Inspiring Teachers Human Excellence July-Aug 2013 Page 1 of 4VOL. # 7 ISSUE #7-8 From the editor….. Welcome to this joint issue of the newsletter for July and August 2013. We have had a busy time with three workshops – very different from each other. You can read the reports on this page, page 3 and 4. This month’s FoM interview has been facilitated by Urjita Deshpande. Dr Aruna Tijare is a well known trainer and counselor. She has loyal participants who have been attending her sessions for more than 15 years (on various topics) and still want more. Truly an inspiring teacher. If someone were to ask me for a single most important skill in life, I would say ‘reflection’. If you can reflect on any aspect of your life with understanding, you are sure to become better. Simply put, if you can ask yourself a few questions as to what was the situation, what did you do well, what could you have done differently and what lesson did you learn from the situation, you will be on a path of awareness and growth. Reflection is also an important aspect of academic learning. It is a way of reinforcement. It also allows the learner to assimilate and own the learning. It is also called metacognition or thinking about thinking. On page 4 I have given a few questions that can help your students to reflect. As usual I have shared some links to videos and articles – thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Challa, Marutish Varanasi and Raman Garimella. Team Spirit workshop for DRDO scientists 24-27 th June 2013 20 scientists from various DRDO labs in India attended a four day workshop conducted by Teacher’s Academy at ITM, Mussoori. We had sessions on Team Structures, Six Thinking Hats, Personality Types for individual and team interactions, Team values, Situational Leadership, EI and 7 habits of highly effective people. The sessions were facilitated by Dr Akila Jaikumar, Ms Urjita Deshpande and me. There were several games and activities and self assessment questionnaires. There were role plays and discussions. The participants found the sessions useful and felt that such programs should be done for whole teams from specific labs. Contact us: [email protected], In this issue: Faculty of the month Dr Aruna Tijare……… 2 Must Read Links ……………………………….. 3 Sevalaya Workshop for teachers …………… 4 Reflection on learning…………………………… 4
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Inspiring Teachers Human Excellence
July-Aug 2013 Page 1 of 4VOL. # 7 ISSUE #7-8
From the editor…..
Welcome to this joint issue of the newsletter for July
and August 2013. We have had a busy time with
three workshops – very different from each other. You
can read the reports on this page, page 3 and 4.
This month’s FoM interview has been facilitated by
Urjita Deshpande. Dr Aruna Tijare is a well known
trainer and counselor. She has loyal participants who
have been attending her sessions for more than 15
years (on various topics) and still want more. Truly an
inspiring teacher.
If someone were to ask me for a single most
important skill in life, I would say ‘reflection’. If you
can reflect on any aspect of your life with
understanding, you are sure to become better. Simply
put, if you can ask yourself a few questions as to what
was the situation, what did you do well, what could
you have done differently and what lesson did you
learn from the situation, you will be on a path of
awareness and growth. Reflection is also an important
aspect of academic learning. It is a way of
reinforcement. It also allows the learner to assimilate
and own the learning. It is also called metacognition
or thinking about thinking. On page 4 I have given a
few questions that can help your students to reflect.
As usual I have shared some links to videos and
articles – thanks to Dr Anil Kumar Challa, Marutish
Varanasi and Raman Garimella.
Team Spirit workshop for DRDO scientists 24-27th June 2013
20 scientists from various DRDO labs in India
attended a four day workshop conducted by Teacher’s
Academy at ITM, Mussoori. We had sessions on Team
Structures, Six Thinking Hats, Personality Types for
individual and team interactions, Team values,
Situational Leadership, EI and 7 habits of highly
effective people. The sessions were facilitated by Dr
Akila Jaikumar, Ms Urjita Deshpande and me. There
were several games and activities and self assessment
questionnaires. There were role plays and discussions.
The participants found the sessions useful and felt
Faculty of the month DR. ARUNA K. TIJARE, M. A. Ph.D (Industrial Psychology),
Practicing Psychologist, H.R.D. Trainer and Counselor
1. How did your career begin?
My “Training Career” started in 1995, after completing my “Career as a Home maker” for 20 yrs.
2. How did you know that you have a potential for training?
I have always been a voracious reader of self help books, so it was just a casual attempt that I started helping students
with their studies, improving their memory, talking to
parents, counselling people on various issues. This kind of help led to the opportunity that I started getting invitation
for speeches on different subjects by different social organisations, where I realised I am a good speaker. Those
lectures led to industrial training programs. Actually that was
when I realised that I have the potential to be a “Professional Trainer”.
3. Which areas do you train in?
Being a psychologist I focus on behavioural aspects, such as
Attitude change, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Communication, Interpersonal skills, Time Management,
Stress Management, Managing Change, Seven Habits of highly effective people, Memory Improvement and Speed
Reading, Parenting etc.
4. Do you get a feel of work cultures of different companies
as you train the employees? Can you throw some light on these corporate training programs?
Of course!! Every organisation has more or less different cultures. Some are very particular about the subjects, the
methodology and results. They are genuinely interested in
the improvement of the employees and their output after training. While some want to just complete the formality.
Then Govt & private organisation’s participants differ in their attitude towards training.
5. Would you like to share some of your experiences of training in your centre?
• In one of my Memory improvement program there
were 40 students one participant was 13yrs old and
one was 70 years old while others were ranging
from 20 to 30s group. It was very challenging as
well as fun to teach 3 generations together on the
same subject as their needs and intellectual levels
were totally diverse.
• Dealing with Union Leaders without taking the side
of management in a session where there are lot of
grievances is really challenging.
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Before caption a goes here
Dr Aruna has been training, counseling and undertaking
workshops on a wide range of subjects like human relations, communication skills, emotional intelligence,
leadership skills and memory skills in different industries
and forums for last 20 years. Some of her prestigious regular clients are L&T, Mahindra&
Mahindra, Bosch, Herdillia chemicals, ONGC, ColourChem, Gharda Chemicals, Heavy Water Board, Nuclear Power
Corporation, Bombay Chambers of Commerce and Industry,
Indo American Society, CEAT, Various Banks, Management Institutes, and a wide band of other industries all over
India. Though her Ph.D is related to industrial Labor from Rural
Area, she takes keen interest in addressing problems concerning day-to-day competitive life. She has proved her
credibility as a Trainer by conducting workshops for various
groups of people, students, housewives, senior citizens as well as employees in industry.
She has released many audiocassettes on her subjects. Her articles in news paper and programs on TV are very
popular. She has studied scientific religion for last 25 years
and this spiritual background adds depths to her programs. Her programs have helped a large cross section of people
to live a more meaningful and happy life.
http://www.theprofessor.in/
What makes you become better and better? Your tips for trainers?
Meditating on the subjects, reading constantly, talking to participants, introspecting the good and bad after every performance, talking and sharing with like minded people on various training issues etc help me to become more effective. Being a trainer is a very noble profession. So the first and the basic requirement of this profession is that “practise what you preach“. This will help you to sound much more authentic and genuine. Being honest and trustworthy is the key. And you cannot fake these qualities for long term success