SUSO launched in Wayanad

The first ever SUSO (Stand Up Speak Out) event in Wayanad, Kerala, was launched by Leadership Village - Young Leaders Programme. The concept of SUSO is the brainchild of Vidyadhar Prabhudesai, a Global Shaper (World Economic Forum select group) from India.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.

The concept of SUSO is  simplified for the readers of Leadership Village News Journal by Vidyadhar himself:

SUSO Concept note          

SUSO stands for Stand UP and Speak OUT. These are moderated discussions among teenagers and youth with below objectives

n       Make people aware of the prevailing issues

n       Help the youth to voice out their opinion

n       Come up with effective solutions

n       Reach a consensus for its implementation

Each SUSO session is based on a theme say - Mumbai Traffic vows - what can we do?  These discussions would be conducted in a college or school premises say – Bombay Scottish or Sydhenam. Below is a broad idea of how this will work

n       Video clip pertinent to the topic to precede the discussion

n       Moderator to head start the discussion

n       During the course of discussion, a person to pen down the critical points of the discussion

n       May be would capture the discussion

n       Hand outs on the issue to be distributed