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NAGPUR
NHRDN NAGPUR CHAPTER EVENT ON
CONVERSATION BY PROF BALAJI C
On 27 & 28 Jan 09 NHRDN Nagpur Chapter
in association with Central Institute of Business
Management Research & Development &
NYSS Institute of Business Management
Nagpur organised two days programme by
Prof Balaji C , Editor, NHRDN News Letter
and AVP, Symphony University, Bangalore at
F.W. Taylor Hall at CIBMRD Nagpur.
Day I -SESSION- I ("POWER THROUGH
CONVERSATION") The session was
inaugurated with welcome lecture by Dr.
Amishi Arora, Director, CIBMRD. Prof Balaji
C & Prof Rangarajan Director NYSS were
sharing the dais with Dr. Amishi Arora. Prof
Rangarajan introduced Prof Balaji C to
audience. Prof Balaji C, AVP Symphony
University , Editor, NHRDN News Letter, an
IIM Ahmedabad Alumni, an author of the e-
book "Goading to go beyond" opened his
lecture with three orders of conversation i.e,
Order I :How do we know the particular
object, Order II : How that particular object
is known by authorities of the particular field
and Order III : Kinds of Conversation i.e,
Committed Conversation, Ownership
Conversation, Assured Conversation, Action
Conversation, Disbelief Conversation
Prof Balaji emphasised that we should
inculcate the habit of committed
conversation in our life to get what ever we
desire or want to achieve. He also brought
it out how to change our belief into de-belief
to make it more pragmatic as per the current
situations. Vote of thanks proposed by Prof
Shyam Shukla.
Day II -Session -II ( "CONVERSATION
THAT STOPS US IN LIFE")
Session started with Vande Matram by the
CIBMRD students of MBA Sem IV. Mr.
Arvind Jain VP-HR Indorama Synthetics (I)
Ltd welcomed all the participants. Mr.
Ramesh Sangare President HRDC, Nagpur
shared the dias with him. Mr. Shyam Laddha
CEO, Vasundhara Dairy & patron Nagpur
Chapter, joined the session subsequently.
Mr. Jain invited Prof Balaji to share his
thoughts. Prof Balaji brought it out his
journey for bringing out the e-book "Goading
to go beyond" . He shared his journey in
publication of his book, when he was
through with the conversation with so many
people, however, nothing materialised. He
could achieve his goal only when he
focussed on committed conversation and
after changing his beliefs into de-beliefs. He
nullified the concept of so much work. He
said this so much can be changed in to so
little by breaking down in to number of lines
& words. He brought it out his way of
success in achieving the target of the life.
Mr. Arvind Jain( VP- HR) Indorama
Synthetics (I) Ltd welcomed Prof Balaji. Mrs.
Vinda Warhadpande Secretary Nagpur
Chapter welcomed the guests. Prof. Shyam
Shukla Executive Director Nagpur Chapter
HR QUIZ – 9
Quiz Corner
1. Who said this? "Conventional MBA programmes train the wrong people in the
wrong ways with the wrong consequences'
2. Who is reported to be the current richest woman ?
3. Which large global company first used Scenario Planning, to improve their Strategic
Business Planning process?
4. Who is referred to as the 'Father of Carbon Trading'?
5. Who is referred to as the ' Grandfather of the Chinese
Internet?
6. While ISO 14001 refers to Environment Management
standards, what is SA 8000 ?
7. Meaning of 'Volkswagen', in English?
8. What is the concept of deskilling?
9. What is 'Cubicle rage'?
10. What is the Equator Principle?
Quiz Master:
Mr. P Vijayan, Director-HR, CHEP India, Mumbai
E-Mail: vijayan.pankajakshan@chep.com
Answers to Quiz – 8
1. It is the minimum number of hours required to master a diifcult skill. This is based on
primary research done with musicians in a German Orchestra, 2. Thirukkural,
3. Mr Navin Jindal, 4. Parliament House Cafetaria- New Delhi, 5. 1993, 6. Thyrocare
Corporation, 7. Satchidananda, 8. A strike called by a union, without adhering to due
course of law , in terms of notice etc, 9. Workers move from place to place, within the
plant, on roller skates, 10. Mumbai and Ahmedabhad
convened the session along with the volunteer
student members.
Day two -SESSION III :(" COMPETENCY
MANAGEMENT") Prof Vaishali Rahate
facilitated this programme. Prof Balaji took this
session for students . Prof Balaji brought the
competencies which are required by an
organisation. He gave the live example of
competency management at his organisation
i.e., Symphony University Bangalore. He said
the organisational competency can be raised
through training once the need is established.
SESSION IV : ("CONVERSATION ON
TEACHING FOR WHAT")This session was
meant only for faculties. Prof Nagrajan
facilitated this session. The faculties from
CIBMRD, NYSS and DBM were present at this
occasion. Prof Balaji brought out that we need
to understand what we are teaching and what
for we are teaching. We need to inculcate a
fertile soil first and then put the seed into it.
Dr. Amishi Arora Director CIBMRD & Dr.
Rangarajan, Director NYSS-IMR were present
through out the session.
This kind gesture of Prof. Balaji C has
empowered the student members, faculties &
Nagpur Chapter members , with the power of
conversation.
PUNE
"See page No. 39 and 44"
RANCHI
"See page No. 51"
CARTOON CORNER
Col. P Deogirikar, Indore
p_deogirikar@ruchigroup.com
Sir, three more have resigned
today, also to join our competitor.
Actually, they cannot attract
freshers and we can't retain our
persons. So, we are reduced to
training guys for them. Why don't
we merge and our company work
as their training wing?
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