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Page 1: Top BBA College in Maharashtra | BBA College in India ... · out and slowing down just like the body craves a se veneight hours sleep cycle daily to ... burnout. Emotional withdrawal

High­engagement, ov­er  stimulated  daysand  life­phasesneed  balancingout  and  slowingdown just like the body craves a se­ven­eight hours sleep cycle daily toreboot. The mind and body cravethis  cyclical  revival  and  we  havelearnt  to  heed  this  need  condi­tioned by the day and night ritualof Earth’s rotation. There is anoth­er level to this switching off�� that wedon’t heed as easily — the need toswitch  off��  from  habits,  recurringpatterns, behaviour and ambitionthat outlive their tenure inside ourheads. You would think that an am­bition  is  never  a  barrier,  yet  onethat  has  existed  without  you  in­ching  closer  to  it  in  incrementalways; or when it no longer connectto your soul, has served its purposein your growth.

There  is  no  science  to  assesswhen an ambition becomes a lumpin the throat. A cultivated practiceof  self­refl��ection  can  help  in  thechoice to either set it aside or scrapit forever. Self­observation helps innoticing if you are frequently pull­ing back and passing off�� opportun­ities  that  would  ordinarily  be  at­tractive in pursuit of your dream.

Yet  all  withdrawals  are  not  the

same.Many  ofyou write to me experiencing tugsof  withdrawal  for  indescribablereasons and I will attempt to off��ersome  clues  to  recognise  what  itcould be:

Revive and recentreThis  is  the  most  productive  andcreative call for withdrawal. Manyaccounts suggest that great creativeworks  emerged  out  of  periods  ofself­imposed withdrawal  from pu­blic eye. For us, too, intermissionsof  pulling  back  are  best  to  go  in­ward, refl��ect, reassess and realignwith new ideas and desires for thefuture.  Returning  to  active  life  isnaturally  characterised by energyand renewed purpose.

Physical burnoutWithdrawal demanded by dire lackof  physical  rest  and  recovery,borne  off��  chaotic  demands,  longschedules, long work hours, lack ofpause and reboot rituals and overstimulated lives. The only way out

is to enforce a complete pause andget away to rejuvenate. Saying ‘no’is  a  vital  part  of  revival  fromburnout.

Emotional withdrawalEmotions can make us hide and re­clusive from social contact. Stressdue  to  a  breakup,  looming  dea­dline, or psychological worry suchas  college  admission  or  fi��nding  ajob can trigger a cascade of stresshormones that produce physiologi­cal changes. A combination of reac­tions to stress is the ‘fi��ght­or­fl��ight’

response,  which  occurs  as  asurvival  mechanism,  ena­

bling you to react quicklyto worsening sit­

uations.  Often,social  withdra­wal  is  a  fl��ight

response  to  safe­guard our wellbeing.

DepressionAt  the  outset,  depression  needsmedical  attention.  It  is  a  seriousmood disorder that interferes witheveryday activities. Losing the willfor  daily  chores  and  attention  toself, a persistent state of  lethargy,sadness, emptiness, overwhelminghopelessness,  inability  to  copewith  simple  tasks  are  some  com­mon signs to know it. The foremostaction is to reach out to a therapistor certifi��ed counsellor without de­lay and sign up for expert care.

Gloria  Steinem  off��ers  a  simplecue  to  diff��erentiate  depressionfrom  the  rest  ‘When  you’re  de­pressed,  nothing  has  meaning,when you’re sad everything does’.And  more  than  anything,  heedyour symptom, dear readers.

The writer is a life coach, blogger and

author who simplifi��es the patterns and

archetypes she encounters at work and

in life. [email protected]

Knowing your withdrawalSelf­refl��ection and self­observation canhelp you fi��gure outyour inner turmoil

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We are all familiar with the stan­dard  school  debate.  You  get  as­signed to a side,  for or against atopic, and you build your armou­ry  of  facts  and  evidence  to  sup­port your argument. You look atthe other side with a view to de­molishing  their  arguments,  to

fi��nding better and stronger waysto  break  them.  It  is  all  aboutwinning.

Generally,  staged  debates  areperformances put on  to give  theaudience  something  to  thinkabout. 

The two sides do the best theycan  to  get  the  audience  to  buytheir argument. The audience, for

its part, looks at it as a test of witsand eloquence. Who sounds bet­ter? Who uses words more power­fully?  Who  is  more  entertaining(or engaging)?

But what really is the point of adebate? Is it to win, or to under­stand?  Is  it  a  competition  or  aroute to achieving clarity about atopic? Ideally, a debate is meant to

explore a question fully, and theonly reason we have two sides isto share the work of exploration,so that we can arrive at a positionafter  considering  these  variedpoints of view. It is entirely possi­ble that after you have listened tothe two sides of a debate, you arestill not entirely convinced aboutone  or  the  other.  This  is  usually

because  there  are  always  morethan two sides, and, more impor­tantly,  the  best  position  lies  so­mewhere  between  all  the  diff��e­rent sides.

Multiple viewsThe culture of school debates fol­lows us  through  life, and we seeechoes of it everywhere, from stu­dent union elections to the shout­outs  in  our  parliament.  Thosewho perform follow the playbookthey have learned over the years:make your point loud and strong.Those  who  watch  look  forstrength  of  performance,  pittingone view against the other. Rarelyis there an eff��ort to actually con­sider the diff��erent points in the ar­gument  and  think  about  themwithout linking them to a particu­lar side. And this also seeps intoour everyday conversations in theclassroom  and  outside,  some­times  mirroring  the  polarisationwe see in the world at large.

