41) 'Creating and Developing Economic Organizations for Development: The ATC Route of Development with Empowerment', Paper presented at the National Symposium on 'Building and Managing Organizations for Rural Development in the New Millennium', organized by Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), on the occasion of 20 years of IRMA's establishment, Anand, December 13-14, 1999.

42) 'New Age Management for Corporate Development' to Young CEO Club, Talk delivered at Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad, December 15, 1999.

43) 'Total Knowledge Management (TKM): Enhancing Competitiveness through Knowledge Management Systems', Paper presented at the International Meet 'Management of Knowledge & Intangibles', organized by National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies, New Delhi, December 29-31, 1999.

44) 'Training and Education for Transformation: Experience of the Reach out Model', Paper presented at the annual conference of the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), held at Calcutta , Jan  16-19, 2000.

45) 'Indian Management in Twenty First Century', Talk delivered at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, February 19 & 28, 2000.

46) 'Human Quality Development (HQD) for Corporate Management', Paper presented at the National Convention on Women Managers 'Managing in 2000... Changes, Challenges, Initiatives and Responses', organized by Professional Women's Wing of Bangalore Management Association in association with All India Management Association, Bangalore, March 2-3, 2000.

47) 'Indian Thoughts on Management', Talk delivered at Management Development Centre, Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. (SPIC), Kodaikanal, March 18, 2000.

48) 'Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Building and Creative Motive: Towards A Typology of Academic Contributions', Paper presented at the South Asian Management Forum 2000, organized by AMDISA, Hyderabad & SAARC, March 23-25, 2000.

49) 'Character Competence of the Corporation', Paper presented at the National Seminar on 'Values and Ethics in Business', organized by Dept. of Business Administration, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, April 20-21, 2000. Also presented at the 3rd Conference on 'Perspectives on Strategic Challenges and Imperatives', organized by Strategic Management Forum of India & IIM Calcutta, Kolkata, May 4-6, 2000.

50) 'Development Matrix for Good Governance', Paper presented at the South Asia Conference on 'Legacy of Mahbub-ul-Haq - Human Development', organized by Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, May 20-22, 2000.

51) 'Knowledge Management in Enterprises', Valedictory address at South Indian Conclave 'A Workshop on Managing Knowledge Workers', organized by Tristar International, at Bangalore, May 26-27, 2000.

52) 'New Age Management for Corporate Development', Talk delivered at UGC-Refresher Course Center, Kuvempu University, for the participant-teachers of Refresher Course in Commerce & Business Administration, at Davanagere, June 5, 2000.

53) 'Management in New Age: Western Windows Eastern Doors', Talk delivered at Administrative Management College, Bangalore, June 6, 2000.

54) 'New Horizons in Management Thinking: Towards Net Age Management Ideas;, Paper presented at the National Conference on 'New Horizons in Management Education', organized by Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University, Bangalore, July 21-22, 2000.

55) 'Knowledge Management in Enterprise context: Knowledge Generation Windows and the TASK Model', Paper presented at the New Millennium (Twelfth) Convention on 'Management Paradigms in the E-Millennium', organized by AIMS and IIM Bangalore, Bangalore, August 27-29, 2000.

56) 'Indian Management', Talk delivered at Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (XIME)', at Bangalore, October 24, 2000.

57) 'Corporate Shubhlabh: A Framework for Corporate Governance', Invited paper for the 11th Shankara Darshana Management Conference on 'Yoga for Stakeholders Aananda', organized by Delhi Management Associaiton & Sri Sringeri Sharada Institute of Management (SriSIM), New Delhi, November 15, 2000.

58) 'Creativity and Self Development', Talk organized by National Institute of Personnel Management and Bangalore Management Association (BMA), at Bangalore, November 21, 2000.

59) 'Human Quality Development (HQD) Models: Implications for Leadership and Corporate Management', Paper presented at the Roudtable Conference on 'Developing Leaders, Teams and Organizations: Meeting the Challenges of Global Markets & Technology', organized by Management Development Institute in collaboration with Standing Conference of Public Enterprises, at Gurgaon, December 15-16, 2000.

