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Sherlock Holms in Leadership Village!!

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May/11/2009/Leadership Village

Hi friends,

This is Anil Emage from Leadership Village. Do you know who is my companion tonight……?

LeadCap diary theme/2009

None other than the great Sherlock Holms !! He is the most eccentric student I ever had.Now he is one of my best friends, and a very essential character in a place called Leadership Village. He has his own vision of life and since it`s not normal it`s real. He is very active,dynamic and full of fine ideas. One of his fine ideas was to stay in our homely institute for the night which I gladly agreed as I could do some work for The Village project too. Three hours back he went out saying “I`ll be back in a jiffy.”

 Still no sign of him and I am here home alone. But I don`t mind waiting. He is such a fine fellow. A fine human being, who always worry about why  people dirty the roads,why they don`t smile  to   each other, why they print ghastly designs and call it advertising!  So these are his doubts. 

We share a passion so intimate to both of us that we are not going to sleep tonight,but sit in front of the system. We love music. He goes for hard rock but I prefer soft. We both love Eagles, Bryan Adams and he goes wild with Mark Knopfler. About five years back he came into my gravitational field as a student. But I knew him years back. He is the younger brother of my childhood friend. When Holms became  my student we used to hang around in cafes and street corners observing life and tried to learn a couple of lessons. It was fun. 

We used to discuss about universal culture and how we could fit into it. After a gap of one year we meet again now. And he was still discussing about universal culture. After five years our discussion on the same topic still continues. Now it`s well past midnight. Still he didn`t turn up. But I am happily waiting. As I type this I listen to the inspiring song USA for AFRICA`s We are the world which I would love to show him. I have other videos of Lional Richie, Stevie Wonder , Bon Jovi and Eric Clapton  which we shall be watching and discussing animatedly. And I am very very eager to know what he thinks about the music of Beatles, George Harrison, Abba and Carpenters. Like all the eccentrics he wanted to change his identity, so he changed his name. When he came to me he used to read a lot. Sherlock Holms being his popular character he adopted the name which I popularised in the school. Now he is known by that name in our circle. Months back one midnight he called me.

“Excuse me Emage...I want to kill you”

“Why Holms,what wrong did I commit”

“I want to die,Since you are my creator there`s no other way for me to die but to kill you”

That`s Holms for you…He is crazy about Dostoyevsky. It`s a pleasure talking to him. One day I got a poem from him as an SMS.    You are the wound     I am the pain….He is so poetic and creative,so I don`t mind waiting.

One Global Shaper, many ideas

By Govind GM*

Source World Economic Forum-Forum Blog http://www.forumblog.org/

Great minds drive powerful ideas. For a simple idea to be converted to a great idea, it has to be refined, polished and mixed with varied perspectives. The Global Shapers Community is a platform where simple ideas can be churned to orbit shifting ideas. A platform where ideas meet smart and sharp minds. More importantly, it is an incubator where these ideas can be actionized by individuals who are one step ahead in society transformation and future leadership potential. A crude idea taken from the Global Shapers Hub will be dissected, discussed and debated, and the end product would be a polished idea.

Every day, I start by reading news about the Indian economy booming and shining, be it in terms of GDP or its extra ordinary growth rates. India is projected to be in the league of world's top economies very soon. Unfortunately, statistics shows me a very different picture - A picture where 41.6% of the total population falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day, 47% of  children below the age of three are malnourished, and what not. I have met people who have no option but to walk almost 10-12 kilometers to buy basic medicines. There is a mismatch somewhere.

During my professional stint the Middle East, I came across a lot of Indians working and living in tough conditions. Manual labour is no joke when the sun is burning the sand at 50 deg c. Yet each and every person's story had the sweetness of success and hard work. They left their nearest and dearest ones back in the country that they would visit once in 5 years, or probably even 10 years. Their kid's smiling face photographs, kept hidden in their wallet, would keep them go on and on.

Be it a great leader or a small migrant worker, people are driven by dreams.  

I have first hand experience in dealing with people who have taken up leadership roles and self-support actions at the community level, voluntarily or involuntarily, even though living in difficult circumstances. We have heard and read stories about great successful leaders over and over. But it’s time we appreciate and foster leadership activities at the grass roots level, even if small. For a country like India which is developing at a very rapid pace, it is very crucial that each and every citizen take up the leadership roles in whatever way they can and try to bring in the change rather than waiting for someone else to. This is where the importance of passing the leadership message comes to picture.

I believe in teaching a man to fish rather than feeding him for a day. There is a strong need of orbit shifting ideas for sustainable or continuous growth in Urban and Rural India. I personally believe India is not about the metropolitan and the cosmopolitan cities. It is more about the rural villages and small towns. These small towns and villages will drive the growth of India in the coming decades. The India Economic Summit is the opportunity to explore these opportunities and more.

 * Govind GM is a Global Shaper, Bangalore Hub, Editor in Charge MSN Leadership Channel, India

Source: World Economic Forum - Forum Blog  http://www.forumblog.org/

Interview with Global Shaper Vidyadhar Prabhudesai

Vidyadhar is one of the founding members for LeadCap Ventures and currently heads its operations in Mumbai, Delhi and Bahrain. As a Managing Trustee of LeadCap Trust, he heads the "Voice of Youth" and “E-Learning” training program initiatives to provide India her future “One million leaders”. He has been instrumental in setting up of world’s first "Leadership Village" in Waynad, Kerala. Apart from above, Vidyadhar is also a co-founder and partner in Cygnus IT Solutions, an IT and Mobile application development and service provider company where he heads the marketing and sales function.

What does the Global Shapers Community mean to you and why is it important for you to be part of the GSC? 

