The Hindu Business Line : ‘Don’t get upset about differences, celebrate them’

New Delhi, Jan. 13 Margins, top lines and bottom lines, managerial skills, marketing techniques and methods, administrative skills, books on company law, case studies, dissertations, project reports and the list goes on. This list signifies the world of an MBA student, across the two years of the course. So, it was through the Business Line Club that the students got a chance to know what practical corporate life is all about.

The Business Line Club on Saturday arranged for an interactive seminar for the first batch of students of the newly opened K.R. Mangalam Global Institute of Management in the Capital, to discuss the various practical issues one has to deal with in corporate life.

The Chief Guest of the event, Dr Satbir Silas, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi, enthralled and enlightened the students with her experiences throughout the 21 years of her career as an IAS officer.

Drawing the line

However, what made the session truly interactive was the absence of a pre-written speech, and discussions on relevant and burning topics such as ‘glass ceiling’, on the issue of women employees in a so-called man’s work space, and on the issue of limitations and where to draw the proverbial line.

Dr Silas, answering one student’s query on where to draw the line and whether or not to compromise one’s principles on certain situations, told the students to convince oneself of the decision he or she is taking before going ahead with it. She said that it was important for the person to accept and believe in his or her decision rather than just blindly taking a decision just because it would help in ‘clinching the deal’.

Later, over a piping hot cup of tea, on a rather chilly winter morning, the Dean of the institute, Dr Md Athar Ali told Business Line that such interactive sessions were always helpful and the institute has made it a point to incorporate as many sessions such as this so that students were exposed to corporate culture and the hardships that came along with it much before they graduated.

Focus on practice

He said that even the courses were structured in a way that besides theoretical knowledge, practical experience was given equal importance by way of industry reports, projects based on industry trends, and internships.

Dr Silas, who has travelled and worked in war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, said, “Students today are very smart and intelligent. And seminars such as this gives them the added advantage of coping with life and its difficulties. In fact I always tell young people to celebrate differences rather than being upset about it.”

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