ON PERSONAL LOSSES GRIEF AND COPING WITH IT We are all living in a timeline where during the But I struggled with that and so did my family past few months many of us have suffered deep as our first step towards closure depended on a personal losses. The loss I write about could be funeral, which was denied to us due to the losing a loved person to the pandemic, a lockdown restrictions. But keeping that aside, memory, or something else that keeps you up at we made it through. It took time since healing 3 AM in the morning. does require patience and a lot of it. Currently, it is happening to the people around And like I said it was my first time witnessing us on a daily basis. The entire world is trying to such a grave loss and me not being able to find a way to cope up with it and there's no process it like everyone else took a toll on my exact solution as such. mental health. I tried my best to seek solace from my close ones about how I felt about all of Me, being a mere 18-year-old who had never it but even they didn't know any better and it suffered a personal loss in her entire life (i.e. in was also foolish of me to expect otherwise. the form of losing a person), didn't know any Because at the end of the day we were all the better. Due to the unlikely set of events, my same age trying to find some way to get grandfather passed away during the lockdown. through. I had to learn how to cope with that fact being only miles away from him while my father had Everyone has a different coping mechanism to cope with it being oceans away. and mine happened to be drowning myself in tons of work just to keep my mind occupied. At There's certain healing that comes with it, and the same time, I was a member of an it's subjective to every person. It can be taken organization named Praveen Kenneth Chair on as something that provides you with closure or Leadership at my University to which I was helps you move towards it. While doing so, introduced by one of my friends. It came to be a there's a certain level of maturity you gain blessing in disguise since what started as a unknowingly while also losing the touch of journey to support a friend heading a webinar innocence because of it. It's a give-and-take turned into me becoming a member of the situation if you ask me. PKCL family. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 49 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP I was able to keep myself occupied here and Besides that, the golden moment only struck one day my mentors decided that I could take when the quorum present each had something a session. And so I did. Here we are given the to say. Each person came up with a personal freedom to speak and discuss whatever we anecdote of their own and how they were choose to and so I did what I knew best, handling it. The end result wasn't really a connect. And I knew that I could speak concern for anyone. It was the learning whatever I wanted to say without having throughout the journey. It was in this moment anyone judge me because, over here, there that I knew my belongingness, growth, and exists a ‘Psychological Safe Space’ within wisdom. which we all are able to communicate with each other and understand one another better. On this platform, I have met many people, each one that I truly adore and admire. Their So I connected about the situation I was put in constant support is what has gotten me so far and how I was coping with it and the lessons ahead until now and it's only because of them that I learned along the way with just one that the time job to introspect has become a giveaway viz a viz to listen and not always joy! Looking at what lies within all the while with an intent to reply and lastly to make time growing one step at a time and being content for those close to you because honestly you with what I have achieved was a level of never really know what could happen at any maturity that I never expected at 19 years of given time. The present reality proves just age. that. . Honestly you never really know what could happen at any given time. The present reality proves just that. - APRAJITA SINGH 5BCOMH B :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 50 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
An Ode to My Beautiful Sister - Esther The Most Beautiful Person Within Yes, she was sinful and selfish at She was here three days ago and today times, and yet and yet so pure in is she is gone. heart as Pastor Satish said. I still miss her so much. She was more normal than you and I. The house is awfully quiet without She did not have any inhibitions to her voice and her presence, but she hold her back. is in our hearts and thoughts. Yes, she had her own challenges with health, desires like normal people; She wanted to go to school and give and yet she was expected to be above sweets to all her friends and people it due to her 'abnormalities' at church on her birthday, and She was most certainly the heartbeat couldn't understand why we couldn't of our house. do that this year? She sang, she talked constantly, She had no idea of what lockdown troubled me to buy her dress or call meant, so Mary told her Esther there someone from my phone. is fever - see there is nobody in the She had the most persistent attitude ground. and will keep at it, till she gets what she wants. When children started coming back to She had a simple mind, a beautiful the ground to play, she asked a heart, and lots of love in her heart. hundred times can she go to school, go to the shop and buy her dress. She was our precious sister, Her special friends in school will daughter, and the person around each ache in their own special way whom we all had the most fun, off her loss, unable to express it frustrations, and most joy. like 'normal people'. She missed dad a lot and at different I know my mom must be feeling it the times would tell me, Sam I miss most and yet she will not