Report of Lectures on

‘Values, Ethics and Transformational Leadership’ based on the Ideology of

Mahatma Gandhi in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)

By

Shobhana Radhakrishna

January 2018

Name of organization Venue Date National Thermal Power Corporation Limited Power Management Institute, Noida 10 March & 25 November, 2011 National Thermal Power Corporation Limited Thermal Power Station, Kahalgaon and Dadri 15 March 11, 7 Jan., 12 May & 19 Oct. 12 National Thermal Power Corporation Limited Thermal Power Station, Faridabad, Haryana 25 February & 13 March, 2012 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Human Resource Training Institute, Noida 26 May, 13 June, 08 Sept., 11 & 8 April13 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 22 September, 2011 & 3 October 2013 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Bhopal Unit & Corporate Quality Office, Noida 7-9 & 11 November, 2011 & 23 July 2013 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Corporate (R&D) Division & Hyderabad Unit 14-16 Nov., 2011 & 8-9 July 2013 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Trichy and haridwar units 29-30 Nov., 8-10 Dec., 2011 & 17-18 May 2013 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Bangalore units, Karnataka 15-17 December, 2011, 5- 6 June, 23 Aug. 2013 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Jhansi unit, U.P & Ranipet unit, Tamilnadu 03-04 & 11 February, 2012 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited PSSR unit, Chennai Tamilnadu 07 June, 2013 Steel Authority of India Bhilai & Bokaro Steel Plants 31 May & 27 June 11, 19 Nov.12 & 5 April13 Steel Authority of India MTI, Ranchi & Rourkela Steel Plant, Odisa 28 June, 2011 & 03 August, 2011 Steel Authority of India Durgapur & IISCO Steel Plants, West Bengal 14-15 July, 2011, 4 April 2013 Steel Authority of India Salem & VISP Steel Plants, Tamilnadu 03 & 19 December, 2011 SAIL, ONGC, BHEL, IOCL and SCOPE SCOPE, New Delhi 30 January 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 Coal India Limited Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kolkata 01 September, 2011 Western Coalfields Limited Corporate Office, Nagpur & HEMM at Chandrapur 23-24 June, 2012 Mahanadi Coalfield Limited Corporate Office, Sambalpur, Odisha 16-17 July, 2012 ONGC Academy and Ahmedabad Asset Dehra Dun and Ahmedabad 29 February, 2012, 21 February & 28 May 2013 ONGC Rajahmundry and Nazira Assets Andhra Pradesh and Assam 23 May & 08 December, 2012 ONGC Mumbai and Panvel Assets Regional Office, Mumbai 7-8 May, 2013 Engineers India Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 26 March, 2012 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 29 March, 2012 Indian Oil Corporation Limited India Oil Institute of Petroleum Management 16 August, 2011 & 25 October 2013 Oil India Limited Corporate Office, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 02 April, 2012 TATA Steel Limited TATA Nagar, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 2 November, 2011 Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 01 May, 2012 National Seeds Corporation Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 29 May, 2012 Central Warehousing Corporation Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 30 May, 2012 Handicrafts & Handloom Exports Corporation of India Limited Corporate Office, Noida 25 June, 2012 National Handloom Development Corporation Limited Corporate Office, Lucknow 27 June, 2012 National Aluminium Company Limited Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar 19 July, 2012 Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology-CSIR Bhubaneswar, Odisha 20 July, 2012 Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited Samrat Hotel, New Delhi 16 August, 2012 National Minerals Development Corporation Limited Hyderabad (HQ), Donimalai & Bailadila Mines 6-8 Sept., 2012 & 16-17 Nov. 2012 Bharat Electronics Limited Sahibabad, U.P. 29 October, 2012 & 28 October, 2013 NMDC & Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), GOI Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 15 April, 2013 MMTC Limited Corporate Office, New Delhi 31 May, 2013 ITI Limited Corporate Office, Bangalore 04 June, 2013 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Management Academy, Bangalore 06 June, 2013 Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) Regional office, Chennai 08 June, 2013 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Corporate office, Mumbai 18 June, 2013 GAIL (India) Limited Training Institute, Noida 21 June, 2013 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) Visakhapatnam Steel Plant 27 June 2013 ECIL Limited Corporate office, Hyderabad 08 July, 2013 & 25 November 2013 Shipping Corporation of India Limited Corporate office, Mumbai 26 November 2013 Goa Shipyard Limited Corporate office, Goa 21 February 2014

Mahatma Gandhi proved that moral and ethical behaviour is inexorably linked to the sincere understanding and practice of the philosophy of truth, nonviolence and purity of means. The value based leadership espoused by Mahatma Gandhi in public life is a perfect model to be emulated in all spheres of our activities. Corporate world, passing through turbulent times in terms of financial uncertain environment, corporate governance practices, value deficit has immensely benefitted from his thoughts and practices. If Truth is relevant, Gandhi is relevant. The Mahatma has inspired many and given them the strength to be the change they want to see in the world.