60) 'Self-Development and Self-Management', Special talk delivered at Regional Institute of Co-operative Management, at Bangalore, January 30, 2001.

61) 'Corporate State and the Development Discourse', Paper presented at the Seminar on 'Vision Karnataka 2025', organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Institute of Management Studies (BIMS), Southern Economist Study Circle & IIPM, at Bangalore, February 3, 2001.

62) 'Creativity and Anti-Benchmarking', Talk delivered at the Finance Club Meeting of IT Companies, at Bangalore, February 9, 2001.

63) 'HRD Matrix for Nation's Competitive Advantage', Paper presented at the National Symposium on 'Agenda for HRD Professionals in New Millennium', organized by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management, Faculty of Management Studies, at Ujjain, February 16-17, 2001.

64) 'Human Resource Development in a New Era: Contours of New Age HRD', Paper presented at the All India Conference on 'Blending the Best of the East and the West of Management Education', organized by Ministry of HRD, Government of India, All India Management Schools (AIMS), Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV), IIMC, National Institute of Human Development, at Kolkata, March 18-21, 2001.

65) 'From Mind colonization to Mind Liberation and Beyond', Paper presented at the Southern Economist Study Circle Meeting, Bangalore, May 1, 2001.

66) 'Development Matrix and Development Discourse: Towards A Framework for Strategic Gearing of the NBUs', Paper presented at the 4th Conference on 'A Decade of Liberalization and Globalization: Retrospect and Prospects', organized by Strategic Management Forum in association with IIM Ahmedabad, May 24-26, 2001.

67) 'Knowledge Management: Towards A New Competitive Advantage of Nations', Paper presented at the International Seminar on 'Technological Explosions in the New Millennium: Managerial Strategies & Implications for Public Policy', organized by Pondicherry University in collaboration with Fardham University, New York and AICTE, at Pondicherry, August 3-5, 2001.

68) 'Technological Explosions and Knowledge Management: Towards A New Competitive Advantage of Nations', Paper presented at the Knowledge Management Roundtable 2001, organized by PES School of Management in collaboration with Edurite Technologies and Vi Labs Information Systems, at Bangalore, August 11-12, 2001.

69) 'Creativity and Self Development', Talk delivered at Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM), at Bangalore, October 6, 2001.

70) 'Creativity and Innovation', Talk delivered at ESCORTS Ltd., at Bangalore, November 9, 2001.

71) 'Creativity and Self Development', Talk delivered at Sri Venkateshwara University, at Tirupati, November 11-12, 2001.

72) 'Towards A Confluence of Cilvilizations: ALesson from Indian Ethos and Indianity', Paper presented at the Southern Economist Study Circle meeting, Bangalore , November 17, 2001.

73) 'Western Enlightenment and Eastern Awakening: Towards A New Symbiosis', Paper presented at the National Seminar on 'Ethics, Government & Industries, organized by North Gujarat University, S.K.School of Business Management, at Patan, January 11-12, 2002.

74) 'Radical Change Management: From Managing Pyramids to Managing in Chaos', Paper presented at the 32nd National Convention on 'Managing the Ever-Changing Organizations', organized by Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD), at Hyderabad, January 17-19, 2002.

75) 'From Local Champions to Global Masters', Valedictory Address delivered at the 4th national Conference on 'Local Champions to Global Masters: Mobilizing the Growth', organized by Prestige Institute of Management, at Indore, January 30-31, 2002.

76) 'Creativity and Self Development', talk delivered at IFFCO, at Bangalore, February 13, 2002.

77) 'Towards A New Development Vision', Inaugural talk delivered at Bundelkhand University, at Jhansi, February 27, 2002.

78) 'Radical Change Management', Talk delivered at Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD), Bangalore Chapter, at Bangalore, April 17, 2002.

79) 'Towards A New Development Vision', Paper presented at the National Seminar on 'Competitiveness 2010: Prospects, Tasks & Challenges', organized by Strategic Management Forum in association with Management Development Institute, at Gurgaon, April 25-27, 2002.

80) 'Teaching Business Ethics', Panel discussion and presentation, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, May 22-23, 2002.