TECHOCIAL- THE SOCIAL MEDIA ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
With great spirit the Commerce Association of Jesus and Mary college hosted its first International Conference on 28th and 29th March 2019.
The subject of the conference was Social Media – Opportunities and Challenges. As part of the International Conference ,The Mercurian Times ,the official e-newsletter of the Commerce Association put forward the idea of Round-Table conference. The round table conference was initiated with a mission of disseminating knowledge and enabling insightful exchanges into the virtual world of Social Media. For Techocial a panel discussion was planned with panelists from various fields of expertise. Ms.Vibha was the moderator for the session. The panelists included Mr. Manpreet Singh Madaan, founder DEIEM pvt ltd , Mr. Saurabh Jain , vice president-PAYTM, Mr. Ansh Sahdev, founder of INGLU, Mr. Gaurav Madhavan , founder of Mad Influence and lastly Mr. Amit Khanna , Superintendent Custom and CGST. They enlightened the students with their wisdom and knowledge .By sharing their respective life stories and achievements , they concluded very well on the point that how they were amazed with the working of the social media platforms. They gave anecdotes of how they successfully spread a word about their business with just one advertisement on their social media handles and it reached to millions of people in no time . They also mentioned the fact that were increasingly amazed with the fast reach of social media. They created an excellent demarcation of its use with different generations. They also waived the discussion by mentioning that with homecoming of every new wonder there is an explicit opportunity cost . Here , it is the addiction the new generation is facing. It has enslaved the students and children.The inflow of various shortcoming of the new virtual world were also highlighted upon. Thus , it was an interactive ,one to one conversation that provided students with a deeper understanding of how such platforms function . Their pros and cons were given equal weightage and it was concluded that its working shall be prioritized as per need and function rather than considering it as a mere source of entertainment.
Thus, in all it was an interactive conference, with students brainstorming enquires that were very well heard and answered by the panelists.
Efforts by
-Vyoma Joshi
-Jaya
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