share about daddy, she would enquire about Paul, the pain she is going through - and often call Mary a hundred times holding it all in. in a day. It seems Esther was born with many She would enjoy the rides in the car medical complications. The doctors and was so happy to know that Mary had said she won't survive another and I would be going to All Saints day but she beat the jaws of death church now. then and lived for 42 years. She would wake up early in the morning sometimes by 6:30 am, and Esther, you are the most loved, we open all the windows of the hall terribly miss you. We will fondly room, brush her teeth, and wait for remember you and will always love me to come, especially during the you forever and hold you dear in our lockdown. hearts. - A poem dedicated to all those grieving the loss of a loved one during the difficult lockdown year 2020 -21. Mr Samuel S George Program Manager, PKCL
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP Going Within A much-needed journey! - Manish Mukerjee 5 BTCS B Our mind assumes that everything of It is very important to talk to ourselves as a importance is somewhere outside of us, and friend and not as a worry- giver when we are there’s really nothing of importance that’s thinking out. We need to constantly remind going on within us. It often searches outside ourselves that “I am having an experience of for things like pleasures, happiness, myself right now and it does not need to be distractions, pain, and many more things that, clouded by my worries or any past incidents.” frankly, are not of much importance. This is really more about what you choose! These worries always cross our minds - What will happen now? Or Is this like that time? The When we do not pay attention to things of no real question is: Are we really aware of what importance and start focusing on the present,, our mind is focusing on? If we really pay we gradually begin to respect ourselves, love attention, it always has a tendency either to ourselves, see things the exact way they are dwell on the past or to ruminate on the future and enjoy each and every moment that we live instead of really focusing on what’s happening in, and decide to do so wisely. No matter how at the moment. And when it does that, it causes stress, worries, and where you are existing at this very and anxiety. moment, just remember that you are always enough! You! You are a worthwhile person. Stop seeking attention from elsewhere. You are important and you deserve your own attention! :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 57 2 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
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Take Control - Anushk Sharma Of Your Mind 3 BALLB C This article is an attempt to provide a We always blame others for our mistakes. subconscious matter for readers against a very When faced with any difficulty, we terrorize powerful and persistent danger to the human ourselves with the immense anxiety and mind. A huge shoutout to Nicolan and Aman hopelessness that we, like any other individual, for guiding me to write this article. believe with full of our potential that it cannot be achieved. We can always live in the utopia of Just a year ago, our world was full of deadly unconsciousness, where there is nothing to disasters, most of which were caused by think, no emotion whatsoever, and the only humans. There was much news regarding new course of action possible is the one that is the terrorist outfits, new nuclear threats, some best for us. new asteroids, increased global warming, loss of hope, and what not! For example, there are many times when Josh thinks he wants to study, but he is At this moment, we can ask and remind overwhelmed with his addiction to ourselves, What a time to be alive! What do you smartphones and social media. Here, we can think about this? Do you feel I am joking with not say Josh does not want to study, but you, messing with you, or trying to fuel your instead, he studies in his thoughts of utopia fire of curiosity to make your mind think from and after getting satisfaction returns back to my perspective of view? Anything will work. feed his addiction. Our life is shaped by our mind; The irony is that, in the real world, he wishes we become what we think. Joy for it to be different. He wants to be someone follows a pure thought like a else, do some other things, achieve better things, and deep down wishes that he was not shadow that never leaves. addicted to them. ~ Buddha :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 754 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP Don’t you think it is something to think about? by controlling your mind). Try to think about what this person is conveying to me? You will surely get the Human beings as animals respond to stimuli answer, you just need to read the above lines every second of their life. If you do not know more and connect them with the below what a stimulus is, let’s take the help of paragraphs. Wikipedia, which says, “In physiology, a stimulus is a detectable change in the physical Our parents continuously remind us about the or chemical structure of an organism's internal days of their glory, when there were no mobile or external environment. The ability of an phones and particularly, no quick access to organism or organ to detect external stimuli, so others. A letter sometimes took over a year to that an appropriate reaction can be made, is reach its destination. Everything was slow and called sensitivity.” they take pride in that! They believe, even now, that our mind cannot process the information We should not approach the situation just as as well as the emotions so quickly. We can we would do with any other. We should start only focus on important things by not having acknowledging what’s happening and focus on distracting things around us but nowadays the things we can do to improve it, for