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February 2011 CHANDIGARH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION C/o Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Plot No. 5, Sector 27-B, Madhya Marg Chandigarh-160019, INDIA Tel .: 0172-2656031, Fax : 0172-2639548 Website : www.cma.net.in email : [email protected]Affiliated to CMA Editor J.N. Vohra [email protected]http://cmaupdate.blogspot.com/ Mob. : 9814556072 Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds Update MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF CHANDIGARH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION President Dr. Gulshan Sharma Executive Director ITFT Education Group, Chandigarh Vice President Dr. Niraj Pasricha Director Regional Institute of Co-operative Mgt. Secretary General J.N. Vohra Textile Consultant Joint Secretary A.K. Gandhi Consultant Jaiparkash Associate, Ltd. Treasurer CA Vivek Goyal Past President Col. Karamjeet Singh (Retd.) Director Continental Group of Institutes, Mohali CMA Learn Excel Build Skills Development 2010-11 ALL INDIA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Office Bearers HUNDREDS ATTENDED 'SHAPING YOUNG MINDS” SPEAKERS LEFT THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SPELL BOUND Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) Sangeeta Talwar while narrating her successes and organised today an event 'Shaping Young Minds” at failures in her career building said that nothing is Tagore Theatre Sector-18, Chandigarh. This event is impossible in life if you have the will and desire. an initiative of, N.Delhi. More than 1000 students Professional Students need to acquire marketing drawn from various institutions of the Tricity skills to sell their talent and potential to the attended this event prospective employers. Dr. Geeta Joshi, Principal Army Law College,Mohali chaired the session. Inaugurating the programme Mr.Kamal Singh, Director All India Management Association (AIMA), Prof Bibek Debroy said that what he achieved in life the sponsors of the event, said that this is third event was more of an accident that designed. But he that in a row. First two programmes were organised in now his consolidated life time experiences tell that it Lucknow and Hydrabad. He said that the event seeks is better to undertake those jobs or activities, which to help young people find their career path. He said endears you most rather guided by desires of in this programme young students of professional outside advisers. He said that he left many lucrative institutions are exposed to eminent speakers who jobs in India and abroad which did not interest him. address the students with their anecdotal, Dr.P.K.Vasudeva, former professor (international storytelling and coaching style; laced with their trade) ICFAI chaired the session. personal experiences. The idea ultimately is to Mr.Anil Sachdev gave a heart rendering deliver a charismatic message to the young minds motivational speech and narrated how Hotel Taj Dr. Gulshan Sharma, President CMA said that many employees save the life of their customers, when young people today have bright minds, which need terrorist attacked the hotel, even under the threat of shaping up on what to expect in a professional their own life. He said that even corporate can build career they are always seeking advice from icons. loyalities in their employees with value system. The programme objectives are to inspire young Dr.Gulshan Sharma, President CMA Chaired this people aspiring to enter in professional domains. session. Three speakers who addressed the students were The institutions, which participated in this event, Ms. Sangeeta Talwar: MD & CEO of NDDB Dairy included Aryan Group of Colleges, Army Institute of Services, Prof. Bibek Debroy, noted economists and Law, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Desh Bhagat Mr. Anil Sachdev, Founder and CEO of the School of Group of Institutes, Gurukul Vidyapeeth, IIPM, ITFT Inspired Learning. All three speakers left the student Education Group, RICM and SASIIT, Mohali. audience spell bound. Dr. Gulshan Sharma, President CMA giving his introductory remarks Mr. Kamal Singh giving his welcome address. His address was followed by Curtain Raiser Film
UpdateMONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF CHANDIGARH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
PresidentDr. Gulshan SharmaExecutive Director
ITFT Education Group, Chandigarh
Vice PresidentDr. Niraj Pasricha
DirectorRegional Institute of Co-operative Mgt.
Secretary GeneralJ.N. Vohra
Textile Consultant
Joint SecretaryA.K. Gandhi Consultant
Jaiparkash Associate, Ltd.
TreasurerCA Vivek Goyal
Past PresidentCol. Karamjeet Singh (Retd.)
