Workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration” (Oct 30-03 Nov, 2023)

Workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration”

Executive Summary:

Name of the event: Workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration”
Dates: 30 October – 3 November 2023
Duration: 10-hour student workshop divided in 5 days (On weekdays, from 4:30-6:30pm
Place: NLT-1, 2, 4
Total Registrations – 98
Total Participants completed successfully – 82

Brief Report

VE Cell, AKGEC conducted a 10-hour student offline workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration” from 30 Oct-04 Nov 2023 (2hrs per day). The workshop was conducted by Dr. Akhilesh Verma, Mr. R.P Singh and Dr. Jitendra Chhabra.

The workshop’s objective was to help students to see their innate potential to live a happy life. The problem today is that we fail to understand relationship and feelings (values), and consequently we fail to fulfil it despite all our good intentions. The problems are due to the absence of one or more of the right feelings (values) in the Self. And we try to make up this gap by physical facility or by trying to demand these feelings from others, rather than ensuring these feelings in ourselves and sharing it with others. The workshop was based on an intense exploration of these feelings ‘within’, where students validated the proposals in their daily life issues. The facilitators helped them to see the root cause of problems and their solutions, rather than giving any readymade solution.

The workshop concluded with self-evaluation and sharing of participating students. The impact factor was rated high and commitment to attend more such transformational workshops was expressed.

Art of Living (AoL) Session on Empowering Mental Wellness through Essential Life Skills on 5 Oct 2023

Art of Living (AoL) Session on "Empowering Mental Wellness through Essential Life Skills"

Value Education Cell, AKGEC conducted an Art of Living (AoL) session on “Empowering Mental Wellness through Essential Life Skills" on 5 Oct 2023. Ms. Soma Singh and Mr. Rajeev Agarwal, Art of Living (AoL) Volunteers conducted it in an interactive manner and demonstrated SUDARSHAN KRIYA YOGA (S.K.Y.) for the participants. They stated that while breathing happens automatically, most of us are unaware that working with the breath can give us the ability to manage our minds and emotions. In fact, every emotion we experience has a corresponding rhythm in the breath. By changing the rhythms of breath, we can change our emotions. For example, the breath of peace includes a long and smooth inhale and exhale which turns into a calm and relaxed mind. Around 100 students and faculty members enthusiastically witnessed the event.

Workshop on “Conscious Engineering” (June 10-17, 2023)

Workshop on “Conscious Engineering”

Executive Summary:

Name of the event: Workshop on “Conscious Engineering”
Dates: 10-17 June, 2023
Duration: 36-hour student workshop divided in 8 days (On weekdays, from 4:30-6:30pm and on weekends from 9am-5:30 pm)
Place: Main Seminar Hall / Mini Seminar Hall, Admin Block, AKGEC
Total Registrations – 53
Total Participants – 43

Brief Report

A limited hours (within 10day duration) student workshop on the topic “Conscious Engineering” was planned by the VE Cell, AKGEC, 10th June 2023 onwards, under the amiable guidance of Dr Gopal Babu. The objective was to help the explorers see self, the conscious entity; and also the process of self-exploration. During the workshop, we aimed to accomplish the following objectives:

– Increase awareness levels
– Develop the ability to counsel oneself
– Improve the ability to sense our own and others' emotions
– Enhance skills to handle reactions, both internal and external
– Strengthen teamwork capabilities
– Learn to take breaks when necessary
– Improve listening skills
– Gain wisdom in distinguishing between right and wrong.

The student workshop was split into multiple interactive sessions, encouraging attendees to ask questions, provide reflections, and actively participate throughout. Everyone was welcome to seek clarification and engage in meaningful discussions.