there are too many distractions. Some old ourselves and for those who are around us. For doctors also say, “we are not evolved enough”. doing this, we can differentiate the layers into And, to some extent, I believe them. three portions, namely, the macro, internal and external environment. I am trying to provide you a little insight into A macro environment is a place where the the path you can take to actual challenge or problem is persisting. We change your perspective need to be cautious and aware of it because it can affect us mentally and physically through of viewing things virtue of changing stimuli in terms of both mental and physical. In this digital era, we have shifted our focus on things that we have little or no control over. We The external environment consists of elements are not channelizing our energy into the things immediate in position to us. Be it animals, a we can do (we are too scared of it). Every pen stand, a bee or a deadly virus. The internal person has a different journey and I can’t environment refers to our beliefs, behaviors, possibly imagine what you went through or reactions, and mind. This can be influenced what your experiences were. So, instead of externally but, we have the ultimate control lecturing you over the things which you should over it. I would like you to give a thought about not do, through this article, I am trying to all of these things and find some examples in provide you with a little insight into the path your own life. you can take to change your perspective of viewing things. (Which again can only be done :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 755 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP As you now have given some thought, I would Let me take you back to the main villain of this like to give you two very useful and life- reading. It is not a person, a product, time, or changing thoughts. The first one is, “Nothing any curse of nature, but people's addiction to is Impossible” and the second one is, “Your mobile phones. The only problem with the future is decided by what you do today, not addiction to mobile phones and social media is tomorrow”. For the first thought, I believe it is that they make us forget the above things I very cliched for me to explain it. But, I can have mentioned. It makes us forget that we are strengthen your belief on this thought by human beings with fundamental human asking a question, what do you think, how values. We are pushed into being consumerist, have you originated? Don’t you think your intolerant, conservative beings with an existence is a wonderful and awesome increased number of phobias and with no zeal experience? Now, if that is possible why is to work towards accomplishing our dreams but anything else not? only wish to feed our dream to the addiction. Imagine a vast universe that is expanding with I have tried to convey the message to the exponentially increasing speed, containing readers in a puzzled way. There are many texts huge galaxies which have billions of stars and available in this world which just focus on how solar systems, and we as humans are to take control or why to take control of the experiencing this phenomenon. I remember a mind on getting addicted to mobile phones or quote from Edgar Mitchell, “When I went to any other substance. Through this article, I the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But have tried to provide the readers with the when I saw the planet Earth floating in the matter which they can put in their vastness of space the presence of divinity subconscious mind to survive through this became almost palpable and I knew that life in addiction and be victorious in controlling it. the universe was not just an accident” Always keep in mind, So, do you believe it was an accident? You are Don't wait for time. Make it. born or made into existence, not by an Don't wait for the money. Earn it. accident, but you have a bigger purpose…We Don't wait for the path. Find it. will look into this bigger purpose towards the Don't wait for an opportunity. Create it. end of this article. Don't go for less. Get the best. Don't compare. Be unique. The second thought has personally moved me Don't avoid failure. Use it. and I admire it very much. Also, I have a very Don't dwell on mistakes. Learn from it. good reason to do so. In my past, I was very Don't fight your misfortune. Transform it. lost like any other teenager of my age. I had a Don't back down. Go around. lot of questions about life’s purpose, in general, Don't close your eyes. Open your mind. and it constantly worried me. My mind was Don't run from life. Embrace it. full of confusion and nothing made sense, I didn’t know the reason or the cure for this. | 756 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP A LEADERSHIP JOURNEY FROM SSC TO USC University Student Council School of Sciences 2021-2022 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 57 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP The surge of a deadly pandemic has given us a conduct oneself and be a team player is what lot of challenges. It has changed the way the the time asks for. Getting to know one world works right now. But like we have another in a team context and gaining the always seen, we humans adapt to situations all trust of everyone is much more crucial. the time and conquer our greatest fears. Unlike the older days, being someone who Forming and sustaining relationships with our practices before preaching it to someone is a peers in a world of remote work is, in fact, a necessity. When everything is happening genuine concern. Once upon a time, traditional online, as leaders, we are meant to spend face-to-face interactions always played a extra time knowing the pulse of our peers significant role in communication and and the needs of our fellow mates and the efficient working of the system. Management. And one of