OSB Indore students participate in a competition

OSB Indore students (1) Tarun Patel (2) Afrokhata Shabnam (3) Sarika Bahoria

participated in "Quest for Leaders" (QFL) competition organised by Indore Management Association (IMA) on 23^rd January 2009. For the competition IMA had given the topic "Transforming Leadership, Ideas to Icons".

OSB Aurangabad - Republic Day Celebrations

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OSB Aurangabad Industrial Visit to a Mineral Water Bottling Plant

Article on "Careers" sent by Prof.Amul Murgai, faculty OSB Aurangabad

Enjoy what you do, and do what you enjoy...
A career means different things to different people. To some, it is an end point: it is a statement of ambition e.g. I must become the CEO of this company. To others, it means the landmarks on the way e.g. I must become regional manager in two years and general manager in three years thereafter. To most it is a combination. However, these are all 'destinations' and not the 'journey'.
To the wise, it means the enjoyment and experiences of work. A career is not a destination, a career is the journey.
So what kind of a journey must you have? The answer is, 'a journey which you enjoy'. You can excel with consistency only at tasks which you enjoy. Conversely, you cannot excel with consistency at tasks that you do not enjoy. Enjoyment does not mean that the task is easy, or that you know how to do it, quite the reverse.
You enjoy doing things that challenge you sufficiently, yet are instructive to you, that engage you e.g. selling to a difficult customer, debugging a production issue, configuring a least cost solution to a problem etc. It is engaging to you for your own reason, some others may hate the same tasks.
Dev joined HLL as a young manager in sales and marketing. He had studied in an excellent school, had a fine degree from a great college, was intelligent and articulate, and had cleared the tough series of HLL interviews. He had all the characteristics to become a successful manager in the sales/marketing function. However, recruiting and developing managers through characteristics is fraught with risks.
One of the preparations before he could be assigned his first responsibility was field training. This meant that he had to work on a salesman's beat with an experienced salesman for sixteen weeks. This involved visiting grocery shops and booking orders all day long. The idea was for him to learn the routines, pains and tribulations of a salesman.
Dev was miserable. He found it boring, in fact, as he called it, it was 'demeaning.' After spending some time with him, his boss wondered whether Dev would ever make a good sales manager. That did not per se make him a good or a bad manager; it just meant that Dev had to rethink what kind of work he should do to enjoy himself. The HLL job was quite a prized one: getting such a job was prestigious, conversely not being successful was considered by many to be a negative.
As Dev thought about it, something kept telling him that he had joined HLL just to prove to the world how smart he was; the salary was a huge added attraction. It was not that he understood this career, and that he wanted to try it.
What he truly enjoyed was to spend time with school students-- telling them about things they did not know, and some things that they might never know. He wanted to be a school teacher!
Implementing his idea meant sacrifices of salary, and image among his family and peers. He was courageous, and took the plunge.
I met him twenty years later. By now, he was the Headmaster of a prestigious public school, probably earning a fraction of what he might have if he had stayed on at HLL. He was really enjoying himself, doing all sorts of new things in the school and those gave him a sense of satisfaction. He told me that he had found his calling, his journey had been exciting and he looked forward to each day as the sun rose in the east.
Dev had understood what a career meant—doing what you enjoy and enjoying what you do. Dev had realized that what was important was the journey, not the destination.
(Mr R Gopalakrishnan - Executive Director, Tata Sons.)

Students of OSB Nashik Win in a competition

OSB Nashik Students,Patil Sudha & Patra Manjeeta, participated in the "Zest Inter College Competition organised by the MGV Management College, Nashik ,14 MBA colleges had participated in the event & they got a Second prize in Case Study presentation on - "Resurgence of radio in India"Here they are with the Trophy and the certificate.

OSB Aurangabad Students views on Sathyam Scam gets Published

Priyanka Sonawane , Gajanan Sangle,Irfan saudagar,Santosh Jaiswal students of OSB Aurangabad views on the Sathyam Scam has been published in the Dainik Lokmat of 18th Jan 2009.

News flash !!!

Dr.J Ovasdi, Principal OSB Jaipur was invited by the SURESH Gyan Vihar, University, Jaipur to be present in the inauguration of the Ist Rajasthan Congress of Bio-Sciences & National Seminar on Future Startegies for Biological Research on 19th Jan 2009. He will chair the first technical Session of the Congress wherein the paper presenter was Prof. S N Sharma of India Coordinated Agricultural Research Project ON THE NEED FOR QUALITY SEEDS.
He will be also be presenting a paper on "Bio-Fuels --Understanding the Issues".

