The symposium began with a key note address by Lt Gen Arjun Ray, CEO, Indus Trust followed by a panel discussion with eminent speakers from media, international education, sociology, corporate sectors along with students, teachers, and parents involved with international curricula. In his address to students Gen Arjun Ray said my students are ambassadors of our country as our school is a convergence of students from across the world. It gives each of these students to strengthen their cultural and regional bond when they spent their time in school and outside school when they go on projects. We like to them to connect with society in real terms not just being in classroom and learning from books.

This panel debated “What is inter-dependency in the perspective of Global Citizenship?’ moderated by Alun Cooper, Head of School, TGS and an educationist of international repute. After the panel discussion the break-out student groups mulled over on subjects like how does a global identity touch my life? Localism vs globalism and How does an international curriculum contribute to understanding of global identity?

To a question asked by Dhishna Kidambi how does an international school education contribute to eliminating culture clashes the panelists said we all already a global citizen and we are living in a world where every thing around us is from some part of the world or other. so as we become more inter-dependent in many ways the cultural clashes also will eventually be dealt with.

To a question asked by Sanjita Kapoor of Chirec grade 11 on what are the immediate goals a student must set for themselves. the panelists said that more that setting goals it is important to set a vision, goals are only means to realise the vision. it also doesn’t matter where you are. Prajim grade 12 student of IISH expressed his views on how global identity touches his life as he gets an opportunity being in international school to interact with students from different parts of the world and get to understand their cultural values, the environment they come from.

Dr. Ashwin Joshi, a teacher at the Schulich School of Business, York University (Toronto, Canada, Salman and Anjum Babukhan, a management graduate from Chicago , Salman Babukhan leads the Babukhan enterprises, Oli Hancock an experienced educator, Oli is currently on leave as a full-time student working on her doctoral thesis from Lehigh University in the US and Hari Kumar, Hari Kumar is a principal in Deloitte LLP and is the managing principal for Deloitte U.S. India offices (USI) were other prominent speakers at the symposium who shared their views and thoughts about global citizenship and how it impacts each of our lives.

Each of the panelists that included experts from academia and the corporate world expressed that today the nations are interdependent in all ways and it is very important that each of us understand the culture and challenges within to become a truly global citizen.

In a study of the internationalization of five U.S. research universities that was conducted in the late 1990s ‘Global Citizen’ was defined as someone who (1) has the literacy, consciousness and critical understanding of how national and international issues intersect; (2) an awareness of their role in an interdependent world and how they could contribute to, shape and improve it; (3) a capacity and commitment, backed by research and experience, to solve problems as members of a global society; (4) and a humility about one’s own biases.

While sharing their experiences and highlighting the benefit of being a global citizen the students asserted there are plenty of collaborative-sharing moments when studying in and different parts of the world, it is not just entertaining but can also be thoughtful and grounded, such as solving problems together and interchanging knowledge with local students. Learning from others—foreign professors, students and even local community leaders and economically challenged students—is an enabling and humbling experience, and one that is difficult to have without physically being there.

Students from different international schools who participated in the symposium included Chirec public school, Think global school, Indus International school, Glendale academy, Sreenidhi international school and Agha khan academy.

Students later formed a group to discuss and prepare a resolution on topics like how global identity touches my life. they expressed that being outside the classroom; travelling and studying abroad offered them opportunities for notion to be questioned and assumptions to be challenged, especially through interactions with those who live locally. It also gave them an opportunity to view the world in a true to life perspective.

The students are expected to report their findings and a set of recommendations will be created for all the attending schools to use. One would argue that we are all struggling to find ways to reference global citizenship in our daily context and we could all benefit from a collaborative opportunity to understand a little more about what global citizenship actually means as well as how we help to prepare our young people for active roles within a changing world.

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The 2-hour long session provided valuable insights to the audience comprising students, faculty and members of the IMT family – into the world of advertising and branding.

Ad guru Prahlad Kakar at IMT Ghaziabad on Thursday

The event was a part of IMT Ghaziabad’s constant focus on improvising management education amidst shifting dynamics of globalisation and increased competitiveness. The initiatives revolve around the pillars of Knowledge, Action and Self-belief. consistently ranked amongst the top 10 management schools in India, the strong foundation has been laid by the distinguished faculty, committed students and competitive ‘learning environment’ that has resulted in this excellence.

Ad-guru Prahlad Kakar stressed on the importance of following our passion during the course of our professional lives, said: “Young managers begin planning for their lives when they start doing their MBA. What they forget is to ask that what is it in life that makes it worth living. Life is about the value that we create for ourselves.”

In the words of Dr. Bibek Banerjee, Director IMT Ghaziabad and academic mentor, IMT group, “Our portfolio programs includes high-impact, solutions-oriented courses that are designed (often in collaboration with industry) to provoke innovative thinking, actionable insights and an overarching focus on implementation”.

