Mixed Feelings – Count down!!!!!

Offlate, a mixed feeling prevails amongst the all the Crusaders.  It gives us JOY because, everyone of us are going to join various organizations in good positions and is time to put into practice whatever was learnt in the last one year.  It also puts us down because we need to part with this institute as well as with all our friends with whom we have spent one full year.  We discussed, debated, played, attacked and countered and all the fun is not going to be there anymore. 

If I look back at this one year, debate and arguments are also a source of great learning and the real joy came when we have all achieved whatever is in the best interest of the institute and for our fellow students. 

We will all be bidding adieu on April 22nd, 2007 ie the day of our Graduation.  Saying so, I’m sure each one of us will be in touch with each other!!

Vol # 4 – Great Lakes – Great Faculty

Ashok Vasudevan – International Enterpreneurship

Mr Ashok Vasudevan, Co-founder and Chief Executive of Preferred Brands International Ltd , Chairman of Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd and Professor of International Entrepreneurship at Harvard BusinessSchool.We are highly fortunate have Mr Ashok as a faculty to reach International Enterpreneurship who is a reknowned enterpreneur.  He articulated International Entrepreneurship with emphasis on its various aspects and its growing importance in the global business environment. Citing various examples of famous entrepreneurs and innovators, he emphasized that it is the right combination of an individual¸ an idea, a product or capital which leads to an enterprise with strategy forming the core, which he termed as ‘Wheel of Fortune.‘The course ended with a Guest Lecture by Sanjay Naik, CEO of Tejas Networks.  Mr Ashok prior starting up his own enterpreneural venture, he served Levers & Pepsico and held Senior Management roles. 

In search of happiness

I recently had an opportunity to attend a workshop conducted by a Budhist Monk.  This person happens to be an alumni of a premier B-School and went on to become a monk in search of a meaning for life. 

This is one of the most lightest sessions which I ever had attended.  To start with, he had taken us through a simple ‘Pranayama.’  He started the session by saying ‘All the happiness in this world comes from wishing others happy & all the misery comes from wishing unhappy for others.’

He says ‘Everythings is perfect and everything can be improved.’  How true these two simple statements are !  They have a profound meaning hidden in it.

 A simple exercise that he suggested everyone of us to do is a 5 second wish exercise. When you find someone known at a distance do the following

1. Have  good wish in your mind about him/her

2. Keep an eye contact

3. Maintain Smile

4. Say one good for word about him

He wanted to do a personal visioning exercise on the second day but could not attend it due to limited mobility arised out of Statewide Bandh in Tamilnadu.

Just a thought, these will make you feel good and happy but may not fully make others behaviour.  There are people however good you are to them, how many favours they take from you they will never have gratitude.  But here is my wish for them “May God Bless them and give them all the happiness, pleasure and joy in the world.”