the best ways to Understanding our peers was much easier know it is by constant interactions and when we could pick up verbal and non-verbal affirmations. cues in person. The virtual environment makes it difficult to empathize and This year is a real challenge for the entire understand another individual’s perspective Student Council fraternity. Knowing the past unless he opens up. This is when we start to and the present will shed light on how to go rethink and try to innovate virtual leadership. about as a team. Interacting with the veterans of USC and leaders gives us great As virtual leaders, it is vital to understand the insights about being successful leaders. We role of a leader in an entirely digitized will discuss the present scenario, the scenario. The foundations on which the prospects, and how the training transformed relationships are built are the same, but how to our idea of leadership. SSC LIFE The initial phase in the council is to get to as people. The leadership sessions that we know the members well and to interact with had helped for the same. The first year them. There was so much paranoia about seemed more manageable as two people everything in the first instance. There was a represented each class, and there weren’t as lot of confusion in the air, and many tend to be many concerns from the students. However, in their bubble quite often. Very soon, the the second year was a little challenging. realization of the council and meetings, what Students faced many problems online. The we were expected to do as School Student second year in the council taught us how to Council members, made us want to talk to be more patient and convince our students and understand their concerns classmates about specific concerns without better. The council made us more responsible offending them. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 758 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP Most of us have worked under two USC fields and helped us gain a better perspective members, who are extremely competent and on life, courses and the council. Being a part of equally efficient. They guided us and helped us the council allowed us to enhance our throughout. Several events helped to decision-making, communication, leadership, strengthen and improve our interaction and and public speaking skills. One of the most connections with each other. Daksh was one important skills that we learned as council among them. Daksh mainly allowed us to members is patience. The council has helped interact with various people from different all of us grow holistically as individuals. USC LIFE After the institution was aware that the online teaching mode was the only option, When the induction ceremony for the 2020-21 the Student Council members had an batch of the Student Council took place, there informal orientation and a ‘getting to know were many hubbubs. There were a lot of each other’ session. With the situation expectations resting on the incoming around the world still being uncertain, the members of the University Student Council. A Student Council was waiting for college life couple of weeks after the induction ceremony, to resume to begin their annual activities. the world as we all are well aware of came to a standstill due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. In September, departments across the institution celebrated Teachers Day, alas in Just like the whole country was uncertain of a virtual format. By the end of October, it the future during these months, the Student was decided that the whole academic year Council was unsure how to go about its would be conducted online, and everyday functioning. The summer months of 2020 were campus life would not be resuming any time erratic, and every function of the University soon. With this unfortunate news, the was shifting to a virtual environment. With the Student Council was disheartened that it looming issue of conducting final would not be carrying out its usual flow of examinations for all the students, the Student activities. Nevertheless, the Council Council had discussions with the management members decided to brainstorm amongst and the student community before deciding to themselves and thought of conducting go ahead with the online mode of examination. Daksh - An Education & Career Fair, on an online platform. Daksh is one of the keynote There was quite a bit of backlash from the activities of the Student Council, and the students, and due to the nature of the representatives decided to work up a plan to pandemic, the Student Council found itself in a make this event possible. pit, struggling to solve the concerns. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 57 9 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP The next few months were of busy planning success. Even with the air of uncertainty, the and preparing for Daksh, and the event itself Student Council was always eager and was a huge success, as more than 30,000 enthusiastic to create a welcoming feeling for students and parents from across the globe the new batch of students, who quickly attended the ‘virtual stalls’ and ‘career adapted to the online mode. As the pandemic dialogues.’ More than 1000 volunteers and 80 questioned each individual’s existence, the Student Council Representatives were Student Council lived up to its expectations as involved in this event, who played a crucial being the apex body of CHRIST (Deemed to be role in making this event a monumental University). CURRENT SITUATION The present situation demands a new Maintaining a regular mode of approach to leadership. Social isolation has its communication with the students disadvantages. Although we are learning from the comfort of our homes as students; we often As the world grips for a more extended find ourselves demotivated. Helping the period of lockdown and travel ban, the idea students and communicating with them was of a campus model of learning does not better. The upcoming batch of University seem to be working anytime soon. Under Student Council members is conscious of the such circumstances, we go back to the previous experiences of their current senior online mode of communication once again. batch members to tackle the hurdles that come in their way. This batch of students has In this scenario, we need to make sure that had the opportunity to undergo an a training/ there is a continuous flow of conveyance of orientation session which will supplement information between all. This can be done their performance. by having regular meetings - once a month with all the classes. If there is an absence of The situation is conducive for the upcoming meetings, it may lead to a disintegration of batch as the members do know the required communication, which can lead to measures to help make online learning more communication gaps. fruitful for students. In contrast to the previous academic year, members are quite comfortable Taking regular updates with the online mode of communication and interaction with students and faculty. This will After each meeting, once the concerns have help in setting up a favorable environment for been conveyed, it is important to get the upcoming batch of USC and the students. updates from each class on how the new changes have helped them. This is a very The concerns that the upcoming batch is crucial part of maintaining connections likely to face and how to overcome are - with students. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 760 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP Avoiding miscommunication In many cases, it is even strenuous. It is also between management, students, primarily the responsibility of the council and faculty members to ensure that the message is rightly interpreted and conveyed to the To avoid miscommunication, it is important to students. The same can be done by explaining be a good listener and keep regular meetings the actual situation and the reasons why such with the other council members and students. initiatives are in place. Furthermore, it is important to ask students to approach through the right channel for Ensuring that the new batch of everything. These will improve the entire students get accustomed to the aspect of transferring information. It will also CHRIST culture help in avoiding a chaotic situation. It is salient that the new students are familiar Convincing students about certain and habitual with the Christ culture. Last year, decisions of management the same process took time since everyone was new to the online culture. This year, the Any new decision in place will need a good same should be comparatively easy as amount of effort trying to convince the everyone is habituated with this transition. students about the same. TRAINING & TRANSITION “Leaders become great, not because of their power, but Approach: A leader should always be a person everyone can speak to and respond to. A trait because of their ability to that divides a leader from a boss. empower others.” Training plays a crucial role in evolving the Acknowledging: A leader welcomes and quality of any individual. It helps the person responds to every individual’s presence and reach greater heights, and when the individual thoughts. It might not be the best of ideas put is a leader, it uplifts the team spirit to a level of forward, but getting a response for such a excellence that can ever be matched. moment also lifts the teammates' morale. Transitioning from an individual to a leader could be a little awkward. Being a leader requires expanding your comfort zone. Clarity: A sense of clear thoughts and Adapting to the situations is the stepping communication is a definite sign of a leader. A stone of being a leader. Being trained, a leader man conveying his thoughts in a crystal clear adopts the following qualities: manner and in simple words signifies a confident leader. Handling Pressure: A person who knows the effective utilization of time keeps a check on managing the team's pressure. In a way, very few can understand. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 67 1 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP Knowledge Sharing: A leader imparts Respecting Criticism: A leader is not necessarily information about the topic or the organization perfect. He or she should accept the flaws or and not limiting it to itself. This trait signifies mistakes they make and improve, rather than the difference between being a leader and a being stubborn and not understanding the boss. views. PARTING THOUGHTS We, as the upcoming University Student Throughout these sessions, we have grown as Council members, after undergoing the confident individuals to believe in our worth unofficial orientation sessions, have evolved as and to be able to comprehend our and others' a strong team with willingness and dedication opinions with utmost perfection. We learned the towards our role and responsibilities. As virtual value of being organized and professional in our leaders, we understand the need to take a work. We understood the importance of different management approach than we would listening and respecting others' opinions. We in an offline mode, as team communication mastered the skills of time management, won't be done in person. We need to have great pressure handling, and resilience. writing skills and digital know-how to understand our point of view virtually. We need to be leaders who work hard towards working smart and have a positive approach We need to have the quality of being towards our work. Leaders that lead by example approachable to others who need help. We need and inspire others to be like them. Leaders who to think out of the box and come up with reflect their learning in their lives and nurture innovative, productive and motivating ideas. their upcoming junior batches with those Our growth from a School Level Student Council learnings. member to a University Level Student Council member should be significant. It is rightly said, We hope with all these immense duties and \"With great power comes great responsibilities\"; responsibilities, we also get to enjoy every we need to keep the interests of the University moment of this unique opportunity and get a above ours. chance to make some beautiful memories throughout this journey. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M USC SOS 2021-22 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M Sejal Arora Anna Serene Abhinav Nair Hamsaveni D T M Siddhant Vaishnavi Sudhakar Dominic Sebastion | 62 | 7
