MP,Dr Ajay Kumar,in his first visit to Xlri Jamshedpur this year, also the first after his being a MP instilled sheer confidence and self-awareness among the budding managers .He started the evening with a full house of 150 odd audience at the stipulated time of 7 pm sharp. His pivotal message to the students and which was subsequently the theme was -- to be ‘socially and politically’ active. Even if not contending in an election , being part of a socially active issue like Anna Hazares’ , being articulate in writing petitions ,taking part in candle light marches contributes to the global political cause , thus having the potential this butterfly’ wing flapping to cause a tsunami of social change. This also helps to be connected with all the ubiquitous social environment and its gradual transformation or better , being the change it self .This might also someday champion the distant cause of cracking the political animal of election , as was in his case.
It is very important to be Goal oriented and sensitive to people around, their issues and their day to day problems, he added. It is not audacious anymore to think ‘out of the box ‘ to be event planner or resource manager of a political party as a role in post MBA engagement. Creative thinking at least.On another note,he also added that simplest generosity really helps the society ,being lucky the umpteenth time to reach these coveted positions in career we should be sensitive towards social causes and voluntarily take up noble causes like sponsoring a child , creating a family fund for charity or even some social volunteering for an NGO .These helps , in a bigger way to liberalize from commercial aspect of social grid.
He also depicted his long journey as a talented young Doctor at Jipmer, after he got through 1st attempt this medical seat to joining Indian Foreign Service. He cracked IPS and joined Patna as an assistant SP.During one accident he was shot in the thigh and nearly lost his leg, a surgeon at a nearby district hospital saved his leg by freezing it in ice.These varied experiences brought him closer to the masses , whose cause he is adeptly championing today. He later joined Tata Sons in Mumbai and after that he moved up with many different roles to being a CEO of Max Neeman.Finally he contested the election here at Jamshedpur with limited resources and came out with flying colors .He talked about leadership in every sphere and accepted that he has donned many roles which helped his structured thinking adding to part of being what he is today.
As an MP he is actively steering for solar lighting initiative in 1500 villages around Jamshedpur.He stressed for better medical facilities and depicted how a badly effected patient of squamous cell carcinoma during a ‘dharna’ spurred his holistic impetus to work for the desolates.
Finally ,he gave multiple incidences of how his daunting friends topped all his smarter classmates and became head of Adobe India , how passion drove Harsha Bhogle (his senior) to be one of the most successful commentators and how his ‘not so smart’ friend became one of the most successful Doctor Shantanu Narayan practicing in Usa.
As he concluded ,we gave him a standing ovation, which of course he deserved from every angle. By his structured yet spontaneous speech he was really able to touch upon many hearts ,flooded with spirit , altruism in the truest sense and vibrantly positive energy.It really showed the true mettle of a successful Doctor , turned
IPS ,turned CEO turned MP , all in a single lifetime ! Dr. Kumar , all the good luck to you.
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