Prahlad is the founder of Genesis Film Productions and has an experience of over 3 decades in Film production, capturing the imaginations of millions of TV viewers with his Ad films for most of the prominent Ad films in the country and across the globe.
His memorable works include Pepsi’s “yehi hain right choice baby!” and Britannia’s “Ting Ting Ti Ting” campaigns.

The event was put together by IMT Ghaziabad’s Marketing Club, “Club MarkUp”. A student-run marketing enterprise, it aims to provide a platform for budding marketing managers at IMT to implement the theoretical constructs learnt in the classroom.

The Eureka Effect culminated in the launch of The Marketing World Cup, the flagship event of Club MarkUp. It is IMT’s annual inter B-School Marketing extravaganza, set to happen on the 23rd and 24th of November, 2013.

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The certificate-based program, a three-part e-learning course, is designed to promote the understanding of best practices in corporate real estate and show how professionals in the field can contribute to overall corporate success through their own performance. The course teaches participants the basic skills and knowledge needed to work in or with corporate real estate and offers comprehensive modules in content areas including strategic planning and globalization.

“Our partnership with RICS is a key step toward advancing corporate real estate through education,” said Angela Cain, CEO of CoreNet Global, which is strengthening its presence in India. “The ultimate goal of CoRE Fundamentals and all of our professional development programs and designations offered around the world is to improve the effectiveness of professionals engaged in delivering value to corporations through the strategic management of corporate real estate and workplace resources.”

“RICS is delighted to be working with CoreNet Global on this exciting initiative to support the occupier market in India and promote the highest international education standards in the profession,” said RICS Global Commercial Property Director, Johnny Dunford. “As the world’s leading professional qualification and standard-setting body for land, property and construction sectors, this demonstrates the strength and reach of RICS operation in India and the utility of RICS online training platforms.”

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Neha Dhupia With a child at Walk for the Love of Shiksha

Neha Dhupia-

“I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy International Children’s Day! My personal belief is that the future of our country is dependent on empowering the children of our nation with the access to education! This is why I am proud to be associated with P&G Shiksha. Having personally visited P&G Shiksha schools, it is truly inspiring to see the positive real world impact this program is having on the lives of these under privileged children. On this International Children’s’ Day, let’s get together & make the dream of providing quality education to more and more children a reality by supporting this cause.”

About P&G Shiksha initiative:

Realizing the importance of providing education to lesser privileged children, P&G Shiksha has transformed the lives of more than 4, 20, 000 children and built and supported more than 220 schools across the length and breadth of the country.  P&G Shiksha aims to provide accessibility of quality education to even the most remote villages in our country and strives to touch the lives of each and every child in the country.

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Speaking on the occasion Hyderabad Collector Mr. Mukesh Kumar Meena said students drop-out is a cause of concern and needs to be curbed. Lot of students drop out at different stages, the reasons for which are manifold, he said. The reasons range from economic condition to students’ interest to lack of capacity of the teachers to retain the students’ interest. Proper and interesting teaching methods are needed to capture the interest of the students, he stressed. The quality of education depends upon the capability of a teacher, opined Mr. Mukesh Kumar Meena. He congratulated United Way of Hyderabad for choosing a right objective and making a collective effort to improve education for the children.

Hyderabad Collector Mukesh Kumar Meena addressing the gathering

Addressing the gathering Mrs. Usha Rani, State Project Director, Rajiv Vidya Mission said that if provided good opportunities Government school students are in no way inferior to private school educated students. Government School students are very intelligent and have better social skills and if they are provided multimedia lessons, etc. they will fare much better, she said. She urged NGOs to come forward and work with the Government, as they will know the deficiencies and what is needed where.

Mr. Shakti Sagar, Chairman of the United Way of Hyderabad in his address stated that less than 45 per cent of children in the age group of 4-8 years are actually going to schools and more than 58 per cent of children in the age group of 10-11 years are dropping out of schools. The project launched today plan’s to provide end to end support to these children that will include providing infrastructure, Health care, nutrition and academic support. 12 such homes have been identified, which altogether have 1100 children.

United Way of Hyderabad was established with the support by the heads of various companies like ADP, Cognizant, Times Of India, Bharat Biotech, Bank Of America, Deloitte, Suresh Productions, Novotel, JWT, Medwin, Sadguru, US Consulate and Govt. of A.P.

The United Way of Hyderabad is a local body of the global, non-profit organization that works with hundreds of United Way offices throughout the world in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support.

The project launched is an outcome of the needs assessment survey conducted by UWH with an objective to extend volunteering and in kind support to these home as part of its Signature program which has a vision to provide End to End education support to children.

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