Positive Stress is Good For You - Article submitted by Ms.Vijeta Soni ,Student Advisor OSB Jaipur

When was the last time you heard someone say, “stress is good,” or “Gosh, I’m glad I’m stressed today; what a great feeling!” It’s not likely you’ve heard these words recently. And yet, stress is actually necessary to live a full life and to be productive and healthy. Honest! It’s called “positive stress.” But aren’t the words, “positive stress” an oxymoron, that is, a contradiction in terms? This column is about why stress can be good for us – if, that is, it is experienced in positive form. We can use stress to our advantage.
Good and Bad Stress. Stress reflects increases in a person’s physical and mental arousal level in response to some experience. When we feel stress, hormones immediately enter our system that increase our heart rate and make us more alert and focused. This is also called the “fight or flight” response. Under dangerous conditions stress responses are life-saving. So, our response to stress does not automatically reflect something negative or unpleasant. Exercise is an example of an activity that increases physical stress, a form of positive stress. When events are viewed as very unpleasant, they are called distressors “Bad” forms of stress occur when a person feels threatened by the external demand, lets say speaking in front of a group, or the person views the demand as potentially harmful, for example, a driver who is tailgating you and speeding.
Positive stress can provide zest and enjoyment, as well as attentiveness and energy for meeting deadlines, exercising such as lifting weights or jogging, entering new situations, adapting to new challenges, and achieving maximum performance. Stress is positive when we expend energy physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually. Positive stress is needed to expand our capacity to perform at extraordinary levels, especially under pressure.
Examples of negative physical stress include pain and overexertion. Positive physical stress includes exercise at an intensity that fits the person’s current fitness level, stretching, walking, and weight lifting. Examples of negative mental stress include information overload, prolonged concentration, and trying to meet very difficult external demands. Positive mental stress includes feeling challenged, enthusiasm, analyzing, problem solving, and planning. Negative emotional stress includes anger, anxiety, fear, and frustration, while positive emotional stress includes happiness, fulfillment, contentment, and enthusiasm. Negative spiritual stress is acting in ways that are not compatible with our values and lacking passion. Positive spiritual stress reflects recognizing what really matters, acknowledging our values and living a life consistent with them, and feeling passionate about contributing to the lives of others.
Researchers contend that experiencing stress is not the problem that reduces energy and performance. We thrive and grow under the right type of stressful conditions. The problem with stress and the reason stress limits our performance is the lack of voluntary recovery. Recovery allows us to sustain high performance on demand, even under pressure.
Stress can be positive when it’s experienced as emotional energy. Desirable emotions that fuel energy – positive stress – include confidence, optimism, self-control, empathy (compassion toward others), and a moderate level of arousal. The goal of emotional energy is to transform thoughts of threat into challenge. When we worry or feel anxiety, we are void of energy, and our thoughts are internally focused. Our performance potential is impaired. Instead, feeling challenged, accompanied by positive expectations, concentration, and feeling fully engaged are the fuel source – the booster rocket - of reaching and maintaining our ideal performance state.
The take-away message of this column is that stress can have positive aspects; we need stress to reach our goals, to perform at our best, and to improve our health and happiness. We should not confuse positive stress with its better known “cousin,” negative, unpleasant stress. To perform at optimal levels, the problem is not stress, but the absence of recovery. Positive stress leads to our best performance when we create a balance between exercising our “emotional muscles” and intermittently seeking recovery - oscillation.
Stress Is Good: Here’s Why!
* Stress is anything that causes energy to be expended: We become weak and unhappy for the lack of effort in our daily lives.
* Stress is the stimulus for growth: Our muscles increase strength from stressful contractions, obtained from strength training and other forms of exercise.
* Stress exposure expands functional capacity. Going beyond what’s comfortable, while making minimal effort – the lack of physical stress – makes us weak.
* High stress is not the enemy. The real culprit is insufficient periodic recovery. Taking regular breaks, even a few minutes, about every 60-90 minutes will allow us to reengage in the task at hand and maintain optimal performance.
* Recovery is anything that causes energy to be renewed. All systems need down time to regenerate energy and refuel. Then we come back stronger.
* Recovery is when growth takes place. Rest intervals allow recovery, and a recovery period occurs when our system “reconnects the dots,” or “turns on the lights.” We get stronger and improve, both mentally and physically.

