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Corporate Readiness
‘Lead the Ship’ [10th and 11th October, 2019]
A two day student development program was organized on the 10th and 11th of October, 2019 under the Course: Campus-Corporate-Connect (C3) titled – ‘Lead the Ship’ (Stress Management and Emotional Competence for MBA Batch 2018-2020.
Day 1 covered aspects of Leadership by Dr. Smita Iyer on Great Leaders of the World, Women in Leadership roles and the challenges faced by women with discussion on articles from HBR, followed by concepts of networking and negotiation skills.
Mr. Anand Mohagaonkar, Ex MD Cummins India Ltd, gave his inputs on Leader- Team dynamics, stress management and internal networking dynamics. He stressed on developing an understanding of organizational dynamics and actively building clarity on one’s role in the organization.
The day ended with an enthusiastic Mr. Mohan Nair, Director, Ensigns Software & Communications Pvt. Ltd, giving touching anecdotes of Palkhi to drive home the point that leadership is taking ownership of work, irrespective of your designation and position. He reiterated the need to revisit and practice the basic morals and values imbibed by one’s family to build heart-based leadership and the need to build trust in one’s team to raise the performance bar.
Day 2 had four major sessions focusing on building an understanding of Stress Management and Emotional Competence.
First speaker of the day, Mr. R Shankara Narayanan, Vertical Head-Digital, gave insights on stress in an organization, differences between positive and negative stress and articulation and importance of saying ‘No’ to reset time goals. He stressed on working out a work-life balance and exploring the world to live without stress.
He was followed by Ms Gayatri Vartak, Director Samiksha Sports Pvt Ltd and sports counselor accompanied by Ms Damini and Ms Sneha. She conducted management games to explain what stress is; when to seek help and from whom. Her dialogue on what is right for an individual was engaging for students. She made groups exchange their current stress factor with other groups, and proved that most of the ‘so called stress’ is irrelevant and is discarded as stress by others. The example of stress outburst- Serina Williams during US Open match led to an anecdotal memory impression for all.
The third speaker, Ms. Aparna Prabhudesai, Senior Management Trainer and first and oldest Indian woman to conquer Mount Everest and CEO – Bodhvriksh emphasized the need to engage in a hobby to de-stress, build on motivation. Her talk was interspersed with real life experiences, humour interactive conversations and role plays to explain what stress does to one’s body and mind. Her final activity focused on the need to develop a habit of appreciating one and other to build a stress free atmosphere and good will. She ended the session by making students complement each other.
Post lunch session taken by Mr. Kiran Gandhi, Ms Stephania Menezes and Mr. Anup Pawar on Emotional Competence through management games was an experience in itself for the students. The activity conducted by them on- being with oneself and being in another person’s shoe helped students understand how they could remain emotionally sensitive and connected.. The program closed with a valedictory address by Ms. Bindiya Rangwani.
Sr No | Name of Students |
|---|---|
18103 | Tanvi Tirthani |
18104 | Harsha Muthaiya |
18108 | Nishita Peshwani |
18110 | Shivani Deokar |
18114 | Mariya Pithawala |
18119 | Snigdha Das |
18120 | Kajal Baravkar |
18123 | Shweta Bhosale |
18124 | Kanchan Jhangiani |
18127 | Umamaheshwari Bondla |
18129 | Sayali Devkar |
18131 | Archana Chhatpar |
18139 | Aditi Haswani |
18141 | Anam iqbal |
18143 | Siddhika Pawar |
18147 | Anuradha Tiwari |
18153 | Drishti Budhani |
18156 | Aditi Kamble |
Effectiveness of Emotional Quotient in the Corporate World [16th January, 2019]
When awareness is brought to an emotion, power is brought to your life and to create this awareness, we had invited Ms. Mihika Bhanot, an Image Consultant certified from the USA and a soft skills trainer with vast experience. She, very tactfully, demonstrated self-worth by crumpling a 100 rupee note, throwing it on the floor and then asking students if, merely, crumpling or throwing the note decreased the value of that currency. Through a variation of Dumb Charades, she brought their emotions to life and gave them lessons on team work, leadership and strategy making too. Throughout the session, it was through her personal experiences that she shared the techniques to control specific emotions at workplace and gave a very mature suggestion of either talking directly to the person with whom you have had problems or if you cannot take it anymore, just walk out of it with dignity.
