Dr Preeti Chitkara

  Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. -Thomas Merton While climbing the stairs of success, many a times we become so focused on our goals & passions that we forget our friends, family or the ones whose company we enjoy. I agree that we do not wish to be distracted by anyone and their activities like  going for cinema, partying and enjoying don’t seem to be very attractive to us but we should not forget that every relationship needs communication, time& attention.   Of course we may stay focused onto our goals and may choose not to enjoy with them if we have some targets to achieve or some imperative tasks to accomplish. Nonetheless sometimes  we stay detached and unaffected showcasing that we are too busy or we have significant assignments  to cater to, whence our family or friends are in urgent need of our time & care, the chances are more that it would reflect our arrogance and we may lose them forever.   Nonetheless let us never lose such opportunities

“Great Speakers aren’t born, they’re trained: Public Speaking is a Skill developed through experience & learning!!” I remember when I was in class X, I was selected to speak in the morning assembly of my school on the topic “Stop chasing happiness and it will follow you!!” I was extremely excited but equally full of anxiety as I had never been on the stage before that. However, I prepared well and reached the school stage on the D-day. While on the stage, I confidently wished “Good Morning” to all and begun with my speech but it seemed as if I was tongue tied, I could not utter a single word. I don’t know what happened, my vision became blurred and I started trembling in my boots. My teachers prompted me to see the paper, I had in my hand but I could not understand anything. At last I had to say “Sorry” and I climbed down the stage, embarrassed. I can never forget that day!! And today, if you ask me to speak in front of Lacs of people, I’m ready, anytime! This transformation

      “ I t is not the strongest of the species, nor the most intelligent that survives.It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. ”   KIET Group of Institutions offered a Webinar Series “Empower India Empower Youth” to enhance the knowledge & skill-set of the students of the esteemed schools. Through this webinar series they endeavored to add value to the lives of the students and engage them through productive & constructive thought process. Dr Preeti Chitkara , Manager IA at KIET addressed the students of GD Goenka School during the webinar on the topic ' How to overcome stage fear! ' on 29th MAY'20 for students of 10th, 11th and 12th class.   At the outset, the session commenced with Ms. Vandana Midha, Principal G.D. Goenka School as she welcomed the speaker and the participants. Then after Dr. Chitkara shared the nuances of developing confidence to speak on the stage effectively. The feedback received from the students and teachers was quite en

                      'Cigarette lelo...beedilelo, bauji Cigarette lelo...beedilelo’ These words of a small 8 year old child lured the attention of the passengers, who were travelling in the bus from Sardhana to Meerut (towns near Delhi, India).   This small child named Madan lived a life,full of struggles and hurdles. He never got a flowery road, infact there were so many tussles and hard grafts involved that though he was a highly emotional man, he turned into a strong cord, mentally as well as financially.   Son of a refugee from Pakistan, Madan was born on 25 April 1948. When he opened his eyes for the first time, his family members were in thrashes and turbulence as they had just survived the partition crash. His father, Shyamlal, was a very modest man and he couldn’t fetch even a penny from his collection at Pakistan and thereby they were just bankrupts in their early Indian years. The family lived in Sardhana, a town near Delhi. Shyamlal somehow managed the househ

    In the words of Dorothy Rowe, ‘ Depression is the prison , where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer’. It’s that mental disturbance wherein human undergoes feelings of severe despondency and dejection that overpowers all other faculties of wisdom in him. And it’s this depressive state or pressure of negativity in and around the students that need to be targeted to do away with the escalating stress among students and bring smiles on their faces. Really!Merely by seeing the students in stress, we may em pathetically calculate the ache of their sufferings but do we ever realize the cause behind the nerve-racking conditions of these students. The reason can be any from the long list that includes hitches in the education pattern or conventional psyche of the society that forces the students to go for few prestigious professional choices like Medical, Engineering, Civil Services, CA or MBA instead of pursuing their passion as their profession. It can be over expe