Article by Lcol shrikhasgiwale OSB Nasik in Maharashtra Times

The article was against over dependence on modern weaponry in security matters. The need of training the ground level and the mangegerial level responders to such threats was emphasised. The need of having proper training to face such a threat with any available weapon is more important rather than cribbing about the terrorists having better quality weapons. The training need was re-emphasised.

मुंबईवरच्या दहशती हल्ल्यांना महिना उलटून गेल्यावरही अजून नवी दले, अधिक पैसे आणि उत्तम शस्त्रे पुरवण्याच्या घोषणा चालू आहेत. सर्वांत महत्त्वाचे जे प्रशिक्षण त्याविषयी कोणीच बोलायला तयार नाही. दहशतवादाचा बिनतोड सामना करावयाचा असेल तर पोलिस दलांना नव्हे तर मीडिया आणि सामान्य नागरिकांनाही प्रशिक्षण द्यावे लागेल. ..... मुंबईतील दहशती हल्ल्यानंतर सगळीकडे उगाचच सुरक्षेसंबंधी धावाधाव सुरू झाली. प्रसारमाध्यमे आणि सरकारी लालफितीने लगेचच आपण कसे सजग झालो आहोत, हे दाखवण्याचा देखावा केला. मुंबईत 'फोर्स वन'ची स्थापना झाली, केंद सरकारने एनएसजीची एक तुकडी महाराष्ट्रात तैनात करण्याची तयारी दाखवली. त्यांना हत्यारे कोणती देणार, पैसा किती खर्च होणार याच्या बातम्याही झळकल्या. हेकलर कोश, उझी सबमशीन गन, एके-४७, स्पीडबोट, रडार हे सारे शब्द सामान्य माणूसही बोलू लागला. सगळीकडे असा आभास निर्माण झाला की आता पैसे ओतले म्हणजे आपण आधीपेक्षा जास्त सुरक्षित नक्कीच झालो आहोत. पण या सर्व नवनाट्यात एक गोष्ट कुठेच दिसली वा जाणवली नाही. ती म्हणजे असल्या हल्ल्यांना तोंड देण्यासाठी लागणारे प्रशिक्षण. हे प्रशिक्षण पोलिस, मुलकी अधिकारी आणि सामान्य जनतेलाही आवश्यक आहे. मुंबई पोलिसांत चकमकी करणारे अनेक अधिकारी आहेत. पण त्यांची गाठ कोणाशी असते? दगडी चाळ किंवा धारावीत राहणाऱ्या एखाद्या अर्धशिक्षित, बेकार तरुणाशी. त्याला कोणी हत्यार चालवण्याचे पद्धतशीर प्रशिक्षण दिलेले नसते. हत्यारात गोळ्या भरायच्या आणि दहापंधरा फुटांवरून नेम साधायचा, एवढेच त्यांचे प्रशिक्षण. हे ज्यांच्यावर गोळ्या झाडतात ते एकतर बेसावध तरी असतात किंवा भेदरलेले. ती व्यक्ती गोळीबार करणाऱ्याचा काय प्रतिकार करणार? त्यामुळे या बेकार तरुणाची एकदोन हत्या केल्यानंतर 'शार्पशूटर' अशी (अप)कीतीर् होत असली तरी त्याचे गोळीबाराचे कौशल्य प्राथमिकच असते. अशा कथित शार्पशूटरला उडवण्याची टीप पोलिसांना मिळते तेव्हा स्थळ, काळ माहीत असते. मग या ठिकाणी पोलिस 'फिल्डिंग' लावतात. नंतर चकमकीत गुंड ठार होतो. अशा या अतिशय खालच्या दर्जाच्या 'शत्रू'ची आणि विरोधाची आपल्या पोलिसांना सवय आहे. या नैपुण्याच्या जोरावर उत्कृष्ट प्रशिक्षित दहशतवाद्यांशी मुकाबला केल्यावर काय होते, ते आपण पाहिले. मात्र, त्याचे परिणाम समजावून घेण्याचा प्रयत्न आजही होत नाही. कामा हॉस्पिटलजवळचा अधिकाऱ्यांवरचा हल्ला, 'ताज'मधील कुलाबा पोलिस ठाण्याच्या प्रमुखाच्या हालचालींचे तसेच सीएसटीमधील रेल्वे पोलिसांच्या हालचाली, या साऱ्यांचे चित्रण पाहता ही कमतरता जाणवते. अर्थातच, यात लढणाऱ्या पोलिसांचा व अधिकाऱ्यांचा काहीही दोष नाही. हाती येईल ते शस्त्र हाती घेऊन