Give Wings to your Heart [4th October, 2018 ]
Ms. Sonia Agarwal Konjeti, the founder of PULA along with her team was invited to speak to our students on the theme of ‘Give wings to your Heart’. PULA is the largest Facebook platform for the ladies of Pune. It was a mesmerising rendezvous that inspired the young aspiring minds of our students. From the birth of PULA to various concerns that this platform tackles to the respect given to the male fraternity of our society, we interviewed team PULA on every aspect. This interview motivated our students and answered their doubts as to initiating something of their own.
Your career objective is as much ours too [ 17th September, 2018]
To emphasize and to open new avenues of career for our students, we arranged a session on Government exams and Banking exams, by Mr. Abhay Landge, on 17th September, 2018. Mr. Abhay Landge is currently the Director of Winners Institute, coaching classes for guiding prospective students on Government and Banking exams and he has 7 years of experience of working in Andhra Bank.
This session proved to be an eye opener in breaking students’ myths, students’ perceptions about working in a Government sector. After Mr. Landge was done with delivering his session, there was one-on-one counselling arranged for students who were interested in working in Banks/Government organizations.
Corporate Grooming [10th September, 2018]
The importance of proper grooming and professional appearance cannot be over emphasized; more so for MBA students raring to enter the corporate world. Given this, Ms. Yashika Chowdhary was invited to break certain myths about personal make-up and dressing for a work place. Having worked in an MNC for 5 years and an experience of 2.5 years in the make-up industry, Ms. Yashika stood out perfectly to guide our students on how a lady should present herself in the corporate set-up to boost her confidence and to be perceived as a decent and effective employee.
Being recognized as 1 of the top 5 make-up artists in Pune and amongst the top 10 wedding make-up artists in India, Yashika gave a demonstration of her make-up skills and provided solutions to the personal doubts of our students.
It made us proud to have our own alumni carry out this session in a creative and interactive way.
Ordinary to Extraordinary [ 2nd September, 2017]
Resource person: Mr. Minocher Patel
Renowned motivational speaker, Mr. Minocher Patel of Ecole Solitaire made a stirring address to our students on 2nd September, 2017 urging them to build their confidence and engage in self-development. He was speaking on the topic “Ordinary to Extraordinary” and in his talk encouraged the students by focusing on personal health, impression management and developing passion and pride for one’s work. He shared tips with students aimed at reducing their stress, developing self-esteem and facing challenges of life.
He enthused the audience with real life examples of Sachin Tendulkar and others. He also created awareness among the students about cleanliness and hygiene connecting it with the larger national mission of Swachh Bharat. The program was supported by Adar Poonawalla group under their Clean Pune Initiative and our students invigorated by the talk, took a pledge to work towards keeping their surroundings clean.
Power of First Impression [19th August, 2017]
Resource Person: Mr. Surajit Das
Mr. Surajit Das – Columnist, Image Consultant, Corporate Trainer, Motivational Speaker and Theater Actor, was invited to speak on “Power of first impression”. Sharing his secrets of creating a powerful impression, Mr. Das elaborated on the importance of effective communication skills, self- confidence, Optimism / Positivity, Happiness, and Attitude. Through role plays, he showed how communication can be used to win the hearts and minds of people.
He advised that one should keep in mind etiquettes, approaches, eye contact, and voice modulation to create a lasting and positive first impression. The session was interactive and truly engaging.
How to Clear Bank Exams [10th April, 2017]
Resource Person: Mr. Rajendra Chavan
In the era of Globalization and Privatization, governments are trying to reduce labour costs by outsourcing work. This has reduced job opportunities in government sectors – this however is not true in the case of the Banking Industry.