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP My Life’s Leadership Journey - Mrs Rashi Ruther Kumar Trainer, PKCL I started my journey of LIFE by being Hang on! Real hope is found in the tension INVISIBLE…… Not the Supernatural Wonder between the two? In an invisible kingdom. This Woman. There is nothing like the pain of place is where I discover the true heart of being feeling invisible to those around you. It a LEADER? One full of dreams, wonder, delight, especially hurts when you are serving, giving, and joy. Being a Leader helped me discover the and loving, but no one seems to notice or even timeless truths that can transform a woman's care, still you need to be a LEADER. heart into the heart of a princess. You are recognized by the Leaders, loved by the Prince, And as I walked through my Life story of and promised the happiest \"happily ever after\" feeling invisible, I experienced the comedy and of all times. loneliness of life. The invisibility that at first felt inflicted ultimately brought out the real My Challenges of being a Leader: significance and meaning of being a Leader. Am I working harder than ever but feel like I am accomplishing less? Drawing my strength from the invisible Great Does my morning routine of making food and Loving God, I realized that I am not and running around headless look sane? invisible to God, and this simple truth changed Is my deepest sense of calm found in the everything in me. Faith is rekindled in my bathroom with the door locked? heart as I seek to love my family and Do I check social media more than five surroundings in ways that only invisibility times per day? Per hour? makes possible. I had many questions of being a Woman Leader. How can a woman live with I need to overcome these challenges and just hope in the midst of reality? remind myself that I am on the path to overcoming them. I feel my voice is authentic, I was once a little girl, dreaming of \"happily humorous, practical, and at the same time ever after\" like a fairy-tale princess. But unlike deeply spiritual and real. I would love to share the fantastical world of Sleeping Beauty or my journey with relatable stories of my tiny Cinderella, reality hit me hard. Living in the Leadership actions, insightful help, and not-so-fairy-tale world of laundry, kids, and practical ideas that explore the inner life of a your sometimes not-so-charming prince, I recovering crazy busy woman (ME) finding her wonder how my heart will survive because way to calm and a deeper relationship with what I have isn't even close to what I hoped for. God and others around. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 763 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
Sustainable Leadership Practice Leadership is an experience-enhanced skill. It The Council members were in regular touch is an ability that builds over time as one learns with the class representatives. The class by taking on more responsibilities. As an representatives were in direct touch with experience-enhanced skill, the path to students. improving such ability is usually met with various challenges, successes, and failures. The senior students were well aware of their That is why it is imperative to have a responsibilities. They demonstrated it by conducive environment to practice and training junior students and helping in develop a skill that serves one’s professional coordinating all the student activities. They and personal life. acted as buddies to the junior students in facing the challenges in the new online mode The pandemic which started spreading from of education. The second-year students along March 2020 onwards brought to a standstill all with the help of counselors and faculty the manufacturing and service sectors. Some of members acted as the first line of counselors to the service sectors had to relook at their first-year students whenever required. The business models to ensure business continuity. Alumni club also helped in acting as buddies to The education service sector was equally students and guiding them in their education impacted by the pandemic. The traditional journey. method of classroom teaching had to give way to new methods of reaching out to student During April and May 2020, we had detailed communities and to ensure that the students extensive training for our faculty members on do not miss out on continuity of learning. how to conduct online classes and how to use technology to enhance the online classroom The top management had regular meetings experience to make it more inclusive and with University Student Council members, immersive. The aim of the SBM was to ensure Deanery Student Council members, Student sustainable leadership practices are put in Class Representatives, and aculty members. place. This was established by the top The student council members were the point leadership by elaborate brainstorming of contact for all student-related queries. sessions to percolate down to students. