Times Of Oman, August 10, 2005

MUSCAT — Bahwan CyberTek, part of the Suhail Bahwan Group, will organise a workshop on ‘Enabling execution excellence through integrated and technology driven HR practices’ on August 16.

Professor K.B. Akhilesh, renowned HR practitioner and academician from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science and visiting professor at George Mason university, Washington DC, Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Technology and other premier institutes in India, will address a select gathering of executives on the integrated and technology driven HR practices at Grand Hyatt Muscat on August 16, said a CyberTek official.

According to Professor Akhilesh, “empowering employees with the right ammunition to collectively target organisation’s goal is today an imperative to garner competitive edge in the market. With the dynamic business environment throwing up challenges every moment, the need to build, a totally aligned organisation that is nimble, is more than ever. Successful organisations have realised this by integrating talent, effort, performance and reward.”

Professor Akhilesh will elucidate how to create competitive advantage by implementing integrated HR practices, ways to seamlessly implement HR process changes, building global top teams and competencies besides enabling key executives to define career path.

Professor Akhilesh, M.Tech., MBA, PhD, has published books such as Evolving Performing Organisations Through People and R & D Management besides publishing over 100 papers in Indian and international journals including International Journal of Team Performance, R & D Management, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, and Productivity and Personnel Today. His research interest encompasses varied topics focused on the development of human resource skills in the information technology and manufacturing sectors.

“Companies from the fringes of world economy can become global players through innovation and strategies aimed at creating opportunities as key differentiators. The first step towards this would be to empower its people — the most important asset in any organisation with a passion for success,” said Durgaprasad, CEO of Bahwan CyberTek, a leading systems integration, products and services organisation.

“At Bahwan CyberTek, we are driven by the objective of building a knowledge-driven society and the session with Prof. Akhilesh is a step towards that. Organisations in Muscat will immensely benefit from the session with Akhilesh who brings with him vast

experience in HR coupled with global exposure,” added Durgaprasad.