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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF CHANDIGARH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds February 2011

Office Bearers
HUNDREDS ATTENDED 'SHAPING YOUNG MINDS”
SPEAKERS LEFT THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SPELL BOUND

President
Dr. Gulshan Sharma
Executive Director
ITFT Education Group, Chandigarh

Vice President
Dr. Niraj Pasricha
Director Chandigarh Management Association (CMA)
Regional Institute of Co-operative Mgt. organised today an event 'Shaping Young Minds” at
Tagore Theatre Sector-18, Chandigarh. This event is
Secretary General an initiative of, N.Delhi. More than 1000 students
drawn from various institutions of the Tricity
J.N. Vohra attended this event
Textile Consultant Inaugurating the programme Mr.Kamal Singh,
Director All India Management Association (AIMA),
Joint Secretary the sponsors of the event, said that this is third event
A.K. Gandhi in a row. First two programmes were organised in
Consultant Lucknow and Hydrabad. He said that the event seeks
to help young people find their career path. He said
Jaiparkash Associate, Ltd. in this programme young students of professional
institutions are exposed to eminent speakers who
Treasurer address the students with their anecdotal,
CA Vivek Goyal storytelling and coaching style; laced with their
personal experiences. The idea ultimately is to
deliver a charismatic message to the young minds
Past President
Dr. Gulshan Sharma, President CMA said that many
Col. Karamjeet Singh (Retd.) young people today have bright minds, which need
Director shaping up on what to expect in a professional
Continental Group of Institutes, Mohali career they are always seeking advice from icons.
The programme objectives are to inspire young
Editor people aspiring to enter in professional domains.
J.N. Vohra Three speakers who addressed the students were
Ms. Sangeeta Talwar: MD & CEO of NDDB Dairy
cma.chd@gmail.com Services, Prof. Bibek Debroy, noted economists and
http://cmaupdate.blogspot.com/ Mr. Anil Sachdev, Founder and CEO of the School of
Mob. : 9814556072 Inspired Learning. All three speakers left the student
audience spell bound.
Sangeeta Talwar while narrating her successes and
failures in her career building said that nothing is
impossible in life if you have the will and desire.
Professional Students need to acquire marketing
skills to sell their talent and potential to the
prospective employers. Dr. Geeta Joshi, Principal
Army Law College,Mohali chaired the session.
Prof Bibek Debroy said that what he achieved in life
was more of an accident that designed. But he that
now his consolidated life time experiences tell that it
is better to undertake those jobs or activities, which
endears you most rather guided by desires of
outside advisers. He said that he left many lucrative
jobs in India and abroad which did not interest him.
Dr.P.K.Vasudeva, former professor (international
trade) ICFAI chaired the session.
Mr.Anil Sachdev gave a heart rendering
motivational speech and narrated how Hotel Taj
employees save the life of their customers, when
terrorist attacked the hotel, even under the threat of
their own life. He said that even corporate can build
loyalities in their employees with value system.
Dr.Gulshan Sharma, President CMA Chaired this
session.
The institutions, which participated in this event,
included Aryan Group of Colleges, Army Institute of
Law, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Desh Bhagat
Group of Institutes, Gurukul Vidyapeeth, IIPM, ITFT
Education Group, RICM and SASIIT, Mohali.

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Dr. Gulshan Sharma, President CMA Mr. Kamal Singh giving his welcome address.
ALL INDIA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION giving his introductory remarks His address was followed by Curtain Raiser Film
Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds February 2011

PROFILES OF EMINENT SPEAKERS WHO ENTHRALLED THE YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS WITH THEIR ANECDOTAL AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES

MS. SANGEETA TALWAR PROF. BIBEK DEBROY MR. ANIL SACHDEV

MD, NDDB, Dairy Services
Ms. Sangeeta Talwar, presently is Managing
Director of NDDB Dairy Services, a 100%
subsidiary of National Dairy Development
Board. This company has been created to bring
alive the National Dairy Plan; double milk
production in the country while creating
sustainable livelihood in rural India.
Before joining NDDB Dairy Services Ms. Talwar
was President South Asia for the Tata Tea Group
and Executive Director for Tata Tea Limited, the
consolidated entity. She was a member on the
Boards of Tata Tea Limited, Tata Coffee Limited,
Eight O'clock Coffee in the US and Oriental
Hotels (Managing the Southern Taj Hotels).
She continues to be a member on the Board of
Governors of Indian Institute of Management,
Kolkata.
Ms. Talwar started her career with Nestle India
and was instrumental in launching and
engineering the success of Maggi noodles and
the Maggi brand as the business head in India.
She went on to become the first woman
Regional Sales Head, after which she made an
unusual move as Head of Human Resources for
the Company.
Subsequently she headed Marketing for Nestle
India as the Exec Vice President. Ms Talwar also
spent 3 years at the International HQ in
Switzerland, as Marketing Advisor to the Drinks
& Coffee, Chocolate & Confectionery Strategic
Business Units. From Food she then went on to
Toys and worked with Mattel as the CEO for
South Asia, subsequent to which she joined Tata
Tea.
Until recently she was perhaps the only women
Executive Director and one of the senior most
women in the Tata Group.
Ms. Talwar has an MBA from IIM Kolkata, is an
Economics Honours graduate from Lady Shri
Ram College Delhi, having completed schooling
from the Convent of Jesus and Mary school.
Noted Economist
Prof Bibek Debroy is a Noted India Economist,
he is a Professor at Centre for Policy Research
New Delhi and also visiting senior research
fellow, Institute for South Asian Studies,
National University of Singapore.
He was educated at Ramakrishna Mission
School, Narendrapur, Presidency College,
Calcutta, and Delhi School of Economics. He is
also a post-graduate in economics from
Cambridge University where he was a member
of Trinity College.
Prof. Debroy has taught at Presidency College,
Calcutta, the Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
and National Council of Applied Economic
Research.
His past positions include the Director of the
Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary
Studies at Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Consultant
to the Department of Economic Affairs of
Finance Ministry (Government of India).
Later he had a stint as Secretary General of PHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
Director of the project LARGE (Legal
Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the
Economy), set up by the Finance Ministry and
UNDP for examining legal reforms in India.
Between December 2006 and July 2007, he was
the rapporteur for implementation in the
Commission on Legal Empowerment of the
Poor.
Prof. Debroy has authored several books,
papers and popular articles, has been the
Consulting Editor of some of the most
prominent financial newspapers in the country
and is now Contributing Editor with Indian
Express.
He is a member of the National Manufacturing
Competitive Council. He is also a member of the
Mont Pelerin Society
Founder and CEO of School of Inspired Learning
Mr Anil Sachdev is the Founder and CEO Grow
Talent Company Limited and Founder SOIL The
School of Inspired Learning. Anil began his
career with Tata Motors in 1975 and joined
Eicher in 1978 and worked in HR, operations
and TQM. Grow Talent was created in 2000 and
by 2006 it became the leader in the strategic HR
consulting industry. In 2008, Anil and the other
co-founders of Grow Talent decided to enter
the field of Education by creating SOIL- the
School of Inspired Leadership. This new
Business School has been co- created by a
consortium of 25 leading firms such as Aditya
Birla Group, BPCL, Dr Reddys, Grant Thornton,
GSK, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, Johnson and
Johnson, Mahindra, Nokia, SRF, Schneider,
Symphony, Tata Steel, TVS Motors etc. It has
focus on the five pillars of inspired leadership:
Compassion, Diversity, Ethics, Mindfulness and
Sustainability.
Recognised as a thought leader, leadership
development and Organizational
transformation, he has done pioneering work
with leading global and local firms on talent
m a n a g e m e n t , s t ra te g i c c h a n g e a n d
organizational transformation. He has spoken
at national and global conferences all over the
world and has written contributory pieces for
leading publications. He has been adjunct
faculty to many leading business schools to
name a few such as Indian School of Business,
Kelly School of Business, Indiana University,
GMI, Flint Michigan, Antioch University, Seattle
and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Mr Sachdev is active in management circles and
has held several public offices such a Chairman
of National Committee on Industrial relations
and Regional Committee on Human Resource
Development of Confederation Indian Industry.
He has received several National Awards such
as “The HR professional of the year” etc. His
biography appears in “Who's who of the world”
published by Marquis in 1991.

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Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds February 2011

GLIMPSES OF “SHAPING YOUNG MINDS” PROGRAMME

Special Issue on Shaping Young Minds February 2011

THE CAMPAIGN OF “SHAPING YOUNG MINDS

The Campaign for sensitising students was started on 8th February by visiting various professional Institutions by Dr.
Gulshan Sharma, president CMA and Mr. J.N.Vohra, Secretary General. At some institutions semianrs were
addressed on skills development along with talking about the format of Shaping Young Minds.
Posters depicting the three Icons who were to address the students were distributed in all institutions. Some school
students studying in 10+2, were also invited. The registered students for the event exceeded 1000 students.
We are thankful to all those institutions who participated in the event. Due to their support the event became a
record event.
This was followed by Curtain Raiser press conference at Press Club.