Webinar Series

About the Webinar Series

The primary goal of the webinar series is to help students blossom by bringing valuable insights from industry experts. It is one of many steps to build collaboration with industry experts across the globe, allowing them to share their vast industry experience with the students, thereby nurturing the future generations to become inspiring business leaders.


Prof. Achint NigamFaculty In-chargeKaleidoscope

In popular fashion, a Kaleidoscope is just another optical instrument that works on illusions. Shake it and you find the existing patterns transition into the newer ones.  Symbolically, it represents the initiatives an individual must pursue to land in the right place, as life continues to change and we are continuously challenged. The department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, has taken the initiative to organize an Industry connect webinar series Kaleidoscope since September 2021, aiming to build the critical skill of business in its students aspiring to work for the new-age organizations.

Session 01:

Date: 1st October, 2023

The first Kaleidoscope webinar of 2023 was delivered by Mr. Nabajyoti Talukdar, Engagement Manager, Accenture Strategy on the topic “Supply Chain Analytics: Procurement Cost Reduction”.

The Webinar focused on highlighting on how to approach a cost reduction project by emphasizing on what kind of data to look at and applying the right analytical techniques in order to meet the end goals of the project.

Session 02:

Date: 22nd October, 2023

The second Kaleidoscope webinar of 2023 was delivered by Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle on the topic “Cloud Computing: The Business Perspective”.

The Webinar focused on certain patterns and anti-patterns which a business decision makers should be aware of to derive the maximum benefit from cloud adoption,  by touching upon a few key areas like cloud economics and cloud use cases.


Session 03:

Date: 5th November, 2023

The third Kaleidoscope webinar of 2023 was delivered by Mr. Kapil Thapliyal, Senior Manager, BMW India on the topic “Pricing Strategy: An Industry Perspective”.

The Webinar focused on the Strategic Pricing in the Automotive Industry: A BMW and Maruti Suzuki Perspective. Explore the pricing strategies of these automotive giants and how they align with their core business goals. Discover how external factors impact product pricing, and how these brands navigate challenges. Gain insights into finding the optimal product price. 

BITSAA PROPEL 2.0

Session 01:

Date: March 4th, 2023 (Saturday)

The first Propel webinar of 2023 was delivered by Mr. Nikhil Goswami, Director of NGPS solutions on the topic “Supply Chain Analytics Beyond Curriculum”.

The webinar focused on understanding the factors driving the adoption of analytics in the supply chain, the opportunities that lie ahead, and the challenges to overcome. What a business needs to do to develop a strategy to make supply chain decisions backed by sound analysis was also discussed.

Session 02:

Date: March 25th, 2023 (Saturday)

The second Propel webinar of 2023 was delivered by Ms. Snehil Jain, a Data Science and Analytics Professional in the banking sector on the topic “Marketing Analytics”.

The webinar took the audience through the concept of converting business problems into analytical problems, finding analytical solutions and re-converting the solutions into business solutions. It also focused on understanding how Marketing Analytics can help in understanding customers, making more informed decisions, and discovering hidden opportunities. The speaker also introduced the design of experiments to handle multiple factors in marketing and understanding customer preferences for an increased return on investment and customer life cycle value. She also highlighted the value of setting up of lead activities, keeping up with Digital Marketing and E-commerce, doing Market research, and filtering everything through robust marketing strategies.

Session 03:

Date: April 29th, 2023 (Saturday)

The third Propel webinar of 2023 was delivered by Mr. Sundar N, Consultant – Neuroscience on the topic “Behavioral Finance”.

The webinar focused on understanding Behavioral Finance, variations and viewpoints across the sector, discussion on a few recent case studies, and ideas to build an AI model for the same.