So,  how  can  we  recover  thetrue meaning and purpose of a de­

bate — the kind that we engage inevery day, with those around us?Chris  Anderson,  curator  of  thehugely popular TED, said in a re­cent interview that one should ap­proach  any  conversation  with  ahealthy  combination  of  scepti­cism and open­mindedness. Scep­ticism  on  all  fronts,  about  yourown ideas, your own positions, aswell  as  others’.  And  open­min­dedness  particularly  toward  the(manifestly)  opposing  views.  So,even  as  you  work  through  yourown ideas, you are open to the no­tion  that  there  may  be  things  orpoints of view you have not consi­dered. As you listen to others, youbalance  a  questioning  attitudewith  the  acceptance  that  theremay  be  something  in  what  theyhave to say. There is a mutual wil­lingness  to  accept  fl��aws  in  one’sreasoning and to explore diff��erentpositions.

After all, debates — and conver­sations  —  are  supposed  to  helpfi��nd solutions, or to arrive at grea­ter  clarity,  or  to  fi��nd  a  path  tomoving  forward.  When  they  be­come contests, they end up pro­ducing  winners  and  losers,  withthe biggest loss being the possibil­ity of understanding.

The writer teaches at the University

of Hyderabad and edits Teacher Plus.

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The culture of schooldebates follows us throughlife, and we see echoes of iteverywhere, from studentunion elections to the shout-outs in our parliament.

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The  Symbiosis  Centre  forManagement Studies (SCMS)in Pune  is now  focusing onan  innovative  learning  mo­dule  that  focuses  on  ‘Inter­nationalisation at home.’

Called  COIL  (Collabora­tive  Online  InternationalLearning), it is an interactiveand collaborative way of in­ternational  teaching  andlearning.

Unlike  other  methods,  itfocuses on a majority of stu­dents who are not mobile.

“The  idea  is  to provide alearning  environment  thatattracts ideas from diff��erentcultures and thus help in dis­semination of relevant man­agement education and ethi­cal  leadership,”  feels  SCMSdirector Adya Sharma.

Unique curriculumThe institute off��ers a uniquecurriculum  for  BBA  pro­gramme where students areoff��ered  opportunities  tolearn,  develop  skills,  growand  expand  their  horizonswith the help of a host of ex­tra­curricular  activitiesalong with their academics.

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Institution: Teach For IndiaDuration: Two­year, full­time,paidSelection process: Three stag­es:  Submission  of  applica­tion, followed by a one­houronline test, and a 30­minutetelephone interview.The last stage  is  the assess­ment centre where those se­lected  will  have  to  teach  afi��ve­minute lesson, take partin  a  group  discussion  andcomplete  a  short  problem­solving activity. They will al­so have an hour­long perso­nal  interview  with  a  TFIstaff��. If  applicants  are  basedabroad TFI staff�� will conductthe  interview  and  relevantactivities over Skype. Deadline: March 8http://apply.teachforindia.org/

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Institution: Great Learning incollaboration  with  GreatLakes  Institute  ofManagementDuration: Seven monthsEligibility: Students  and  re­cent alumni, who have grad­uated  less  than  three yearsago, can apply

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Institution: Indian Institute ofManagement BangaloreDuration: 21 days of on­cam­pus in modules spread oversix calendar monthsNumber of participants: 25Course: Participants conceiveand  implement  a  businesschallenge in their enterprisethrough  the  course  of  theprogramme,  with  mentor­ing from IIMB faculty.http://bit.ly/2FWFqfl��

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Institution: Anant  NationalUniversityEligibility: Individuals with atrack  record  of  implement­ing  solutions  for  climatechange or have transferableskills may apply for the fel­lowship. Fellows  who  are  advancedprofessionals,  will  need  tocomplete  only  three  of  thetotal six terms of the Fellow­ship. This will allow them the re­quired fl��exibility to continuework simultaneously. Prizes and rewards: All fellowswill be eligible for a 50­100%scholarship  on  the  fees  co­vering  tuition,  travel  andaccommodation.

b Comprehensive Make-upArtistry Course

Institution: Make­up  StudioTraining CenterEligibility: Class  XII  (anystream)How to apply: Apply  online:www.makeupstudio.in/course/comprehensive­make­up­artistry  or  down­load  the  application  formfrom the website and apply,or  walk  into  the  corporatebranch with necessary doc­uments, to [email protected],099100 34597

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Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies(SCMS) in Pune is now focussing on an inno-vative learning module that focuses on ‘In-ternationalisation at Home’.

Called COIL (Collaborative Online Inter-national Learning), it is an an interactiveand collaborative way of international

teaching and learning. Unlike other meth-ods, this focuses on a majority of studentswho are not mobile. “The idea is to providea learning environment that attracts ideasfrom diff��erent cultures and thus help in dis-semination of relevant management educa-tion and ethical leadership,” feels SCMS di-

rector Adya Sharma.The institute off��ers a unique curriculum

for BBA programme, where students are of-fered opportunities to learn, develop skills,grow and expand their horizons with thehelp of a host of extracurricular activitiesalong with their academics.

The COIL mode of educationAn innovative learning module that focuses on ‘Internationalisation at Home’

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