MAKING

YOURSELF -
C RESTRUOTUR~~@YOURSELF ,..

WHAT IS THIS
POWERFUL
IMAGE SAYING
TOUS?
MAN IS HIS OWN MAKER

You are the stone,

you are the chisel,
you are the sculptor.

What does this mean? You are the sculptor! Meaning you have all of the ability, skill,
intellect, and tools needed to shape the stone, which is your life.

So ~at do you wa~t from your life? What destiny do you see for yourself? Are you
working towards making that a reality? If not, it is lime to restructure yourself.

SO WHERE TO BEGIN?

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- THE POWER OF A SINGLE

THOUGHT!
Sow a thought, reap an actio n;
sow an action, reap a habit;
sow a habit, reap a character;
sow a character, reap a destiny

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CHARACTER
HABIT

CHANGE BEGINS,
- THOUGHT
SIMPLY, WITH A THOU GHT.
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Thought? I have a million thoughts a day ...

how powerful can they be?
A single thought contains the potential to change the world.
Take a look: ■

... well, what happens if you divide O by O?"

- Srinivasa Ramanujon

Once Ramanuian's school teacher was

explaining that any number divided by itself equals 1.
At that time, Ramanuian wondered what would happen
· if O was divided by 0.
This thought led to maior breakthroughs in the field of
mathematics.

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 REMAKING YOURSELF /

I wonder why that apple fell down ...

- Isaac Newton

And with this thought, Issac Newton went on to mathematically

explain gravity, universal gravitation, the law of motion,
and much more. This single thought literally changed the way
we understand the physical world around us.

Ju, whot if I run at the speed of light?

- Albert Einstein

's teacher was explaining the concept of 'speed of light'

when Einstein had a thought:
if I run at the speed of light? Will I see light stable?'
This thought would go on to change
physics forever and provide us with the theory of relativity.

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11 Can I fly amongst the clouds?
-Abdul Kalam
Once young Kalam's teacher took his class
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to the Rameshwaram seashore to show the students how the birds fly.
However, Kalam found something else in the flight of these birds -
he found inspiration to fly.
Young Kalam would go on to become the Missile Man of India. 1

So there you go! A powerful thought can change the world! But...

'- "Yesterday
Everyone thinks of f) I was clever,
changing the world, so I wanted to change
but no one thinks of the world.
changing himself. Today I am wise, so
- Leo Tolstoy I am changing myself."

- - Rumi

... before we go and change the world .

,,_____ , we must first restructure ourselves .
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. d t ture yourself, you must strengthen these 4 q uotients. vo J~~E' 1
According to the lecture, m or er to res rue

PHYSICAL QUOTIENT (PQ)

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EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT (EQ) SPIRITUAL QUpTIENt
How I feel and react How my faith and values arei· 1 (SQ)
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life, would I wont to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the ansife/ ·..
days in a row, I know I need to change something. 11
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shortcomings or the things we don 't hove, we become em~ fi ·.,.. · .·: lmllmiJ~lm dfw8ml
our relationships. Instead, w e should focus on what,we, ~9.J . - ~~~
for thethings we have and appreciate it.By being grof~f~/t -~8ml~
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Write all of things you wish you had or wish you were,
scratch it out and replace it with something you do have.

WRITE, SCRATCH & RE_~{~

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reme mber: everything that happertS to us, '1pPP,.~!'f fo,: the l.,est. - X•! ~ ~
hard, and remain patientto.•ee;how things'. turn;_out.
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Connect the Dots: Try to remember one event fro m y o ur life w here in the moment you faced difficulties
or failure, but in th e long run it ended up rn you r fa vour.

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' : ,,. , 1i •i,· 1,, \Jlv•· y, ,u un nnswe r to this question. Because the answer is personal and specific to ~ .~
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yni( 7WO HOST IMPORTANT l>AYS IN YOUR l/FE ARE

\ THE'l>.\V VOU ARE BORN AN'/> THE '/>AY YOU FIN'/> OUT r.JHY!
• Mark Twain

letie breaf Resfr1Acf1AriY1~ Commence)

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Frornukh Swami Maharaj has given us the formula for success:

HARD WORK t PRAYcR = success

If, ou want to successfully restructure yourself, to improve your life, to develop your personality
- then apply these 6 thoughts to your life! It will require a sincere effort on your part

However, along with effort, don't forget to pray. TI1ere is a power in prayer that we can tap 1rto
whenever we need guidance encouragement, and support. Prayer helps focus our mind,
create a positive mind-set and environment around us, and reach beyond our capacity

So, every day, pray to whomever you believe in:

He 1- me in all of my endeavours. Whatever strength, intellect, or power I possess is due to

your_ e. Please bless me with courage of character. Help me to reach my potential and try
every day to become the best version of myself."

