Bollywood Logic

Recently the CII hosted the Young Indians Summit, on the theme 'Transforming India: Making it Happen'. The two day session was filled with presentations by eminent speakers from all spheres of life. Rahul Bose, the leading actor was invited to speak on Leadership. Like a typical celebrity, he rushed in late just before the session drew to a close. He apologised profusely and rushed to the podium since it was his turn to speak.

“I really don’t know what my fellow panellists have spoken about leadership till now, so you can forgive me if I am repetitive. But since I have been many such seminars, I do know what they would have spoken about. Clarity of vision, mission, passion, focus on your goal, interpersonal skills, team-building, etc. However I would say, it all boils down to one word, respect. You need to stand for something and people will respect you for that. If you have a great self-respect, the world will notice you and respect you.” Wow! Bollywood fiction taught a lesson to business logic!

Educated Corrupt
In an another session on Educating India's Future', Dr.Sandeep Pandey, founder of Asha Foundation was speaking about ill-effects of our present education system.

He said, "Our education system doesn’t ensure a professional career for the youth, 90% of the workforce in the unorganised sector didn’t bother to study. The notion of corruption is the product of the educated class. We all know that an uneducated person trusts people more and the educated person distrusts people." Now, Dr. Pandey, you are beating Laloo in the game of uttering naive statements!

Remote Innovation
Yet another thought provoking nugget from the Young Indians Summit. While speaking on the topic, 'Innovation - contributing for a better life', eminent IT guru, Dr.S.Sadagopan said, "Innovation need not come from moony ideas, an inspiration to change little things can bring in phenomenal change. For instance, people say that for IT industry, proper infrastructure and great talent has to be made available, but I have seen innovation happen with much support in remote corners of Karnataka. There is this Robosoft Technologies located in Udupi which is now become one of the finest software developers for Mac systems." Now, Bangaloreans, stop cribbing and start working!

Life’s Bumpy Ride
Prof. Anil Gupta of IIM-A has been searching throughout India for innovations at the grassroots level. He presented some of his findings in the session on Innovation at the Young Indians Summit.

“While we educated professionals have been taught how to think logically, we tend to lose our ability to think out of the box. But illiterate villagers keep their minds open allowing creative thoughts to flow in. one such person is Kanak Das in Assam, who always wondered how to make his cycle run faster on bumpy rough roads. He has developed a spring mechanism for reducing the discomforting effect of bumps/potholes to bicycle riders by using the force generated on a bumpy road for transmission purposes.” So if life is a bumpy ride, you need to spring back!