The exclusively fruitful and enhancingly enlightening sessions of two days Personality Development Camp organised by Vagdevi Vilas College on January 9th & 10th, 2020 witnessed the complete absorption of the students for the future endeavours. The programme was inaugurated in the auspicious presence of the Chairman of the institution, K Harish, Administrator, Principal and Vice Principal by lighting the Ceremonial lamp. The Chairman addressed the gathering with his ever inspiring speech. He emphasised on the values of self-reliance, confidence and the success stories of great personalities to give wings to the desires of young minds.

The first session of Day 1 was presided over by Sri. Satish S Prabhu. The students were truly moved by his simplicity and personal references to overcome challenges by winning over failures. He instilled the message of entrepreneurship, creativity and shouldering personal responsibilities.

The second session of the day was taken over by Dr. Asha Sidd who ignited the juvenile brains with the inception of self-awareness, self-esteem, social skills, goal setting and feelings of empathy towards others. She defined emotional intelligence as delayed gratification. The day concluded with the bubbling motivation amongst students.

Day 2 started with the third session which witnessed guest speaker Dr. K. P. Puthuraya who illuminated the young souls on importance of healthy body and mind. The exceptional deliverance enthralled the audience with his talk on physical fitness, balanced diet, exercise, problems of insomnia, intellectual and cultural development and giving up on wrong habits.

The fourth session was resumed after tea break by esteemed speaker, Sri. Gopeenath Galagali, who inculcated among the listeners the proper utilisation of the vital period of One’s life – Youth. He opined, “Life is a battle between what I feel and what I am supposed to do?” He had coined the importance of emotional quotient over emotional intelligence.

Final session had cordially welcomed the enthusiastic speaker Sri. Suresh B Gowda who harped on the emotional instincts of the students. He made them realise the ways to channelise hurdles into resources to achieve success and the abuse of modern gadgets and media. He let the platform open to vent out the students’ apologies and the free flow of emotions. The enchanting session captivated the audience and they were touched by the strings of love, care and affection that they realised for their well-wishers.

The two days programme was successful in transforming the students with realisation and inspiration, ambition to reach high and stimulation to cling towards cultural values.