M.O.P. Vaishnav Hosts National Workshop ‘Leaders for a Sustainable Future’ With AIMS
Nungambakkam campus desk — two days, nine sessions, ~115 participants; inaugural by Dr. Panchanatham Natarajan.
The Department of Management Studies at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, with AIMS, ran a two-day national workshop on 13–14 August 2026. About 115 participants attended nine sessions on AI-era leadership, entrepreneurship, branding, and start-up funding.
M.O.P. Vaishnav Hosts National Workshop ‘Leaders for a Sustainable Future’ With AIMS — Economy, Chennai local news
Event
National Level Two-Day Workshop — “Leaders for a Sustainable Future”
Dates
13 & 14 August 2026
Host
Department of Management Studies, M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai
Collaboration
Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS)
Venue belt
Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600 034
Participants (organiser figure)
About 115
Sessions
Nine
Contact (dept.)
mopmbamis@gmail.com
What we know
Summary
Chennai, 15 August 2026 — Over two days at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women in Nungambakkam, management students and professionals sat through a packed national workshop that tried to answer a blunt question: what does leadership look like when profit, purpose, AI tools, and start-up risk all share the same room?
The Department of Management Studies organised “Leaders for a Sustainable Future” with AIMS. Organisers said 115 people attended — a mix of UG/PG students, research scholars, working professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs — across nine sessions that moved from mindset and team leadership to funding, branding, and alumnae entrepreneurship.
Inaugural dais at M.O.P. Vaishnav College — Dr. Ramya Raman, Dr. Panchanatham Natarajan, and Principal Dr. Archana Prasad. Photo: organisers.
Day 1 — mindset, teams, profit vs purpose
13 August opened with an inaugural address by Dr. Panchanatham Natarajan, Vice-Chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute, and a welcome from Principal Dr. Archana Prasad.
Sessions that followed, as listed in the brochure and confirmed in the organiser brief:
| Session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Leadership Mindset in the AI Era | Mr. C. G. Srikrishnan, Senior Business Leader & Coach |
| Leadership Master Class: Leading Teams & Managing Challenges | Ms. Preeti Mishra, Managing Director, Hope4best Consultant Pvt Ltd |
| Executive Dialogue — “Can Profit and Purpose co-exist? — The Leader's Dilemma” | Mr. Ganapathy Subramanian (CHRO, Sundaram Home Finance); Mr. K. Madhusoodhanan (Director, Dhanyam Superstores); Ms. Padmavathy Raman (CFO, Heidelberg India) |
| Visionary Talk — “Journey from Idea to Start-up” | Ms. Arasi Arul, Founder & CEO, 60 Plus Global |
The executive dialogue and start-up talk framed sustainability not only as environment policy, but as the everyday tension between growth targets and longer-term purpose — a theme organisers kept returning to across both days.
Felicitation during the workshop sessions. Photo: organisers.
Day 2 — marketing, branding, funding, alumnae panel
14 August shifted toward practical entrepreneurship and digital skills:
| Session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| AI Tools for Digital Marketing | Mr. Santosh Srinivasan, Founder, ChakraView Consulting |
| Personal Branding for Future Leaders | Ms. G. Shubashree, Life Skills Trainer & Growth Strategist |
| Funding Opportunities for Start-ups | Mr. Prakash Subramanian, Founder & CEO, Zero 2 Billion |
| Business Model Canvas | Mr. Bhanu Kumar, ARRA Associates |
| Panel — “Entrepreneurial Excellence: Insights from M.O.P. Alumnae” | Ms. Ankitha Prakash (COO, Varadaraja Cinemas); Ms. Simran Bohra (Founder, Tara Jewellery); Ms. Rushda Rahman (Founder, Noshi); Ms. Rachana Mittal (Chennai Zone & Head HR, Sett & Lucas) |
| Valedictory address | Dr. V. Srividya, Director, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore |
Ms. Padmavathy Raman (CFO, Heidelberg India) was among the industry leaders felicitated during the executive dialogue. Photo: organisers.
Recognition after a start-up / idea-to-venture session. Photo: organisers.
Why this workshop sat in Nungambakkam
M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, established in 1992, runs UG, PG, and doctoral programmes and is affiliated to the University of Madras (NAAC A++). The Department of Management Studies (from 1995) offers an AICTE-approved MBA with Marketing, Finance, HR, and Business Analytics specialisations.
For Chennai’s management students, a national workshop with AIMS and a speaker mix from finance, retail, consulting, and alumnae ventures is less “guest lecture filler” and more a compressed map of how campus learning meets hiring and founding decisions.
Programme brochure shared by the organisers (registration window and fees were for the August 2026 edition). Photo: organisers.
Who attended
Organisers said the room mixed:
- UG and PG students
- Research scholars
- Aspiring entrepreneurs
- Working professionals
That mix matters in Chennai: many campus events stay student-only; this one deliberately pulled in people already in jobs or building ventures, which changes the quality of Q&A in funding and branding sessions.
Sources
- Organiser workshop brief and participant count (Department of Management Studies / M.O.P. Vaishnav)
- Workshop brochure (dates, session titles, speaker designations, registration fee window)
- Event photographs supplied by the organisers
- College context: mopvc.edu.in
What this means in Chennai
Local impact, institutions, and what residents should watch next.
Why Chennai readers should care
Chennai’s management colleges run many seminars. What stood out here was the two-day arc — AI-era leadership and team craft on day one, then digital marketing, personal branding, funding, and a live alumnae entrepreneurship panel on day two — plus an AIMS national frame that signals peers beyond one city campus.
For students and early-career professionals in Central Chennai, the practical takeaway is simple: purpose-led leadership is being taught alongside funding and branding, not as a separate CSR elective.
What to watch next
- Check the Department of Management Studies / college notices for follow-on workshops or AIMS collaborations.
- Treat brochure registration fees (early-bird / standard) as edition-specific — they applied to the August 2026 window, not as a standing tariff.
- Alumnae panels like this are often the best local signal of which sectors M.O.P. graduates are actually building in (cinema ops, jewellery, D2C, HR).
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