Tag: Dr. R. Balasubramaniam

Leading with Equanimity
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Leading with Equanimity

June 17, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The results of the recent general elections have seen several people rejoicing while many others sulking or depressed. While it is easy to share the sweetness of success, it is how one responds to the pressure of failure that can bring out the leader in a person. While this is easier…

Policy Analysis and Programme Evaluation Workshop at V- LEAD
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Policy Analysis and Programme Evaluation Workshop at V- LEAD

June 16, 2019

Mysuru: GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement), a public policy research and advocacy initiative in India, in collaboration with the ILR School of Cornell University, a leading school for Applied Social Sciences in the USA and Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), a long-term research initiative focusing on the design and evaluation of innovative…

Yajamana Kempiah & leading in the present
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Yajamana Kempiah & leading in the present

June 3, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Leadership is indeed a very much used and abused word. From Mahatma Gandhi to Hitler to the mafia don, everyone is called a ‘leader’. I have always believed that Leadership is innate within every individual and one only needs to manifest this.  One has to call upon our inner resources and…

Leadership lessons from a Tribal Chieftain
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Leadership lessons from a Tribal Chieftain

May 20, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Mudalimadiah is a very senior and respected chieftain of the Kadukuruba tribe. Though I have known him since the time I went to Brahmagiri in 1987, we got to be close friends only after 1996. This was the time we had started engaging with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) about…

Not leading all the time
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Not leading all the time

May 6, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The world is used to describing people as ‘leaders.’ Very few realise that it is not about being a leader but having the ability to exercise leadership. Being a leader is intuitively understood, but exercising leadership is not something that one can easily relate to.  We are more prone to see…

Leading Communities…
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Leading Communities…

April 22, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Kamakshi and her life is an inspiration not just to women, but to all people engaged in the endeavour of human development. I got to know of her through one of my colleagues who interacts with her on a regular basis. Kamakshi and her family reside in Shanbhoganahalli in Hunsur taluk…

Leading Sustainability…
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Leading Sustainability…

April 8, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Though it is fashionable nowadays to talk about ‘Sustainable Living’ only a few of us actually convert our talk into walk. We spend endless hours in conferences and debates but do very little at the individual level to address concerns affecting our unsustainable ways of living.   Every few years, the…

Leading Science Spiritually
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Leading Science Spiritually

March 25, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam One of the greatest benefits that I have received from founding and being in SVYM is the opportunity to meet some extraordinary people. People who have been doing so much for the society, but go on to live their lives quietly and without any fuss. While there are several people who…

Vending Leadership on the Streets
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Vending Leadership on the Streets

March 11, 2019

By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam In a world obsessed with sports, politics and the economy, it is easy to see why most of us view and describe successful people in these sectors as ‘leaders’ today. The default understanding is that such people are ‘special’ and endowed with qualities that make them successful leaders. It is such…

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