All the Best

"A mail from a Teacher to his Students"

Dear Students,
Exams are starting and I know you all will be studying very hard.

I wish you all the best but do keep in mind luck favours the prepared mind

Like Doug Firebaugh said "Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." In your case change it to Every Hour

Study in rotation in terms of Subjects/ Units
Take 10 minute break every hour when you study otherwise your one hour will end up having only 10 minutes of study
Ask your self can I write at least 1 line on each line item in the syllabus
Can I explain any algo .... can I walk thru the algo with example ..... then I will study the algo syntax
Studying should include recursive calls to reading, writing, speaking, verification
Is there something in this unit I definetly need to know for the exam
Is there something I keep forgetting or making a mistake .... how can I use a mnemonic or association to retain the same in the mind
Teach others in the process your concept will be clearer and preparation better
Reach for the exam 30 minutes in advance
Dont Pray for a miracle ..... because you are the miracle ..... Pray instead that you will be optimally able to use the time at hand and have the presence of mind when studying and when giving the exams.
I wish each one of you will do atleast 10% better than what you did in the previous semester

Followership 3 @ Engineering College

Leadership Workshop at Christ Engineering College, Kengeri
Conducted by Balachandran K and Jibrael Jos
Date : 11 - Mar -2011
Participants : 17 students
Vishaka,Lucy,Christy,Anith,Alan,Thomas,Animesh,Cyril,
Albert,Anu,Neetha,Maria,Vinjohn,Jubin,Joe,Ajas,Sumith

Agenda

• Followership


• Self Belief


• IPS


• Leadership Traits


• Building from Scratch
  
  Conducted some different kind of activities to make participants realise the importance of team work, planning and time management
  
  The enthusiasm of the participants was very heartening, A very talented bunch of student, they had a task to build a 5 feet long plane using bamboo, newspaper, thread, paint etc in a time frame of one hour. Both the teams did a wonderful job at it.
  
  Balachandran Sir conducted the session on Leadership Traits
  

Feedback
"Very useful and constructive session on leadership qualities. It was a great experience for all of us" Anu Anto

"I never felt so involved in the extra curricular activity held before" Vinjohn

Followership : A Leadership Workshop @ MindTree

Conducted a Leadership Workshop at MindTree Limited
Initiative of Dept. of Comp Sc. Christ University and Data Warehousing Practice, MindTree
Date : 21 - Jan -2010
Participants : 18 Employees with 2+ years of experience
Agenda

• Followership
• Self Belief
• IPS
• Getting Buy In / Selling Ideas
• Leadership Traits
• Career Plan / Organisation Alignment

Conducted some different kind of activities to make participants realise the importance of many of these areas.
One question which was raised by Bragga was that can leadership can actually be trained ? A very good question , I feel that my one day workshop is not meant to teach you leadership but make you appreciate the importance of it and make one see where they stand currently on the different expected traits.

Coming back to the question asked, yes I feel leadership can be trained but like most skills it needs to be honed, a mentor to guide and experiences and time to actually ripen

Dipanjan M faciltated the Career Planning / Growth Session. His frank and clear point of view was very refreshing. He highlighted the need for individuals to align to organisation goals on the same hand he shared that anybody in the DWH leadership team would be more than willing to help individuals to reach their career goals.

Sincere thanks to Pavan, Lijosh in helping to organise it.

I will post any feedbacks I get on this blog

Big Enough

Lyrics by Chris Rice

Context : One of my favorite hymns

None of us knows and this makes it a mystery

If life is a comedy, then why all the tragedy?
Three and a half pounds of brain try to figure out
What this world is all about
And is there an eternity Is there an eternity?

God if You're there I wish You'd show me
And God if You care then I need You to know me
I hope You don't mind me asking the questions
But I figure You're big enough
I figure You're big enough


Lying on pillows we're haunted and half-awake
Does anyone hear us pray "If I die before I wake?"
Then the morning comes and the mirror's another place
Where we wrestle face-to-face
With the image of deity
The image of deity

When I imagine the size of the Universe
And I wonder what's out past the edges
Then I discover inside me a space as big
And believe that I'm meant to be filled up
With more than just questions

Salutation of the Dawn : By Kalidasa

Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life,
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:

The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendor of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.

Followership : Workshop Feedback

Feedback received from Students who attended the Leadership Workshop on 17 Dec 2010

We enjoyed a lot in Followership Workshop. It was the best interactive session i have ever attended.Each game we played like( 7 UPS or narrating the story) was interesting and at the same time we gained knowledge in different aspects. I had never thought that just by watching waves i can gain such knowledge.We were motivated by your enthusiasm. I think because of small group it was very interactive and informative. I would like to attend more workshops like this in future.
Last but not the least it would be nice if others in the class also get to attend the same workshop in future.
KavyaShree C V

I never forget today's workshop, because we people had a good session on the topic leadership....
And the events and games whatever we had was superb, especially 7up and Dancing game was cool....
And I hope, Xmas plan what we made in session will come into action, insha allah....
Thank you for such a wonderful class..finally the lunch was superb....
Abdul Kareem M A

The workshop conducted today was very interesting and interactive.We came to know the quality of a good leader through various activities rather than boring lectures.We realized our potential and each one came up with innovative ideas which were communicated to the entire class.This gave us extra confidence to tell out what we feel.Overall session was planned very well and each activity was in such a way that we learned something new.
Nivetheetha.U

Followership : A Leadership Workshop

Conducted a Leadership Workshop entitled “Followership” in Christ University on 17 December for MCA and M.Sc. students

I intentionally kept the attendance as optional and since it was a holiday, I got a small select set of students. My target was twenty but was more than happy to get sixteen who were willing to spend a day for this workshop.

The workshop was called “Followership” as I strongly believe that Leadership ad Followership are strongly connected and a person cannot be a good leader if he is not a good follower.

The workshop as usual included games and team activities. This time I included two videos in the sessions. Like the last time it did have an exercise using Theatre, additionally I got dance in to add a new dimension.

Students seemingly enjoyed the workshop and gave good feedback. Conducting it was fun. The Agenda included

• · Self Belief
• · IPS
• · Leadership Traits (Based on Stephen Covey / Robin Sharma)
  
• · The Road Ahead

The Games included

• · One To 50 Team race
• · Thespian Walk
• · Fairy Tale Enactment
• · Choreograph a dance
• · Listening
• · 7 UP
• · Mirroring

The students showed great leadership potential. Some are already leaders in many ways. The dance and play they put up was pretty awesome. As a follow up of this workshop all the students took the initiative to organize a Christmas Party on the 22^nd Dec.

Thanks to JP Sir(HOD) and Rajeshwari Maam(M.Sc Coordinator) for all the support they gave for the initiative.

Thanks to Dannie, Kavyashree and Kareem for the logistic / planning support.