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PROJECT MANAGER OF THE FUTURE Joseph Cahill Senior Vice President (Finance and Administration) and Interim Executive, PMI With the advent of Technologies, the project manager of the future would need refined soft skills, so that they are able to motivate, inspire, communicate, collaborate and respond effectively. Project managers would need to take datadriven decisions. As the amount of data available can be immense knowing how to pick the correct data and make timely use of it would be a valuable skill. He focused on the tools and strategies required to manage disruptions successfully. He recommended an open mind, continuous skill development and an agile approach to project management as the way forward
BUILDING A RULE BASED ECONOMY Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Sanjeev Sanyal spoke about the changes that have progressively moved Indian economy to being rule based. He shared how reforms like GST, insolvency and bankruptcy code are making a difference. He quoted data to indicate that the creation of an independent monetary policy committee to control inflation was highly effective. He also talked about the success of the government’s strategy in tackling bad loans. He asserted that implementing these tough measures will help the country in the long term