Eve ry few classes, we will be giving you an IPDC Challenge, where you w ill have
the opportunity to perform a certain task or activity over the course of a fe w days to
connect with the principles taught throughout this course

.
Use this QR code to download this mobile wallpaper with all 6 of these powerful th oug htson ,t. · Th e f',rst IPDC
Challenge will be to reod through these thoughts twice a week, every week un,f/ th e en d o f the semester You can
contemplate on these thoughts on the days you have your /PDC class. ·

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Dear Friend, YOUTH .

Before you enter my world, let me introduce myself. I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or
heaviest burden. I am completely at your command . Half the things you do you might just as well turn over to me, and
I will be able to do them quickly, correctly.

Show me exactly how you wont something done, and ofter a few lessons I will do it automatically. I am the servant of
all great people; and alas, of all failures as well.

Toke me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you

Forever your companion,

Habit

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rice between who you are and who you want to be is what you do."
~ Charles Duhigg
· ,; ;<11 which you do consistenlly is called a habit.)

Tom Corley, author of "Change Your Habits, Change Your Life" studied 233 self-made millionaire s over the course of
five years on the daily habits that helped them become successful. Here are the habits they have in common:

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self- improvement through reading. Legendary
investor and self-made billionaire
LL Warren Buffett says that reading has been the
V) most cru cia l habit he's developed.

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They avoid time -wasters:
Thin k of time as an investment. Where do we
According to Cor/er, 76% of his survey
V) respondents carve out 30 minutes or more for
wa nt to invest ou r time? Where will we receive
the best return? Be choosy about the apps
exercise every day. Billionaire Richard Branson,
LL says that his morning routine of waking
you spend your time on. Instead of spending

0 up at 5 am to play tennis or cycle,

has doubled his productivity.
hours on end watching TV or scrolling
through lnstagram or Whatsapp, think

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*tick the circle next to the habits you would like to implement in your life.
You can find more tips in his best-selling book "Change Your Habits, Change Your Life."

"People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures ."
~ F. M. Alexander

"Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and reap a
character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny." ~ Samuel Sm iles ,~
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Watch Charles Duhigg's TEDx talk

about~ePowerofHabtthera :
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HOW TO DEVELOP GOOD HABITS OR CHANGE BAD HABITS?

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Identify th e habit. I Define the concrete behaviour you want to chang e or develop.

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I Make the decision to change the habit

and then remain committed.
Be persistent and patient when creating or
destroying habits.

"NEW HABITS ARE MUCH LIKE ANEW PAIR OF SHOES: FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS,
THEY WILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT IF YOU BREAK THEM IN FOR ABOUT THREE
WEEKS, THEY Will FIT LIKE ASECOND SKIN. 11
~ Robin Sharma

~~ -~~~dmmli 11D

For additional reading:

Seven Habits of Highly Change You• Hob,t

Effective Teens Change Your L.fe
(Sean Covey) !Tom Corley}

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be productive
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WILL I BE ABLE TO DO IT?

Once you get post those first 21 days

you will find that staying on course with
new habit will be for easier than y
imagined.

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 LEARNING fROM

There c:-e 3 typ es of peop Ie m

. this world.

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e se~ond rs extraordinary. Outstanding. Exceptional R
;:::,~;:;:~o~:in . o pom<ulo, 6eld. lliey ochieve
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Who! is o legend? A legend ;, someone whose nome, whose wo,k, whose life lost, rhe lest of hme. Eveo ;f rhor'pfrson
;, no longe, here w;rh "'• !hey leave on eve,loshng ;mprinl on rh;, fo,rh. Even omongsl rhe extroord;nOryjj;e ;,
con,;dered g,eol. His or her 1;Fe ;n,p;,e, people to reoch For o higher sense of chorocler. A legend ;,n'.;oo)y
occompl;,hed ;n his or he, p,olession or work. lliey hve o principled, d;,ciphned, volue-bo_sed;Jifi -~ .,,
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 SCINARI0#1
Only one more exam leftl Then we can relaxl"

You and your friends are walking out of the examination hall, discussing a few of the harder
questions on the exam. You have completed all of your final exams with just one left before
vacation. You are making plans to meet up during the vacation when you make it to the
parking lot. You reach your scooter and find your sister waiting for yo u, crying .

