April 3, 2012 • 1:17 pm 4
By Sandeep Kumar
The annual Budget Watch and Dialogue on the Union Budget with Development Perspective has been organized by the Tata-Dhan Academy for the last six years. The dialogue is conducted on the same day that the Finance Minister presents the Union Budget in the Indian Parliament, and includes a pre-budget discussion and post-budget reflection.
Filed under: Development Dialogue, General TDA, PDM 11, PDM 12, Uncategorized, Budget Watch, PDM 11, PDM 12, Sandeep Kumar
March 14, 2012 • 10:59 pm 13
By Shanti Gupta
Tata-Dhan Academy is an institute which provides opportunities for students to visualize their professional life as development managers. But the lessons we learn don’t all come from the classroom or the field–sometimes, even a traditional celebration helps bring new perspectives for the development professional.
India culture and heritage is incredibly rich. At the Academy, the students in PDM 11 and 12 represent both northern and southern states, providing an opportunity to experience and learn more about this rich culture. For example, in the northern states, Holi, a festival of colours, is widely celebrated. Last year, with PDM 10, we had a good celebration, and building on this, we decided to celebrate with some value addition. This year, for example, we did Holika Dahan and an ethnic lunch.
Filed under: General TDA, Non-Academic, PDM 11, PDM 12, Holi, PDM 11, PDM 12, Shanti Gupta
March 9, 2012 • 12:55 pm 6
By Yogesh Bhatt
PDM 11 and PDM 12 students making a presentation as part of the "Product Launch" competition at Yukti 2012.
Usually it is very difficult to get time from the hectic classroom sessions at the Academy, but this year, from 2 to 4 of March 2012, PDM 11 and PDM 12 students got permission to participate in a management festival, Yukti 2012, organised by Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai. Yukti 2012 was a special occasion because the event was unique, the stage was vibrant with competition, performers were highly enthusiastic, and–best of all–PDM students were eager to prove themselves.
Filed under: Non-Academic, PDM 11, PDM 12, competitions, PDM 11, PDM 12, Thiagarajar School of Management, Yogesh Bhatt, Yukti 2012
March 9, 2012 • 11:11 am 7
By Shweta Hegde
“Madam, you are coming from foreign. What will you do here? We are happy here, tell to your Government to not give any trouble to us. This forest is our home and we know how to protect it. We will not give any information to you. We know that the Government has sent you here and you will submit a report on us to the Government and they want to displace us. Go, and save your life.”
This was the scolding I got on my first day of my first fieldwork when I approached the village leader. The scolding came from the village leader’s wife, and the village they represented was truly an isolated tribal one. In fact, they did not even know that there was a country called India; even more, they did not know anything more of the world than Mysore and Bangalore!
Filed under: Fieldwork 1, PDM 12, fieldwork, PDM 12, Shweta Hegde
February 10, 2012 • 4:07 pm 9
By Shweta Hegde
Ishwarya M interacts with students of Melamattiyan village primary school during the republic day programme conducted by the PDM 12 batch.
On 26 January 2012, the PDM 12 batch awoke early to a nice cold breezy morning. We all put on white clothes and walked over to the front of our Academy where we were welcomed by the pleasant sound of patriotic songs. Each of the Academy’s students and staff who were present, several DHAN Foundation staff (who were participating in a short-duration “Development Management Appreciation Training” programme), and the villagers who had joined us, pinned an Indian flag over their hearts.
Filed under: General TDA, Non-Academic, PDM 12, Republic Day, Shweta Hegde, village adoption
November 13, 2011 • 12:04 pm 7
While we are working on editing a few articles for posting here, I thought I would share two photos of some of the art showing up around the TDA campus.
Here are two paperweights made of broken pieces of granite, painted by Seema (PDM 12).
I’ll post more as they appear, and look out for a few articles from students in the next couple of weeks!
Filed under: Non-Academic, PDM 12, art, paperweights, Seema
July 28, 2011 • 9:44 am 1
Badminton was scheduled for the third day of sports week, coordinated by Shanti and supported by Pashupati and Sandeep. Four players were selected from each house to participate in the competition. The first match was between Milkha Singh and Dhyan Chandra houses, followed by a match between P. T. Usha and Dhyan Chandra houses. In the semi-final games, V. Anand house won against P. T. Usha house with a closing score of 11-3. In the second match, Milkha Singh I won over Milkha Singh II with a closing score of 11-8.
Filed under: Non-Academic, PDM 11, PDM 12, Uncategorized, badminton, PDM 11, PDM 12, sports week
July 27, 2011 • 1:13 pm 3
Yesterday at the Academy, students and staff members participated in a cricket match. (Unfortunately, since faculty were busy in a meeting at DHAN’s Central Office, they could not participate.)
Filed under: Non-Academic, PDM 11, PDM 12, cricket, PDM 11, PDM 12, sports week
July 26, 2011 • 10:39 pm 5
The Tata-Dhan Academy is an institute devoted to development studies, known for its very busy classroom sessions and academic excellence since its establishment one decade ago. But that doesn’t mean the time is without any games!
Filed under: Non-Academic, PDM 11, PDM 12, PDM 11, PDM 12, sports week
July 21, 2011 • 11:03 pm 10
A new batch of explorers have started their journey at Tata-Dhan Academy.
As usual, almost as soon as the students come to the campus and start to get settled down, we put them into groups and send them off on a one-week village stay. This time, one of the groups happened to have a camera with them, and when they returned, they were kind enough to put together this video to share with us.
I look forward to a lot more interesting stories and explorations in the months to come!
Filed under: PDM 12
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