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Swami Mahamedhananda from Ramakrishna Mission addresses MBAs

14-Jan-2021
Swami Mahamedhananda from Ramakrishna Mission addresses MBAs

Swami Mahamedhananda, a Sannyasi of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, a monastic organization established by Swami Vivekananda in 1897, visited Sahyadri on 14th Jan’2021 and addressed the first year MBA students on “What is Success?” Attracted by the divinity of Sri Ramakrishna, and the all-embracing spirit of the Ramakrishna Order he joined it in 2004 at Belur Math in West Bengal, the international headquarters of the Order.
For the last two decades, he has been associated with Value Education work. He has served as coordinator of a Personality Development Project at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, Mysuru, and has then been involved in Belur Math’s Value Education Programmes. For nearly a decade he served as a Hostel Superintendent, college teacher, and then Joint Controller of Examinations at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, a fully autonomous residential UG to PhD College for men located adjacent to Belur Math.
From Aug 2016 he is serving as the editor of The Vedanta Kesari, one of the monthly cultural and spiritual English magazines of the Ramakrishna Order published from Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.
He is also for more than four years engaged with the Vivekananda Study Circle (VSC) at IIT Madras. He conducts regular Sunday classes at the IIT Madras campus for VSC students and guides them in rural service activities.
Key takeaways from the Session:
• Definition of success is different for different people
• Clarity in Goals – Where do you want to go? How are you going? Why you want to go? – These 3 questions will give clarity to your goals
• Ideal goal is one which is fine tuned with values
• Yogasana teaches us to control our mind
• Both inner success and outer success are important
• Learn to ask questions – this will make you a best student
• Commit to Excellence – Work hard and try to be perfect
• Self-Belief – Faith in oneself
• Learn to say “NO” to others and to own self
• Learn to be in a continuous Learning Mode
He concluded the session by stating that – “A thought remembered again and again becomes Action, an Action practiced again and again becomes a Habit and a bundle of habits makes your character”. So, pay attention to your thought.
Principal, Dr. Rajesha S; Director-MBA, Dr. Vishal Samartha; Dean-Strategic Planning, Prof. Ramesh KG and Academic Administrative Officer, Ms. Shreelatha U A, felicitated Swamiji for his contribution towards the youth of our nation.

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