The steps covered in the workshop were as follows:

1. Be aware – Observe your imagination at this moment, i.e. the desire (feeling), thought, expectation. No Reaction! [MFC: Observation/Conclusion]
2. Is the feeling that you have at this moment naturally acceptable to you? [Feelings/Thoughts]
3. Are you in harmony, happy with the feeling that you have at this moment?
4. Who decided the feeling that you have at this moment? Did you decide it or someone else/situation outside decided it?
5. On what basis did you decide the feeling you have at this moment?
Did you decide it on the basis of understanding or on the basis of an assumption? [is the feeling based on my assumption/his behaviour or right understanding/reality]
6. a) Which feelings are naturally acceptable to you?
Feelings of relationship or opposition, harmony or disharmony, co-existence or struggle?
6. b) we explore within to understand relationship, harmony, and co-existence in its completeness, in the context of whole nature, existence.
7. a) Ensure that the feeling that you have at this moment is in line with the feeling of Relationship, Harmony and Co-existence and not otherwise. On this basis, I will be in a state of harmony and happiness at this moment.
7. b) when I am able to understand relationship, harmony and co-existence in its completeness, then, I will be able to decide my feeling, thought accordingly in a natural manner, and I will always be comfortable within, I will be in a state of harmony and happiness in continuity.

As part of an evaluation process, students were provided with a self-assessment form to gauge their comprehension levels. The form included four parameters: ‘awareness’, ‘ability to perceive one's own and others' needs, ‘ability to manage internal and external reactions’, and ‘ability to provide self-counseling’. Upon reviewing the completed forms, it was evident that many students showed improvement in these areas.

Workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration” (May 01-05, 2023)

Workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration”

Executive Summary:

Name of the event: A five-day workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration”
Dates: 01-05 MAY, 2023
Duration: 10-hour student workshop divided in 5 days (On weekdays, from 4:30-6:30pm
Place: ME CONFERENCE HALL,ME BLOCK, AKGEC
Total Registrations – 35
Total Participants completed successfully – 13

Brief Report

VE Cell, AKGEC conducted 10 hours of student offline workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration” from 01-05 May 2023. The workshop was conducted by B.N. Pandey sir and R P Singh sir.

The workshop was conducted as per the following schedule:
1 May 2023 (Monday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
2 May 2023 (Tuesday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
3 May 2023 (Wednesday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
4 May 2023 (Thursday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
5 May 2023 (Friday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

The workshop’s objective was to help students see their innate potential to live a stable life. The workshop was based on intense exploration where students asked about their daily life issues. The facilitators helped them see the root cause of problems and its solution rather than giving any readymade solution.

The first day started with the topic’s introduction and some checkpoints to be maintained throughout the workshop. Sir acquainted the explorers with the basic idea of consciousness and relationships. He also told how the human mind tends to work logically and remains devoid of feelings without the right understanding. Knowing the inherent potential and feelings leads to a harmonious and fulfilling life.

The session continued with the expansion of innate potential to understand harmony at the level of Individual, Family, Society and Nature/Existence. The workshop helped students free themselves from the wrong preconditions responsible for an unhappy life. The workshop covered every aspect of a student's life. Lack of Prosperity was one of the key topics which was discussed among the students with the help of various examples in today’s life. Discussions also took place on various expectations and how to live peacefully by having least expectations from others.

From the second day onwards, sir introduced the students with all the 9 feelings, starting from Trust (foundation value) to Love (complete value). He started with trust, and explained the difference between trust and blind trust, followed by Respect. He gave the detailed explanation about the types of evaluation.

On the third day, Sir explained about trust on intention and evaluation of competence. After that the difference between Knowledge and Information, feeling of guidance and affection were the few important topics which enlightened the students to a great extent.

On fourth day, Sir followed the session by sharing his views on the next feelings, i.e. Care, Guidance, and Reverence. Students were asked to observe and then their queries were resolved through self-exploration.

The last session of the last day of the workshop was a session where the last feeling or the complete value i.e., Love was discussed. The workshop concluded on a very good note with students giving best ratings on the feedback form, which was given to them.

DRISHTI 2023

A report on the event "Drishti 2023"

Executive Summary:

Name of the event: Drishti 2023
Resource Person: Dr. Gopal Babu, Coordinator, VE Cell
Venue: CS/IT Seminar Hall
Duration: 01 June 2023
Students: Open to all students of B.Tech

Brief Report

On June 1st, 2023, the Value Education Cell at AKGEC organized an event called “Drishti." The event was open to all students of BTech across different years. It took place in the Seminar Hall of the CS-IT block from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

The event included various activities such as a movie session, quiz session, discussion session, and a prize distribution ceremony. Lakshya Mittal took attendance after the refreshments. At 4:30 pm, the participants entered the seminar hall with enthusiasm.