To reintroduce Mahatma Gandhi to inspire the modern leaders and present him as the role model for ethical and sustainable bussiness practices 215 lectures were delivered in 36 major CPSEs. The major CPSEs which extended support by understanding the pragmatic principles which any leader who aspires sustainable –that is ethical success must accept manage and masters were:

The lectures on ‘Ethical leadership, values, organizational Integrity and social responsibility based on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi’ were held for their senior and mid-career executives. The main themes covered were - Gandhi the man and his qualities, Ethical Leadership and values at workplace, transparency, accountability & personal probity, Trusteeship, societal responsibility, Gandhian economics of ethical business practices and organizational integrity.

MAHARATNA 1. Steel Authority of India Limited 2. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited 3. Coal India Limited 4. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 5. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 6. Indian Oil Limited 7. Gail (India) Limited

NAVRATNA 1. Bharat Electronics Limited 2. National Aluminum Company Limited 3. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 4. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 5. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 6. National Minerals Development Corporation Limited 7. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited 8. Oil India Limited 9. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

10. Shipping Corporation of India Limited

MINIRATNA 1. Engineers India Limited 2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 3. National Seeds Corporation Limited 4. Central Warehousing Corporation Limited 5. National Handloom Development Corporation Limited 6. Handicrafts & Handloom Exports Corporation of India 7. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 8. Western Coalfields Limited 9. Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited 10. ITI Limited 11. MMTC Limited 12. Electronics Corporation of India Limited 13. PEC Limited 14. Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels Limited 15. NBPP Limited 16. Hindustan Copper Limited 17. Rashtriya Chemical & Fertilizers Limited 18. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited 19. Goa Shipyard Limited

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The habit of working hard could be seen in him since his days as a student in London. Besides his regular studies he had started his initial studies of religion like Hinduism, Christianity and Buddhism there, his interest in vegetarianism and dietetics also had its origin at that time. There was not much time to remain inactive in South Africa.

Gandhiji was involved in number of issues which he was tackling at any given moment in life. The intensity was not momentary or short-lived. It continued for more than five and a half decades. The hours of work that he put day in a day out were simply incredible. His studies in religion started as soon as he arrived there. After he took up the cause of the Indian community in South Africa, there was no question of looking back from an active life. From those days onwards every single day in his life was extremely busy for over fifty five years. But Gandhi being a man of action does not only mean he was very busy. What we mean is the action of putting ideas or beliefs into practice more than anything else was the driving force in his life. As his definition of truth was harmony, between thought, word and deed, he could not rest without putting into action his thoughts and words. He found the Indian community in South Africa meekly accepting the colour prejudice of the Whites. He started acting against it himself first, and made the whole community act. When he visited India, he found the congress leaders indolent about keeping the congress campus clean. He took a broom in his hands and started scavenging. When he visited England in 1909 he met some leading Indians there who were theorizing about India’s freedom. Gandhi wrote his treatise ‘Hind Swaraj ’ or the ‘Indian Home Rule’ on the voyage back to South Africa, and at the end of his treatise he took an oath to spend the rest of his life in fulfilling his dream of ‘Hind swaraj’, which he actually did.

In the Indian National Congress of the second decade of the century he found the liberals keen on social reforms but not so keen on action on political front, and the nationalists keen on political change, but not so keen on social reforms. Both these groups had no activity to implement their programs except for passing resolutions and writing of articles. Gandhiji was active amongst the peasants and mill-hands before he persuaded the congress to pass the famous resolution of non-cooperation.

The lecture also covered the sterling qualities of a leader who had transformed in his quest for Truth and non-violence from and individual self to a leader with the welfare of all in his mind. Many incidences and anecdotes from Gandhiji’s life were narrated in order to accentuate the qualities. Through Gandhi’s inspiration the congress became really active after thirty five years of its existence. Under his guidance and leadership students and professors of college, lawyers and other professionals and parliamentarians became surcharged with activism. For the first time in India’s history the educated citizen was proud to court arrest for the sake of its freedom. Gandhi’s action also took the urban intellectuals to remote villages for constructive work. It brought Indian women out of their hearths to work shoulder to shoulder with men. Gandhi made the whole country throb with action. He spun and he wove, he stitched and he sewed. He worked in the field and cleaned the latrines. He nursed plague patients and leapers. He worked among the flood affected people and among those whose homes were destroyed by earthquake. He travelled third class and dwelt with the ‘lowest and the lost.’