स्वत:ची बुद्धी वापरून स्वत:च्या जीवावर उदार होण्याचे त्यांचे शौर्य तारीफ-ए-काबील आहेच. पण या सर्वांना गोळीबार व त्याच्याशी संलग्न अशा स्वत:च्या व इतरांच्या हालचालींच्या मूलभूत ज्ञानाचे प्रशिक्षण मिळाले असते तर आपल्याला बरीच हानी टाळता आली असती. कदाचित् पुढच्या चकमकी काही तासांनी तरी कमी करता आल्या असत्या. यात या सर्वांकडे हत्यार कोणते होते, याचे महत्त्व खूप कमी आहे. महत्त्व आहे, ते अशा हल्ल्याला तोंड देण्यासाठी आवश्यक असणाऱ्या प्रशिक्षणाला. सीएसटीमधील हल्ल्याला रेल्वे सुरक्षा दलाच्या जवानांनी सुनियोजित, प्रशिक्षणातून उमटणारे उत्तर दिले असते तर दहशतवादी मारले गेले नसते कदाचित; पण ते इतक्या सहज कामा हॉस्पिटलपर्यंत पोचले नसते. मीडियात यातल्या काही क्षणांची जी चित्रे आलीत ती पुरेशी बोलकी आहेत. एका जवानाने सहकाऱ्याला खटका उघडता येत नव्हता म्हणून त्याची बंदूक घेऊन व जमिनीवर गुडघे टेकत दहशतवाद्यावर गोळ्या चालवल्या. पण हे करताना त्याने कोणताही आडोसा घेतला नाही. हे शौर्याचे नव्हे तर प्रशिक्षणातील कमतरतेचे लक्षण आहे. हीच गोष्ट इतर ठिकाणच्या रेल्वे पोलिसांनाही लागू होते. प्रवासी थांबायच्या कक्षातून, खांबांच्या मागून डोकावत शत्रूचा अंदाज घेणे हे नियोजित प्रतिक्रियेत मोडत नाही. आता या साऱ्यांना केवळ अत्याधुनिक शस्त्रे देऊन उपयोग होणार नाही. परिणाम होईल तो प्रशिक्षण व त्यानंतर सतत दिल्या जाणाऱ्या सरावामुळेच. आपल्याकडे या दोन्ही बाबतीत आनंदच आहे. मग केवळ उत्तम हत्यार हातात येऊन काय साधणार? प्रत्येक सुरक्षा गटाला समोर ठाकू शकणाऱ्या विशिष्ट परिस्थिती व प्रसंगांचे प्रशिक्षण दिले जाते. सैन्याला जसे पोलिसांचे काम जमणार नाही तसेच पोलिसांनाही सैन्याप्रमाणे हालचाली करता येणार नाहीत. तरीही भारतातील महानगरांमधील परिस्थिती पाहता पुढच्या पाच वर्षांमधील आव्हानांचा अंदाज घेऊन त्यानुसार पोलिसांच्या प्रशिक्षणात तसेच त्यांना देण्यात येणाऱ्या साधनसामग्रीत तातडीने सुधारणा करायला हव्यात. एखादी घटना घडल्यावर असे काही होईल, असे आम्हाला वाटलेच नव्हते. म्हणून आमची प्रतिक्रिया तोकडी पडली, अशी अपमानास्पद प्रतिक्रिया नंतर देण्याची पाळी येऊ नये म्हणून काही हालचाली होताना दिसत नाहीत. वेगवेगळ्या संकटांना तोंड देताना कसे वागायचे, प्रतिकार कसा करायचा याचे प्रशिक्षण सर्व स्तरांमधील पोलिसांना तसेच मुलकी अधिकाऱ्यांना देणे आवश्यकच आहे. पुढचा मुद्दा आहे तो अशा घटना मीडिया कशा कव्हर करतो हा. इलेक्ट्रॉनिक मीडियाला अशा घटनांच्या बातम्या कशा द्यावयाच्या, काय टाळायचे आणि काय दाखवायचे याच्या अत्यंत स्पष्ट कायमस्वरुपी, मूलभूत सूचना ताबडतोब द्यायला हव्यात. या सूचनांची काटेकोर अंमलबजावणी व्हायलाच हवी. ती होते का, हे तपासण्याचे काम माहिती खात्याकडे असायला हवे. अशा घटनांमध्ये प्रत्यक्ष गुंतलेल्या अधिकाऱ्यांनी सगळी माहिती द्यावी, अशी मीडियाने अपेक्षा करू नये. त्यांना अशावेळी इतर अधिक महत्त्वाची कामे असू शकतात. २६ नोव्हेंबरच्या हल्ल्यात इलेक्ट्रॉनिक मीडियाने बेजबाबदारपणाचा कळस केला, यात शंकाच नाही. कुठली बातमी कशी व केव्हा द्यायची, याचे कोणाला काही सोयरसुतकच नव्हते. काहीही करून कोणती ना कोणती 'ब्रेकिंग न्यूज' द्यायची याच्या चढाओढीत ही माध्यमे कारवाईचा कसा बोजवारा उडवू शकतात, याचे जिवंत उदाहरण मुंबईत घडले. ते म्हणजे, शेवटच्या दिवशी 'नरीमन हाऊस'वर हेलिकॉप्टरमधून उतरणाऱ्या कमांडोंच्या कारवाईचे थेट प्रक्षेपण. 