During the course of my journey An Inspiring Story of a Son’s Road Less Travelled - 3 Mar 2021

ONLINE DISCUSSION ON THE THEME OF THE BOOK

DURING THE COURSE OF

MY JOURNEY

6:00 PM

Opening Remarks Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director Madras Management Association

AN INSPIRING STORY OF A SON’S ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

Welcome Address Mr N S Venkatakrishnan Past President, Rotary Club, Adyar

The Story of the Book Dr Kamala Viswanathan Author

E-Launch of the Book and Address by the Chief Guest Mr R Seshasayee Vice Chairman, Hinduja Group

The Great Combination of Ayurveda and Biology Prof Darshan Shankar Vice Chancellor

Chief Guest

Trans-Disciplinary University (TDU) Bangalore

Health Management Essentials Dr L Mahadevan Teaching Faculty Department of Kayachikitsa

Mr R Seshasayee Vice Chairman, Hinduja Group

Pankajakasthuri Ayurveda College

Q&A Session Share your questions by SMS/Whatsapp to 98401 23906

WEDNESDAY MAR 3, 2021 | 6.00 PM 7:30 PM

Concluding Remarks Mr N S Sivaraman Vice President - Special Projects (Retd) Larsen & Toubro Ltd

M MA AD DR RA AS S M MA AN NA AG GE EM ME EN NT T A AS SS SO OC C II A AT T II O ON N

synopsis During the Course of My Journey is the autobiography of a young boy whose main purpose in life was to move forward. He says that life is a railroad. If you go back on what you started, you are going to crash. Instead of going back, it is better to change tracks.

To achieve success in life, his mottos were Innovation, Action, Self-Motivation, Sustainability and Moving Forward.

This

book

is

comprehensive

and

insightful.

It

provides

information,

practical

advice

and

enormous

encouragement for people with MS and for their families, helping them make the most informed choices

profile

about treatment.

Although Giri could not survive, he made his parents work on his priceless principles. Read the book to find life’s enduring lessons to keep yourself happy all the time, in all situations.

Sesh

is

AUTHOR

R SESHASAYEE

DR KAMALA VISWANATHAN his

Dr. Kamala Viswanathan, writer of this book was born

career with Hindustan Lever Ltd in 1971. He Joined Ashok

and brought up in Bareilly, UP. She got her doctorate

Leyland in 1976, rose to become Managing Director in

from Madras University. A prolific writer in Hindi and

1998. He Led Ashok Leyland's transformation into a self-

English, she has written novels, short stories and school

reliant, globally competitive technology leader seeking

textbooks in Hindi.

growth

a

CHIEF GUEST

Chartered

through

Accountant,

globalization

and

having

started

diversification,

via She has translated technical books, medical books, short

acquisitions

and

joint

ventures.

During

his

tenure

as stories, novels and several other books from Tamil and

Managing

director

from

1998-99

to

2010-11

Ashok English to Hindi. She has been awarded by several clubs

Leyland's trunover increased five times from Rs 12093 Cr, for her translation. She retired as Hindi Professor from

net profit thrity times and market cap fourteen times. He Stella Maris college in the year 2004.

stepped down from Ashok Leyland as its Non Executive Vice Chairman in July 2016. Sesh was also the Chairman

She

of IndusInd Bank from 2007 till August 2019. During this

hypnotherapist. Her motto in life is to bring happiness

period, market cap of the Bal increased fifty three times.

into

An

of

commitment towards the ailing and finding a solution

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during 2006-07.

for the ailment by holistic healing has motivated and

He was the President of Society of Indian automobile

inspired her to write this book ‘During the Course of My

industry during 2001-03. Seshashayee has also servred

Journey’.

active

Leader

of

CII,

he

was

President

is

the

a

professional

life

of

other

counsellor

people.

Her

and

certified

dedication

and

on several goverment and professional committees. He Her most recent books are DURING THE COURSE OF MY

is presently Chairman of the Executive Committee of JOURNEY

Krea University and Vice Chairman of Hinduja Group.

Press.

and

THE

DAWN,

both

published

by

Notion

profile

SPECIAL

INVITEES

PROF DARSHAN SHANKAR

DR L MAHADEVAN

Anant Darshan Shankar is the Vice Chancellor of the

Dr

Trans-Disciplinary

Ramana Ayurvedic College in 1993, completed post graduation

University

(TDU),

Bangalore.

The

.L.

Mahadevan

from

Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram, in 1997 and completed

combines systemic perspectives of Ayurveda with the

Ph.D

molecular approaches of biology.

Tamilnadu, in 2020. His grandfather Vaidyashri. Y. Mahadeva was

a

very

Sundaranar

successful

from

Venkata

Ayurveda-biology a new transdisciplinary domain that

Manonmaniam

Medicine)

Chennai

MD

from

(General

BAMS

University is primarily a research University focused on

Iyer

Kayachikitsa

completed

Government

University,

practitioner

in

a

Tirunelveli,

village

called

In recognition of Darshan Shankar’s, pioneering work in Derisanamcope in Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu. promoting integrative health sciences, he was awarded Dr. Mahadevan started his Clinical practice in November the Padma Shri, by the Government of India in 2011.

1997. He is teaching, practising and documenting the clinical Darshan Shankar’s core contributions have been in the cases. He sees large number and different types of clinical field of educational innovation. At the age of 22, he cases and he treats them with enthusiasm and courage. He is designed

and

implemented

a

post

graduate having a ayurvedic gurukulam and he is having 19 students with

“experiential”

learning

Bombay

that

won

Award

in

program

at

the

University

of him and he is providing food and accommodation to them. He

the

University

the

Commonwealth is trying new plants and siddha medicines along with ayurvedic

1976

for

the

best

program

in

the medicines

Commonwealth

for

linking

University

education

in

treating

cancer

cases.

He

has

published

72

to books, 43 in Tamil and 29 in English on Ayurveda and Siddha.

community needs.

He has also released 15 audio visual DVDs for practitioners and His

work

Awards

has like

won the

several Normal

national Borlaug

and

International

Award

(1998)

for

students. Now he is working on a monumental manual called “clinical signs in Ayurveda”. This will be released soon.

contributions to the conservation of wild populations of He

was

initiated

into

his

clinical

training

by

Dr.

B.

medicinal plants and Columbia University’s International Vaidyanathan Sir, Dr. M.R. Vasudevan Nampoothiri Sir. He has Award

(2003)

for

recognition

of

FRLHT’s

outstanding written History of Ayurveda and Pathartha Vignanam in Tamil

contributions to revitalization of traditional systems of language for the first year students of Government Ayurveda health-care in India.

College Darshan has held several honorary positions like Advisor

students.

It

is

published

by

Department

of

Indian

Systems of Medicine, Govt of Tamilnadu.

(ISM), Planning Commission, Government of India (GOI), He has trained more than thousand students in his center and Member, National Wild Life Board, GOI. and Member of influenced more than 2000 students all over India and abroad. the National Bio-Diversity Authority, GOI. He is having students from 16 countries.

He is a teaching faculty in the Department of Kayachikitsa for Postgraduate

studies

at

Pankajakasthuri

Ayurveda

College,

Kattakkada, Thiruvanathapuram. He guides PG Students.

He has received a

BEST SCIENTIFIC WRITING AWARD

from Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidya Peeth, Govt of India

ACHARYA AWARD” from CCIM, Govt of India.

"Best

Writer

Award”

from

Govt

of

Tamilnadu

“The

Best

Doctor Award 2012” from The Tamilnadu Dr.vMGR Medical University, Chennai