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Speaking on ethical leadership, the lecture covered the special qualities of the leader who took every one along with him in his fight against injustice and inequality, the focus was on incidents highlighting Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership qualities and his ever evolving personality were elaborated with examples like in harmony between thought, words and deeds, simplicity, hard work, bread labour, punctuality, treating every one as equal, listening to their views and empathising with them etc. When the country was ablaze with religious frenzy he walked barefoot from village to village among the riot-torn families of Noakhali in East Bengal. Even his periods of silence were occasions for him to listen to his inner voice; his fasts were loaded with action.

The lecture also dealt with a presentation on the Mahatma Gandhi concept of constructive program like promoting village industries, prohibition, basic education, leprosy care, nature care etc, which he had taken up for resorting the dignity of the poorest of the poor living in seven lac villages. What was the secret behind Gandhi’s action? From his early childhood he had cultivated the habit of putting into practice whatever he thought was good. That is what transformed all his thoughts into action. How many of us can build a bridge between our thoughts, word and deed as he did?

He also did not divide his life into personal and social compartments. That made every moment of his life active. He not only believed that a practice was better than preaching, but he practiced what he believed in.

Another secret behind his action was in considering every moment of time to be equally important. This value system made every moment precious for him. And hence he could not afford to lose even a few moments in idleness. When a person considers his life to be God given trust, he could not possibly waste it.

For him revolution began at home. He would therefore, not wait for others to initiate an action. As soon as an idea crystallized in his brain he started acting on it, and all his ideas were ultimately pointed towards truth, his life became his experiment with truth. For him the circle of action expanded from himself in ‘oceanic circles’ till it reached the horizon.

Gandhiji called himself a ‘practical idealist.’ That compelled him into putting all ideals into action. To him an ideal is something which is always achievable but never achieved. It was something for which one could always strive for. But the effort had to begin from a point where you were standing. That is what made all his idealist actions practical.

The faculty has had the fortune of being born in Gandhijis Sevagram ashram, and therefore a session was taken on the Ashram life and the eleven vows for a Satyagrahi. Gandhiji was deeply influenced by ancient wisdom of the sages and seers lived a life of truth, non-violence and purity of means. The Ekadahs vratas were- Satya (Truth), Ahimsa (Non-violence), Brahmacharya, Aparigraha (Non-possession) and Asteya (Non-stealing), Gandhi i added to these six more vratas which - Aswada (Control of palate), Sparsh Bhawana (Touchability), Bhaya Varjan (Removal of fear), Sarva Dharma Samanatva (Respect for all religions), Sharira Shrama (Bread labour) and Swadeshi (use of locally made goods). All the aforementioned points formed part of his Eleven Vows or ‘Ekadasha vratas’

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essentially designed to discipline one’s senses and lead a simple and spiritually charged life in Gandhiji’s Ashram. Gandhiji’s ‘Talisman’ and the pledge for the ‘India of My Dreams’ was read out and copies were distributed to the participants at the end.

The participants revealed that they had heard such a lecture for the first time and it brought Gandhiji alive in-front of their eyes as events of the recent past unfolded. They understood Gandhiji as a role model in business who through his principles and practices can guide and inspire modern leaders in all times.

He stimulates and enabled the rebirth of India, at a time a dysfunctional, failing enterprise on which the welfare of millions depended and he defined the very medium–civilization, no less –in which the enterprise operated. The means by which Gandhi achieved this included mastering the elements of personal leadership and institutional management, analysing the of business as usual and formulating a strategy for productively breaking out of the all too limiting box of conventional thought , outworn tradition, and received wisdom. He was a person who had harmony in his thought, speech and actions and led the country to freedom through the non-violent means. They became sensitive to the injustice to the poor, be it in education or health or livelihood options and started thinking about the ways they can make a difference in the society.

In the question and answer sessions the participants came out with questions such as:

Request to explain the concept of Swadeshi. In response to the question they were told that Gandhiji’s overall experiment was towards building a non-violent society. Freedom was the most immediate Swadeshi. The concept of Swadeshi as explained by Gandhi, the author of this entire non-violent struggle, is employment of unemployed or semi-employed people by encouraging village industries.

