Dr. Ganesh kept the audience captive as he spoke about the various facets of Inspirational Leadership. The interactive session covered on how India went on to become the IT superpower and who were the leaders who had foreseen this IT revolution much ahead of its time. Dealing at length on one of the eternal Success Formulae ‘Innovation’, he evinced how innovation can be achieved through code reusability, program automation and high end consulting practice. Program automation, one of Zensar’s zealous endeavors help the programmers and functional professionals to generate run-of-the-mill code snippets with minimum effort thereby allowing them to concentrate on complex sophisticated coding practices. Throwing light on the evolution of the industry he elucidated the thread of logic behind the transition from one level to another.

Ms. Manjari took on from there and went on to explain ten qualities that are desired in an individual to be and remain inspired. A few of the 10 commandments included vision, focus, commitment, discipline, optimism, integrity, empathy and passion. Ms. Manjari has done considerable research on the topic, as a part of co-authoring the book titled ‘Inspired’ along with Dr. Ganesh. They also gave a brief preview of the book, which has case studies of 23 illustrious individuals from different realms of life who possess most of the above mentioned qualities in varying proportions.

Ms. Manjari used the analogy of rocks, sand and water to explain the importance of commitment and passion for one’s ambition in life. Rocks symbolize Ambition, Sand represents essentials to achieve the ambition and water signifies other peripheral unnecessary activities. She further elaborated that if you have to put all of them together in a glass, you have to put the rocks first, followed by sand and the water will invariably find a place for itself. The idea is that one should prioritize his ambition, work towards achieving it with the help of the essentials available and other insignificant activities will find time for itself by default.

Dr. Ganesh, laced with his striking humour coupled with the suave style of Ms. Manjari, delivered the talk effectively. They ended the session saying that no one is born with all the 10 qualities but has to gradually cultivate them throughout the course of their lives. This session, therefore, inspired us enough to be the crème-de-la-crème in the corporate landscape of tomorrow.

Prof. K. Mamkoottam, Professor-in-Charge had to say after the lecture – “the session was really fascinating, I am indeed grateful to the guests for sharing their valuable insights which will help the students go a long way in their personal and professional lives.”