idea for a book on employee engagement took birth and eventually became a reality. I had the opportunity to elucidate interesting glimpses from the book.

This was followed by the ceremonial launch of the book by Mr. Bhasker Bhat, Managing Director of Titan. Mr. Bhat then spoke with great élan about the power of people and how a book on ‘Employee Engagement’ is the need of the hour. He also congratulated both the authors for bringing-out this very timely manuscript. Dr. Madhukar Angur in his speech said this book is a perfect confluence of strong research and corporate practice and should be a beacon for many companies and practitioners. He stressed upon the need for more such management books, which can serve a great purpose. The present and past presidents of NHRD, Bangalore also spoke on the need for a book on ‘Employee Engagement’ and congratulated the authors for their ‘work’. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Biztantra shared his experience as to how upon a chance meeting with Dr. Debashish Sengupta, the idea for this book took strong shape and the interesting journey since then. He expressed his desire, as a leader of a reputed management publishing house, to publish more such innovative books in the future. The function ended with a vote of thanks by the Mr. Sridhar N.E. Senior HR Manager Titan. The function was compered by Mr. Elangovan.