Orientation Module 1

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Orientation Module 1

• Value Orientation Programme
• for
• 1st Year UG students
• 29th July 2007

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How to make the best out of Hostel and Campus
Life

• Dr V M Chariar
• Dr Kamlesh Singh
• Dr P M V Subbarao

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In this Module

• Pursuing Multiple Goals Harmoniously
• Apparent Aim and Aim Beyond Aim
• What is IIT Culture and what is my role in its
  evolution?
• Partner Sharing
• Film Clip

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Possibilities in Hostel Campus Living

• One Goal or Many ?
• Any Challenges?

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Opportunity to pursue multiple goals harmoniously

• Academic Achievement
• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Team Skills
• Leadership
• Life Skills
• Physical Development
• Social Responsibility

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Training Ground IIT

• Academics Diligence, Creativity, Teamwork
• Community Living Sharing Caring
• Sports Gamesmanship, Cooperation
• Cultural Activities Multifacetedness,
  Versatility
• Managing Hostel Affairs Team Skills
• Creativity Tech Ideas for business / society
• Developing relationships and trust
• Entrepreneurial Skills
• Play Ground The World

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Opportunities.

• Abundance of
• Facilities
• Time
• Friends / Mentors / Guides
• Creativity
• Independence / Freedom

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..Challenges

• Need to be conscious about
• Wanting to do everything
• Distractions
• Tendencies
• Who decides actions (am I the boss)
• Limiting Habits

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Partner Sharing-1

• Turn to your partner and share
• What will be my Creative Contribution during my
  stay
• at IIT Delhi Campus?
• (Personal, Professional, Institutional)

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IIT System, Success Habits, Rewards

• You may not initially understand why some of the
  practices in the IIT are the way they are.
• WHY
• do I have to share a room with a batchmate?
• is there so much emphasis on evaluation?
• is 75 attendance compulsory ?
• You may like or hate the rules, but ultimately
  you would benefit immensely...

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Apparent Aim Aim Beyond Aim

• Doing experiments in Lab. Is it a preparation for
  things to come?
• Facing the viva? Preparation for
• Pulling on with mediocre partner? Why?
• Dealing with bullies

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Mundane Success Habits ? ?

• Punctuality
• Regularity
• Originality
• Innovation
• Teamwork
• Cooperation

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Culture Metaphor
VISIBLE
ACTION
BEHAVIOR
HIDDEN
THINKING
PHILOSOPHY, VALUES
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What is Culture?
CULTURE
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What is Indian Culture?

• Seeing divinity in all, Peace, Tolerance, Unity
  in Diversity, Compassion, Concern for all
  (Values)
• Is all this Indian Culture? Or is there more?
• Adulteration, Corruption, Spitting on streets,
  Female Infanticide? (Action)
• Is this culture or aberration?
• Culture Action (Visible) Values (Invisible)
• What about Hostel (IIT) Culture?

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Hostel (IIT) Culture ?

• Hostel (IIT) Culture Values Behaviour
• Each one of us contributes to IIT Culture.
• Cannot contribute to culture without critically
  evaluating it
• Caution Not to get overwhelmed
• Accept Desirable Elements (Gratitude)
• Success Habits
• Change Undersirable Elements (Courage)
• Failure Habits
• What kind of milk do we wish to pour
• into the cauldron which is Hostel (IIT)
• Culture?

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Various components of IIT System

• UG Students
• MSc / MTech Students
• PhD Students
• Faculty
• Supporting Staff
• Components are complementary. Role of each is
  critical.

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Relating to the opposite sex

• Interaction Possible Responses ?
• M-F Complementarity is natures design (play) to
  ensure creative interaction and ensure evolution
• Higher the response quality, better the outcome
  of the interaction
• Which are the higher level responses and the
  outcomes?
• Both sexes bring their own qualities to the
  drawing board. Need to appreciate the intrinsic
  value of both.

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Partner Sharing-2

• Turn to your partner and share
• What actions of mine can derail / distract from
  my primary Goalset
• of IIT Learning ?

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Game for a Vision Game ?
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Dimensions of Quest

• Personal Quest
• Professional Quest
• Community Quest
• National Quest
• Global Quest

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Value of Self Enquiry

• New high potential challenging environment. You
  are the boss.
• Immense value in Self Enquiry Any decision
  that is to be made, self-enquire honestly
• Do I know where I am headed ?
• If it is an experiment, thats fine too !!
• However, When will I know where I am headed?
• Self-Enquiry / Truth is the
• greatest Value for a student seeking excellence !

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• Energise !
• Elevate !!
• Express!!!
• Expand !!!!
• Thank You !!

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Slides from this point on are EXTRAS
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Vision Game

• A grid of 12 x 12 is drawn of the black board.
  The group present is divided into two, one team X
  and one Team O. Instruction will be announced
  once only. Each member of the team shall write X
  or O.
• Every complete row or column of X or O shall win
  a reward of Rs.20/-. Let us find which group is
  the winner.

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Mindless competition. No team makes a single
complete row or column.
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• Some
• cooperation
• X team Rs 60/
• O team Rs 60/-
• Both teams
• share benefit !
• Is this the limit of
• possibility?

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• Impersonal Vision
• X team scores Rs 240 due to total trust of O
  team.
• X Team Rs 120/-
• O Team Rs 120/-

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• Possibilites
• Spirit of mindless competition No team makes a
  single row or column.
•  Some cooperation X team Rs 60/- O team
  Rs 60/-
• Impersonal Vision
• X team scores Rs 240/- due to total trust of O
  team
• X Team Rs 120/-
• O Team Rs 120/-

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• Healthy interaction, Healthy Competition,
  Relating with Faculty, Reduce Academics,
  Overwhelmed by Cultural Activities, Individual
  Decision Making, Nightouts, Late Dinner, Abusive
  Language, Positive things done in hostel
  environment, helping terminally ill students,
  Impersonal Vision only for higher goals.

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IIT Values Charter

• Academic Integrity and Accountability
• Original academic work / Taking credit for
  others work
• Respect and tolerance for views of every
  individual Quality of teachers/ Teamwork
• Attention to issues of national and global
  concern
• Leadership Role
• Breadth of understanding, including knowledge of
  the human sciences
• Appreciation of intellectual excellence and
  creativity
• An unfettered spirit of exploration, rationality
  and enterprise

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Some Values for Success

• Punctuality
• Originality
• Innovation
• Teamwork
• Cooperation