DirectorContinental Group of Institutes, Mohali
CMALearn Excel
Build
SkillsDevelopment
2010-11
ALL INDIA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Office BearersHUNDREDS ATTENDED 'SHAPING YOUNG MINDS”
SPEAKERS LEFT THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SPELL BOUND
Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) Sangeeta Talwar while narrating her successes and organised today an event 'Shaping Young Minds” at failures in her career building said that nothing is Tagore Theatre Sector-18, Chandigarh. This event is impossible in life if you have the will and desire. an initiative of, N.Delhi. More than 1000 students Professional Students need to acquire marketing drawn from various institutions of the Tricity skills to sell their talent and potential to the attended this event prospective employers. Dr. Geeta Joshi, Principal
Army Law College,Mohali chaired the session.Inaugurating the programme Mr.Kamal Singh, Director All India Management Association (AIMA), Prof Bibek Debroy said that what he achieved in life the sponsors of the event, said that this is third event was more of an accident that designed. But he that in a row. First two programmes were organised in now his consolidated life time experiences tell that it Lucknow and Hydrabad. He said that the event seeks is better to undertake those jobs or activities, which to help young people find their career path. He said endears you most rather guided by desires of in this programme young students of professional outside advisers. He said that he left many lucrative institutions are exposed to eminent speakers who jobs in India and abroad which did not interest him. address the students with their anecdotal, Dr.P.K.Vasudeva, former professor (international storytelling and coaching style; laced with their trade) ICFAI chaired the session.personal experiences. The idea ultimately is to Mr.Anil Sachdev gave a heart rendering deliver a charismatic message to the young minds motivational speech and narrated how Hotel Taj Dr. Gulshan Sharma, President CMA said that many employees save the life of their customers, when young people today have bright minds, which need terrorist attacked the hotel, even under the threat of shaping up on what to expect in a professional their own life. He said that even corporate can build career they are always seeking advice from icons. loyalities in their employees with value system. The programme objectives are to inspire young Dr.Gulshan Sharma, President CMA Chaired this people aspiring to enter in professional domains. session.Three speakers who addressed the students were The institutions, which participated in this event, Ms. Sangeeta Talwar: MD & CEO of NDDB Dairy included Aryan Group of Colleges, Army Institute of Services, Prof. Bibek Debroy, noted economists and Law, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Desh Bhagat Mr. Anil Sachdev, Founder and CEO of the School of Group of Institutes, Gurukul Vidyapeeth, IIPM, ITFT Inspired Learning. All three speakers left the student Education Group, RICM and SASIIT, Mohali.audience spell bound.
Dr. Gulshan Sharma, President CMA giving his introductory remarks
Mr. Kamal Singh giving his welcome address. His address was followed by Curtain Raiser Film
Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds
hartron
HARYANA STATE ELECTRONICS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED( A Haryana Government Undertaking)SCO 111-113, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh 160017Tel. : 0172-2722961, 2722962, Fax : 0172-2705529website : www.hartron.org, e-mail : [email protected]
PROFILES OF EMINENT SPEAKERS WHO ENTHRALLED THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITH THEIR ANECDOTAL AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES
Ms. Sangeeta Talwar, presently is Managing Director of NDDB Dairy Services, a 100% subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board. This company has been created to bring alive the National Dairy Plan; double milk production in the country while creating sustainable livelihood in rural India.
Before joining NDDB Dairy Services Ms. Talwar was President South Asia for the Tata Tea Group and Executive Director for Tata Tea Limited, the consolidated entity. She was a member on the Boards of Tata Tea Limited, Tata Coffee Limited, Eight O'clock Coffee in the US and Oriental Hotels (Managing the Southern Taj Hotels). She continues to be a member on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
Ms. Talwar started her career with Nestle India and was instrumental in launching and engineering the success of Maggi noodles and the Maggi brand as the business head in India. She went on to become the first woman Regional Sales Head, after which she made an unusual move as Head of Human Resources for the Company.