"What happened? Why are you crying?" Your sister wipes her eyes and nose and
then says, "Bhai! Mom just called and told us to get home quick," she says
before crying even more. "What are you talking about? " yo u say worried
and confused. "Mom just called and said that there was a fire in the
kitchen and she wasn't able to put it out in time .The w hole house is on
fire!" your sister says hysterically.

Without saying another word, you both jump on to you r scooter and race
home. On the way home, you think to yourself about your ho me, your family,
your belongings ... all the stuff that is currently burning up. " Oh no! I still have o ne more exam
tomorrow! What am I going to do? My notes for the exam have probably burnt up in the fire! "
you think to yourself.

Under these difficult circumstances, what would you clo?

D "Forget the exam I My house burnt down I The school will excuse this exam."
0 " I guess I'll go ahead and take the exam. But I don't know if my mind will be there."
D " What's the point of worrying about someth ing I have no control over? Right now my duty
is to focus on my exam. Once the exam is complete, I will help my family figure this out."

~e year is 1999. The ICC

night before the match a a~orl~ Cup is taking place in En
Ramesh Tendulk g inst Zimbabwe. Sachin' gland . Sachin Tendulk . .
or, passed away. Sachin packs ~thone rings suddenly, only t:~1s lying on his bed in his hotel
Brijesh Patel Ind· ' s bag and leaves for Ind· ind out that his father room the
, 10 s man f 10. ,
His death ager or the to
Was unexpected ... Sa h· n urnament, told BBC "S h· . .
c in 11ew ho h· , ac in is in
Wh'I S . met is morning " a state of shock h
' e ach,n was ... ' e was very cl
returned to E I attending to his father' l' I . ose to his father
ng and to I
that it was his duty t i s nna rite I d·
ay against Kenya wh ~ n to lost their match .
op ay for his country ~nd t:re e sc~red 140 runs. Sa:~01nst _Zimbabwe . After 3 do .
We may fa d·rr honor his father II in maintained b I ys, Sach1n
ce t1T1cult . as we o once of m· d
and collected in th f circumstances like th · . . ,n rememberin g
e ace of d·rr ts tn our life b .
l1T1culties W h ' ut ,tis in ou h
. e s ould always fulfill dr ands to ma intai n bal
our uty I on ce of · d
o our self, our fa mil min - rema in ca lm
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 LEA~t:-IING FROM LEGENDS 1

tclNARI0#2
You are an app developing king I At your college, everyone knows that you are a genius w hen it comes to developing new
applications for smart phones. You've already made two apps that were instant hits! Currently, you are working on a new opp
that will help students compile and share their notes with other students.

One day, another student comes up to you while you are having lun ch and asks, " Do you have a
minute? I wanted to ask you a few questions about app development." You don't know this guy but
you give him the seat next to you . He begins to tell you about an idea he has about a new app and
it sounds just like yours I In fact, he hos added some new features that make it more user-friendly than
the opp you are developing.

"I'm having some issues w ith the coding . I w as hoping you co ul d take a look at it and help me get rid
of any bugs." he says.

What would you do? This guy might be a better app developer than you!

0 "I can't help this guy! He's my competition!"

0 nl'II toke a quick look at it and say I couldn't find any problems."
D "I should help him out. He seems to have real potential for app development and could become great in the future "

Sachm Tendulkar is known for guiding young and new cricketers, giving them invaluable advice . However, Sachin used
o hep er cketers even when he was a superstar! He would give tips freely to his teammates and even players from other
teams!

In an interview with Times of Indio, Amal Muzumdar (retired Ranji Trophy batsman) said, " Personally, I owe [S achin]
a lot for the courage he gave me in times of need Once while ploying a match for Mumbai against Maharashtra ...
was struggling with my own failures and some worries at home. Nobody knew what w as going through my mind, but
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Sachin could sense it. He came and put his arm around my shoulder and said, 'Amal, whatever it is, you have to fight
it out.'"
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competitor in the future . Helping others is its own reward.
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West Indies m Chenna1 Sochin edged

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What will we do?
w,11 face many such Jec1sions.

