THY SPIRIT TO IMPROVE.. THOU SHALL NOT STOP...!!!!

PROF. JK MITRA SPEAKS ABOUT HIS FABULOUS JOURNEY OF LIFE AND CAREER HIS TEACHING METHODS, AND THE GLORIOUS PAST OF IIPM, TO PROF. JAYDIP DUTTA GUPTA AND ARCHANA SHARMA.

Simplicity is the most powerful yet harmless weapon one can have. Prof. JK Mitra is one such man and his life's gaph is truly exponential by nature. Determination and dedication are adundant in his educational background which includes BA Hons., MA Hons, and PhD in Psychology. Prof. Mitra got associated with IIPN in 1982 and is adored by one and all for his immaculate teaching methodologies which appear elusive to many a modern day professors. A legend by every sense of imagination, Prof. Mitra is living proof that, with spirit and belief, there is nothing that cannot be done. He recalls his days of youth when he was a typical Bengali, much in lines with the inspirational Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 'Anand.'

Robert Frost's poem in the year 1915 ended with the words, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference”. Similarly, Prof. Mitra has trailed a trek that needs immense determination and it is not for people who choose the path that has been trailed by many people before. Dr. J.K. Mitra got into RK Mission in West Bengal which was one of the best schools back then housing the Xth toppers from across the state. “RK Mission had the reputation of putting people into streams that suit their attitude”, he iterates. His mother wanted him to become a doctor, and his father wanted an engineer, but in accordance with Robert Frost, Prof. Mitra opted for psychology. At St. Xavier's College he pursued his BA. Hons in Psychology. This was also the college where Dr. JC Bose studied. “I topped the batch, won a gold medal, and received national scholarship”, he reminds us with joy. He then adds, “Those days were a different kind of time”.

Prof. Mitra then moved to Delhi for his MA. “I also got the job of research associate at the University of Delhi”. After completing that, Prof. Mitra pursued his PhD from Calcutta University and worked as lecturer there in the Department of Advanced Psychology. He spent four years there. After his marriage, he finally got back to Delhi in 1982. He remembers how Prof. NR Chatterji used to cajole him to start teaching at IIPM. “I also remember how Dr. MK Chaudhuri used to visit canteens of institutes and find out about the best professors from the students, before inviting them to take classes at IIPM”, he adds. Those days for two sessions, the fee was Rs. 37.50. This is how Prof. Mitra finally got associated with IIPM. “I was teaching subjects like Organisational Behavior, Group Dynamics, Industrial Psychology, and, Management by Objective”, he says.

Prof. Mitra remembers, “The infrastructure was not great back then, but, the basics were right always”. There were overhead projectors in IIPM which many institutes did not possess. He tells us that Dr. MK Chaudhuri was very adaptive to technology. Maximum emphasis was made to get the best books for the students, and the quality of students was good. “The main difference was noticed in the students when they graduated. There was treamendous value addition in the final output that came out of IIPM”, he opines. The highlights of the curriculum according to him were the freedom to learn, experiment, innovative, and actively participate. He talks about how Dr. MK Chaudhuri used to feel that management was the most interesting course to teach and learn because of the rich pedagogy. “With the various case studies, games presentations, debates, the students got phenomenal exposure. Even ordinary and nervous individuals came out as eloquent speakers and went on to ride the corporate tide with panache”.

Speaking on the cherished memories at IIPM, Prof. Mitra believes that everything back then was fun. He says, “If you love a place and the people, and they love you back, you will enjoy every single moment of yours”. That is why he feels that he never got strained by teaching. A firm believer in solid work, Prof. Mitra reveals how he had a totally different approach towards case studies to ensure that every student reads in at least once. “I used to take a rapid fire round of some 40 questions from the case study in 'true' or 'false' frame, and one could answer them correctly only on reading the case”. Coming to Indian education, Prof. Mitra says that the idea of education is to develop a strong foundation to allow students to explore, thing, imagine, experiment, and generalize. According to him, the prime reason for the success of IIPM is the fearless attitude. “Once you are fearless, you are ready to face any challenge head-on”. Also, because of Dr. MK Chaudhuri, some of the best practices were adpoted from XLRI. Today, he thinks IIPM has grown manifold times. “It is one of the best publishing houses in terms of variety”. He appreciates the initiative to start “Cult” which will help the alumni to reconnect. But, he emphasizes that there are more frontiers to conquer for IIPM. He goes on to opine how Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri has given it a grand shape since 2000, and many a times people do not recall the early hardships that Dr. MK Chaudhuri had to face.

Prof. Mitra claims, “Few more leaders are required in the field of teaching with higher levels of passion”. Interested in cooking, classical music, and mythology & sci-fi TV serials, He met his wife Mrs. Chhanda Mitra during his days of MA in Delhi. They have two sons Wrick and Ritwik. And then, he uses the simplest of lines with the most sublime message, “I generally enjoy everything around”.

To the young aspirants of today, his message is to try and develop a strong self belief. One should not expect that everything one does is going to be perfect. He explains how making an incremental improvement everyday is important. “As long as you have the spirit to improve, you will end up being a happy person if not the most successful”. He then concludes by stating that at the end of the journey, one must be able to say with pride, “I tried my best.”

Cult celebrates and salutes the indomitable spirit of Prof. Mitra.

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MR. AMIT SAXENA TALKS ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR SALES & MARKETING AND HIS LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN AN INTERACTION WITH ARCHANA SHARMA

It was overwhelming to see a big smtile on his face the moment we entered his office. He is a very Jovial, courteous, sophisticated and friendly person with a positive approach and a very honest individual by nature. He is a person who places immense trust and confidence in the people he works with. His interest for marketing & sales shows how dedicated and hardworking he is. He has a great personality and an even greater sense of humor. He follows a participative style of leadership and believes personal engagement with the employees is very important and so is emotional quotient is applicable. Today he is a successful professional and delivers best in his career role.

Mr. Amit Saxena has had an intensive career in corporate sales and is still going strong in his knowledge base and learning. His stepping stone in sales began back in 1998 when he joined HOPE Technologies Ltd. After gaining an experience of 4 years over there as an Area Manager for sales, Mr. Saxena's next stop was Aditya Infotech. He served there as Regional Sales Manager for almost 2 years. His career graph in sales kept its flight with GrapeCity India where he was Sales Manager for another couple of years. And, since June 2006, Mr. Saxena has been the Regional Sales & Channel director at Bentley Systems for South-East Asia operations.

“Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive, that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.” For our 1998 pass out Mr. Amit Saxena, his course at IIPM helped him improve on certain areas he was not noticing till that time. He says he learned a lot about finance at IIPM and also Executive communication especially on how to give presentations, that learning continued for 4-5 years and it still continues. He remembers P.C. Bagga sir and his classes. The Placement also happened at IIPM. It was easy to get into an organization but it was more important to get the right one. He had a group of ten people at IIPM and they had loads of fun during their college days at IIPM as they used to organize various parties.

Mr. Saxena was among the last few people who got placed. He wanted something in sales or marketing in the technology sector. At IIPM, he got the placement that he wanted, and since 14 years he has been in this industry. Now, he is into a business where they say, “They Improve the quality of life of people”. India is changing and it is a growing economy and he feels good that he is a part of an organization that is contributing towards this change. His attitude hasn't changed a bit but things around have changed a lot. His career started with campus placement at Hope Technology with a little known background. It was a software product company and he always wanted to join that. During the placement season at IIPM, he was getting very choosy about his placement, so Prof. A. Sandeep asked him what kind of a placement he wanted. They got this company for him which required people from Civil and Merhanical engineering but he was an Electronic Engineer. It was a challenge for him and he worked there for four years. Mr. Saxena had a great learning experience in his first job. Subsequently, he grew from a sales executive to an Area sales manager and when he joined Aditya, he was a Regional sales manager. His earlier years of work till Aditya was completely in an Indian environment and then he moved to a Japanese company, Grape City which was a software development company and this profile included less of sales. He worked there for two years and then after this Bentley happened to him. It is purely a software company for Infrastructure development.

Mr. Saxena has been managing teams since 10 years. But, at Bentley, specifically he is managing teams in India as well as in South East Asia. As a Global company he is getting to move in other areas as well. He shares that the software solutions market in India is very big but engineering side is a very niche sector. The twelve year plan is coming and major investment is going into infrastructure, and Bentley provides tools for that. Whether it is a metro or petrochemicals, many more organizations who are big clients of their solutions, will be getting in new projects. They are also a part of Reliance refinery, which is the largest in the world.

On asking his take on Engineering with MBA as a course, he says, the combination is great as it helps a lot. Most of the things he grabbed were because of engineering but over a period of time he realized some was due to MBA at IIPM.

During his summer training at Schlumberger he did marketing research for India's Electricity Scenario. It was very interesting, as he had to travel to remote areas not only in Delhi but also in parts of Patiala and Mumbai – where there was privatization of electricity, and get a feedback from them. The company did not give such projects to freshers, but he was fortuitous enough to get something like this in his training period.

Mr. Saxena does not follow any particular leadership style as he has been learning till now about how to manage teams. Earlier he had a team of five to six Indian people, but now the team he manages includes people from different places like Philippines, Malaysia. He ascertains that basic leadership qualities remain the same and they just differ a little according to the people. His style is more participative. He acts as a guide to new people. He just needs to tell them what they have3 to do and how they will go about it.

According to Mr. Amit Saxena there is a lot of difference between a college and workstation. It is very different for a new person especially who has only been there in the organization for 6-7 Months. It takes time for them to settle down and get used to new technologies. He feels that the very low level of attrition at Bentley Systems is because of a great work culture. The challenges are already disclosed to the employees as the interviews conducted by them are very open. They hire people from IIT's NIIT's and students from regular engineering colleges as well as well as people from non engineering background.

Mr. Saxena states that the impact of recession was very much evident at Bentley as their core business is related to infrastructure and the economy. During recession, all the projects were seized, and work flow came to a standstill. This had a direct impact on their revenues.

For young aspirants, Mr. Saxena says that a technical back-ground certainly helps. The concepts are there but things are changing fast. And hence he feels that it is imperative to have good leadership skills. A clear vision along with hard work, are also very important. “Make it a passion if you like it”. Affirms Mr. Saxena. He also adds that one should never underestimate what he or she is doing. He urges the youth to create opportunities, work hard, and learn regularly. He affirms that reading is very important to keep pace with people. “There are so many people learning today. And never forget the rule that whatever you have been doing in past leads you where you are today”, he opines.

On Bentley's corporate structure, Amit Saxena opines that, nowadays, most organizations invest a lot into corporate grooming as it is a very important aspect while representing an organization. He says, “One should be smart and sharp in understanding what your organization wants from you”. The account managers are also directly reporting to him. He is managing people who are sitting in Malaysia and is engaged into remote management as he needs to keep pace with people. He also needs to find a reason as to why a person is not performing well, and find a solutions to it. Mr. Saxena iterates that one needs to get into their group of juniors. They need to engage people into participative style of leadership. “Personal engagement with the employees is very important and the emotional quotient is applicable”, he adds.

On being asked about the pre-requisites of a good salesperson, Mr. Saxena says that the DNA of sales professional is to meet their targets and proper communication is very important. As new products are being released everyday they need to keep pace with that by being well informed. Pick up a few points and work on it. Real well about your customer and don't forget moral grounds are very important too.

When asked to share something personal, Mr. Saxena speaks candidly about his wife and family. Mr. Saxena's wife is a veterinary doctor. She comes from Ludhiana. She was a top performing student in her class and she was 2^nd in Ludhiana. She did her B.V.S and masters from Punjab Agricultural University. She works in an old veterinary clinic, that is running since 1963 and is associated with it for seven years. They have a single daughter Ashvika. He travels a lot due to his work but he makes sure that he spends weekends with them. His organization takes them on holidays when they achieve targets, to very exotic locations. Where he gets to spend time with his colleagues as well his family. In closing, Mr. Saxena share his love for cricket and informs us that he won “The man of the match” in a tournament in Delhi which was sponsored by Mail Today. So if not a corporate, he would have been a cricketer. Thus it is often said, 'to each, his own'! We at Cult express our deep regards for his future endeavors.