One of the question pertained to Satya or Truth. The speaker elaborated on it and said that generally speaking observation of the law of Truth is understood merely to mean that we must speak the Truth. But we in the Ashram understand the word Satya or Truth in a much wider sense. There should be truth in thought, truth in speech, and truth in action. To the man who has realized this truth in its fullness, nothing else remains to be known, because all knowledge is necessary included in it. If we once learn how to apply this never failing test of Truth, we will at once able to find out what is worth doing, what is worth seeing, what is worth reading. What may appear as Truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the seeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appear to be different truths are like the countless and apparently different leaves of the same tree. Does not God himself appear to different individuals in different aspects? Yet we know that He is one. But Truth is the right designation of God. Hence there is nothing wrong in every man following Truth according to his lights. Indeed it is his duty to do so.

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Difference between ‘Abhaya’ and ‘Nirbhaya’ or fearlessness. Fearlessness heads the divine attributes in the sixteenth discourse of the Gita. Gandhiji believed that without the quality of fearlessness the observance of other vratas become impossible. Gandhiji began his life as a fearful young lad, yet lead a life of fearless opposition to one of the most powerful empires of the world. Fearlessness connotes freedom from fear of disease, bodily injury, dispossession, losing one’s nearest and dearest and of losing one’s reputation. Perfect fearlessness for Gandhiji implies freedom from delusion. One could acquire the quality of fearlessness by determined and constant endeavour and by cultivating self-confidence.

A young participant wanted to know what steps Gandhiji would have taken in today’s problems of corruptions and scams and the current issue of Lokpal. While maintaining that the ideology of Gandhiji was very relevant in today’s context he wondered about the steps the younger generation could contemplate as the lecture made them understand Gandhiji in a new perspective as a person who had harmony in his thought, speech and actions and led the country to freedom through non- violent means. They became sensitive to the injustice to the poor, be it in education or health or livelihood options and started thinking about the ways they can make a difference in the society and take steps to make their tomorrow better by making an effort to change themselves first.

The participants acknowledged that they fully understood Gandhiji as a ‘role model’ for them as in him they had found the harmony between thought, action and speech. They have been taught aspects of western management all along and to view the ethical leadership and values based on Indian culture was a new facet for them.

After the lectures, Charkha spinning was demonstrated as part of his thought of simplicity, dignity of labor and to find peace of mind and concentration. Gandhiji believed that the yarn we spin is capable of mending the broken warp and weft of our life. The charkha (spinning wheel) is the symbol for nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based. After the lecture, Gandhiji’s photograph and the autobiography were presented to the officials. The lectures were given by Smt. Shobhana Radhakrishna and a/v presentation was made by Shri Ravi Chopra.

The faculty held meetings and interactions with the members of the ladies clubs in many PSUs. The focus was on motivating the spouse of the executives to take an active role in CSR activities keeping in mind, the needs and issues of the surrounding areas. They were also informed about Gandhi’s concept and work regarding the constructive programs.

On 30th January, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 on Martyr’s day, lecture was given on Gandhian ideology for the senior executives of CPSEs at New Delhi. These lectures were jointly organized by SCOPE, Steel Authority of India, ONGC, BHEL & IOCL for the executives of CPSEs. The value based leadership espoused by Mahatma Gandhi in public life is a perfect model to be emulated in all spheres of our activities. Corporate world, passing through turbulent times in terms of financial uncertain environment, corporate governance practices, value deficit immensely benefit from his thoughts and practices. Mahatma Gandhi’s thought and principles can guide the people in any part of the world as it has the strength to inspire and bring about change.

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GANDHIAN FORUM FOR ETHICAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

On January 30th, 2013 the ‘Gandhian Forum for Ethical Corporate Governance’ was formed under the parent body of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) with an aim to promote excellence in governance among the PSEs. The ‘Gandhian Forum’ envisages a role in providing the member enterprises develop ethical excellence in business based on values of transparency, accountability and capabilities to meet the rising expectations form diverse stakeholders. It gives an opportunity to corporate for sensitizing executives for value based leadership, organizational integrity, rural economic and social responsibility.

The ‘Gandhian Forum’ endeavors to explore the enduring significance of Gandhi’s thoughts and methods in today’s business environment. At the intellectual level, the forum will propagate Gandhi’s ideas and his strategies in domains such as good corporate governance, business and economics, ethics, leadership, conflict resolution and peace building, human rights, labor, environment and corporate social responsibility, which very much aligns to any business environment, more so in present context.

