1. INAGURAL ADDRESS
K.S. School of Engineering
and
Management
03-Sep-2012
Gnana SS
CEO
Best Of Breed Software Solutions(India) Pvt Limited
and
ISIS THE SKILL BRIDGE
The corporate Citizen Breeder
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2. Agenda
 About Me
 Happiness
 Question and Answers
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3. 1957 to 1976
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4. LEAVING HOME AT MORNING 4:30, WALKING 2.5 MILES, TRAVEL BY BUS 12 MILES AND RETURN BACK
HOME NOT EARLIER THAN 19:30. WALKING THESE ROADS NOT MUCH CHANGED TILL 2012 JUNE
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5. LIGHT SOURCE THAT ENABLED TO PASS 10TH WITH FLYING COLOURS
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6. About Me
1977 – Nagercoil - Borrowed Rs 250 from a well wisher (Mr Abbas), reached Chennai with
a 10th Certificate to attend Air Force Interview with a family of 8 to support
20-May-1977 -Reached Bangalore with just Rs 25 in pocket and joined AF with a starting
Salary of Rs 90
31-May-1992 - Left Air force after 15 years of meritorious service with an AMIE
(Electronics and Communication Engineering ) and an MBA in hand
5-Nov-1992 -Joined Infosys while my colleagues looked for Central Govt jobs
1-April-2004 - Left Infosys and promoted Best Of Breed Software Solutions (India) Private
Limited (idea incubated on 26 Dec 2002) , now a company with 200 family members
focussed on recruiting and Deploying rural graduates
March 2012 promoted ISIS THE SKILL BRIDGE to bridge the gap between academia
and Industry
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7. AN ENGINEER AND A MANAGER
WHO IS AN ENGINEER
• DESIGNS QUALITY PRODUCTS
• AN ENGINEER IS SOMEONE WHO SOLVES PROBLEMS
• FINDS SMART SOLUTIONS
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8. AN ENGINEER AND A MANAGER
WHO IS A MANAGER
• A MANAGER HAS AN EYE FOR PROBLEMS
• GETS THINGS DONE WITH THE SUPPORT OF TEAM
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9. WHAT SHOULD YOU BECOME
A MANAGER WITH AN ENGINEERING HEART
NEVER BECOME A GENERAL MANAGER
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10. HOW CAN YOU REACH THERE
AND WHY ?
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11. TAKE A STEP BACK
WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE?
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12. WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE?
Grow Get a Great Boyfriend / Be Healthy
Company Job Girlfriend
why? why? why? why?
Retire Early Make Money Find Soul Run Faster
Mate
why? why? why? why?
Spend Time w/ Buy A Home Run A
Get Married
Family Marathon
why? why? why? why?
HAPPINESS
S
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13. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN
HAPPINESS
People are very bad at predicting what will
bring them sustained happiness.
“When I get ___, I will be happy.”
“When I achieve ___, I will be happy.”
S
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14. WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE?
Grow Get a Great Boyfriend / Be Healthy
Company Job Girlfriend
why? why? why? why?
Retire Early Make Money Find Soul Run Faster
Mate
why? why? why? why?
Spend Time w/ Run A
Buy A Home Get Married Marathon
Family
why? why? why? why?
HAPPINESS
S
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15. 3 TYPES OF HAPPINESS
Rock Star
time
(Pleasure - chasing the next high)
Flow time
(Engagement - time flies)
time
Meaning / Higher Purpose
(Being part of something bigger than yourself)
S Thanks to Tony of Zappos
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16. NOW YOU KNOW YOUWANT TO BE HAPPY
You have joined an Engineering Degree Course
Will it Bring Happiness just by passing or Scoring Marks
BIG NO
To Reach Happiness you need to have a
vision to bigger than yourself
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17. WHAT IS THAT REQUIRED TO BE THERE
SET GOALS NOW ITSELF
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19. ENHANCE YOUR PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
 Loyalty
 Commitment
 Honesty and Integrity
 Enthusiasm
 Reliability
 Personal Presentation
 Common Sense
 Positive Self-esteem Personal Attributes
 Sense of humour
 Balanced attitude to
work and home life
 Ability to deal with
pressure
 Motivation
 Adaptability
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20. ENHANCE YOUR SOFT SKILLS OR TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
 Communication
 Teamwork
 Problem Solving
 Initiative and Enterprise
 Planning and Organising
 Self Management Transferable Skills
Soft Skills
 Learning
 Technology
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21. You Should be a balanced individual?
Intelligent and Emotional Quotient
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22. WHAT WILL GET YOU THERE
COMMITMENT, HARD WORK
AND…….
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23. WHAT WILL GET YOU THERE
SELF CONFIDENCE
THE FEELING
YES I AM NO LESS THAN ANY ONE IN THE WORLD
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24. WHAT WILL GET YOU THERE
APPLY EVERY THING THAT YOU LEARN HERE IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
IN PRACTICAL LIFE
EVERY SUBJECT THAT IS TAUGHT HERE IS NOT JUST THEORY
BUT WILL INCREASE YOUR AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE
YOU WILL PASS OUT AS A GENERALIST
BECOME A SPECIALIST TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AND
HAPPY
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25. THANK YOU
gnanass@gmail.com
http://bbssl.blogspot.in/
Facebook:gnanass
Twitter gnanas
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