Dr GBS Prasad, Director (Personnel), RINL-VSP elected as Chairman National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) Visakhapatnam Chapter for 2014-16 during the elections conducted yesterday evening.

The Annual General Body Meeting of NIPM-Visakha Chapter for the year 2013-14 was also held at Visakhapatnam.

While addressing the AGM, Dr. GBS Prasad appreciated the work done by the earlier Committee and congratulated the new Committee members. Dr. Prasad said that his endeavour would be to strengthen further NIPM, Visakha Chapter. He expressed the desire to see NIPM, Visakha Chapter as a platform for information and knowledge sharing and stressed the need to conduct interaction sessions and seminar etc. on the latest and innovative HR functions being followed in various organizations.

He advised the Visakha Chapter to organize various competitions for young managers as well as students in future to nurture young talents in the field of personnel. He also emphasized that in the present day business environment where changes are taking place in rapid speed, today’s HR professionals needs to update and re-invent themselves to adopt the changes failing which the survival of the HR professional itself will become difficult.

The Hon. Treasurer presented the Audited Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet for the year 2013-14 which was also adopted by the AGM.