W,11 we toke the 'not-out' or tell the truth?

It may seem like a simple decision with no consequences,
but remember these decisions sculpt our character.

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learning from Ratan Tata has lived on incredible life. He hos hodiJf f.9~e·:manl
up s and downs, many failures and successes. Howev~;; !he•thi~

TH~ that truly makes Roton Tata stand out amongst business mag~-~ e1
and industrialists is his ethi ca l behavior and business pra~tici s,
along with his value-based living . This takes Raton Tata f~ll'
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TITAN simply an accomplished person to legendl

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and drm'f forget •,r: vr.;rol other board meetin WI

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Wld lessons can be learnt from how

Iatan Tata attends these meetings? c;-..,..
How can I apply these lessons to MY LIFE?

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Roton Toto owns 65% of Tata Sons which is worth
more than 71 billion US dollars. This 65%
ownership of Toto Sons limited is not reflected on
Roton Toto's personal financial statement but on the
statements of various charitable organizations.
Roton Toto is known to donate 65-70% of his wealth
to charitable causes within
education, medicine, rural development, etc.

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On 26/ 11 of 2008, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (the Taj), owned by the Tata Group, was attacked by terrorists. In the
aftermath of the attack, Raton Tata took charge to make sure employees or visitors who had suffered injury or loss at the Taj
would receive some form of compensation. Tata made sure that salaries of heavily attacked Taj Hotel employees were paid even
while the hotel was being reconstructed. 1,600 employees were provided food, water, first aid, and sanitation facilities through
employee outreach centers. Rato n Tata personally visited families of all BO employees that were affected . The employee's
relatives were flown to Mumbai an d were all accommodated for 3 weeks. Tata also compensated railway employees, police
staff, and pedestrians. Tata made arrangements for the education of 46 children of victims. They also paid families of deceased
employees their full salary for the rest of their life.

Rotan Tata personally attended 64 funerals in 3 days!

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How con I apply these lessons to MY Lli:E,?

Interestin g TATA Facts

. When Tata was looking to acquire a company• named Corus, a 1, BOO page MOU was prepared . Ratan Tat
12 times in 2.5 days. That is equal to readmg 21,600 pages! a read that Mi

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for 70 hours straight! Rotan Tata remained present for all 70 h
. The Corus acquisition meeting went on
without taking a break to sleep! Rotan Tata was 72 years old at the time.
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· Raton Tata used to receive300 letters daily. He hired 6 MBA graduates a

4 /AS o Hicers to rea d an d respond to 275 of those letters Th e remaining 2
letters required his personal attention.
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When Tata would visit the bathroom, his staff would stand 10ft apart, lined up
along the way to the bathroom. Rotan would then answer 3 letters on the way
3 letters on the way back. He would complete all 25 letters by the end of his

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"I spent a lot of time preparing myself physically and mentally.
I would rather convert that negative energy into positive energy. 11

"Don't stop chasing your dreams, because dreams do come true."

you want to wollc fast, wa k alone But if you want to walk so ra' ~

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The Wit and Wisdom of Rotan Tata

The Tata Group: From T hb (by Raton Tata)
ore earers to Trailblazers
Chase Your Dreams: My Aut
(by Sachin Tendulkar)
Playing It My Way
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WHY IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPORTANT?

You know that feeling you get, when you have too much to do in a very short amount of time and everyone is waiting
an you expecting you to produc e some grand, flawless work? 1he anxious, worried, stressed out feeling you get in the
pit of your stomach? The feeling you gel when you have to complete a project and you don't even know where to start?

In this lesson, we are going to teach yo u the principles of project management so you can confidently take on any

project life th rows at you.

'~Let our advance w orrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill

Principles of p roject management will teach us how to plan in advance, reducing our stress and worries.
We w;II le am these p,;ndples thwugh a case study - The construction of Akshardham, New Delhi.

PRINCIPLES Of PROJECT MANAGEMENT

. There are three Principles of Project Management as per

John Storck (A m erican Management Association -AMA).
These principles are also known as the Project Management Triangle .

1. Quality of Projed
_ What is the final output, what level of quality are we trying to achieve?

2. Time Efficiency
_ When are we trying to complete the project? What is the deadline?
TIME
3. Resources
_ What resources do we have? (human, financial, social, political, etc.); EFFICIENCY
What are our limitations?