Distinguished guests present at the event were Dr. Gopal Babu, Mr. B.N. Pandey, Dr. Jitendra Chhabra, and Mr. R.P. Singh. Miss Harshika Singh and Mr. Ankur Yadav from the VE Cell team welcomed the participants and introduced the team and dignitaries.

At 5:10 pm, an inspirational short film titled “Baatein" about ragging was screened. The film depicted the challenges faced by students, the lack of communication with their parents, and the issue of ragging. The movie ended at 5:19 pm, leaving a strong emotional impact on the audience.

Following the movie, a discussion was held where students shared their perspectives, learnings, and the message they took away from the film. They discussed their fears of ragging before college and how they dealt with it. Mental health concerns were also addressed and appreciated.

Dr. Jitendra Chhabra summarized the event, sharing his own insights and perspectives gained from the movie. He emphasized the significance of the event and its impact on students' lives. Dr. Gopal Babu, the Coordinator of the VE Cell, then took the stage, introducing himself and elaborating on the session's purpose. He highlighted the moral values and ethics instilled through events like Drishti.

Afterward, a quiz prepared by the Value Education Cell team was conducted, and participants were given 12 minutes to complete it. Dr. B.N. Pandey distributed a lucky draw prize to Yashika Aneja, a second-year student from CSE (D.S.).

Dr. R.P. Singh distributed prizes to the winners of the quiz, including Harsh Sharma, Khushi Srivastava, and Raghvendra Pratap from different years and departments. The participants were informed that handmade soaps, produced in the college's soap production center, would be given along with the prizes. This initiative supported the employment of individuals with insufficient annual incomes.

Dr. Jitendra Chhabra presented prizes to the winners of the discussion session, Harsh Sharma and Preeti Singh, representing various departments and years. Dr. Gopal Babu surprised a random participant with a prize generated through a lucky number generator. He also shared information about the college's S.P.C. center and the soap production.

Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive and encouraging. Attendees expressed their eagerness for more life-related events focused on self-exploration, self-respect, understanding, trust, and personal growth.

In conclusion, Drishti provided an enriching experience through its movie screening, discussions, quiz, and prize distribution. The event successfully promoted valuable life lessons and encouraged participants to follow their passions.

Workshop on Mutually Fulfilling Communication (March 20-24, 2023)

A report on the Workshop ‘Mutually Fulfilling Communication’

Executive Summary:

Name of the event: A five-day (two hours daily) student workshop on Mutually Fulfilling Communication
Resource Person: Dr. Gopal Babu, Coordinator, VE Cell
Venue: ME Conference Hall
Duration: 20 – 24 March 2023
Total Registration: 21
No of Students completed successfully: 20

Brief Report

A transformative workshop on the topic of “Mutually Fulfilling Communication" was conducted for students from all branches, aimed at enhancing their communication skills. The objectives of the workshop were to equip students with the ability to express themselves fully, including their thoughts, feelings, and needs, as well as to develop their active listening skills and empathy towards others. Additionally, the workshop focused on self-counseling and communicating at a level that resonates with emotions.

The four aspects: Observation, Feelings, Needs, and Request formed the basis of the workshop, and were explained by engaging the participants in practical activities. Students were assigned various roles, such as brother-sister, father-son, and teacher-student, and were asked to play these roles while interacting with one another. The instructor closely observed their communication and provided valuable feedback on whether their interactions were based on feelings and whether they were able to fulfill their needs effectively.

Throughout the workshop, students were able to witness their progress in communication skills, which brought them great joy and satisfaction. The sessions were ably facilitated by Dr. Gopal Babu, the Coordinator of the VE Cell at AKGEC. The faculty members present during the workshop, including Dr. Upasana Mishra from CSE, Dr. Parul Verma from ASH, Mr. B N Pandey from CSE, Mr. R P Singh from ECE, and Dr. Jitendra Chhabra from ECE, contributed to group discussions with the students at the end of each session. The discussions provided an opportunity for students to apply the principles they had learned to their own personal lives and seek guidance on any issues they faced.

Participants unanimously expressed a desire for more frequent workshops and follow-up meetings under the guidance of the VE Cell facilitators, to stay connected and practice the skills they had learned. The short span of the workshop witnessed a qualitative change in the behavior of both students and other participants, which was a testament to its effectiveness.

