He is world renowned motivational speaker and a HR Leader with widespread Indian and international experience in diverse industry at the Enterprise level includes Manufacturing, F&B, Retail, FMCG, Consumer Goods, Auto-Oem, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Education, Cement, Power Glass, Textile, and Garments, Chemical, Media and Aviation and others.

He talked about the importance of taking pride in one’s own mother tongue. He challenged the conventional dominance of English in the corporate by giving examples of countries such as Japan and China that are doing as good as any English speaking country. He thereafter shared the learning of his life citing early days of his career. He shared with the audience his initial days in Corning and how he gradually moved up to the career ladder to become the Vice President Global for Corning. He shared the challenges in his professional life and the lessons that he learned.

Mr. Sharrma highlighted three major components of growth-body, mind and soul. It is important to feed each of these for one’s overall success. We need food and exercise to maintain our physique, while knowledge is the food for the brain. The soul needs the divine blessing for its growth. The fourth component of growth is having the right attitude. This results from being fearless, which is in turn rooted in having faith in your own abilities. Mr. Sharrma used various analogies to explain the importance of these attributes in determining a person’s growth.

He shared examples from the Indian mythology and particularly the Mahabharata from which life lessons can be derived. He highlighted that our thoughts form our words, which direct our actions. These actions then create our destiny. Hence, it is important to have the right mindset as what we think ultimately decides our destiny. Meditation is the key to gain clarity of thought and live an improved life.

Towards the end of the session, he shared 3 major crisis situations that he faced in life which put him to test. Mr. Sharrma is a great example of what we can achieve if we have patience and don’t quit. The experiences that he shared with us were truly the life lessons that we need to incorporate in our lives.

Students participated with full zeal in the discussion and asked several questions they had in mind. The deliberation was highly valuable for the students.