The Post-Graduate Department of Commerce and Business Administration, Khalsa College Amritsar organized one day workshop on “Achieving Problem- Solution Fit and Product- Market Fit” by HDFC Bank, Amritsar in collaboration with Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Khalsa College, Amritsar on 20th February, 2025 at 2:00 pm in seminar hall of the college. The workshop was planned and executed under the supervision of Dr. A.K. Kahlon (Principal), Dr. Gursharan Kaur (President, IIC) and Dr. Poonam Sharma (Workshop Coordinator). This workshop aimed to provide awareness and valuable insights regarding banking system to the faculty participants from different departments of the college.
Mr. Sameer Sareen, Vice President and Cluster Head (Retail Branch Banking), HDFC Bank, was the key speaker of the event. He shared valuable insights on fraud vigilance, financial awareness, and product information, helping the faculty to understand crucial aspects of banking and business strategy.
Following his session, Mr. Love Kumar Sharma (Branch Manager, HDFC Bank), along with other team members, provided additional insights into banking products and customer-centric financial solutions. The other team members present were Mr. Jatinder Arora (Sales Manager), Mr. Faisal Mir (ASM Credit card), Mr. Gaurav Aggarwal (Cluster Head, HDFC Security DMAT HSL), Mr. Ajay Sharma (ASM Home Loan), Mr. Puneet Gupta (Refined Partner), Mr. Sumit Mahendru (Cluster Head HDFC Mutual Funds), Mr. Ishavpreet Singh (Fraud awareness) and Ms. Chhavi (Senior sales executive, Credit card).
Principal Dr. A. K Kahlon, Dr. Taminder Singh Bhatia (Dean Academic Affairs) and Dr. Devender Singh (Registrar) extended the floral welcome to the resource persons. Principal, Dr. A.K. Kahlon appreciated the efforts of the department and emphasized the importance of such interactions regarding financial awareness and fraud alertness. She encouraged participants to actively contribute in such sessions to enhance their understanding of real-world challenges. Dr. Gursharan Kaur appreciated the efforts of organising committee and the team of officials from HDFC Bank, Amritsar. She highlighted the objectives of Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Khalsa College Amritsar and assured that IIC will continue to conduct such kind of informative events in future also.
Dr. Poonam Sharma introduced the distinguished guests and emphasized the significance of this workshop in facilitating the participants for deeper understanding of customers’ concerns related to banking and to develop its effective solutions for achieving impactful 'Problem-Solution Fit' and 'Product-Market Fit'.
Prof. Meenu Chopra, member of organising committee, highlighted that this workshop aims at identifying critical customer problems and crafting solutions that perfectly align with customers’ needs. She adelivered vote of thanks. Around 60 faculty members of the Khalsa College actively participated in the workshop.
Dr. Supninder Kaur (Head, English Department), Dr. Sawant Singh Manto (Incharge, Social Science Department), Dr. Sawraj Kaur, Dr. Deepak Devgan and Dr. Ajay Sehgal from Khalsa University, Amritsar were also present in this event. Dr. Samiya, Dr. A.S. Bhalla and Prof. Sheetal Gupta assisted in conducting this event. Prof. Meenu Chopra, Dr. Harpreet Kaur Mehrok and Dr. Navpreet Kulaar took over the charge of media and publicity of the event.