An assessment form was designed to evaluate the students' improvement, where they were asked to rate their ability on a scale of 0-10 for listening skills, coping with internal reactions, self-counseling, sensing their own and others' feelings, handling external reactions, and overall communication ability. Every student witnessed an improvement in their abilities, as evidenced by the self-assessment form.

Workshop on Relationship (January 02-06, 2023)

A report on the workshop “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration”

A Brief Report

VE Cell, AKGEC conducted 10 hours of student offline workshop on “Understanding Science of Relationships through Self-Exploration” from 2nd – 6th January 2023. The workshop was conducted by B.N. Pandey sir(CSE)

The workshop was conducted as per the following schedule:
2 Jan 2023 (Monday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
3 Jan 2023 (Tuesday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
4 Jan 2023 (Wednesday)- 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
5 Jan 2023 (Thursday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
6 Jan 2023 (Friday) – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

The workshop’s objective was to help students see their innate potential to live a stable life. The workshop was based on intense exploration where students asked about their daily life issues. The facilitators helped them see the root cause of problems and its solution rather than giving any readymade solution.

The first day started with the topic’s introduction and some checkpoints to be maintained throughout the workshop. B.N. Pandey Sir acquainted the explorers with the basic idea of consciousness and relationships. He also told how the human mind tends to work logically and remains devoid of feelings without the right understanding. Knowing the inherent potential and feelings leads to a harmonious and fulfilling life.

The session continued with the expansion of innate potential to understand harmony at the level of Individual, Family, Society and Nature/Existence. The workshop helped students free themselves from the wrong preconditions responsible for an unhappy life. The workshop covered every aspect of student’s life. Lack of Prosperity was one of the key topics which was discussed among the students with the help of various examples in todays life. Discussions also took place on various expectations and how to live peacefully by having least expectations from others.

From second day onwards, B.N. Pandey sir introduced the students with all the 9 feelings,starting from Trust(foundation value) to Love(complete value). He started with the trust, and explained the difference between trust and blind trust, followed by Respect. He gave the detailed explanation about the types of evaluation.

On the third day,B.N sir explained about trust on intention and evaluation of competence.After that the difference between Knowledge and Information,feeling of guidance and affection were the few important topics which enlightened the students to a great extent.

On fourth day,sir followed the session by sharing his views on the next feelings, i.e. Care , Guidance , and Reverence. Students were asked to observe and then their queries were resolved through self-exploration.

The last session of the last day of the workshop was a session where the last feeling or the complete value i.e. Love was dicussed. The workshop concluded on a very good note with students giving best ratings on the feedback form,which was given to them. B.N. sir drew the attention of the students towards the canopy,a startup of VE Cell, and there was agood response from students side. A total of 21 soaps were purchased by the students.

Students Feedback :

Vipin Chandra joshi:
Before the workshop, I used to react immediately whenever anyone use to trigger me, that always resulted in anger and unstable mind, but after attending the workshop, I try to observe and on the basis of my observation, I evaluate my feelings and competence and then I give reply to the person.

Soumya Shukla:
Understanding our consciousness and proper observation has helped me a lot in living a peaceful life. In the past, I used to overthink a lot and that resulted in a lot of anxiety and depression, but after the workshop, it reduced to a greater extent.

Sushant Soni:
Through this workshop, I came to know that we should see people on the basis of their feelings and not by the outer behaviour. I came to know the difference between the normal trust and blind trust.

Aditya Sharma:
This workshop has helped me a lot in shifting my thoughts from negativity to positivity, there was a time where I used to evaluate things always in a negative way, but now, through this workshop, I always try to focus my mind on positive things.

With the sharing of explorers, the workshop came to an end. The explorer’s feedback was very encouraging and all of them are looking forward for another workshop, where they can learn more about self-exploration, self-awareness and self-evaluation.