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Arindam Chaudhuri - A Sandeep’s CULT is a brilliant book covering the dos and the don’ts for today’s CEOs

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Indian MP Priti Patel along with many other British MPs and Lords joined in to celebrate ‘India Rising’ as IIPM Think Tank and Planman launched two iconic books CULT and Indian Power Brands in the presence of global politicians, business tycoons, leaders and celebrities. Guy Kawasaki launched Arindam Chaudhuri and A Sandeep’s CEO guide CULT and Canadian MP Dr Ruby Dhalla launched Indian Power Brands in London recently.

CULT — a leadership and business strategy book written by management gurus, Arindam Chaudhuri and A Sandeep — smashes the dearth of business books with quite some aplomb, and more. Not only does this hard hitting 450 page CEO treatise devastate currently held notions on strategy and leadership at the top level, it also presents electrifying new global theories on how to build and manage transnational corporations.

While many management books forward premises and supposed solutions that are hypothetical at the worst and conjecture-driven at the best (especially those books that develop management theories mistakenly based just on what singular, well-known icons have followed), CULT supports each and every CEO leadership and business strategy that it presents — many of which the authors themselves have implemented in their personal CEO experiences — with massive secondary research and scholarly material. The book is a brilliant primer covering the dos and the don’ts for today’s CEOs of global corporations.

The book is concisely separated into two main focus areas — leadership and business strategy. The verbosity of the authors in brutally criticising today’s CEOs is commendable, with none of the accusations that the authors throw on today’s CEOs (some of who, the authors prove, are almost criminally destroying the organisation’s wealth) failing to miss its mark. At the same time, the authors leave no expenses in their praise for the sincerely committed CEOs, many who are named in the innumerable examples and research nuggets within CULT.

In this book, it is mentioned that if “research and development” is an immediate negative strategy, then “diversification” is a supremely positive one. If having “women CEOs” may bring down shareholders’ wealth, then ensuring that family businesses aren’t run by the successors of founding families, actually increases the same wealth. If “CSR” should never be practiced, then “celebrity endorsements” necessarily should be. The authors also specifically mention that CULT is meant for the hallowed class of CEOs of transnational corporations.

For starters, if they have invested their invaluable few pennies in the stock of any global company, this book provides them an immediate benchmark to rate their CEO (and the company) against the world’s best performing ones.

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Management guru Arindam Chaudhuri`s Delhi franchise will be called `Delhi Gypsies and Billionaires` in the upcoming i1 Super Series league, it was announced.

Planman Stars, a company promoted by Arindam Chaudhuri of IIPM, is the owner of the Delhi team in i1 Super Series and is expected to invest about USD 5-6 million in the league`s maiden year.

"Motorsports is as much a sport for the gypsies at heart as for the billionaires by style! The name is as much a tribute to Delhi, the city which is often referred to as Dilwalon ki Dilli, as to the city which boasts of the highest number of billionaires and is undoubtedly the style capital of India," Chaudhuri said in a statement.

"I believe sports greatly unite a community and a country over and above any differences that may exist in views, class and opinions. Nothing else can channelize the competitive spirit and passion of the youth in a more positive manner than sports.”

"That is what we aim to do through a new age sport like competitive motor racing, which has got high attention and is here to stay," Arindam added.

The i1 Super Series have already announced four franchises in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan is the owner of the Mumbai team while leading Tollywood superstar Nagarjuna took over the Hyderabad side.


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The caste and crew members of the upcoming film were at the institute's campus for a promotional event, performing on numbers from the flick and also giving out audio CDs to students

Make some noise for the Desi Boyz'- this was the line heard at IIPM, when the caste and crew members of the upcoming movie "Desi Boyz" gave a live dance performance at the campus on November 17.

Say cheese! (From left) John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, IIPM director Arindam Chaudhuri, Chitrangada Singh and Akshay Kumar at the promotion of the film Desi Boyz at IIPM campus.

The entire crew, including actors Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh, went full blast on stage on Desi Boyz numbers in front of a very enthusiastic crowd of students. One of the students in the audience said, "It was entertaining for us to watch a live performance by some of our favourite actors. It was an exhilarating performance."

The bikers' way
Both the male actors of the movie, Akshay and John, started with a dramatic entry by riding on their motorbikes at the campus and the excited crowd followed their movements. Their entry was followed by Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Sen, who responded equally well to the cheering audience.

The crew, during their performance, gave out music CDs to the crowd, giving a personal touch to the promotion campaign. Prof Arindam Chaudhuri, director, IIPM Think Tank, said, "At IIPM, we love exposing our students to the lighter side of life constantly, for there is always a lot to learn from it! A first-hand interactive experience with four successful Bollywood icons would definitely inspire them to strive for greater heights in life. Akshay Kumar, of course was looking as fresh and young as many of our students."

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Moonwalk 2011 for SS PGP 10-13 batch at IIPM Dehradun

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Music, Fun, Laughter and a rocking theme to add to it ! PGP (11-13)/ SS, witnessed the biggest & the most happening party at the voguish disc “Destination” on 16th July 2011. IIPM, Dehradun hosted Moonwalk 2011 with a vivid “Retro Theme". The venue was filled with joy and color.

As the festivity picked on the Mr. Fresher & Ms. Fresher were given away. Mr. Vivek Chaturvedi, Dean IIPM Dehradun who welcomed the batch and disclosed the names of the winners. Mr. Rahul Singh & Miss Preeti Gosain were crowned Mr. Fresher & Ms. Fresher respectively. The party continued as the students hit the dance floor once again. One thing is certain at IIPM, students never have dull moments. At the start of their academic year comes the fun filled MOONWALK Party, which blends all the students to common rhythm. All in all, its a great get away from the academic grip, a chance to rejuvenate and replenish their youthful vigor.

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Prof. Kamel Jedidi (John A. Howard professor of Marketing at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York) visited IIPM Bhopal and delivered a lecture to students on “Customer-Centric New Product Development”.

Event Overview: with respect to its Global Outreach Program (GOP) a Guest Lecture has been organized by Planman HR Chief Executive Forum & IIPM Bhopal on Friday, April 22, 2011 at IIPM Bhopal where Prof. Kamel Jedidi (John A. Howard professor of Marketing at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York) delivered a lecture to students on “Customer-Centric New Product Development”.