At the practical level the forum will deliberate on how Gandhian wisdom can guide us in our quest for finding more effective ways of coping up with the complex challenges of our times. It will also see how Gandhian economic principles can help us better cope up with reference to contemporary Indian economy under globalization, the predicament in the Industries to attain a sustainable economic order and in personal, interpersonal and spiritual predicaments in our lives.

Engaging with the Gandhian Forum:

Gandhian economics places importance to means of achieving the aim of development and this means must be ethical and truthful in all economic spheres. In order to achieve this means, he advocated trusteeship, decentralization of economic activities and priority to weaker sections. Gandhi’s focus on human development is also seen as an effective emphasis on the eradication poverty, social conflict and backwardness in developing nations. Gandhi’s socio-economic idea has gained the interest and attention of an increasing number of business leaders and people across the world.

Robust engagement with the Gandhian Forum as an initiative should be a crucial aspect of ethical excellence in business in the future as the four components of (i) local networks, (ii) working groups, (iii) issue based initiatives and (iv) promotion and support of ethics and values in workplace are deemed critical all over the world.

Gandhian Forum conduct workshop to:

Provide learning to all levels of internal stakeholders to act on the utility aspect of ethical business practices in relation to the core values of the organization.

Capacity building to sensitize internal stakeholders for attitudinal change on the utility aspect of the values of organizational integrity, accountability, transparency and ethical behaviour.

‘It is wrong to think that business is incompatible with ethics. I know that is perfectly possible to carry on one's business profitably, and yet honestly and truthfully’ - Mahatma Gandhi

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GANDHIAN IDEOLOGY PROGRAM

In year 2013-14, BHEL started its association with the ‘Gandhian Forum’ and introduced the ‘Gandhian Ideology Program’ (GIP) as part of People Development initiative of BHEL. A large number of young executives have joined the task force during the recent years in BHEL and the contribution of the talent is an essential component of their performance. The focus of human resources is not only to develop each person’s competencies, but also their performance and potential in alignment with the on-going business challenges.

BHEL has organised 32 lectures in 23 manufacturing units for mixed levels of executives to address the issues of ethics and values across different generation of employees. The lectures were delivered in BHEL units at Noida, Delhi, Haridwar, Tiruchirappalli, Thirumayam, Bangalore, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Ranipet, Bhopal, Jhansi & Kolkata. The participants included senior and mid-level executives and trainees of different levels.

The participants were explained the need for scanning the external and internal environment to develop sensitivity to develop the values of transparency, accountability, individual probity and commitment to meet rising expectations from diverse stakeholders.

The main themes covered were: Gandhian Ideology of Ethical Leadership Essence of Eternal values and their application in workplace Transparency, accountability and individual probity Organizational integrity and ethical business practices Trusteeship and societal responsibility

Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts and principles can guide the people in any part of the world as it has the strength to inspire and bring about change. His life was one of dedication, simplicity, transparency with truth as the guiding principle. In these interactive sessions the participants involvement has been critical as sound ethics are integral with the processes of commerce and are essential to sustained profitability. The participants were being motivated for adopting good practices for not only increasing efficiency but also to put the learning into action designed to inspire and guide the modern and aspiring executives for leading an ethical and profitable enterprise. Gandhi could have told this to any business person this very thing a hundred years ago, during the first decade of the twentieth century.

There were three levels of executives and the feedback so far has been the 95% of the senior executives have found this very useful in reiterating their commitment, 93% of midlevel executives have found useful tips for action and 96% executives have found the sessions very useful in adopting good practices for bringing out the excellence for ethical business practices.

The feedback by the GMs, AGMs, Senior DGMs, DGMs, Senior Managers, Managers, Deputy Managers and executive engineers

who attended the ‘Gandhian Ideology Program’ organised by BHEL revealed that participants found the program very different,

motivational and relevant. Two inspirational principles were to be quick, be brief and work whole heartedly and practice societal

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responsibility. They were impressed by the faculty member’s way of presenting the lecture which aimed to guide and inspire the

modern day leader by learning from Mahatma Gandhi. Two of the practices they wanted to apply in their life and workplace were

to be truthful, loyal, committed and sincere to excel in work with humility and honesty. They also understood that Gandhian

principles are applicable in the present day business environment and the change has to be made from within for achieving these

values. Whiling away the time available to them and being punctual were some of the habits that were bothering them as they

wanted to make time their ally.

FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS

‘The session was really good in understanding the leadership qualities of Gandhiji as it guided and inspired us to take actions for achieving success.’

‘It was a great session reinforcing the pragmatic principles which any leader who aspires to sustainable - that is, ethical success must accept, manage and master. ‘

‘Gandhiji’s life and work, leadership qualities and management skills with examples are a must to not merely to survive, but to evolve, to grow and to prosper.’

‘Good session on ethical values, leadership and institutional management, hence this message has to be passed on to the society in building and leading an ethical and profitable organisation. ’

‘This program has motivated us and Gandhian principles shall be applicable in respect of life not only in corporate environment, Gandhiji's noble teachings must spread in the whole world through various means.’

The feedback from the participants after the lecture brought out that such lectures based on looking at Mahatma Gandhi as the role model for leading an ethical life, leading by example and practicing values in individual as well as in social life and in management was placed before them, perhaps for the first time. However, in most of the places it was generally found that the participants wanted more time to get a depth understanding of the life and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi to shape their personalities and virtues.

The faculty members were Shobhana Radhakrishna, Chief Functionary of ‘Gandhian Forum for Ethical Corporate Governance’ conducted the lectures in the conversational yet insightful sessions. The faculty presents Gandhi’s leadership strategies into ten different key facets with quotes from Gandhi and real situations from his life. It is so presented that the timeless wisdom shines forth, Gandhi’s words and deeds shine illuminate the business challenges of today and tomorrow to guide and inspire modern corporate leaders.

Ethical and profitable. There was a time – and not too long ago – when business leaders, if they were being brutally honest with themselves, would have hesitated to utter these two adjectives. That time is over. The world’s economic experience in the first decade of the twenty –first century has demonstrated that, far from being optional in business, let alone incompatible with profit, sound ethics are integral with the process of commerce and are essential to sustainable profitability. Gandhi could have told any businessperson this very thing a hundred years ago.

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SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant, Chattisgarh on 31.05.2011 & 19.11.2012 11

SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant, Jharkhand on 27.06.2011 & 05.04.2013

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SAIL- Management Training Institute, Ranchi on 28.06.2011

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SAIL Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) on 14.07.2011 & 04.04.2013

SAIL IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur, West Bengal on 15.07.2011

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SAIL Rourekela Steel Plant, Orissa on 03.08.2011

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NTPC – Power Management Institute, Noida on 13.03.2011 & 25.11.2011 18

NTPC Kahalgaon, Bihar on 13.05.2011

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Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon on 16.08.2011

on 13.05.2011 20

Coal India Limited, Kolkata on 01.09.2011

on 13.05.2011 21

22 TATA Steel Limited, Jamshedpur on 02.11.2011

on 13.05.2011

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BHEL – Corporate Office during the Management Committee Meeting on 22.09.2011

BHEL Bhopal Unit from 7 to 9 November, 2011 & 23 April, 2013

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BHEL Corporate (R&D) Division, Hyderabad on 14 November 2011

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BHEL Hyderabad Unit from 14-15 November, 2011 & 8 July, 2013

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BHEL Tiruchirappalli Unit from 29 - 30 November 2011 & 17 May, 2013

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BHEL Haridwar Unit from 08-10 December 2011 & 27 May, 2013 28

SAIL Salem Steel Plant on 02 December 2011 29

BHEL Bangalore Units from 15-17 December 2011 & 5 June 2013 30

SAIL VISL Plant, Bhadravati on 19 December 2011

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NTPC Thermal Station Dadri on 07 January 2012 and 12 May 2012

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BHEL Jhansi Unit on 03-04 February 2012

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BHEL-BAP Ranipet Unit on 11 February 2012 & 19 August, 2013 34

SAIL & SCOPE at New Delhi on 64th Martyrdom day 30 January 2012

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SAIL & SCOPE at New Delhi on 64th Martyrdom day 30 January 2012

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NTPC Faridabad Plant on 25 February 2012 & 13 March 2012

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ONGC Dehra Dun Academy on 29 February 2012 & 28 May 2013

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Engineers India Limited, Corporate Office, New Delhi on 26 March 2012

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Corporate Office, New Delhi on 29 March 2012

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Oil India Limited, Corporate Office, New Delhi on 2 April 2012

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Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited, Corporate Office, New Delhi on 1 May 2012

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ONGC Rajahmundry Asset on 23 May 2012

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National Seeds Corporation Limited on 29 May 2012

