PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS AS A CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE AND CONTROL
It is inspiring to realize that in choosing our response to circumstances, we powerfully affect our circumstances. When we change one part of chemical formula, we change the nature of the results. When an organization is headed by a creative, talented, capable, brilliant and a very dynamic person, he could certainly read trends. He might have a dictatorial style of management for which the net effect would result in complaints, irresponsible comments and articulations by the executives and staff around him, but there are people who are proactive and driven by values, not feelings. He anticipates and reads the situation. He would work with the leader’s strengths – his vision, talent and creativity. He focuses on his circle of influence. He not only reads the needs of his boss with empathy, but also presents information with analysis and recommendations. The recommendations are consistent with analysis and the analysis is consistent with the data. Subsequently the leader realizes and the change is noticed in his functional behaviour. He instead of bossing over and dictating, would ask for opinions. This means, his circle of influence had grown.
It is the nature of reactive people to absolve themselves of responsibility, resulting in negative involvement leading to collusive in the name of others weakness. But proactive people would stand hard in their optimism and commitment. When little by little the circle of influence grows, the proactive man would continue to expand with his personal involvement. The leader doesn’t feel threatened due to the proactive man’s strength which eventually complemented his own strength and compensated for his weakness. In fact it is the strength of the entire complementary team. Focus on the circle of influence would really make the difference. A section of people might interpret “proactive” to mean pushy, aggressive or insensitive. But they aren’t. They actually read the reality and realize what is needed. Therefore personal effectiveness is the real circle of influence and control but not pessimism or dictates of any individual. Sooner than later, leader would change the dictatorial behaviour due to proactive influence, which will be for the interest of the organization.
Prof. Simachal Panda
Dept. of English
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN WOMEN OF PRESENT GENERATION
Women of the present generation are not merely house-wives. They are independent, self-assured, self-confident, and savvyand quite often manage a career apart from looking after their home with equal competence and efficiency. They can handle awkward situations confidently whether these relate to grief, trauma, and separation (when their husbands are away on maneuvers) or when handling the proverbially difficult mothers-in-law. Today’s woman is not a decorative, one dimensional person whose life revolves merely around dressing, make-up, kitty parties, gossip and small talks. Quite to the contrary, the girl today is moving shoulder to shoulder with man, sometimes even ahead. She is aware of what is happening both nationally as well as internationally. She brings up her children much better than what the previous generation could do. She is far advanced in every sphere of life.
Notwithstanding the above, it is also true that the present generation of girls is not very much attuned to the prevailing social customs and traditions. This discord and inability to pull together lead to lack of social cohesion, which in turn results in disharmony. Obviously therefore, one of the most important aims must be how they should conduct themselves graciously and with harmony in general and interacting with the elder members in particular. We have a unique and continuous social culture going back thousands of years in which respect for elders is inextricably woven. It is both correct as well as necessary for girls to understand that the privileges that are taken for granted must not be misused.
As long as the girl knows that her duties and obligations come first always and every time and her privileges come last always and every time, she is on the right lines towards becoming a useful and successful woman.
The formative years are the most important in anyone’s life or career. The formative years has great bearing on one’s personality. So a girl must imbibe the correct culture and learn to conduct herself as a useful and cooperative member wherever she is affiliated to. Though obligations far outweigh the privileges, but superficially the reverse appears to be the cause. Remember! reaching an exalted position is not the only means, but to prepare and train hard is the end. It is therefore necessary to keep in mind the following golden principles as the career progresses.
a)Please understand that your personality is a sum total of God given talent and acquired traits.
b)Create a happy and healthy environment in the family.
c)Learn to be magnanimous with your colleagues and friends.
d)Do not live in a self-siege syndrome i.e. harboring a perception of choking feelings.
e)Learn to take suppressions with grace. Destiny has a lot to do with it.
f)Always carry a smile on your face and display a warm hear. Avoid stiff-necked approach.
All these will automatically take care of situations and problems. She can do a colossal lot to better the quality of Life.
Prof. Suchitra Pattnaik, Dept of Mathematics
IMBALANCE CAUSED BY NUCLEAR BOMB
Scientists have suggested that the smoke produced after a nuclear explosion may significantly affect the earth’s climate for a long period of time. This black smoke can have a serious climatic effect by blocking the sun light and causing a severe cooling on the earth surface. The blacker the smoke the higher the content of carbon and most strongly it absorbs solar energy. It causes a reduction in the green house effect and reduces ground temperature.