Workshop on “Conscious Engineering” (November 12-19, 2022)

A report on the workshop “Conscious Engineering”

A Brief Report

VE Cell, AKGEC conducted 36 hours of student offline workshop on “Conscious Engineering” from 12th – 19th November 2022. The following faculty members conducted the workshop:
Dr. Gopal Babu, VE Cell
Dr Parul Verma, ASH
Mr. BN Pandey, CSE
Mr. RP Singh, ECE

The workshop was conducted as per the following schedule:

12 Nov. 2022 (Saturday) – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
13 Nov. 2022 (Sunday) – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
14 – 18 Nov. 2022 (Monday – Friday)- 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
19 Nov. 2022 (Saturday) – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The workshop’s objective was to help students see their innate potential to live a stable life. The workshop was based on intense exploration where students asked about their daily life issues. The facilitators helped them see the root cause of problems and its solution rather than giving any readymade solution.

The first session started with the topic’s introduction and some checkpoints to be maintained throughout the workshop. Dr. Gopal Babu acquainted the explorers with the basic idea of consciousness. He also told how the human mind tends to work logically and remains devoid of feelings without the right understanding. Knowing the inherent potential and feelings leads to a harmonious and fulfilling life.

The session continued with the expansion of innate potential to understand harmony at the level of Individual, Family, Society and Nature/Existence. The workshop helped students free themselves from the wrong preconditions responsible for an unhappy life. The workshop covered every aspect of student’s life.

Last weekend's session was planned as a special session, Yog Nidra. The sole purpose of the session was to provide rehabilitation to the self. These sessions were very refreshing for everyone, and every explorer gave positive feedback to these sessions.

On the second last day, instead of group discussion, a movie was shown to give all the explorers a basic idea of the role of conscious engineering in our daily life. A light discussion and queries followed the movie.
The last session of the last day of the workshop was a sharing session. Explorers were asked to share their experiences, suggest improvements and give feedback related to the workshop.

At the end of the workshop a quiz was conducted, based on the contents discussed with the students. There are following students, are awarded with the cash prize-

Chakshu Goel IT-1, 2nd Year 1500/- I Prize
Kaushtubh Singh EC-2, 2nd Year 1000/ II Prize
Aman Kumar CSE-1, 2nd Year 500/- III Prize

Workshop on “Drishti” (November 09, 2022)

A report on the workshop “Drishti”

Workshop on ‘Realizing Yourself’ for DDU students (10-14 and 17-22 October, 2022)

A report on the workshop “Realizing Yourself”

About DDUGKY:

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a scheme launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to poor rural families’ incomes and catering to the career aspirations of rural youth.

DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. As a part of the Skill India campaign, it plays an instrumental role in supporting the social and economic programs of the government like ‘Make In India’, ‘Digital India’, ‘Smart Cities’ , ‘Start-Up India’ and ‘Stand-Up India’ campaigns.

Brief Report of the workshop:

A workshop (2hrs per day) on the topic “Realizing Yourself” was conducted for DDUGKY students (all branches), with the idea of inculcating values while learning skills.

The workshop was planned, keeping the following objectives in mind-

  • Understand real goals of life ensuring continuity of happiness and prosperity
  • Improve competence to come out from peer pressure.
  • Recognize relationships with others and live a harmonious life
  • Improve their ability to express themselves confidently
  • Recognize their strength and weakness
  • Utilize their skills with holistic wisdom

Topics dealt with in the sessions were Aspirations and Concerns, Basic Human Aspirations i.e., continuity of Happiness and Prosperity, Priority among Right Understanding-Relationship and Physical Facility, Human as the coexistence of Self & Body, Peer Pressure, Health & Self-Regulation, Relationship in Family, feelings of Trust, Respect and Gratitude in Relationship etc.

The sessions were been facilitated by the experienced resource persons of VE Cell, AKGEC:
Dr. Upasana Mishra, Assistant Professor (CSE)
Dr. Parul Verma, Assistant Professor (AS&H)
Mr. B.N Pandey, Assistant Professor (CSE)
Dr. Gopal Babu, Assistant Professor (VE Cell)
Students attentively understood the underlying realities and verified the proposals in their lives. They raised many issues in their own lives to be resolved. The sessions were very interactive.

Every day 2-3 encouragement gifts were given to those students who briefed the content being taught and shared their reflections.

On the last day, Self-Evaluation & Feedback sessions was planned. Around 25 participants shared their Self-Evaluation & Feedback. Dr. Vivek Singh, the Centre In Charge and Dr. Ajay P Singh, the Faculty Coordinator, were present to listen and encourage the participants. They appreciated their willingness to explore and awarded prizes for sincerity.

