C-TALK Young Leadership Development Programme (YLDP) on “When Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going”


Brief Profile of Speaker –

Mr. Anil Bhasin – Former President – HAVELLS INDIA LTD (2004 –2020) He has 38+ years in FMEG Sector. He was acknowledged with Brick of Change Award by Mr.Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog). Credited with Award for Excellence – Energy (Havells) by FICCI Smart Cities Summit. Lauded with Peter Drucker Memorial Award of
Excellence by International Chamber of Professional Education and Industry (ICPEI). He had Received career promotions 17 times across the tenure i.e, each year consistently during his tenure as Assistant General Manager in Bajaj Electricals Limited (1982 – 2000).

The session started with a brief introduction of ABC of Havells i.e., Accountable, Balanced, Clarity. One has to be Accountable for what you are, Balance the life from a manager to leader and the Clarity of what is to be done. Further the session is continued by talking about how Benjamin Franklin said that a big dream starts from something small. Many of the billionaires now are drop outs from the college such as Steve jobs, Bill gates. Your education doesn’t make
you rich but the way you think and behave in the society can.

Then the session is continued by Acceptance and Non Acceptance. If you do not accept yourself you would definitely fear but you need to be adventurous to accept who you are. You need to have right Attitude, Knowledge and Skills to apt for solutions for knots in your life. The Ability and Intelligence of a person is same but to be successful in life one should have desire, direction, dedication and discipline.

This interactive webinar has provided various insights on:
 In the youngest Economy one need to change and be confident about the decisions they have made and seeing them through and consumption oriented with motto of living to the fullest.
 Learnings from a Pencil: What you can learn from a pencil is what is more important is not your outer appearance but the life within you. Unless what is within you comes out, you will not be able to make an impact. Unless you go through sharpening what is within you will not come out.

Flow of event

  • Welcome Address- Introducing the Speaker to the Participant with Brief profile
  • Invited Speaker’s Presentation and Interaction
  • Question and Answer Session
  • Vote of Thanks


Learnings from the event:
After this webinar, students have:

  • Learnt to be a lifelong student
  • Should try to always learn something new,
  • Should have Passion for Excellence
  • To make a value based decision


Feedback from students:
Students have appreciated the Young Leadership Development Programme (YLDP) on “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going” as they felt the YLDP Programme was Excellent and they have learnt a lot from the YLDP Programme.

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