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DR. FARIDA DIASINTERACTION WITH EXECUTIVES

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DR. FARIDA DIAS

Dr. Farida Dias enlightened us on a various issues. To begin with she gave us a gist of her life and how she changed for the betterment of others. Before this the Farida thatmost of us never knew was in Quwait, a regular working lady trying to make enoughmoney to sustain her and her family. However at nearing the end of her career shethought there should be more to just making money and that is when she realised sheshould give something back to the society. Thus, Farida came to Goa where she andsome of her friends decided to do social entrepreneurchip and this after pursuing herMBA at the age of 50. Some of her work involved going to remote villages andassessing their difficulties and then addressing these difficulties to the government andraising funds to uplift from the state of neglect. She and fellow volunteers also helpedthese villagers to manage their resources by allotting people ( more educated ones)among them to take responsibility of managing their affairs.

Simultaneously she also founded the Goa YMCA Toastmasters Club:

What is YMCA Toastmasters Club?

Since 1924, more than 4 million people around the world have benefited frommembership in toastmasters. Through member clubs, people can improve theircommunication and leadership skills, and find the courage to change. TodayToastmasters is a world leader and now has more than 260,000 members around theglobe.

The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positivelearning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity todevelop oral communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidenceand personal growth.

Dr. Farida Dias MBA, MA, CTRTCPast President, CC, CL,

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Learnings:

After interacting with her and watching her present I was touched by her decision todo something for the society. She says that in life we only think of making money,even she thought the same way until one day she thought of giving back to the worldbecause when you do that you have an inner satisfaction that is above all happiness.She said she was late to realise this and hopes that at least one from all of us in classshould take back something useful and do something for the society that has done somuch for us. You could start with something as small as helping an old lady walk across a busy road and without even knowing how time has passed you could be thenext big social entrepreneur, all that is needed is the drive and the rest just followsalong.