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 764 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP The procedure adopted is as detailed below: CHRIST University School of Business and Management Association (CUSBMA) is an A core committee was established among the organization of students and faculty working top leadership and regular meetings were held hand-in-hand to organize various events. to discuss the policies and frameworks to be These events focus on developing essential adopted for continuity in the learning for the skills that add to the vast knowledge that student community in the online mode. academics and co-curricular activities bring to students. The core committee used to discuss them with the middle-level leadership team and take This association provides a safe environment their opinions and advice to fine-tune the for students to build on their leadership, policies and framework to be adopted. The amongst various other skills. As participants core committee had regular fortnightly of various management events, students are meetings with faculty members for their challenged with tasks that require critical inputs and to make it clear the policies and the thinking while balancing the challenges of framework to be adopted for sustainable time constraints and, most importantly, business practices. working as a team. The first practice we adopted was using Teamwork is essential for professional Artificial Intelligence based Mettl platform for success, and leadership is that ability that conducting online exams. The faculty had to drives the entire team towards a single be trained and the students had to be provided focused goal. As a strong leader, one should be a mock test, to become familiar with the able to derive synergies by combining the platform. We can say with pride, that we were individuality of their team members. among the first institutes in the country to successfully conduct online exams. A lot of events that were conducted on the campus were also moved to online platforms, like Back to School events, Management fests like USHUS and Magnovite, Pioneer events, cultural events like Blossoms. Every event had a faculty coordinator and student committee members to plan out the activities in detail. All the students of SBM were involved in organizing these activities and events. They conducted dry runs to fine-tune the delivery in the final online mode. Since the students were digitally native to technology, it was easy to conduct all the programs online. :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 67 5 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
PRAVEEN KENNETH CHAIR ON LEADERSHIP We also ensured that the student mentoring train our management students to develop this sessions conducted by the faculty members habit of sustainable leadership, meaning to addressed the students’ needs in terms of make appropriate changes in the processes adjusting to the changed mode of learning. and systems using the help of technology to Some of the students have also seen the ensure business continuity. We are also in pandemic impacting their near and dear ones. constant touch with alumni to get their inputs The mentors and the leadership team were to help us achieve continuously improving always empathetic to the students’ needs and sustainable business practices. advised them accordingly. When we had hybrid classes for a few months . in 2021, we had a core committee for formulating SOP guidelines for on-campus Ms Roseline Florence Gomes classes. We had many student representatives Assistant Professor, Jyoti Nivas College from each class to ensure the Covid Autonomous appropriate behavior is followed in the classes, Ph.D. Scholar, CHRIST (Deemed to be and also in the common areas like cafeterias University) and in lounges on campus. Students demonstrated a well-disciplined leadership quality by ensuring appropriate behavior by all other students attending classes on campus. This led to great success since we have been able to complete the academic year without any hiccups and delays. All this has been achieved because of the unwavering commitment of the top leadership in ensuring that the shared vision percolated among all the stakeholders like students, parents, faculty members, and non-teaching staff. We at the School of Business and Management Mr Jeevananda S, Ph D always strive to continuously improve our Associate Dean systems and procedures in tune with the latest School of Business and Management changes in the environment. We always CHRIST (Deemed to be University) believe that we are a work in progress and open to new ideas and innovations. We also do . :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M | 765 | 7 :L E A D E R S H I P C H A I R M A G A Z I N E C A R P E D I E M
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\"What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.\" Programmes Offered 1.Leadership development and training for student bodies 2.Leader interface 3.Leadership Courses as Electives 4.Develop standardized Leader assessment too 5.Leadership training for university teams Key Offerings 1. Leadership Development Programmes 2. Student and Faculty interface with Leaders 3. Research in Leadership 4. Leadership in Action - Project based initiatives Who will Benefit? 1. USC and Deanery Student Council Members 2. CAPS, SWO, NCC & CSA volunteers 3. Class Representatives and Club Heads 4. University Sports Team, Cultural Team, & Choir 5. Peer Educators and Peer Mentors 6. Anyone who wants to Grow and Develop
CARPE DIEM Volume 1 2021 Heartfelt thanks to our VC, all our Mentors, Faculties and Students who supported us to make this journey of the first edition of Carpe Diem successful. Praveen Kenneth Chair on Leadership CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Room 910, 9th Floor, Central block Tel: 080 4012 9605 / 080 4012 9154 Email: [email protected] Web: https://christuniversity.in/center/O/PKCL PKCL (@leadership.chair) • Instagram photos and videos Praveen Kenneth Chair on Leadership | LinkedIn
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