XLRI will host KRONOS -21, the B-school's flagship Human Resource Conclave, in a virtual mode on August 1 and 2.

The theme for the conclave is "Re-defining the Role of Human Resources for the Future."

The two-day conclave will bring leading HR professionals to share experiences and insights on the ever-changing dynamics of the industry.

As the boundaries of HR have extended beyond horizons, the way HR practices are managed and run is becoming vigorous, agile, and embedded with digital interventions, said a B-school official.

According to him, while there have been discussions on the disruption concerning data and digitalisation, the whole idea of work, workplace, and human resources has evolved in the context of the prevailing Covid pandemic.

Dean Academics Ashish K. Pani, associate dean Debasis Pradhan and Anita Sarkar, chairperson, HRM Area, will be present at the inaugural session.

The first day of the conclave will see a session by Deepa Narayan, vice- president, Employee Success at Salesforce on Rethinking HRM Amidst Disruptions and a keynote speech on the topic Next-Gen HRM by Rajlakshmi Saikia, vice-president, Global Learning Operation, Genpact.

The first day will also see a speech by Susan Mathew, HR Country Head, Linkedin, on Human Resources Planning During Covid-19.

The first day will end with a session "Experts ki Paathshaala" on HR Analytics and HR Auditing to be participated by Anish Raj, director HR, Sentio, and Vipin Sharma, Head HR Strategy, Analytics and HR Innovation Lab, Tata Steel.

The proceedings on the second day will start with a keynote address on Leadership Agility by Suresh Narayanan, chairman and managing director, Nestle India Ltd and How to be the best candidate for hiring? by Anurag Patnaik, Head of Human Resource, Nestle.

The plenary address by columnist and management consultant Abhijit Bhaduri will be on Careers in a Hybrid Corporate World and a talk by Ma Foi K. Pandiarajan, businessman turned politician post lunch.

This will be followed by a session to be participated by executive post- graduate diploma in management (ExPGDM) batch of 2021-22 which comprises 114 professionals with a work experience of more than five years from various industries including IT, Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), manufacturing and construction.