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Central Warehousing Corporation Limited on 30 May 2012 45

Handicrafts & Handloom Exports Corporation of India Limited on 25 June 2012

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National Handloom Development Corporation Limited on 27 June 2012

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Western Coalfields Limited on 23 June 2012

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Mahanadi Coalfields Limited from 16-17 July 2012

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National Aluminium Company Limited on 19 July 2012 50

Indian Tourist Development Corporation on 16 August 2012

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National Mineral Development Corporation Limited on 6 September 2012

National Mineral Development Corporation Limited, Donimalai Mine on 8 September 2012

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Bharat Electronics Limited, Sahibabad on 29 October 2012

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National Mineral Development Corporation Limited, Bailadila Mine on 16-17 November 2012

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ONGC & SCOPE at New Delhi on 65th Martyrdom day 30 January 2013

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ONGC & SCOPE at New Delhi on 65th Martyrdom day 30 January 2013

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NMDC and Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India on 15 March 2013

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BHEL, Human Resource Development Institute (HRDI) on 08 April 2013

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ONGC Mumbai Office on 07 May 2013

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ONGC Panvel Office on 08 May 2013

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BHEL Thirumayam unit on 18 May 2013

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BHEL Haidwar unit on 27 May 2013

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MMTC Limited, New Delhi on 31 May 2013

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ITI Limited, Bangalore on 04 June 2013

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HAL, Management Academy, Bangalore on 6 June 2013

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BHEL, PSSR Office, Chennai on 7 June 2013

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Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, Chennai on 8 June 2013

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai on 18 June 2013

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GAIL (India) Limited, Training Institute, Noida on 21 June 2013

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Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on 27 June 2013

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Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Limited, Visakhapatnam on 28 June 2013

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Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad on 8 July 2013

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NTPC BHEL Power Projects Limited, Mannavaram on 10 July 2013

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Hindustan Copper Limited, Kolkata on 25 September 2013

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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai on 10 October 2013

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Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited, Mumbai on 22 October 2013 78

Indian Oil Corporation Limited, New Delhi on 25 October 2013 79

Bharat Electronics Limited, Sahibabad on 28 October 2013

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HPCL, Regional Office, New Delhi on 30 October 2013

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ECIL, Corporate Office, Hyderabad on 25 November 2013

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Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai on 26 November 2013

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Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited, Jaipur on 17 December 2013

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BHEL & SCOPE at New Delhi on 66th Martyrdom day 30 January 2014 85

Goa Shipyard Limited on 21 February 2014

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Trainings for Company Directors by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs at Goa & Manesar

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Bharat Electronics Limited, Sahibabad on 11 October 2014 & 3 December 2014

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IOCL & SCOPE at New Delhi on 67th Martyrdom day 30 January 2015 89

SAIL & SCOPE at New Delhi on 70th Martyrdom day 30 January 2018

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LECTURES ON MESSAGE OF MAHATMA GANDHI BY SHOBHANA RADHAKRISHNA

Mahatma Gandhi is the most well-known Indian in the world today. Gandhi’s life was one of dedication and simplicity

and he valued non-violence and truth as the guiding principles of his life. Like Lord Buddha, Gandhi ji also followed

the inner voice that guided him throughout his life and he could justifiably say to the world that ‘My Life is My

Message’. Lectures on the life and message of Mahatma Gandhi has become a noble tool in humanity's quest for

global non-violence with the UN declaring Gandhi Jayanti (2nd

October) as the International Day of Non-violence.

having the fortune of spending a part of her life in Gandhiji’s Sevagram Ashram settlement in India, to emphasize the importance of

discipline in an individuals’ life, Shobhana Radhakrishna is on a mission to spread the socially relevant messages of Mahatma

Gandhi on peace, non-violence, satyagraha, universal brotherhood, unity and harmony in various parts of India. Mahatma Gandhi’s

thought and life can guide the people in any part of the world as it has the strength to inspire and bring about change.

With the background of having lived in Gandhiji’s settlement and dedicating her life to the cause of serving the poor and the

underprivileged for over three decades, she has a passion to take Gandhi’s life and thoughts to people in every corner of the world

and spread the message through the media of lectures so that people put their heart into understanding Gandhi. The presentation

gives an insight into the Mahatma’s life that may not be found in the books but is known only to people close to him.

