Good
morning all! It was one of the most memorable days today in my life. For the
first time ever in my life, I was invited as a chief guest for an event for MBA
students though I, myself am not a MBA post-graduate. The event was
COMMUNION-2013 at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, an engineering college
in Bangalore, India. It was an honour to share the dais with prominent
dignitaries who presided over the event. I was invited to deliver an
inspirational speech regarding the most pressing topic 'Career opportunities for Management
Professionals'. I have been into my career only about 3.5 years back and here I was to address people about career opportunities. I should thank the hosts for believing that I could pass on some useful information which I graciously accomplished.
The
event started around 9:30 am in the morning with the conventional inauguration
speech followed by an invocation song by the students of MBA. Dr. B.R.Dwaraki
from RIMS (Ramaiah Institute of Management Sciences) who is a Registrar (evaluations),
was the chief guest for the function along with me. Both of us were introduced
to the audience. Then it was Sri Dwaraki sir's turn to address the audience of
close to 100 MBA students. He was a man with a huge warehouse of knowledge,
wisdom and experience. He brought out some of the best excerpts from his past
and advised the students as to how they need to be prepared for their future.
His speech was highly informative and humourous as well. All the students
enjoyed the sense of humour that sir possessed. He addressed about women
empowerment and the importance of the role of women in our society which won
the hearts of all the girls in the auditorium. He shared some of the most
important lessons that he had assimilated from over 4 decades of his experience
in his profession.
At 11
am, it was time to strike the chord of inspiration and energy and that is when
the IU speaker, Mr. Mohan.B.N (not-being-so-modest) was invited on the stage.
It was once again a pleasure to address the MBA students after addressing the
same stream of students in Krupanidhi School of Management, Adarsh Institute of
Management Studies and Sheshadripuram School of Management Studies. I started
off with how just 1 or 2 degrees of education can't fetch us our dreams. It
requires us to be 360 degrees aware in life in order to materialize every dream
of ours into reality. It's not compulsory for students to pick one out of the
many career opportunities available in the market. It's up to them to decide
what kind of career they want to follow and create an opportunity in that field
of passion. It's not compulsory to pursue just one career in life; one can
pursue multiple careers at the same time. I shared my own example about how I
became a trainer, public speaker, blogger, upcoming author, mentor, counselor
etc in last few years of my life just by following my passion and dreams. This
session served as the ignition to the weapons of talents that students
possessed in them and the purpose of my speech was served.
I
would like to deeply thank the management of Dr.AIT, Smt. Pankajakshi mam, HOD
of MBA department and Arundati Pai mam for making this event happen and for
their utmost hospitality. I also would want to thank all the staff and student
coordinators for their amazing contribution and participation. Last but not the
least, I would like to thank my entire IU team and my mentor for the amazing
support and guidance that they have bestowed on me. As we are towards the end
of this post, I want to reveal the secret behind the title of this post. On the
stage, to my left was Mr. Dwaraki sir who was 71 years of age and to my
right was Mr. Devaraj sir, Chief in-charge of PDP sessions at Dr. AIT who was
62 years of age and I was the young chap seated between these two amazing
gentleman, sharing the stage with them as a chief guest at a tender age of 26.
I just want to thank the Almighty and my parents for all the blessings that are
being showered on me. Thank you God once again!
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