In this lecture, he focused on various aspects of developing innovative products and services. He discussed the challenges of bringing to market elegant and efficient solutions to strong consumer needs; various steps of innovation process and state of the art frameworks, concepts and tools used by innovative companies to ensure new product success; different ideation templates and so on. The program aimed to provide the students an insight of identifying growth opportunities and generating new product ideas at the same time bringing the voice of customer in product design.
The Guest Lecture was highly motivating and inspiring to all students. All students actively participated in session and thus gained a lot of knowledge on Customer-Centric New Product Development. Prof. Jitendra Singh Chouhan (Associate Dean, IIPM Bhopal) felicitated Prof. Kamel Jedidi with a bouquet and a momento at the beginning and the end of the session respectively.

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IIPM Chandigarh students participate in live show 'Pride Of The Cricket Cup' on NDTV 24x7

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IIPM Chandigarh Participated in the live show called Pride Of The Cricket Cup which got telecasted in NDTV 24/7, where in 30 students from the fall winter batch (MBA) had participated on 30th March 2011 and 30 students from the Fall Winter and Spring Summer batch (BBA) had participated on 31st March 2011.

Students were all exited to meet the pioneers of cricket - Sunil Gavaskar, Ajay jadeja and Dean Jones. It was a great experience for one and all... Most of the queries for the discussions were put forward by IIPM Chandigarh students and not only this they were the ones who also cheered team India by singing a song.

The questions they asked were , since shahid afridi is performing consistently in world cup and is the leading wicket taker what should be Indian strategy to win against Afridi who should play like hell to win this match , its being said that Pakistans batting is weak and Indians bowling is weak what is the effect of this weakness in todays India VS Pakistan match.

It was overall a great experience and students look forward to participate in more up coming sessions

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GOP on Global Trends in International Governance by Prof. Dennis Chookaszian from Columbia Business School – IIPM Chandigarh...

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IIPM Chandigarh organized a Global Outreach Program on Global Trends in International Governance on 12th April and the guest of honor was Prof. Dennis Chookaszian from Columbia Business School.

Prof. Chookaszian is currently the chairman of FASAC (Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council) which provides guidance to the FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) on accounting matters. He is also a member of the FCAG (Financial Crisis Advisory Group) which is the international commission that was created to develop recommendations to solve the financial reporting problems associated with the current economic problems.

During his career, he has served as a director on the boards of ten publicly traded corporations. He is currently a director of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, Career Education, a private post secondary education provider, Loop Net, an internet based commercial real estate listing service, Ins Web, an internet based insurance purchasing service, and MacDonald Dettwiler, an information services company. He has also been a director of a number of private corporations and has served as an arbitrator in ten diverse cases.

Professor Amit Baruah, Dean IIPM Chandigarh threw a light on evolution of management practices in India and its applicability to the Indian Business Environment along with the factors affecting the same.

The program was attended by IIPM Chandigarh students and eminent individuals representing corporate houses like Quark, Videocon, People Factor, Tata Tele Services, Realtime Management, DLF and SBI who desire to advance to top management positions. The session also focused on the evolution of management practices in the United States and the applicability to the Indian business environment. Further the manner in which its applicable to both public and private corporations and not for profit organizations. The differences in corporate governance in other countries, as well as current trends in corporate governance, was also discussed. It was a very enriching sessions for both the corporates and the student fraternity.

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Cicero's Challenge- The Great Indian Debate Competition By IIPM...

IIPM is India's premier business school. IIPM has come a long way since its inception three decades back in 1973. What was conceived as an institute to study and conduct research on the management of national economic planning , has today been deemed as one of the largest academic movement of the country-The IIPM Movement. IIPM, being one of the leading management institutes in the country paves the path for the generation of today to excel and be the best leaders of today. IIPM does not only focus on academic development but also has always been paving the way for one's overall improvement and encouragement of each student to explore and boost their abilities keeping pace with a dynamic business environment. IIPM organises various sporting and extracurricular activities in its campus over the years. One of the important event being the Great Debate Competition known as the Cicero's challenge. Cicero was an orator,statesman, political theorist,lawyer and a philosopher of ancient Rome. He is considered by many to be amongst the greatest of Latin orators and prose writers and this mega event is dedicated to this great maestro.

Cicero's challenge aims at bringing the students of different nationalities together on a common platform to share their thoughts , views and perspectives.

IIPM has been organising India's largest inter-school debate competition -Cicero's Challenge at the IIPM international campus, Satbari from 2006 onwards. In 2006, it was the first time ever an initiative was taken by a b school to create a platform for a school level debate competition in the city. IIPM, New Delhi organizes Cicero's challenge every year to encourage young minds meet and ideate.

Last year in 2010, over 150 schools participated in this event. Students from countries like sri lanka, singapore, turkey, dubai, mauritius, pakistan, south africa, france and many more, flew in to be a part of this historic event. To judge the Great Indian Debate competition we had Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri (Hony. Dean, IIPM), Rajat Sharma (CEO and Editor in chief, India TV), Deepika Jindal (owner of Art d inox), Sulajja Motwani (MD, Kinetic Engineering Ltd.), as our honorable judges.

The events platter at Cicero's also included events like 360 degrees,face painting,choreography,Ad Mad and many more. Live performance by Fuzon, kept the audience awestruck.

The first prize was cash amount of Rs. One lakh. Cicero challenge 2010 was one of the most memorable and blissful event of the year. The magnitude of the event was humungous as it involved participation of more than 60 schools, out of which 19 were international. The huge pool of knowledge raised the level of enthusiasm and confidence of the participants and made the environment all the more interesting and captivating. There were more than 150 participants from different International and National schools, however only top 23 reached the Grand Finale on 6th September2010, and the competition was tough and exciting.

IIPM known for its innovative initiatives and this was one of them which had carved for paying a common platform for students from different walks of life. Cicero's 2010, had left an unremarkable and unforgettable memory in everyone's life.

The Real essence of Cicero’s Carnival 2011 was its flagship event Cicero’s Challenge-The Great Indian Debate Competition. The topic for the final round held on 6th May 2011 was “Thinkers, Not Doers, Spearhead a Revolution”.