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you can achieve any two aspects, but you cannot achieve three. You have to sacrifice O ne o f t hern

j ~ want to ach;eve good quality, but have a tight deadline, then you will need substantial financia l reso urces.
ff ,ou want to achieve good quality, but don't have financial resources, then you may need more time to co mplete the
project.
•If you want your project done in less time but you don't have financial resources, then you may have to sacrifice quality.

• According to the American Management Association, in order to achieve any two principles from th is triangle,
you must sacriflce the third.

However, the Akshardham project smashl'd this theory and proved that it is possible
hi v all three aspects! let's see how they did itl

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QUALITY OF PROJECT
SWAMI NARAYAN
c:.fikshardhaf'.I\J
NEW DELHI

1. AKSHARDHAM MON UMENT

The mon um ent is made without use of fe rrous metal in construction .

The Akshardham Mandir consists of 234 intricately carved pillars,

9 ornate domes, 20 quadrangle spires and 20,000 statues of
India's spiritual personalities.

The Mand ir reache s 141 .3 feet into the sky, spans 316
feet in width, and is 356 feet long. 3, 00, 000 stone
pieces to be carved, 1 to 7 inch deep intricate
carving needed, 8, 50,000 cubic feet of stone w ork!

X-LIKE FILM: MYSTIC INDli

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A Iorgo forrnot r.p1c, on a scale never seen before in India.
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A p nod film that Iran porl5 you bac.k to 18th Ce n•ury Ind ia
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· Filmed in over 100 location s oil <->ve r lr,d10, from Ire free.zing mountains of the H r,aloya s •o the sc. rch1 g dL, I,. A 1
22, 000 miles of surveys conducted over 250 loca f1ons for tr-e shoot ng o' l!-1s film :equivalent to frave/1,ng from Mu!1'ba
M x,co twic.e!)
tn rd r t:J J I th 101 of ~Jilkrin 1h Varn,, th • w re more than 11,000 auditions taken in 'Tl> e ho" 1 1 t1
A ~ 1i 1y cast of 45,000 people
lh th •ii r h,,, Dclhi'5 frrst lorg forma t screen 'Tl a l'r no BS-foot by 65-foot.

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- -- · Mystic Indio received the Audience's Choice Award at he 0 1 ,, e o o o a e

Festival at La Geode ,n Paris fral'lce Mysrc lnd·o was one of nine large format Fi ms s
to be scree!led at the festival. Mystic Indio was also accred ted w' the honor of
"Most Popular Film" at the San Jose IMAX Film Festival.

.·,.:,.J;~NAND WATER SHOW

Used 425 Submersible Pumps, 600 Lights, and loser pro;ection.

by BAPS volunteers.
Designing and installation o f this show was done

Yves Pepin (Creator of multimedia shows and forge-scale

events, founder of ECA2) who had worked as artistic consultant
for ope ning and closing ceremony in Beijing 2008
Olympic Gomes, helped in making of this water show.

In 20 18, USA Today recognized

Sahajanand Water show as 1 of the top ten
spectacular loser and light shows in the world!'

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4. SANSKRITI DARSHAN - CULTURAL BOAT RIDE
More than 350 texts were researched while creating the Cultural Boat R,de.
Research was done inthe following fields ·
Medical, Mathematics, Geometry, Space Science, Aeronautics,
Atom Science, Arts and Skiffs.
You can see 10,000 years of Indian Civilization in just 12 minutest'

These are just a few of the main attractions at Akshordham, Based on the information above we con see that no corner was cut rn
producing this cultural complex. Each attraction was researched and created with quality as o morn component of the work .

Awards received by AKSHARDHAM:

> 2007 - Guinness World Records awards the Swominoroyon Akshardha'11 New Delh, with
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I feel that nothing is impossibl .
ff dedication of your volunteers that\~sis only
Aluhardhom done in 5 years/" 9°t

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as I am told, was created in just 5 years I arn- Leet
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itffat but an architect myself. And seeing the limitation s . .Y
in 1nd1a
I thll'lk normally it would have taken 50 years to build such O thing',,
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DR• R. CHIDAMBARAM · Former Principal Sc~ntiftc Advisor of I d·
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"It is impossible to believe that this work has been com pleted 1
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5 years. The presi:,nce of Pramukh Swami Mahara j ha s a tremendous

effect ... Here's an incredible combination of ultra -advanced
technology and spirituality. "

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PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN
Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
"The overall experience of architecture special design, cleanliness,
calm, crowd control, discipline, peace, serenity is difticult to describe
in words. It is a modern day wonder. Con si dering the project was
executed in less than 5 years, is a rem arkable feat."
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~anizatioR, so efficient a11d effective use of resources was critical for success.