I think it is for the first time that World Economic Forum has recognized achievements of 20-30 year olds globally. It is a sense of great achievement and pride for me personally as I am among top 20-30 youth from India who got selected to be a part of Global Shapers Community.

Youth represents more than 50% of the 7 billion people today and the Global Shapers is one of platform to hear our voices. Being young involves tackling some unprecedented challenges including climate change, terrorism, ageing societies and infrastructure, changing job markets, technological advances, the increasing influence of popular culture and changing family and social structures. I think youth will play a significant role as the world confronts these and other challenges.

For all of these reasons we as Global Shapers of future need to continue to improve the support available to young people to navigate these challenges. As a community, we must do more to develop a stronger, fairer and more inclusive society for young

Why are you excited about the India Economic Summit? 

I think IES is the only event where you can meet personalities from all walks of life – Politics, Culture, Academics, Technology, Business, NGO’s, Entrepreneurs, and Media etc. The other events which I have been were domain focused. If you are an entrepreneur you would certainly be interested in meeting all of them as you can network with top-notch bureaucrats, investors, media folks with whom you essentially work in future; and what better platform one can get other than IES? This is the opportunity which cannot be missed! 

What do you believe you can contribute to the meeting? 

LeadCap Trust focus is on leadership where we are striving to nurture a million leaders in India. I am a part of some of the initiatives under the foundation like the Leadership Village, a self sustainable model where we created income generation opportunities by helping the village men discover their true potential. Now the village men are not just dependent on farming produce but have developed sources like tourism, handicrafts etc. to supplement their income.  I also actively contribute to Young Leader Programs and Living Libraries in the Leadership Village. I also pioneered the book donation drive and helped to set up a “Village Leadership Library”. This model will be replicated in other parts of India.

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I have several other ideas in mind which I’d bring forward in the meeting. I’d like execute a project S-U-S-O. SUSO stands for Stand UP and Speak OUT, which are moderated discussions among teenagers and youth with below objectives

        Make people aware of the prevailing issues

        Help the youth to voice out their opinion

        Come up with effective solutions

        Reach a consensus for its implementation

Another idea is to provide cost effective higher education to people who are economically backward or those who cannot afford education like MBA. I strongly feel that if Academicians, Govt. and Entrepreneurs work together on this, it is definitely achievable. I am currently working on developing this model. My leadership learning from these projects can be valuable lessons for the summit. At the same time I can also learn the best practices in leadership and sustainable community development.

What will you bring back to your Hub and your community after the meeting? 

The India Economic Forum can provide me a platform to demonstrate some of my models as shared above. This event will also help me to build a global network of individuals across the world and find more innovative and effective means to empower youth. An insight into different economies their cultures and principles of nation building etc will help me mould my domain of expertise into highly scalable vessel of skills to sail through all kinds of challenges. It will enable me to shape myself into a global leader of tomorrow with a vision for empowering young people in the world.

As a visionary leader of the future I look forward in participating in activities that benefit both the world economy and the people’s community. Taking cues from past learning and knowledge earned from the Mumbai event, will eventually lead to a creation of programs that are aimed towards empowering youth.

Leadership Village YLP featured in international conference paper

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 In the documents compilation of research based papers presented at the UGC sponsored International Conference on" Multi Modality, Multi Linguilism, Multiliteracies: New Pedagogie for New Times?" organised by the Department of English in Collaboration with London Metropolitan University, the paper "Literacy and Communication-The Innovative Experiment" prepared by AFRC Centre for Research, Development and Training ,Wayanad has been included by the organisers. The paper was prepared by Laila Saein and Anil Emage.

The paper "Literacy and Communication" dwelt on the 12 year old experimental activities done in Wayanad based on language, communication and leadership and the paper was well received by the scholars and delegates of the conference.The paper explained the educational innovations introduced by AFRC and Leadership Village was featured prominently during the presentation. AFRC partnered with LeadCap in 2009 to form Leadership Village.The conference was organised on 24th & 25th January 2011 and the compilation of papers was published in October which is to be  submitted to University Grants Commission - New Delhi

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Leadership Village YLP grabs attention in KSA

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 
During the 87th anniversary of Toast Masters International, Leadership Village YLP (Young Leaders Programme) was presented to a group consisting foreign nationals including members from KSA, Philippines, Lebanon, Syria and India. The paper was presented at the Toast Masters Rabigh chapter.

The paper was presented by Mr.Rajendran Kezhakkeppatte , who works for RAWEC (Rabigh Arabian Water & Electricity Company). The paper was well received and the audience expressed their admiration for the Leadership Village project and its young leaders.

How it all began:
During one of the TM sessions Mr.Rajendran was asked this question:
"How you got initiated to leadership?"
His answer was a big surprise to everyone.
"Through my daughter Pooja!"

The story of Leadership Village was introduced then and there and all the members were curious to know more. All this led to the paper presentation of Leadership Village and now it is our pleasure to announce here that this humble village inititive has started creating tiny ripples in many corners of the world.
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Global Dignity Day India news

Global Dignity Day celebrated

Lakkidi Wayanad: Global dignity Day was celebrated by Leadership Village and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Navodaya principal Ms.Shanthy inaugurated the program. The program was organised with the support of Global Dignity organisation and Geneva based World economic Forum. Global Dignity is celebrated worldwide with the vision og helping children and youth realising the value of self worth and leadership hidden deep within and march ahead in life with head held high.

Navodaya Vidyalaya students Arun and Anu, Leadership Village co-founders Laila Saein, Anil Emage, Roshan (panankandy GHSS, Pooja (NSS HS) shared their experiences with students. Leadership Village co-founder sangeeth Varghese has been selected as Young Global Leader from ndia by World economic Forum in 2010.

Mathrubhumi/24/October/11