The final round was a nail biting event for the audience and a task for the judges, Mrs Preeti Surekha (Director – Emami), Mr Pooran Pandey (Director – Times Foundation) and our beloved dean, Mr Arindam Chaudhuri, to judge and fish out 3 winners from a pool of talent. However, after a close scrutiny and long discussion, Harshi Kher of Ryan International School, vasant kunj aced the Cicero’s Challenge title and walked away with cash prize of 1, 00,000/- rupees along with NXI notebook and Hercules Rodeo Bicycle while the other awardees Venu prea (Montfort School) and Mallika Kamal (Modern School, Vasant Vihar) received cash prize of 50,000/- and 25,000/-along with NXI i-pad, NXI optical mouse and Hercules Rodeo bicycle .

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Kapil Sibal Disagrees With Jairam Ramesh Over IITs And IIMs World Class Faculty

The quality of faculty in IITs and IIMs has divided the government, with HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday politely rebuffing his Cabinet colleague Jairam Ramesh for his criticism of poor faculty in these institutions of higher learning.

In a sharp riposte to environment minister’s comment that IIT was not doing quality research, the HRD minister said, “We need to base our discussion on evidence not on perception.”

“There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class. So the IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) and IIMs (Indian Institute of Management) are excellent because of the quality of students not because of quality of research or faculty,” Ramesh had told reporters on the sidelines of a function in the national Capital on May 23.

Unlike Ramesh’s remark that was made in his individual capacity, Sibal had the endorsement of the Group of Ministers on media briefing. The GoM — consisting of home minister P Chidambaram, I&B minister Ambika Soni, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, minority and corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshed and others — had decided that the record on the issue should be set straight. Many IIT/IIM directors had also protested to Sibal about Ramesh’s remark.

While not joining issue with Ramesh, Sibal said the comment of environment minister should be seen in the light of general opinion within the country that the quality of faculty in IITs does not match the world standards. “But in case of IITs, the situation might not be the same,” he said.

He said if factors like availability of foreign faculty, foreign students and medical courses are excluded, IIT-Bombay would rank 20 in the global index, followed by IIT-Delhi at 24, IIT-Kanpur (37) and IIT Madras (39). “If you talk of IITs as engineering institutes they are right there,” he said. Sibal also said 24.7% of teachers in IITs were IIT students. “Surely they are world class,” he said.

However, the HRD minister admitted that in “reality IITs have not gained critical mass to change global scientific discourse”.

He said, “But this has nothing to do with the quality of faculty. It is related to the ecosystem. In India, $8 billion is spent on research whereas the US spends $250 billion. The kind of research grants available abroad is absent in India. Also, there is lack of infrastructure and capital investment. The faculty cannot be blamed for this.”

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Education beyond boundaries

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The Indian higher education system, which had considerably stagnated for a while, is on its way to a significant transformation. Students will have access to more specialised, flexible course options, better research facilities and international perspective. They will also be able to save heavily on travel, accommodation and living expenses.

Twinning programmes
A twinning programme is one where you can do parts of the same course in two different countries. For instance, you can study at an Indian college for the first and second years and then continue the third year at a foreign university, which saves you a considerable amount of money.

Jai Hind College’s BMM faculty has tied up with Bournemouth University in the UK, whereby students have the option to study their final year at the Bournemouth campus, with an automatic scholarship of £3000. Bournemouth, known for its media courses, is also in talks with Whistling Woods International for a similar partnership. For its arts students, Jai Hind has partnered with Nottingham Trent University, UK, where students can study for one term. Similar exchanges for other science and management courses are in the pipeline.

St Xavier’s college offers a tie-up with University of Bath, UK for biotechnology programmes and with Teesside University, UK for social research and development.

HR College has collaborative courses with campuses abroad such as SP Jain Institute of Management in Singapore and Australia and New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus for BBA programmes.

Ecube Global college only has the twinning option for engineering students, where they study one year in the Thane campus and the following two years at Newcastle University, UK. These students are given a £3000 fee waiver.

SP Jain Institute of Management offers Global MBA and BBA programmes, where students can study in Mumbai, Dubai, Singapore and Sydney.
Internships, research and student exchange partnerships

Welingkar, as part of its ‘global college’ philosophy, has partners in various countries, including the USA, UK, Canada, Sweden, Germany and Denmark. These tie-ups are for research exchanges and student exchange programmes. They also have partners for internship opportunities in these countries in Germany, the USA and Sweden.

Malardalen University, Sweden: Has partnerships with the Welingkar’s B-school for exchange programmes, and has a collaborative ‘Innovation centre’ where business ideas are incubated.

The Swedish university is also in talks with Mumbai University for partnerships at the Masters and PhD level, and to set up a ‘technology park’ for research in innovation technology, and an incubation center. Also exploring partnerships with IIT Bombay, XLRI.

IIT-Bombay has also signed a partnership with Brown University, USA for student exchanges slated to start 2011.

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Planman HR Chief Executive Forum at IIPM Bhopal - Guest lecture by Mr. Adarsh Katiyar (Senior Superintendent of Police, Bhopal)

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As organized by Planman HR Chief Executive Forum & IIPM Bhopal, Mr. Adarsh Katiyar (Senior Superintendent of Police, Bhopal) visited IIPM, Bhopal and conducted an interactive session for students on “Managing stress in a 24x7 demanding job environment; Marshalling & managing resources in times of disasters; Uplifting the morale of police officers under socio-political environment”

On March 30, 2011 a special guest lecture has been held at IIPM Bhopal in which Senior Superintendent of Police, Mr. Adarsh Katiyar visited the campus and conducted an interactive session for the students of IIPM Bhopal. In the session, he discussed his approach towards “Managing stress on 24x7 demanding job environment; Marshalling & managing resources in times of disasters; Uplifting the morale of police officers under socio-political environment.”

The program aimed to provide the students an insight of management practice in Police Department. Students came to know various aspects of policing. The session turned out to be highly encouraging and thought-provoking to all students. All students actively participated in the interaction and gained better insights of management techniques in policing. Prof. Jaideep Mathur (Dean, IIPM Bhopal) felicitated Mr. Adarsh Katiyar with bouquet and a momento at the beginning and at the end of the session respectively.

