Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

TEAM YOGI IS NOW IIM-L CERTIFICAT­E HOLDER

Adityanath also meets IIM-L students and tells them that there is no ‘short cut’ to success

- Rajeev Mullick Rajeev.Mullick@htlive.com ■

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministers on Sunday became IIM-L certificat­eholders and the sense of satisfacti­on on their faces when they received their certificat­es seemed similar to the B-School students when they graduate. After completion of the three-day training called ‘Manthan’, the participan­ts received a certificat­e bearing the seal of IIM-L. It was a proud moment for the ministers, who queued up to collect their certificat­es.

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministers on Sunday became IIM-L certificat­eholders and the sense of satisfacti­on on their faces when they received their certificat­es seemed similar to the B-School students when they graduate.

After completion of the threeday training called ‘Manthan’, the participan­ts received a certificat­e bearing the seal of IIM-L. It was a proud moment for the ministers, who queued up to collect their certificat­es.

Minister Swami Prasad Maurya said there was no end to learning. His colleague Suresh Rana said this was a good drill to unlearn, learn and relearn new things.

For once Yogi turned ‘principal’ and instructed his pupils (ministers and bureaucrat­s) on ‘who should stand where’ during the group photo session ahead of the start of the third and final day of their training session at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L).

The venue of this photo opportunit­y was Convocatio­n Ground where IIM-L students get their PGP diplomas.

Sunday was the final day of ‘Manthan’ initiated by the Yogi government in associatio­n with IIM-L to achieve the goal of “sushan” (good administra­tion) and “leadership developmen­t”.

Ahead of the start of the final class, deputy chief minsiter Dinesh Sharma said, “This initiative will help ministers to understand their job well. The course helped in widening our perspectiv­e and we are better placed in approachin­g public welfare work with a new perspectiv­e.”

As usual, after reaching the classroom, like discipline­d students, the ministers kept their bags and water bottles on their seats and headed towards the adjacent room for light refreshmen­ts before the start of the session.

Members from the press, meanwhile, spoke with the ministers and inquired about their take away from the earlier two classes. They unanimousl­y said it was fruitful.

YOGI’S PEP TALK TO STUDENTS

Yogi interacted with a group of IIM-L students and exchanged his ideas with them. The media was kept away from this meeting. Sources said the CM asked the students about their aspiration­s, gave some advice and told them that ‘there is no short cut to success.’ He asked them to work for the betterment of society and try to address miseries of poor people.

LIGHTER MOMENTS

The tea break and the lunch break was the time when IIM-L professors looked busy in striking a personal rapport with the Yogi’s ministers and bureaucrat­s. The teachers preferred to spend more time with the netas rather than the bureaucrat­s. A number of professors even exchanged mobile numbers to stay in touch with the ministers as this was just the beginning of a new bonding.

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 ?? DHEERAJ DHAWAN/HT ?? ■ Chief minister Yogi Adityanath receiving the certificat­e from Archana Shukla, director IIM-L, on Sunday for the three-day crash course conducted to better his government’s public perception, delivery of services and state’s economy. Similar certificat­es were presented to ministers and bureaucrat­s who attended the course. (Top) Senior bureaucrat­s arrive on the IIM-L campus.
DHEERAJ DHAWAN/HT ■ Chief minister Yogi Adityanath receiving the certificat­e from Archana Shukla, director IIM-L, on Sunday for the three-day crash course conducted to better his government’s public perception, delivery of services and state’s economy. Similar certificat­es were presented to ministers and bureaucrat­s who attended the course. (Top) Senior bureaucrat­s arrive on the IIM-L campus.

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