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April 20, 2016
Poor Placement Officer
I wonder on the changing paradigm shift in placement. The poor placement officer are held responsible for placement results. If one ask if that isn’t the responsibility who held such positions? This is something we all need to talk about. The uncertain answer is due to the feeling that I (and Dr Meena Chandavarkar) tried to talk on this topic in the book ‘Umbilical Cord‘, cord 11, Poor P-Officer.
We tried to reason out that the, ‘We define our success rate by keeping a gun on others shoulders’ has created weaker society through such process in the name of opportunity.
Is it responsibility or something that we are missing to understand the role of placement officer. What do you think?
April 16, 2016
April 6, 2016
Unique Me – Abridged Workshop
An workshop (Part 1) was conducted for VI and VII grade students of an international school. The workshop intended to help the students to realise the unique quality and value they could bring to themselves.
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April 5, 2016
Unique Me Workshop
School could be the best place to beginning inculcating the importance of ‘Unique Me’. Several observations have shown us in the past trainings that students (graduate and postgraduates) who haven’t addressed this issue have found to be lived introvert life. There isn’t bad thing being an introvert but they could have been extrovert and achieved much larger than otherwise.
The inputs from Dove initiation were handy to incite the right message that help students to connect the objective.
The session was conducted for X, XI and VIII students and the first of series looked promising beginning. We hope to uplift the self-esteem as the sessions progress. Do you know your ‘Unique Me’?
Cheers!
April 3, 2016
More Ki and Ka’s are Needed
I was excited to watch R Balki’s movie since its announcement because it had to do with some articles that I had written during 2014 (I Want to Marry House Husband) and followed another article (click here), both the articles have received highest number of visitors and comments. Many comments have not been approved because there was inquiries to become House Husband. These two articles inspired to write a book titled ‘Umbilical Cord’ (click here) that has one Cord (chapter title) on same theme. It’s good to see that gender stereotyping is addressed through large canvas. Dr Shayan Haq and I attempted to address this topic in an a book She: Ekla Cholo Re which has become one of the highly acclaimed one!
This momentum of watching had a small lump after critic’s review and rating. I re-read several reviews to see the challenge that most of them had difficulty in understanding the gender stereotyping. This confusion is reflected very well in the later half of the movie especially towards the end when Kia makes her presence felt with typical the way man thinks of woman in a family.
Although there have several movies that have taken this theme and few them Govinda has in it but R Balki’s Ki & Ka is a promising beginning to break gender stereotyping. Kudos to the entire team for making a good beginning!
April 2, 2016
Happiness : Goal of life!
It’s fun to be a child and never grow up. This thought goes well with the saying, ‘Be like a child in learning and be like an adult in behaving’. This would definitely added happiness quotient to life. Keep this as a motto several activities were conducted for MBA I students.
Photos describe on their happiness quotients! Are you happy today?
March 30, 2016
Community Exercise
With set of data and assumptions students were given simulation exercise to design a community that would accommodate the expansion with several challenges the community is likely to face in near future and projected time. The group was advised to design that would make it a better place to live. Hence un/conventional energy were asked to explore.
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Winning group was announced and a photo to cheer!
March 26, 2016
Ki & Ka to break stereotype
Last year when I first heard about R Balki doing a film with a strange title Ki & Ka. I followed up until the trailer was out and was happy to see a movie is getting made to break a stereotype that often society believed to be one. I had written an article 2014 (I Want to Marry House Husband) and followed another article (click here), both the articles have received highest number of visitors and comments. Many comments have not been approved because there was inquiries to become House Husband.
These two articles inspired to write a book titled ‘Umbilical Cord’ (click here) that has one Cord (chapter title) on same theme. It’s good to see that gender stereotyping is addressed through large canvas. Dr Shayan Haq and I attempted to address this topic in an a book She: Ekla Cholo Re which has become one of the highly acclaimed one!
Let’s make the world a better place to live! #HappyHouseHusband day on April 01 :)
‘She’ is over 100
She: Ekla Cholo Re book has received overwhelming 100 plus counting reviews at Goodreads, Amazon, Flipkart and blog. Team would like to thank everyone for the support, reviews and time for reading/reviewing.
Book was launched by Mr. Gopal Hosur, Rtd. IPS at Bengaluru ; Mr. Ramana, National Award Nominee and Scientist at Hyderabad ; Dr. Col. Prakash & Dr. Khan at International Conference of Medical Sciences and Social Sciences, Mysuru; Sri. Somaraju, Prl District and Sessions Judge,Vijayapura ; Dr. M. S. Dayanandaswamy (Principal of Sri Siddhartha Institute of Management Studies), Dr Muddesha B T (Director of Sri Siddhartha Center for Media Studies), Dr B. Azmathulla (Professor and Placement Officer of Sri Siddhartha Institute of Management Studies) at Tumkur
Blurb: Set in the backdrop of 1990 Calcutta, She is a story about finding one’s own identity in spite of all odds. The story spins around the life of Kusum, a brave heart whose identity is often untitled and blurred; it does not belong anywhere, definitely not under the ‘he’ or ‘she’ bracket, thanks to our social conditioning. Will she be successful in her mission? Find out in She, an utterly absorbing read that derives inspiration from Tagore’s “Ekla Cholo Re” song, which urges everyone to move on despite the fear of abandonment from others.
Testimonials
“She is one of the finest book to read” – Sujeeth Kumar, Project Manager, MNC Bengaluru
“A story often untold. Appreciate the team for presenting She in the best possible harmonious way!” – N K Narasimhan, CEO and Co-Founder, Nascor Technologies, Bengaluru
“Don’t miss the ending!” – Raghunath Babu Are, Employee at Microsoft, Bengaluru
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March 25, 2016
Simulation Exercise
Simulation exercise with limited resources in a hostile environment is something to learn. Group of students (mostly from different streams) were grouped. The first hurled to overcome was to get them into a situation that the exercises required, this was partially overcome through stories that took them out of their present. While the discussion processed it seemed still harder they found it difficult to be someone else. This was realised during presentation and Q&A time.
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A winner was announced on list of few parameters and a photos to cheer at the end!