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IIPM announces Anna Hazare Fellowship

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After Irom Sharmila in 2010, it is Anna Hazare who has won the 2011 IIPM Rabindranath Tagore International Peace Prize. In a bid to show strong solidarity to Anna Hazare’s determined and non-violent protest against corruption and the institution of a Jan Lokpal Bill, IIPM, the foremost institute of higher learning in the areas of management, entrepreneurship and National Economic Planning, today declared to award the veteran activist with prize money of Rs.1 crore. This was declared by Prof Arindam Chaudhuri, Director of IIPM Think Tank, after he met Anna Hazare at the protest venue near Jantar Mantar, in presence of IIPM’s Founder Director, Dr Malay Chaudhuri. The prestigious award, comprising of the highest prize money in this category in India, would be handed over to Anna Hazare on 9th May 2011 at a special ceremony being organised by the institute to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of India’s first Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Arindam Chaudhuri commented, “This award is to pay our sincere gratitude to a person who has selflessly worked throughout his lifetime for the betterment of the society, working for the poor, the needy and the general public. His non-violent approach and awe-inspiring support base has truly made him a modern day Gandhi. We at IIPM stand in strong solidarity of his protest against corruption.”

Dr Malay Chaudhuri, expressed his strong desire to start an Anna Hazare Fellowship Programme in Rural Entrepreneurship and Leadership at IIPM. This programme aims to train 50 rural youths annually, selected from all across the country, with the required managerial and entrepreneurial skills. Once trained, these young rural entrepreneurs would be provided a monthly fellowship of Rs.4,000 which they would further utilise to bring about a sustainable economic development in their specified rural belts. Last year, IIPM had honored the ‘Iron Lady’ of Manipur, Irom Chanu Sharmila with the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Peace Prize, for her determined and committed fight for over a decade, against the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

IIPM has honored various noted individuals from different walks of life for their contribution in social welfare, literature, fine arts, culture, etc.

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'Janvani to Janta ki vani'-Seminar by The Sunday Indian Magazine

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On Saturday afternoon, at the Kamani auditorium the who’s who of the Indian media industry got together to discuss the state of the media. While senior journalists of Delhi justified the present role of the media, they did not shirk from pointing its shortcomings and stressing the need for introspection.

The occasion was a seminar organized jointly by Planman Media Group’s magazine, The Sunday Indian and The Times Foundation. The seminar was titled “Janvani to Janta ki vani”.
Inaugurated by senior journalist Prabhu Chawla, the seminar was kicked off by the The Sunday Indian’s Editor-in-Chief and management guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri asking whether the media really represented the voice of the people. Chaudhuri said that this was the time for introspection as we seemed to have lost our path. He said it was the time to rise on the occasion rather than shirk from our responsibilities.

Presided over by Achutanand Mishra, the seminar had some prominent names on the panel, including Director General of Doordarshan Leeladhar Mandloi, group editor of Aaj Samaj Rahul Dev, Consulting Editor of Amar Ujala Ajay Upadhyay, Managing Editor of IBN 7 Ashutosh, Director of Times Foundation Puran Chand Pandey, Zee news anchor Purna Prasoon Vajpayee, President of Sadhna News Channel and General Secretary of Broadcast Editors’ Association NK Singh, Managing Editor of India News Kurbaan Ali, Officiating Editor of NDTV Sanjay Ahirwal, chief of News Express Channel Mukesh Kumar, senior writer and and programming head of Channel P7 Sharad Dutt, former chief producer of Doordarshan Kuber Dutt and writer and media critic Vartika Nanda.

Welcoming the guests, the Managing Editor of The Sunday Indian, Sutanu Guru said that media is for the people and it is responsible to the people, so it cannot shy away from its responsibility towards the people.

In his presidential address, Achutanand Mishra said that in India, media has come down to its lowest level and it is time to restore its influence and strength. Mishra said that in a democracy, media should not succumb to the pressures of the market.

The Managing Editor of IBN-7, Ashutosh said that India is changing, and in this process of change, media too is changing and this change is positive so there is no need to shed tears over it. Admitting that between n 2004-05 and in 2009, some activities of the media were blots on its character but it had since regenerated itself. Ashutosh said that in those corers of the world, where the media is strong, situations can never become like that in Egypt. The media had played a role in keeping the morale of the people.

The Group Editor of Aaj Samaj, Rahul Dev said that the media is under pressure from the market and the media does not have the strength to fight it out. So, not much can be expected from it. It is time to free the media from the pressures of the market and there is hope for it.
The Consultant Editor of Amar Ujala, Ajay Upadhay, said that the Indian media does not cross over its boundaries and it is balanced. He said that whether the media is the fourth pillar of democracy or not is to be debated afresh. There have always been questions about whether the media is the voice of the people but it does offer people a platform a vent their concerns.
Senior Journalist Punya Prasun Vajpayee said that today the media decides its direction according to the mathematics of profit and loss. And for this, media alone cannot be held responsible. The whole system is to be blamed for this. He said that under such circumstances, morality is only to be mentioned, not applied.

The General Secretary of the Broadcasting Editor’s Association, N K Singh said that the TAM meters are installed in only those places, where you have money and these are the places that decide the direction and path of a news channel. He said that unless channels get free from the shackles of TRPs, the cause of the people will remain sidelined and marginalised. He expressed confidence that within two years media content would improve dramatically.

The Managing Editor of India News, Qurban Ali, said that the country is not dependent on the media very much. The people of the nation are quite awakened and had exhibited maturity by rejecting NDA’s ‘Feel Good’ and ‘India Shining’ slogans and maintaining nationwide peace after the Ayodhya verdict. And the media did not play any role in it. And therefore it is time the media takes care of its responsibilities.

NDTV’s Executive Editor Sanjay Ahirwal said that the news channels will now have to pay attention to content, else the nation will reject them. There has to be a middle path between the pressures of the market and morality.

Senior journalist Zafar Agha said that since the TRP decides the channels’s move, the question now that needs to be asked is whether journalism itself has lost its meaning.