· Maximum resource utilization was achieved through waste reduction a nd pr

efficiency. e.g. creating smaller stone carvings from larger ston e wa 5lage.

· Time Management - The skilled workers lived anyw here from 25 - 75 KM from the
site. This travel time was cutting into productive ••
work time. In order to increase efficiency and ~,
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e 1vered to the house of the artisans so they ~ · • :,,.. ·
tl;,e trucks would go to collect the carved stone, more
off to carve.

in 5 years, every month on average 5,000 stones

ot7000 artisans were needed. However, only 1,000
t1hqt time liH Pram1t1h Swami Maharaj suggested that
ltalned. The current artisans reached out to their family
blood inJheir ancestry. These artisans were then trained to carve
ompletin9 lhe reqvired 7,000 artisans needed to stay on target.

was only 1 of many other on-going BAPS construction pro jects:

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bhoi, Atlodara, Surat · 51 schools: Kutch-Bhuj, 3 schools: Sarangpur,
· Earthquake Relief Activities in Bhuj. fon cor11P 01
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 has ,Usf began. Your college Provost calls you at cabin and says, "We want to hold a Youth Fesf
you to lead and coordinate the planning and execution of the proied." The Provost also added,
for the invites is 4000. So keep that in mind."

ask the Provost right now? (Ex: budget}

WHAT
QUESTIONS
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ON YOUR
MIND?

The Provost instructs you to -

J. Plan the whole Fest (what activities, programs, shows, etc. are you going to have?) J. Figure out a tentati 1e budget,
~- Plan out which departments will be needed to plan and execute the Youth Fest?

This pion should eocompos, oil aspects of the even/, including:

· Venue, logistics, & catering management {contracts, permits, insura~ce/ef_c'.j : .
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· Speakers/presenters {identifying, confirming, logistics & management). i ~~~ti:~e'l4~pt,'!(~nm'e.,. ·
· Publicity/promotion (online & off-line, e.g. web page &online promofio\ffir!i~ .M!ffftf.%.~fa•
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media relations; signage; social media, etc.) I . Registration {on/ine sfgri~ut. :Parm.eNt°Qit~
. SponsorI partner management I . Volunteer management .. }s ·:~~:~tt:~
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Wdh 4,000 students attending, how much wate; will you ~eed? How muc~ food 11ill ;01; ne~d? Ho II mud qJJ.b,-i,
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(E g. 1 litre bottle of water costs 20rs. How much water w,/1 oni:; person dnn/.:? /', th'::ri:; o d 1eafr<:r, mor'1 ';ff,c;.,,, r;,;:, ,,, ~
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Can I bargain? Can I get it in bulk?}
• Other thingk that you need to budget for: entertainment, marquees, audio- tideo rental, d,:;coration, rn 0 ,i,., 'g/
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and many more things. '

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Your budget is now d "d d d. 1
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is udget is too high I Th II ' n
· e co ege can only offer 7,00,000 rs. You will have to figure out the reSI.
You are missing 3 00 000 F
1. Make c~ong~s to, ,s. rom your expected qudgef - what con you do now?
2 F"1nd your program to reduce cosri
· sponsors? ·
3. Make up some of th
e cost by ch · .
arging a registration fee?

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(';,ce you've come UI) with a name, also try to craft a tagline - a short, memorable branding slogan th at descri~~~lbf:e
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DETERMINE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES
How are you going to keep track of your planning, registration, budget, guest and speakers lists, etc.?

If any problem occurs, do you have any back-up plan?

What will you do if the famous entertainer cancels last minute?

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RESOURCES TO READ •••
Project Management
Absolute Beginner's Guide The Fast Forward
Project MBA in Project Management
Management Gregory Horine

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Eric Verzuh i ·-·
Guide to
Project .· Project
Management M~~~-ment
Guide to Project Management: ~ .. ,,-J
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. 3'-"_. ◄ -, Getting it right and ach ieving lasting benefit
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►1:'° - . f. .; Paul Roberts

"First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an obiective.

Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends;
wisdom, money, materials, and methods.
II Third, adjust all your means to that end." flfl
~ Aristotle

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