Subsequently she headed Marketing for Nestle India as the Exec Vice President. Ms Talwar also spent 3 years at the International HQ in Switzerland, as Marketing Advisor to the Drinks & Coffee, Chocolate & Confectionery Strategic Business Units. From Food she then went on to Toys and worked with Mattel as the CEO for South Asia, subsequent to which she joined Tata Tea.
Until recently she was perhaps the only women Executive Director and one of the senior most women in the Tata Group.
Ms. Talwar has an MBA from IIM Kolkata, is an Economics Honours graduate from Lady Shri Ram College Delhi, having completed schooling from the Convent of Jesus and Mary school.
Prof Bibek Debroy is a Noted India Economist, he is a Professor at Centre for Policy Research New Delhi and also visiting senior research fellow, Institute for South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.
He was educated at Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur, Presidency College, Calcutta, and Delhi School of Economics. He is also a post-graduate in economics from Cambridge University where he was a member of Trinity College.
Prof. Debroy has taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and National Council of Applied Economic Research.
His past positions include the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies at Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Consultant to the Department of Economic Affairs of Finance Ministry (Government of India).
Later he had a stint as Secretary General of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Director of the project LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy), set up by the Finance Ministry and UNDP for examining legal reforms in India.
Between December 2006 and July 2007, he was the rapporteur for implementation in the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor.
Prof. Debroy has authored several books, papers and popular articles, has been the Consulting Editor of some of the most prominent financial newspapers in the country and is now Contributing Editor with Indian Express.
He is a member of the National Manufacturing Competitive Council. He is also a member of the Mont Pelerin Society
Mr Anil Sachdev is the Founder and CEO Grow Talent Company Limited and Founder SOIL The School of Inspired Learning. Anil began his career with Tata Motors in 1975 and joined Eicher in 1978 and worked in HR, operations and TQM. Grow Talent was created in 2000 and by 2006 it became the leader in the strategic HR consulting industry. In 2008, Anil and the other co-founders of Grow Talent decided to enter the field of Education by creating SOIL- the School of Inspired Leadership. This new Business School has been co- created by a consortium of 25 leading firms such as Aditya Birla Group, BPCL, Dr Reddys, Grant Thornton, GSK, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, Johnson and Johnson, Mahindra, Nokia, SRF, Schneider, Symphony, Tata Steel, TVS Motors etc. It has focus on the five pillars of inspired leadership: Compassion, Diversity, Ethics, Mindfulness and Sustainability.
Recognised as a thought leader, leadership d e v e l o p m e n t a n d O r g a n i z a t i o n a l transformation, he has done pioneering work with leading global and local firms on talent m a n a g e m e nt , s t ra te g i c c h a n g e a n d organizational transformation. He has spoken at national and global conferences all over the world and has written contributory pieces for leading publications. He has been adjunct faculty to many leading business schools to name a few such as Indian School of Business, Kelly School of Business, Indiana University, GMI, Flint Michigan, Antioch University, Seattle and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Mr Sachdev is active in management circles and has held several public offices such a Chairman of National Committee on Industrial relations and Regional Committee on Human Resource Development of Confederation Indian Industry. He has received several National Awards such as “The HR professional of the year” etc. His biography appears in “Who's who of the world” published by Marquis in 1991.
MS. SANGEETA TALWARMD, NDDB, Dairy Services
PROF. BIBEK DEBROYNoted Economist
MR. ANIL SACHDEVFounder and CEO of School of Inspired Learning
February 2011
Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds
GLIMPSES OF “SHAPING YOUNG MINDS” PROGRAMME
February 2011
Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds
THE CAMPAIGN OF “SHAPING YOUNG MINDS
thThe Campaign for sensitising students was started on 8 February by visiting various professional Institutions by Dr. Gulshan Sharma, president CMA and Mr. J.N.Vohra, Secretary General. At some institutions semianrs were addressed on skills development along with talking about the format of Shaping Young Minds. Posters depicting the three Icons who were to address the students were distributed in all institutions. Some school students studying in 10+2, were also invited. The registered students for the event exceeded 1000 students.We are thankful to all those institutions who participated in the event. Due to their support the event became a record event.This was followed by Curtain Raiser press conference at Press Club.