The discussion was steered by Onkareshwar Pandey, managing editor of The Sunday Indian’s Bhojpuri and Hindi editions and the managing president of the Broadcasters’ Club of India.
Before the close of the seminar Prof Arindam Choudhary summarized the main points of the discussion and thanked the invitees for their valuable inputs. He also thanked the head of the Times Foundation Puran Pandey. The close of the ceremony saw all attendees receivig momentos from Prof Choudhary and Pandey.

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Panel Discussion on Fading Glory of Cartoons at IIPM Bhubaneshwar

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On 22nd January 2011, 4Ps Club of IIPM Bhubaneshwar organized a Panel Discussion on the topic, “Fading Glory of Cartoons”. The guests for the event were Mr. Sudhanshu Deo, the famous free lance cartoonist and promoter of JBC school of Animation and Mr. Kishore Rath, the cartoonist of Daily Sambad who has immortalized ‘Kattakhya’ the most sought after front page show of Sambad. Prof. Surya Das Mohapatra played the role of moderator in the entire event.

Both the speakers had stressed on the core importance of Cartoon as a strong medium of Communication and justified how it will never fade away as a communication medium. Mr. Deo Stressed on the various elements of cartoon and how the new development in cartoon in form of digital animation has transformed the whole concept of cartoon and opened up many options for the students of management. CARTOON IS NOT FADING AWAY RATHER THE CREATIVITY TO SUSTAIN IT IS DIMINISHING DAY BY DAY....

Mr. Kishore Rath narrates some of his best lines which was typical of him and has made him an icon. The mix of Odia and English judiciously planted in Odia proverbs with sincere social message was Extremely entertaining for the students.
The students enjoyed the discussion immensely about how to be creative at work without being an Artist. Prof. Das Mohapatra emphasized on how to be creative at work to have solutions to day to day problems at work.

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IIPM & DLF place saket in association with the 4Ps club of the institute conducted ‘Delhi Meri Jaan’ on 26th January 2011 .On this date , the Indian constitution came into force and thus the ‘Republic Day Of India’ is celebrated in order to honour the memory of declaration of Independence of 1930. The idea behind conducting ‘Delhi Meri Jaan’ -The Delhi Quiz’ was to salute Delhi as it completed its 100 years of being the CAPITAL OF INDIA .The quiz was designed to test the knowledge of citizens of india about their State and to see how much patriotic inclination one had towards their country .The quiz made the audience and participants realise the importance of being a democratic state in a decisive manner.

The event saw huge participation from kids to adolescents .The quiz was carried in various forms like rapid fire ,MCQs ,sample questions asked randomly to the audience etc . The Quiz focused on the history, geography, current statistics and interesting facts of Delhi. It was a wonderful sight seeing the enthusiasm and zeal in the participants as well as the public while playing the quiz . The kids were elated with gift vouchers given to the them provided by F.O.G ,Booster’s Juice etc ,while the youngsters were given IIPM goodies like mugs ,sweat shirts etc.

It was a memorable and awe- inspiring event. We promise to give you such more delightful events in the future .We also appreciate the gusto with which the participants took this eventful journey.

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Rs. 1,76,000 crores and counting! The scam is the biggest in the country ever – or rather, the sum total of all the other scams (that have been exposed) put together, multiplied by two and more! If not a joint parliamentary committee probe now, then when? A great democracy is one with a thriving opposition. After the last elections, I had raised a question. Is this the end of the road for the BJP for long? It looked so. BJP was stuck on its Hindutva mantra, while the Congress promised youth, which looked progressive and could connect with the masses better! After all, the Hindus themselves are so coexistential that they don’t like any communal stress in their lives. But then, complacency is the mother of all failures. And failure is the mother of all successes! Congress did two big blunders. Firstly, in a haste to promote Rahul Gandhi as its future leader – and in its fear that charismatic speakers like Jyotiradiya or Sachin Pilot or Milind Deora may overshadow the son – the Congress started destroying its biggest trump card, the youth factor, which had made it look so bright. The Congress saw to it that none of them had the courage to hog any limelight or be in any platform of importance; so much so that the public has virtually forgotten Congress’ youth brigade. And the truth is whatever the slavish media in India writes (it praises every rare semi-meaningful word that Rahul says as if it’s straight from Julius Ceaser). Rahul Gandhi, unfortunately, is still not good enough to single-handedly lead the Congress yet. Like they have done with Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Congress could have made best use of Rahul as the silent guy, while the other better speakers managed the party.

The second mistake is perhaps bigger and more dangerous. Protecting a dynasty may ruin a party but abetting corruption ruins the nation. The Congress ruined its Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s personal image of crystal clear integrity by entering into a series of mega scams. A majority of population in India, being illiterate, doesn’t understand policies much; but they understand ‘chori’. I believe a conspiracy by V. P. Singh created a wave in India which made him the Prime Minister from a nobody, thanks only to an allegation of corruption that he could make the public believe in. Rajiv was a man of definite personal integrity and was highly progressive and had started an anti-corruption drive in India against Indian businessmen. V.P. Singh was a friend of the industry, being a past commerce minister, and catching the moment, he made the Bofors allegation. Rajiv – a man of great progressive thoughts, great charisma and a Gandhi who had earlier swept the elections on a massive sympathy wave – lost the elections. I would say for no reason but a wave around corruption that the masses were falsely made to believe. Rajiv Gandhi, I believe, was personally not corrupt (for party funds, even the most honest politician depends on sources; and Rajiv might have depended on a single alternative instead of a number of Indian businessmen). But can I say the same about the current Congress? Well, only a joker can. Everyone else knows what’s happening in the Congress. Yes, there is a Manmohan Singh who is clean. But he sits atop a pile of corrupt people. CWG, Adarsh, 2G, it goes on... personal wealth creation at its best; and wealth being stacked offshore. The Supreme Court rightly asked, was the Prime Minister sleeping? Being personally clean as a leader is only half the job done. You have to make a system that cleans up the whole system.

