Foundation Fortnight - Neev 2015 (Welingkar, Bengaluru)
Foundation Fortnight, Neev 2015 at
Welingkar Bengaluru
Theme - 'Responsible leaders...passionately curious'
remains at the core of all deliberations.
DAY 7 (03 July) - Neev 2015 (Welingkar,
Bengaluru)
Happiness
results from Optimal Realisation of One's Potential
 Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman, Happiest Minds, addressed
the students in the morning session.
Soota weaved in the sub-themes of the fortnight –
governance, passion and curiosity. He said that
self-governance supported by a framework of values leads
to integrity in our daily lives – a quality he said that
was of overarching importance in life. He substantiated
that with the live example taken from his career. In his
entire career, while he had directly been involved in the
firing of nearly 40 employees, only one was for
non-performance and the rest were on grounds of breach of
integrity – financial or intellectual. Underlining the
importance of passion in work he said that passion for
work renders all the talk about work -life balance
superfluous. He elaborated on the role of curiosity in our
lives, and asserted that lifelong learning is imperative
failing which you would soon become obsolete in this
world.
“Happiness is a state
of mind that is the result of fulfilling your own
potential”, he said. He shared the values that his own
company had set as a governing framework that goes by the
acronym SMILES (Sharing, Mindfulness, Integrity, Learning,
Excellence and Social Responsibility).While other values
are commonly talked about, he focused on the role of
Sharing and Mindfulness with regard to how they directly
contribute to happiness – sharing because you are happiest
when you are giving and mindfulness because it ensures
that you live in the moment and give your best at
everything you do. He urged them to make happiness their
ultimate purpose and realising their optimum potential as
the means to it.
While responding to
the students, he emphasized the role of luck by sharing
the example of his meeting. Premji of Wipro by chance and
how it changed his career trajectory to the high-growth IT
industry. But he asserted that while luck plays a role,
destiny is shaped with hard work. He said, age is just a
number; one has to care for their mind and body as they
move ahead doing what they enjoy most.
In the Hello We
session Prof. Aparna explained the role of Examinations
Cell; the CGPA based grading system and the rules of
conduct during examinations. Prof. Hema D. and Prof.
Vijaykumar N. gave an introduction to the fundamentals of
Accounting by explaining basic concepts such as debit and
credit, keeping in mind that a majority of the student
population are engineers who are not exposed to financial
accounting.
 In the panel
discussion the theme was- Marketing Leadership –
Responsible and Passionately Curious. The experts on the
dais were Ajit Belani, Director-Marketing, Aricent
Technologies, Dr. Rajaram Kudli – Founder and Chief
Consultant, Prajnan Enterprises and Sangeet Kishore –
Group Category Manager – Vdot, Madura Fashion & Lifestyle.
Belani described curiosity as a personality trait. He
encouraged the students to continuously learn, not just
from books or classes, but from the world around them.
According to him irresponsible behaviour is the result of
the limitations of the mind. Sangeet Kishore implored the
students to keep their child like curiosity alive. He
pointed out that successful CEOs differ from the normal in
three traits – passion, team playing attitude and
adaptability. Being unethical, he cautioned, always hits
back.
Under the Hands on session, Eureka was a team-based
activity where the teams with the given material had to
create new prototypes. It was designed to help students
learn team work, collaboration and tested their ability to
think out of the box.
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