Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 21: A one-day Leadership Development Programme (LDP) was organized by the MBA department of Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management for the undergraduate student council members on September 20.
A total of 221 students from 22 colleges of Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu district participated in the programme which was inaugurated by chief guest - Dr K V Malini, principal of Canara College, Mangaluru and guest of honour - Pruthvi Ambar, sandalwood and coastalwood actor.
Dr Vishal Samartha, director- MBA in her speech, welcomed the gathering and introduced Sahyadri to the participants. Prof Sushma V, chief-coordinator of the programme spoke about the four-year journey of LDP at Sahyadri and how they have scaled higher in terms of the number of participants as well as the quality of the programme.
Dr K V Malini, in her inaugural address, shared her perspective of being a leader and appreciated Sahyadri for organizing such a thoughtful event for outside students.
Pruthvi Ambar spoke about his journey of being a follower and his efforts to be a leader. Dr R Srinivasa Rao Kunte, principal shared the presidential address and in his speech motivated the students to note down the key takeaways of the sessions and practice their role as a student council member in their respective colleges.
The first session was facilitated by Dr Vishal Samartha, director- MBA on 'Life Skills through Story Telling'.
The second session was by Dr Sharan Kumar Shetty on 'Corporate Expectation from Budding Leaders'.
The third session was conducted by Prof Ramesh K G, dean-strategic planning on 'Leaders are not born, but made' and the last session was by Prof Samarth Shenoy on 'Lead, Follow or Perish'.
Post these sessions, participants visited the in-house companies on the campus and interacted with the industry heads. The day-long event concluded with a valedictory ceremony wherein participants shared their opinion of the programme and the resource persons were felicitated for their efforts in putting up a great show.