Lecture 01 & 02 POM Course

Lecture 01 and 02

I am writing this blog as a part of as part of assignment given by our Respected Professor

Dr T Prasad famously known as Dr Mandi.

This was my first class after 4 years and more important is that this is my first day at NITIE.I was a little skeptical about the professor and I thought that it would be a boring lecture on management but sir proved me wrong. It was one of the most intellectual and thought provoking classes I have ever had.

He starts off with a couple of jokes and then starts pulling out some toys which most of us have never seen before. And then he starts explaining physics using one of them. Now, I'm a little surprised regarding the course content and then he says that the toys are meant to be sold and talks about how everyone should be made self reliant even school kids. He also explained whatever we learn in college should be implemented in life which will be useful for us to become Entrepreneurs. So far having been brought up with the sole purpose of being expected to study while studying this was a change in perspective i.e. being expected to earn as well to fulfill all our daily needs. After this he went on to show how much we really were investing over the next two years and that's when it dawned on me that what he was saying was true and we should earn what we spend. But the question is HOW?

He also gave us two Life changing ideas.

1. AAJ KI ROTI AAJ HI KAMANA

2. SOCHO BECHO BECHO SEEKHO SEEKHO SOCHO

Well, I haven't yet decided on the HOW yet but I'm motivated enough to take the risks and take up entrepreneurship. The session then depicted the need for teamwork, for it is only when we work in a team that the output of the company can be generated faster and multiplied while distributing the responsibility among everyone.

We then talked about Mandi and Hamara Dhandha which are entrepreneurship activities at NITIE. He also gave several examples of Young Entrepreneurs of NITIE (eg: DHANUSH INFOTECH AT HYDERABAD STARTED BY NITIE COUPLE).

He asked us to write Blogs explaining the POM course and experiences in class. First I was not interested in this idea, but now while writing I thank Prof Dr Mandi for giving me a chance to know myself. He also shared about how Mr. SALMAN KHAN has started website and sharing knowledge with everyone in the world. I was very inspired by this novel idea and I decided to share whatever I know with everyone. As lifelong learners we are continually having experiences, processing them, and using the new knowledge in future experiences.

In the second Lecture he started the class by making us sing a song of Pink Floyd 'Another brick in the Wall' which was not just for entertainment but for teaching us the importance of novel ideas of teaching and lamenting the age old method of teaching which suppresses a child's creativity.