These lectures in English/Hindi, give an insight into the Mahatma’s life and covered various aspects such as Gandhi’s

concept of non-violence and peace, Gandhian ideology of ethical leadership, essence of eternal values and their

application in workplace, transparency, accountability and individual probity, organizational integrity, ethical business

practices, trusteeship and societal responsibility and Gandhi will live on… Duration of this presentation is from 2 hours to

full day depending on the audience.

The sole aim of this whole exercise is to make people aware of the great man’s philosophy, leadership development and motivate them to be the change that they want to see in the world.

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PROPAGATING THE IDEOLOGY OF MAHATMA GANDHI -1990 TO 2018 1990-1996: Directed and incorporated story of Mahatma Gandhi in traditional and contemporary puppet theatre of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

and Indonesia in Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Presented the shows on October 2nd each year in ‘Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti’, New Delhi

Presented the story of Mahatma Gandhi through traditional puppetry in International festival at Pakistan and Taiwan using traditional troupes 1998- 2006: Presented the story of Mahatma Gandhi through traditional puppetry in International festival at Pakistan and Taiwan using traditional and contemporary troupes. Spread messages of the Mahatma Gandhi in government schools as part of value creation in education supported by Department of Education, Government of India 2007: Gave a lecture on Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi to students of Ingraham Institute, Gazhiabad Involved in presenting Gandhi Katha of five days in Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti in Delhi with Shri Narayan Desai supported by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,

Government of India 2008: Involved in presenting Gandhi Katha in Rajpipla and Surat districts of Gujarat with Shri Narayan Desai supported by district administrations Gave a lecture on peaceful resolution of conflicts based on Gandhian ideology to members of Mahila Sahnti Dal in Bodhgaya, Bihar Delivered three lectures on 'Gandhian thoughts and the Future of Humankind’ to youth congress leaders from Chattisgarh, Karnatak and Maharashtra states on an invitation

from All India Congress Committee. Delivered two lectures on Gandhi as role model for youth at Khalsa College, Punjab University and Riarki Institute in Gurdaspur, Punjab 2009, 2011 & 2014: Delivered the lecture as main speaker on messages of peace and non-violence of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and International Day of Non-violence ,

October 2nd 2009 at the Embassy of India in Japan, Tokyo sponsored by Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India. During the visit to Japan gave a series of twenty four lectures at, Japan International Cooperation Agency (Head Office), Institute of Asian Culture, Sophia University, Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Soka University, Initiatives of Change, Japan, Toyo Eiwa University, Universal Peace Federation, Suginami City Office & Suginami Association for Cultural Exchange, Japan

2010: Gave a lecture on ‘Nai Taleem’ education system propounded by Mahatma Gandhi to students and teachers of ‘Ingraham Institute’, Ghaziabad Addressed the Gram Panchayat and Zila Parishad members on ‘Gram Swaraj’ and constructive programs of Mahatma Gandhi in Nalanda District, Bihar 2011 to 2018: 24 Lectures on ethical leadership and values based on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi to trainee executives of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the Power

Management Institute and to the senior executives in NTPC Kahalgaon, Dadri and Faridabad plants, ITI Limited, MMTC, HAL, GAIL, BPCL & NLC Limited, ECIL, NBPPL, REIL 70 Lectures on leadership, social responsibility, ethics and values based on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi to senior and mid-career executives of Bharat Heavy Electrical

Limited (BHEL) in the Human Development Training Institute and in Management Committee meeting & units of BHEL, BHVP 15 Lectures on leadership, social responsibility, ethics and values based on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi in Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, IISCO, Rourkela, Salem,

VISL Steel Plants, Management Training Institute at Ranchi and New Delhi to executives of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), RINL-VSP 24 Lectures on 'Gandhian ideology of ethical leadership and values in management practices' in Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon to senior

executives of Indian Oil, BEL, HUDCO, NSC, NHDC, ITDC, Institute of Government Accounts and Finance, NACEN, NADT, NAAA, NID, CSIR-IMMT & IGNFA 28 Lectures on ‘Ethical leadership based on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi’ to senior executives of CIL,WCL,HHEC, NALCO, MCL, ONGC, BSNl, IMMT,EIL, BEL, GSL & OIL 6 Lectures on ‘Ethical leadership & values in management practices based on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi’ in NMDC (HQ), Donimalai & Bailadila Mines Delivered the three lectures on Martyrdom day 30 January 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2018 at New Delhi organized by SAIL, ONGC, BHEL, IOCL and SCOPE

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‘It is wrong to think that business is incompatible with ethics. I know that is perfectly

possible to carry on one's business profitably, and yet honestly and truthfully.’

- Mahatma Gandhi

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