Be receptive, communicate better: Dr. Arunachalam Kumar

Be receptive, communicate better: Dr. Arunachalam Kumar

Mangalore Today News Network

Photos: Roshan Madtha
Mangalore, July 7, 2014: “Communication is not just about speaking out. It is also about being attentive, observant and receptive to what happens around us,” said Dr. Arunachalam Kumar, Director (R&D) of Nitte University. He was addressing the installation ceremony of Office Bearers for the year 2014-15 of Winners Club Toastmasters as the Chief Guest on Saturday 5th July at Hotel Maya International in the city.

 

The renowned academician and polymath who had most notably predicted Sachin Tendulkar’s back injury by observing his batting posture and had later become an internet sensation for accurately predicting the 2009 Indonesia earthquake by interpreting the mass stranding of whales a few weeks earlier regaled the audience with interesting snippets of how animals and birds communicate at their highest level of awareness and how we humans, though we are gifted with speech, cannot match them.
 
“The whole world is trying to communicate all the time and how much you gather from this depends on how receptive you are to it,” was his advice to the members of Toastmasters, which is an international movement dedicated to developing communication and leadership skills.

Toastmasters Area Governor Shashikanth Mangalore administered the oath of office to the following persons for the current year (2014-15):
• President: Savitha Salian
• Vice President – Education: Shivani Baliga
• Vice President – Membership: Brian Fernandes
• Vice President – PR: Capt. Ramprasad Kodialbail
• Secretary: Shwetha D’souza   
• Treasurer: Radhika Adappa
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Roshan Madtha
• Immediate Past President: Meghana Ballal

Bhaskar Kiran welcomed the gathering and Outgoing Secretary Alisha Mendonca presented the annual report.  Bharathi Shevgoor introduced the chief guest.

Outgoing President Meghana Ballal thanked her colleagues as well the members for enabling the club to attain the highest achievement of the ‘Golden Gavel Plus Award’ during her term.

In her acceptance speech Savitha Salian assured the members of her sincere service for the betterment of the club.
 
Division Governor Anita Cordiero, Lieutenant Governor-Marketing MN Pai, former Division Governor Shyam Kamath, and the representatives of various other Toastmasters clubs felicitated the new officer bearers.

Shwetha D’souza proposed the vote of thanks. Brian Fernandes and Capt. Ramprasad Kodialbail were the compeers for the programme.