It also produces unprecedented radiation due to exchange of nuclear weapons. This penetrates and damages biological tissues. This surely causes sickness and death to humans and other organisms. Its effect alters drastically the normal heat balance and continental surfaces. The oceans play an important role in influencing the earth’s climates. If ocean conditions have changed, this can have a profound effect on the global climates. Monsoons cause seasonal differences between land and sea surface temperatures. But a nuclear war can totally change the normal rainfall patterns which will disrupt the normal human life.
There will be a substantial reduction in precipitation over most of the world in post war environment. It is considered that nuclear war will cause serious global climatic and environmental disturbances for years- may be permanently changed. Japan’s devastation is a glaring example for all of us. Thus nuclear explosion will certainly have a devastating effect on our planet. Life is one and the world is one. Hence let’s ensure not to use nuclear weapons for destruction of mankind and imbalance the nature.
Prof. Bhabani Prasad Mahapatra, Dept. of Economics
YOUTH FESTIVALS – THE BEST PLATFORM FOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Education is no longer restricted to bookish knowledge and the four walls of colleges and universities.Apart from the activities in the class rooms, laboratories and libraries, a student has an opportunity to find out and express his hidden potential in the form of various extra-curricular activities. Youth festivals are the best platforms for such activities.
It is essential for all-round development of a student that he should participate in one or the other activity. There are many extracurricular activities. Some of them are declamation, debate, histrionics, painting, music, dance, singing, poetry recitation, etc. Mere class room study sometimes makes boring and monotonous and hence students need some outlet for their energy. They also need opportunities for entertainment. Youth Festivals are the spice of academic life. When students prepare for various items, they have a sense of achievement, a sense of doing something useful. Preparing the stage for show, receiving the guest artists from other institutions and looking after them inculcate in them a sense of responsibility, co-operation and tolerance.
As the competitions of these youth festivals are organized among students of almost the same age, they get rid of the stage phobia. They no longer feel shy of the audience and the stage. They learn to face the audience. Thus they cultivate self-confidence.
Youth festivals are the best means to search the talent among the youth. These budding artists will become the singers, actors and orators of tomorrow. Youth festivals prove to be the stepping stone for the future real life. Absence of youth makes student’s life insipid, uninspiring and boring. As such students take to subservient activities. If they remain busy in preparing for competition in youth festivals, their time could be used in productive and fruitful way.
Miss Abhisiktaa Das, Dept. of MBA
AIM THE TARGET
When time goes wrong with you, you should not get stressed or discouraged, rather you should assemble all your strength and caliber to make the situation in a condition that is acceptable to you. It is not the thing that your strengths and power will only do the whole job, you have to sacrifice yourself too in making the right use of power. Remember the most important thing that the real powers are not materialistic, they are abstract. These abstract powers lie within you and no one else. The simple way to face any condition is just to be yourself. There is a thing in which you must believe that it maybe late but it’s never too late. You can start your journey by aiming the goal within you and try to struggle and practice your power till you achieve.
Always try to be the reason for a crowd. Never try to be a part of it. A person who can dream something can also achieve it in reality. The only thing required is the courage to face the drastic situations which may come in the voyage to achieve success. Just remember that success is a path where only the next step declares that you are only one step behind success.
Parshuram Sahoo, Dept of Mathematics
EMPTINESS
What kind of life is this! good, bad, awful, awesome or what; the only answer to this question is that it can’t be answered in a single word. It has a variety of spices mixed in it which make us get involved in it. It’s really very interesting.That’s why we are so attracted towards it and always want to solve the huge riddle behind it and the achievement what everyone gets is “ the unsolved mystery.”
A time comes in everybody’s life when a question strikes the mind, heart and soul all at once------“AM I SATISFIED?” Yes this is a reality which is faced by everyone. In my personal opinion if you have never come across this question in your life then you are surely travelling in a wrong path watching a midsummer’s nightmare.
Another fact is that the answer is always---“ NO”. No one is ever satisfied in this fictitious world. To answer “YES” is to only cheat yourself and nothing else. We can only find certain ways to reach a certain level of satisfaction but no one can get 100% satisfaction in life. This is the universal truth which we must accept.