'व्हेन फ्रेंड्स लाइक दीज, हू नीड्स एनिमीज?' ही इंग्रजीतील म्हण यावेळी आठवते. याचबरोबर सामान्य नागरिकांनी अशावेळी कसे वागावे, याचेही प्रशिक्षण असायला हवे. याबाबत काही वृत्तपत्रे व वाहिन्यांनी घेतलेल्या पुढाकाराखेरीज सरकारी पातळीवर सामसूम दिसते. अशा घटना घडतात तेव्हा तेथे प्रथम पोहोचणाऱ्यांना 'र्फस्ट रिस्पाँडर' म्हणतात. हे प्रथम पोहोचणारे नीट वागले तर मदत होते नाहीतर मोठा अडथळा होतो. जखमींना अचूक मदत, हल्लेखोरांची माहिती, तातडीने योग्य ठिकाणी संपर्क साधणे या गोष्टी हे र्फस्ट रिस्पाँडर करू शकतात. पण त्यासाठी अशावेळी गडबडून न जाता वेगाने काम करण्याचे प्रशिक्षण मिळायला हवे. अशावेळी र्फस्ट रिस्पॉन्स म्हणजे काय, हे सरकारी अधिकाऱ्यांना तरी ठाऊक आहे का? प्रत्येक जिल्ह्यात आपत्कालिन यंत्रणेच्या बैठका कशा होतात, हे लोकांना समजले तर ते संतप्त होऊन मोचेर् काढल्याशिवाय राहणार नाहीत. अधिकाऱ्यांनाच काही माहीत नाही तर सामान्य नागरिकांना कोण शिकवणार? सैन्यदलांमध्ये 'इट इज नॉट द गन बट द मॅन बिहाइंड द गन विच मेक्स द डिफरन्स' अशी फार जुनी पण सार्थ म्हण आहे. एके-४७ हातात घेतलेल्या पोलिसाचे मनोबल चांगले नसेल, त्याचे योग्य प्रशिक्षण झाले नसेल, त्याला कामाचा उद्देश कळत नसेल आणि मुख्य म्हणजे त्याला त्या कामाचा अभिमान वाटत नसेल तर एके-४७ कशी परिणामकारक ठरणार? तेव्हा आता लोकप्रतिनिधी, पोलिस यंत्रणा व इतर सरकारी अधिकारी-नेते यांनी लोकांच्या डोळ्यांत धूळफेक करण्याच्या आजवर वापरलेल्या युक्त्या सोडून द्याव्यात. तरच दहशतवादाला परिणामकारक प्रत्युत्तर कसे द्यायचे याचा गांभीर्याने विचार तसेच आखणी करता येईल.

Article by Priyanka Suryawanshi - student of OSB Nasik in SAKAL Newspaper

The article is on the effect of Movies on young people and the soceity.

OSB Ahmd visit to Science city

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An Industrial Visit was organised for our students to Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India(EDI),Adalaj Step Well and Science City.68 students,Faculty and Staff left our Campus on 02.01.2009.The first stop was EDI.A Senior Faculty of EDI briefed all of us on the role and the function of EDI .The next stop was the Adalaj Step well.Earlier, one of the students was tasked to study all the aspects of Step Wells in Gujarat and then give a presentation to other students .Thus all the students had the knowledge of the history and the impotance of the step wells of Gujarat before the visit.Therfore, the students could relate their knowledge to the monument on ground.The third stop was the Science City .Science City is going to be the Global Trade Centre during the interanational celebrations of Vibrant Gujarat on 14.01.2009.

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