Publications

Books

1: “Wish to Belong, Want to Perform” By Prof. Sampath

Summary:

Like every individual, organisations too have an identity. There is a need for a common theme, with which employees can identify themselves. There is also a need for the various subgroups in an organisation having very different social and work relationships to experience their uniqueness. Innovative ways of accommodating the subgroup’s needs and the needs of commonality are going to be the challenges for multinationals.

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2: “Co Creation and Learning concepts and cases” by Prof. Akhilesh Yadav

Summary:

This book introduces readers to co creation– a complex, value based, context driven, and collaborative effort to develop new paradigms, products and services to satisfy human wants. Co Creation s built not only around perceptions of challenges, cause and effect relationships and constraints. The book explains the emergence of the co -creation approach. It describes various models of value creation. The book allows policymakers and practitioners to understand the process involved in implementing o creation in any organisation.

Link to buy the book: https://www.springer.com/in/book/9788132236771

Articles

1: Drishti

Envisioning a Glorious Future, Article for souvenir to be released on the occasion of A two day national Conference on ‘Value initiatives in Institutions of Higher Learning –Key to Youth Empowerment, 3rd and 4th February, 2015, MLA College for women , Bangalore.

This article is an appreciation of the evolution of MLACW towards a sustained development programme for students, faculty and the Institution. It describes the typical challenges in a college and how it can overcome the challenges and progress despite them. Strategies can indeed be developed to bring in change.

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2: Student Development Programme

Internal Concept Paper, Pegasus Institute for Excellence: The paper discusses the development areas offered to students towards Employability and Job readiness. The paper is an outcome of practical work done with various Institutions and the cumulative Learning.

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3: Faculty Development Programme

This paper is an outcome of two year research carried out with various college professors and facilitators in Pegasus. It discusses Faculty effectiveness as balance between what faculty ‘Has to do vs Wants to do vs Can do’ and the programme offers methods and tools to discover and implement this balance. The programme is aimed at equipping Faculty with Learning Readiness Resources which comprise of concepts, professional practices and self-development.

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4: Learner Engagement and Retention

presented during Seminar on ‘Meaningful Education for Excluded: Strategies for Higher Education Institutions in India’ held in Centurion University, Orissa, during December 12-13, 2014.

This paper is based on the author’s experience in the various learning programmes that he has facilitated across the country over the last ten years with learners ranging from school students to college Professors (including Professors of Centurion University) to professionals and top leaders of corporations. This paper describes the various professional practices one has to adopt to become an effective teacher or facilitator. It covers concepts that help in customizing learning to suit the learner and / highlights the need for self-discovery and continuous renewal to emerge as a preferred teacher or facilitator.

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5: Progressive Education for Professionals

presented during Seminar on ‘Meaningful Education for Excluded: Strategies for Higher Education Institutions in India’ held in Centurion University, Orissa, during December 12-13, 2014.

This paper is a discussion of varying learning needs as we grow in position and function in both life and career. It details how the constant supplementation of curricular studies with Role specific competencies will help in ensuring superior performances. The model is derived from the Army (an evolved system) where each officer is prepared for the next position.

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6: Self-Leadership

Getting ourselves admitted into particular school/academy, attending the best of colleges/universities and joining established companies/teams have been some of the popular routes to achieving what we want to. But most of the accomplished people are actually those who took charge of themselves, made their own choices in life and exercised their options towards becoming what they wanted to and led a better life and with a higher well-being. In this paper the authors have attempted to describe one model and the process of self-leadership.

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7: Certified Skills and Personal Competence

presented during International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship held at Manipal University, during January 29-31, 2015.

Enhancing personal competence is as important as obtaining a skill certificate such as a college degree or a diploma. This is necessary during every role transition that we undergo beginning with the first job, in order to make ourselves employable and role ready. The same is true when we grow in life and slide into different roles. The professionals and entrepreneurs who want to further develop their personal competence to suit their role requirements, approach L&D institutions like Pegasus for developmental programmes. This is becoming an important component of the continuous and progressive education during one’s life and career for sustainable development. This paper describes the complementing aspects of personal competence that support superior performance.

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