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Mr. Rajkumar Bansal, AVP – Group Leader, Strategy Planning & Operations, Infosys, Bengaluru interacts with students

14-Feb-2018
Mr. Rajkumar Bansal, AVP – Group Leader, Strategy Planning & Operations, Infosys, Bengaluru interacts with students

Mr. Raj Kumar Bansal is a BE from NIT, Durgapur, MBA from University of Delhi and MS from BITS, Pilani. He has been associated with Toastmasters for the last 16 years. While addressing the students he emphasised that it is the extra effort in terms of time, energy and thinking that makes a difference. Students should have a “small extra” in them to stand out in a crowd. Mr. Bansal shared his failure stories and how Toastmasters Club assisted him in overcoming his weaknesses. He expressed that after college while getting into a job, he came out with flying colours in the initial rounds of interview, however during the final round where he had to bring out his abilities he failed drastically. He was unable to articulate and also did not reach out to people for feedback and improvement. He advised students to acknowledge that you do not know the answer to a question during the interview than bluffing which could be easily identified by the expert interviewer. “Try Again” was the motto of his life and he climbed the ladder of failure which took him to greater heights. His net worth and network was “zero”, however with the Toastmasters Club he is now talking to people at top managerial level. Experiences at Toastmasters instilled confidence in him to do presentation. Hand Gestures, Body Language, Intonation and pitch was learnt in Toastmasters. He urged students to prepare and rehearse for any presentation they are supposed to do. He stimulated students to evaluate self, identify what they lack and work on it. He communicated that Toastmasters Club groom students on Leading Meetings, Impromptu Speeches, Prepared Speeches & Constructive Evaluation. Post his session; the students expressed their interest in starting a Toastmasters Club at Sahyadri.

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