 Early Times Report
CHANDIGARH, Oct 1: To equip students with applicable insights and practical skills for crisis management, Chandigarh University (CU) hosted 'CEO Under Fire X', India's first ultimate corporate crisis championship, bringing together management students from about 150 institutions across the country for an immersive platform to act as CEOs managing simulated high-stakes business emergencies designed and test their critical thinking, strategic decision-making, problem solving, collaboration, leadership and business communication skills under pressure in a dynamic corporate environment.
The dignitaries who graced the launch of 'CEO Under Fire X', organized by CU's University School of Business (USB), included Sham Kumar, Co-Founder & COO - Aerial Telecom Solutions, Gaurav Malik, President, Homeland Group, Asit Prakash Sharma, Vice President - CX Capability & Presales Leader, Tech Mahindra, Zubair Chaudhary, Founder & CEO, Einstellen.AI and Vatsalya Chaturvedi, Director & CEO - MintSteer, Rohit Gupta, Director Grant Thornton, Prof (Dr) Satbir Singh Sehgal, Vice-Chancellor, Chandigarh University and Prof (Dr) Nilesh Arora, Executive Director, Management, Chandigarh University.
As a part of the 'CEO Under Fire X', CU's University School of Business (USB) also hosted 'CXO Summit 2026', bringing together Startup Founders, CEOs, Co-Founders and Managing Directors from various business domains including finance, telecom, real-estate and human resource to share their perspectives on leadership, strategic excellence, digital innovation and measurable business outcomes. On the occasion, the University School of Business (USB), Chandigarh University, unveiled its Centre of Excellence 'AURA' - Centre for AI-Driven Universal Business Re-engineering & Analytics and also launched its first professional skill certification programme "Generative and Agentic AI for Business Applications" in collaboration with Grant Thornton, as a part operational launch of the CoE.
The first round of 'CEO Under Fire X' titled 'Shock Wave - Face the Crises' witnessed participation from around 150 teams representing institutions across Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and other parts of the country. The prominent institutions represented in the championship included Amity University, Bennett University, Thapar Institute, Graphic Era University, Rayat Bahra University, Indira Global School of Business, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology (PIET) and University of Jammu. |
