Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: Institution Innovation Council (JU-IIC) of University of Jammu, under the leadership of its president Prof Parikshat Singh Manhas, Director, School of Hospitality & Tourism Management (SHTM), organized `India First Leadership Talk Series’ here today.
The talk was attended by the faculty members, scholars and students from various Departments of the University. Abhay Jere, Chief innovation Officer, MHRD, Govt of India, was in conversation with Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group.
Being organized by MHRD Innovation Cell – Institution Innovation Council, `India First Leadership Talk Series’ by Anand Mahindra is one of the components of Smart India Hackathon 2019, which is already on, and ideas have been invited by MHRD.
Jere posed several questions on behalf of the students, mainly from Engineering and other disciplines, to Anand Mahindra. Jere explained that more than 500 questions from different students were received. Anand Mahindra replied all the questions with utmost sincerity, and with lots of wit.
While replying to several questions, Mahindra explained several concepts very nicely for instance how to handle the failures in life? How to set career goals? What is collaborative competition, leadership qualities, innovation at business, among others. He said one should allow him/herself to feel terror and tears, all to feel low, take time off, and then a new energy would come into you and one will bounce back with more thrust and strength.
Mahindra said that without innovation/new experiments/risks one cannot flourish and achieve the ambitious business targets. He further wittingly added that in Indian we use ‘Jugaad’ means some sort local transitory arrangement for achieving the purpose and solving the problem, but that is not innovation rather innovation is ‘Jhakaas’ means perfectly precise and principal based solution to the problems. So we must move from ‘Jugaad” to Jhakaas.
JU-IIC president, Prof Parikshat Singh Manhas, and his team, which include Dr B K Bajaj, Dr Anil Gupta and Dr Vinay Thusoo, are already done lot of work for advertising Smart India Hackathon 2019 in the University of Jammu main campus and offsite campuses. JU-IIC is motivating students for applying for an idea for Smart India Hackathon 2019.
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