And in this failure of Congress to provide clean governance, comes the hope for BJP and NDA for 2014. Forget Hindutva; concentrate on the massive dacoity of India. In every sphere. The masses understand it and they are totally convinced today that the UPA has started rotting inside out. There seems to be a sudden wave in the Congress on why should Mukesh Ambani remain the only one with 3 lac crore rupees. Gone are the days of the ‘hundred crore’ ministers. If figures are to be believed, today the key ministers are raking in thousands of crores. The country is being looted and sold off to the highest bidder... Oops, I got it wrong here – the lowest bidder, to be precise, who gives the highest kickback. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to accept and tolerate this. And this is where the need of opposition in a democracy comes in. The BJP needs to keep up its demand for a JPC probe. Take to the streets but the JPC is a must. And the probe must be totally transparent with complete media access during hearings. That’s the way it happened in Watergate, the Iran Contra, the Clinton case. That’s how it happens in real democracies. With the Assange case, it’s clear that America is unfairly using ownership of web domains – controlled by America – to close down various websites in order to hound and shut off WikiLeaks. India could lead the way in showing what a democracy is about for a change.

The JPC is also the only way everyone can be brought to the questioning table. Every other agency can be manipulated and managed in this country by the party in power. As I wrote in my previous editorial on the Radia tapes, the Indian media is right now too busy doing what it does best: go behind glamourised cases and magnify them to grab eyeballs and totally mislead and misinform the public. The part which was leaked till then proved nothing. There are lobbyists everywhere. The real issue here is that the government is caught in a web of corruption – perhaps facilitated by a lobbyist. Here we are talking about the issue of Rs.1,76,000 crores; and there we are speaking of a few stories that were being attempted to be planted here and there... What a mind blowing diversion from the real issue. It’s hilarious the way the media is happily going on and on bashing individual journalists (glamourous, easy preys and perfect vent for pent up jealousies), who cannot hit back, instead of hitting out at the real people who are behind this scam. What the opposition and media need to do right now is demand for the JPC probe, for that’s what the Indian masses need and want. Of course, a few weeks back, I myself wrote that our Parliamentarians have no right to waste the taxpayers’ money due to non-functioning of the Parliament. But as the magnitude of the scam gets unearthed, it’s clear that there’s more of tax payers’ money at stake in the scam than in the non-functioning of the Parliament. The masses, the tax payers, they have a right to a clean regime and the opposition must help them get their rights. That’s what makes a functional propeople democracy. And why not? After all, this perhaps is the sure-shot route for the NDA to be back in power in 2014 – as I said, nothing works with the aam junta better than the corruption plank.
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To change this ‘demonocracy’ to a democracy, we must all join hands and demand for a judiciary that is not rotting and rusting!

Last week I was very fortunate to be a part of this wonderful, moving and inspirational seminar on the ‘Power of One’ (coverage of the same is there after my editorial)! The speakers included Tarun Tejpal, who so very inspirationally spoke about the founding fathers of our nation, their vision and saga of sacrifices. Indeed, hearing Tarun speak is always a pleasure, just as much as seeing him – a real life hero of public interest journalism in India – always is! His words had the power of making me forget for a while that the same Nehru, whose birthday is ironically celebrated as Children’s Day in India, founded an India where today, seven times more kids suffer from malnutrition than they do in China – something Tarun himself quoted. He spoke of how we shouldn’t forget where India resides – in the villages. And the onus was on us to fight for the right cause. He spoke of things that at least we never forget at The Sunday Indian. There was Neelem Katara who spoke next in the most moving manner on her battle to get justice for her son against the might of one of the biggest dons of north India. At one moment, she was confident; at another, she was hurt and tender; and yet, at all moments, she was brave! Sitting there, I was inspired and in tears – alternatively hoping that one day we could be instrumental in bringing an end to this demonocracy that prevails in India. Then of course spoke Rajinder Kachroo, the man who lost his son Aman Kachroo to the menace of ragging. He spoke how ragging was criminal – I couldn’t agree more. His journey to get stringent rulings passed against ragging was the story of sheer determination; and it made me more determined to keep our crusade to weed out the cause of ragging from its roots! Then came Binu Chandran, the real life hero who got Ghazi Baba, the dreaded Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist to his end. Binu did that through his saga of physical bravery, where the decision to be taken was clear – to send his people to fight or to lead from the front. He chose the latter and got this country glory. Hearing Binu was super inspirational but I knew it was beyond us to be a real part of any such battle. Yet, I kept reminding myself that the pen is surely no less mighty than grenades. Finally, of course, we had the water crusader of India Rajendra Singh speaking! His sense of humour floored all of us; yet, everyone got the simple message strong and clear – that we needed to give our children rivers and water instead of ‘gandaa nalaas’ and droughts – a cause our social wing the Great Indian Dream Foundation (GIDF) is very passionate about. The five speakers showed us the power of one in a country like India! Through their sheer grit, determination, bravery and commitment, they individually had indeed made a positive difference to this nation. The session was followed by a great round of questions and answers, mainly focusing around the issues of bravery versus fear and the need to be brave!

And then came the most difficult challenge, to get up and speak. Speak about the power of one; that is, about bravery versus fear and yet not spare the reasons behind the sheer requirement of these brave crusades. Listening to them had recharged my brain. While I was in total awe of these amazing people, I knew very well that forget taking the all-or-nothing risk of putting everything at stake for journalism of public interests that Tarun epitomized, I was not even sure whether I – if I had been a friend of Nitish Katara – wouldn’t have myself turned a hostile witness were I to face the threat of the underworld mafia. I didn’t know if I would have had enough determination to keep pursuing the courts to change ragging laws, had I been in the place of Rajinder Kachroo. Sixteen years back, my younger brother died in a road accident – the sorrow killed me – but I didn’t do anything at all to make the Indian roads safer or get laws enacted to make it compulsory for the pillion rider to wear a helmet – though fortunately the law got enacted on its own. Of course, I was candid enough to realize that I couldn’t have done anything remotely as brave as what Binu Chandran had done. Yet, I refused to believe that I was not brave; or that, given the right environment, I wouldn’t stand up for the right cause. I refused to accept that I was fearful. I knew there was something that was missing and was required to complete the story... some realities we must be aware of, and should take up as a serious cause to fight for! Perhaps only health, education and employment come ahead of the issue I’m going to discuss. And that is the demand for a judicial system that can alter the concept of India and bring us a huge lot closer to a real democracy rather than the ‘demonocracy’ that we live in.
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