Participants unanimously demanded many more frequent workshops and follow-up meetings under the VE Cell facilitators’ guidance to be in touch and verify the proposals. They were able to witness a qualitative change in their own and other participant's behavior during this short span of time.

FEEDBACK & SHARINGS

Prakrati- Physical facility is necessary but relationship and trust is more important for
me as human being. I could see that I consider my mistake as my competence and seek
cooperation to improve, but others mistake I take as doubt on intention and refuse to
cooperate. Here I have to improve my own competence.

Vikas Kumar- I came to know about my swabhav here, and could easily see that most of my decisions are influenced by dabav and prabhav.

Swarnima- I got confidence to share my viewpoints. Earlier I was hesitant and fearful
because of absence of relationship within.

Shalu- My basic aspiration is happiness, but in peer pressure I start copying other, and
become dependent on others (partantra). It makes me unhappy.

Rahul Kumar- The sessions helped me to resolve many of my concerns. Now I fearlessly cater friendships and very happy with this development.

Priyanka Gupta- When I identify my needs of physical facility, and have more than my need, I share with the resources with my relatives. When I came here, I was not recognizing anybody, but I was sure that all will be similar to me. I am grateful to all for helping me directly or indirectly.

Ajay Kr Gola- As umbrella although cannot protect us from rain but gives courage to
face it. Similarly, teachers and knowledge help us to stand firm during adversities.
Gratitude to teachers.

A Spiritual talk by Brahma Kumari (BK) Sangeeta Didi (14 October, 2022)

A report on the Spiritual talk by Brahma Kumari (BK) Sangeeta Didi

A Brief detailing

Value Education Cell, AKGEC organized a spiritual seminar on ‘HEALTHY, HAPPY AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS’ on 14th October 2022 for all the B.Tech 2nd-year students from 10 AM to 12 PM in the Main Seminar Hall of the administrative block.

The speaker of the session was BK Sangeeta Didi. She, as a spiritualist, has been deeply studying the practical applications of Rajyoga meditation and knowledge in varied fields of life for the last 40 years. She has done spiritual services in many places in India as well as in other countries, including Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia and Russia. Didi has been a regular facilitator at Air India (for their Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Cochin branches), Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines, Indian Oil Corporation, Ministry of Railways, BHEL, etc.

VE Cell students, Vaishnavi and Aseem, welcomed Didi and briefly introduced the topic to all the dignitaries and audience present in the session. Clarity of relationship and harmony was extracted as everybody’s aspiration, initiating the session. After that, Director General (DG), Dr. RK Agarwal, introduced the esteemed guest BK Sangeeta Didi. He very generously added that he is also under the constant mentoring of Didi. DG’s statement that he is in the “Palna of Didi”, directly touched the audience’s heart and motivated everyone to be more attentive throughout the session.

After DG sir’s address, BK Sangeeta Ji also spoke kind words for such a visionary Director General, who is a guide, a mentor and a well-wisher to his students, rather than only being a Director General of such a prestigious institute. After her one-hour spiritual talk on the topic, she responded to everybody’s questions and doubts with calmness and clarity. She engaged everyone in her speech; the examples she used for better understanding were very much related to day-to-day issues, so they were truly comprehended by everybody. The students and everyone in the hall were impressed and influenced by her simplicity and how she handled the questions. The chanting of OM SHANTI was full of peace and serenity.

She enlightened the minds to understand the real meaning of relationships in life, and she talked about the state of detachment. She perplexed the audience with beautiful lines about relationships like relationships should be based on
‘What we think, feel and interpret’ not on ‘what we speak or how we speak’
No one is wrong, in fact, ‘Each one of us is different’;
Don’t just give advice only, ‘Give blessing to the soul to have the power to change the Sanskaar’.

With these blessed lines, she also told about five equations for a harmonious life, listed below:

Equation 1: Advise their good, not my mind’s happiness.
Equation 2: Everyone is right in their own way
Equation 3: Detachment is the best gift for the family because it guarantees that I will be strong and stable whatever happens.
Equation 4: I have the potential to respect my pure feelings – whatever happens, being genuine.
Equation 5: I will take the initiative to do any pure act.

She helped in observing thoughts, views and issues related to the misconceptions in relationships and gave several examples where life became easy and joyful with the understanding of feelings in a relationship. Various effective examples include mother-children, friends, spouses, etc., and relationships, which almost every one of us often experiences.

