Renowned mountaineer Kuntal Joshier shares success mantra with BIMTECH students
“Success is not a place where everyone arrives, it is rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.”
Efforts of humans scaling Mount Everest started way back in 1921 which makes it 100 years till today, and still, we have people who are continuously working towards achieving this dream. A dream which is becoming much more difficult to achieve over the years. This proves that leadership and management skills are not only limited to CEOs and Chairpersons of organizations and companies, but leadership is a skill which is needed in every aspect of life, be it schools and colleges, government, sports, societies, families, and politics as well.
In coherence with the vision of ‘Developing Ethical Leaders with Entrepreneurial and Global Mindset Striving for Sustainability’, BIMTECH Gr Noida organised the launch of LEAD Program for its PGDM Batch of 2021-23 on Sep 1, 2021. Mr. Kuntal Joshier an accomplished mountaineer who has scaled Mount Everest twice graced the launch
event and delivered an awe inspiring session “Climb your own Everest”.
LEAD-is an experiential course offered by HR Department of BIMTECH. It was introduced to inculcate leadership skills in our students. The acronym of LEAD is Leadership Experience and Attitude Development. It was formally flagged off in 2017 by Professor Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode who is known for his management mantras on leadership.
The event commenced with the welcome address of Dr. H Chaturvedi, Director- BIMTECH. He praised Mr. Kuntal for his hard work and acknowledged his great achievements in life. He also laid emphasis on the applicability of management learnings in not only corporate but in every professional and social role life. He reiterated that one cannot learn management only through books and classroom learning. It is important to get your hands dirty and face your fears in order to challenge yourself and ultimately overcome them.
Dr Chaturvedi reinforced that everyone needs to learn leadership and management attributes through whatever is happening around the world be it warfare, economy, diplomacy, and sustainability. Many management professionals have quoted in their team building and leadership talks, about the importance of being aware of the
surroundings and keeping your ears open.
He stated that Mr. Kuntal Joisher is the perfect example from whom we can learn how to chase our dreams and work hard towards your goal.
Get Inspired and find your own Everest!
Leadership starts with believing in yourself and facing your fears and making people around you comfortable and confident, so that you make a peaceful environment in any situation and achieve your goal accordingly said the guest speaker Mr. Kuntal Joshier.
In one of the most inspiring pep talks delivered at BIMTECH, Mr Joshier shared his experiences from giving up his corporate job to achieving his dream of scaling Mount Everest and how all these transformed him across his life journey. In his address to students, he also asserted the need to have that “self-driven motivation towards achieving something” by citing real-life examples from his choice of becoming a mountaineer, learnings from several eye-opening expeditions, how he prepared himself for this journey, what all obstacles came in his way and how he overcame his fear of heights and much more.
Here are a few takeaways from the session:
1 Get Inspired and find your own Everest
2. It seems risky and impossible but take the first step
3. Preparedness and training is very important
4. Be positive and stay focused
5. Believe in yourself challenges and adversity
6. Adapt and pivot
7. Learn from failure, innovate and focus on dreams
8. Don’t give up
9. Teamwork is the key to success
10. Transformation is the key
Few quotes shared by Mr. Kuntal:
❖ ‘To climb the top of the world you need top of the world body and mind’
❖ ‘Success is not all about greatness, It is about consistency, Consistent hard
work, and great success, Greatness will come’
❖ ‘Every skill you acquire it doubles the odds of success’
❖ ‘Be brave, take the risk, nothing can substitute experience
❖ ‘There is no substitute for hard work, No shortcut to the top No shortcut to any
place worth going
❖ ‘Change is the only constant in the life’
The session left a deep impact and intrigued all the students and faculty. The choice of theme for LEAD launch was indeed a perfect and profound step towards resilience in leadership which resonates with the ethos of BIMTECH.
