Guest Talk on 'Operations Strategy in Times of Changing Technology' by Mr. Shrikanth HS, Manager Digital Marketing and Sales

Guest Lecture on Operations Strategy
Mr. Shrikanth HS, Manager Digital Marketing and Sales, Swarajya
delivered a guest lecture on the topic 'Operations Strategy in times of changing Technology' for fourth Term Operations Management batch. He spoke extensively on Technology Strategy and probed deeply into the "Lead vs Follow dilemma" and "The Myth of First-Mover Advantage in the technology markets".
He also spoke on Disruptive technologies and the way its reshaping the industry landscape across the globe. He also expressed his concerns over Multi national companies like Uber, Practo using technology to aggregate/consolidate markets and its implication on the health of domestic industries.
Mr. Shrikanth an alumnus of School of Management, has experience in IT service industries, like Tata Consultancy Services, GLOPORE IMS and CIPL Resurge Pvt Ltd in various capacities such as Systems Engineer, operations associate and project manager. He has also headed a team for poll booth strategy and social media campaign of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Palghar MP constituency, Maharashtra for general elections 2014.