Didi also advised everybody to meditate for at least 2-3 minutes between hectic working hours, which certainly boosts productivity, improves mental health, and helps in becoming a better observer of things. She said mediation helps to heal self in difficult situations. She also helped the audience to manage feelings, anger, and emotions while interacting with friends and family.

The session ended with the following homework for the audience to contemplate:
I have great respect for myself – I am a peaceful, loving, happy, very powerful soul, come what may.
Even if anyone says something or under any circumstances, no disturbance, dejection,doubt on me the “Soul”or feeling disrespected.
I will always create blessings for others.

The powerful session was completed with her blessings. Concluding the event, the honorable DG presented a memento to the charismatic guest as a token of appreciation with a feeling of gratitude. Swati Saxena, VE Cell student, gave a vote of thanks. In the end, a 10-point online Quiz contest based on the contents discussed in the session was conducted, followed by a reward ceremony.

The winners of the quiz were:
[1] Vandit Mishra of ECE-3 (Score 10/10)
[2] Snehal Shukla of ECE-3 (Score 9/10)
[3] Nav Khanna of ECE-2 (Score 9/10)
The feedback from all the participants was very positive and encouraging. Everybody is looking forward to many more such life-related seminars based on spirituality to learn more about self-exploration, self-respect, right understanding, trust and self-evolution.

Workshop on “Conscious Engineering” (10-18 September, 2022)

A report on the Workshop on “Conscious Engineering”

Highlights

A limited hours (within 10day duration) student workshop on the topic “Conscious Engineering” was planned by the VE Cell, AKGEC, 10th September 2022 onwards, under the amiable guidance of Dr Gopal Babu, Dr Parul Verma, Prof BN Pandey, Prof RP Singh and Dr Jitendra Chhabra. The objective was to help the explorers seeing self, the conscious entity; and also the process of self-exploration.
The student workshop was divided in various sessions. All the sessions were interactive; and explorers were welcomed to ask doubts, meanings, give reflections and participate actively at every point.

The first session was started with the introduction of the topic and some checkpoints to be maintained throughout the workhop. The facilitator, Gopal ji acquainted the explorers about the basic idea of human values, how human mind tends to work logically and remains devoid of feelings in the absence of right understanding, need of Value Education and its complementarity with Skill Education and familiarization with certain terms will be used in the later sessions like self, natural acceptance, right understanding etc.

Further session was continued understanding harmony at various levels, these are-

At the level of individual
At the level of family
At the level of society
At the level of nature / existence

While understanding harmony at the level of individual, the proposal shared was- Human being is Co-existence of Self, a consciousness unit and the body, a material unit. The happiness of a person is dependent upon the source of imagination of the person. The sources of imagination may be preconditioning, sensation and natural acceptance. Facilitator helped explorers to find out their source of motivation for imagination.

Then the next level of harmony was unfolded with the introduction to the nine feelings present in human beings. The nine feelings- Trust, Respect, Affection, Care, Guidance, Reverence, Glory, Gratitude and Love, were described and discussed elaborately. The foundation value Trust and the complete value Love were the ones in which the explorers had most doubts, which were been addressed very patiently by the facilitator.

In the next session, the cornerstone for the level of harmony in society was laid. Correct meaning and definition of Justice was explained and various terms like Mutual Happiness and Mutual Prosperity were been elaborated.
Followed by this, the levels of Nature and Existence were been explained to know the role of human being in larger. The session was insightful to understand the co-existence and live with it.

On weekends, every fourth session was devoted for the group discussion. All the explorers were divided in three groups and facilitated by a co-explorer guide to help them in understanding the right meaning of terminologies and resolving various preconditioning. The last session on weekends was planned as a special session, that is Yog Nidra. The sole purpose of the session was to provide rehabilitation to the Self. These sessions were very refreshing for everyone and every explorer gave positive feedback to these sessions.

On the second last day, instead of group discussion, a movie was shown to give a basic idea of role of conscious engineering in our daily life to all the explorers. The movie was followed by a light discussion and queries.

The last session of the last day of workshop was a sharing session. Explorers were asked to share their experiences, suggest improvements and give feedback related to workshop.