CIB (India) Mumbai Chapter
Third Meeting Report
April 26, 2014
Venue: IofC flat at Kumaram, Worli Seaface
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
– Edward Everett Hale
Now take 15 people with the attitude of Hale. It is bound to have an effect. Theyknow that they are just few. They are conscious they cannot do everything. But just because they cannot do everything they refuse to sit back and grumble. These are men and women with a desire to make a difference. This is what one witnessed on April 26, 2014 when the CIB Mumbai Chapter met for the third time in as many months.
Right at the onset, the agenda was clear. The focus was two pronged. The first was to discuss how the youth of today could be educated on the importance of values and ethics in life, be it business or any other activity they take on. The second was
to plot a path that the CIB Mumbai Chapter would like to see its efforts take three years hence. With this outline before them, the discussions set with earnest.
As Ms. Anita Sinhai Guha a representative of IBM India Pvt. Ltd. was attending the meeting for the first time, Anil Chopra, Convener of the CIB City Chapter went through the round of introductions.
Following this, Anil then shared with the group the sum and substance that Ms. Asha Varma, Principal, Children’s Academy, Ms. Rekha Shahani-Jagasia, Principal, Kamla High School and he had been discussing in an earlier preparatory meeting. He captured the essence of a draft content that Ms. Varma had prepared on bringing the importance of ethics to school children and teachers. In order to achieve this, they proposed sessions that inculcated values through games and activities . Furthermore as it was evident that a teacher wields an amazing influence in shaping or moulding the minds of the students, the role of teachers in today’s society was also deliberated on.