Dream was the two day event of AIESEC Manipal University which had sessions by Vice President(HR) of TCS, Bangalore Mr E.R. Chakarvarthy (Popularly known as Chaks) on PersonalITy Development. This was not a normal everyday personality development seminar, but it was essentially about What Companies want from you in the corporate world and it focused on culture of companies and recruitments too! After the 90 minute session, there was a serious QnA where Mr Chakarvarthy took questions which ranged from “Current Recruitment Scenario” to “My gpa is 7, will you recruit me please?”.
Following this there was a session by Dr RajKumar, Director (BPO) HCL, Chennai, a man with colossal experience in the software industry who recently moved base back to India from the US, spoke about Business Communications and the shift to the Corporate “Real” world from the campus life. His session was crisp and his charisma is such that he gets the audience at the edge of their seats throughout! He stressed on how merely your accent and pronunciation affects your work-life amongst other things. After his session got over, he joined the AIESECers in our jives and roll-calls!
The highlight of day 2 was the workshop by WIPRO’s head of Business Communications, spoke to the students of MIT and other colleges sitting in the audience about the details and technicalities of a Job-Interview. His hour long session trained people about all niceties of an interview, from the length of the sleeve to the posture.
This was followed by a presentation by Red Cross, who elaborated on what an organization like AIESEC and they have in common and how the Development Training Internships helps make the world a better place. Red Cross also talked about their ongoing AIDS project in Karnataka.
A ‘State of the World’ group discussion and team activity session was held after this where in the audiences were divided into 6 groups and each group was given a relevant world-issue, like Poverty, Global Warming, etc. The groups also had to conceptualize and present the solutions to their respective problems.
The last agenda on the list was a play on Global Warming called ‘The Last Resort’ which was by DRAMANON, a well-known and highly talented bunch of individuals which drew people in large numbers.
In a nutshell, the two day event saw sessions by TCS, HCL, WIPRO, RED CROSS, and the students had something to take back home. The thought-provoking Group Discussions restored a sense of concern in the youth of today.