Given the fact that the Banking Industry is one of the top job providing sectors in India, Mr. Rajendra Chavan (Probationary Officer – Union Bank of India) was invited to enlighten students about various job opportunities in this sector and how to successfully clear entrance exams. Mr. Chavan spoke about the structure of various competitive banking exams for Probationary Officers, Specialist Officers, Regional Rural Bank officers, Reserve Bank of India officers etc and strategies for answering maximum number of questions in the given time. He concluded by saying that “Banking exams are not about how many questions you can solve, it’s about which questions you solve”.
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace [27th February, 2017]
Resource person: Dr. Tejaswini Malegaonkar, Assistant Professor, ILS Law College
Keeping in mind, safety of women, Dr. Tejaswini Malegaonkar, Assistant Professor, ILS Law College, Pune on 27th February, 2017 explained root causes of sexism.
The workshop focused on identification of the socially constructed concepts of what it means to “Be a Man” and “Act like a Lady”. Dr. Malegaonkar weaved in Hindi songs, ancient stories and real life cases to explain important concepts and terms given under The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. She emphasized that such training and awareness programmes are the need of the hour given that sexual harassment violates fundamental rights of women- Right to Equality under Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India and Right to life, and to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
Dr. Malegaonkar further stressed that it is the prime responsibility of the employer to provide safe working environment and constitute an internal committee to look into creating awareness about sexual harassment and also to look into complaints of aggrieved women in this regard.
The talk ended with an interesting quiz, in which the students participated enthusiastically.
Financial Literacy [16th February, 2017]
Resource Persons: Padmashree Ms. Sucheta Dalal & Yogesh Sapkale
Under the Financial Literacy Initiative undertaken by RBI, on 16th February 2017, Padmashree Ms. Sucheta Dalal was invited to help the participants understand how money is to be invested wisely and the implications of decisions relating to investment of money by women. Ms. Dalal expounded the need to treat all the financial products differently from the consumer products.
She presented some important self-learned principles to handle money like, do not lose money, buy insurance, focus on few safe financial products and avoid investment traps. She also advised to avoid mortgaging gold when in financial crisis and indiscriminate use of credit cards. The last part of the workshop was kept open to the participants for their queries.
Mr. Yogesh Sapkale, Deputy Editor of Money life, lucidly explained several frauds related to Net banking and use of Credit and Debit Cards. He gave numerous strategies for safe online transactions. All in all, the workshop helped in turning the participants to become financially savvy!
MBTI Programme [31st December, 2017]
Resource Person: Mr. Nari Mirchandani [Former Director (HRD), Crompton Greaves and one of the first MBTI certified trainers in India]
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) gave deep insights to the students on their personality types. Moreover,the students were also given individual counselling to bring out the strengths and weaknesses with strategies to improve on them. This self-awareness assists them to make better decisions regarding their choice of specialisation, career and other major life decisions
Team Building and Leadership [30th and 31st January, 2017]
Resource Person: Ajith Shidhaye
Working in teams is sine qua non in today’s corporate world and the critical role played by leaders in such teams cannot be over emphasised. A two day workshop on Team Building and Leadership was organised to help students align to such corporate realities and in a way ready them for such challenges. Students were put through capsules of experiential learning and were challenged to perform team tasks in a fun filled manner. Ajith Shidhaye, owner – trainer, Aryans, kept students engaged and left them spell bound by extensively using stories, role plays, group activities, songs, discussions et al to impart lessons on:
• Leadership, role and challenges
• Team dynamics
• What pulls or pushes teams
• Creating a sense of belongingness among team members
• Synergizing teams to work on One goal and
• Collaborative Problem Solving
Are You SMART with your Goals? [5th January, 2017]
Resource Persons: Ms. Smita Mehendale and Mr. Abhijit Vatkar
Goal setting workshop was conducted for students by Corporate Trainer and Faculty Member, Ms. Smita Mehendale and Mr. Abhijit Vatkar. The students were introduced to the process of setting SMART goals for both personal and professional success. This was followed up by an exercise which helped students set well defined written goals to encourage them to choose what they would like to strive for. The programme set the foundation for Mentoring sessions.