Shubham Bhardwaj
ECE-II,2ndyr
SAM PITRODA
A beautiful flower can be known from its fragrance even if it is present far away. Likewise Mr. Sam Pitroda is not only popular in India but also abroad by virtue of his eminent personality and achievements. Mr. Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, the Father of India’s Communication Revolution, is better known as Mr. Sam Pitroda. He is presently the Chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission, set up by the present UPA Government. The Chairman and CEO of World-Tel Limited, an International Telecom Union(ITU) initiative, Mr. Pitroda is also the Chairman and founder of Seventh-high Technology. Except this, he is the founder and CEO of C-SAM, which has developed a patented mobile transaction technology called ‘One Wallet’. He is also the Chairman of Indian Smart Grid Task Force as well as the Chairman of a non-profitable foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions in India. Currently, he is advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on Infrastructure and Innovation.
Mr. Pitroda was born in Titlagarh of Orissa on 4th May 1992. He did his schooling at Anand Vallabh Vidyalaya in Gujrat and completed his Master’s degree in Physics and Electronics from MaharajaSayaji RaoUniversity in Varoda. Later in 1964, he went to US and did Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering in Chicago. Thereafter he joined at GTE and formed the ‘Wescom Switching’. He was involved especially in the Research work on Telecommunication. The ‘Microprocessors in the Telephone Switches’ were introduced by him and ultimately led to Digital Switching. He also invented the Electronic Diary in 1975. He also designed his own computer-themed card game called “COMPUCARD’ in 1983. He returned to India in 1984 on the advice of the former Prime Minister, Srimati Indira Gandhi and founded the ‘CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMATICS (C-DOT)’. In 1987, he became advisor to the then Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi on National Technology Missions. He was responsible for revolutionizing India’s Foreign and Domestic Policies. He is widely known as the Brain behind the Introduction of Public Call Offices (PCOs) all over the country. He also worked as an advisor to the United Nations in 1992. He left the country once again after a spat with Mr. K P Unnikrishnan, the then Telecom Minister in the V P Singh Government.
Mr. Pitroda lives in Illionois, Chicago along with his wife Anu, son Salil and daughter Rajal. As a result of his pioneering works, he holds more than 50 patents in his name. Also he has lectured extensively on Telecom Technology and Development in almost all parts of the world. In the event, “The Economist’s Innovation” held at the Royal Museum of Art and History chaired by the European Voice Editor, Mr. Tim King he had given a very good lecture on Telecommunication.
Mr. Pitroda has got a lot of achievements in his life. He is awarded IT Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. He is also the recipient of ‘Rajiv Gandhi Global Indian’ Award in 2009 and the prestigious ‘Padma Bhusan’ award in the same year for his contribution to Science and Engineering.
In 1992, his Biography; “Sam Pitroda: A Biography” was published and became the Best Seller on the Economic Times list for 5 weeks.
The Chairman of National Innovation Council, Mr. Pitroda has proposed the Chief Minister of Odisha, Mr. Naveen Patnaik to build Bhubaneswar as the ‘City of Knowledge’ and also the ‘Knowledge Capital of Eastern India’ on his visit to Odisha on 27th March 2011. He also proposed for the establishment of ‘State Innovation Council’ like ‘National Innovation Council’ and one InnovationUniversity either at Cuttack or Bhubaneswar out of proposed 14 universities to be set up in the Country. Those proposals are accepted by the Chief Minister and he promised to take necessary steps.
Pushing for a change in the Teaching System Mr. Pitroda said that the present model has become ‘essentially obsolete’on the occasion of addressing the 43rd Convocation Ceremony at UtkalUniversity, Bhubaneswar. He also said that “Only Innovation and Technology can save higher education in India. Since a lot of graduates are not well-equipped to meet the challenges at the work place, at the same time much of the skilled manpower is not qualified. We have to focus on this Mismatch. Our universities produce IT graduates but they don’t use IT.”
Really it makes India feel proud having such a bright person, Mr. Sam Pitroda, as her son. He is the Source of inspiration to the entire Youth Generation.
Jitendra Kumar Rout, ECE – 1 , 2ndYr
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