Webinar by Prof. Srikumar Rao

Our first guest for the Pragyan talk series was Prof. Srikumar Rao, an eminent speaker, author, and former professor at Columbia Business School.

The topic for the session was “How to eradicate stress and cultivate extreme resilience”. In this session, he talked about how different factors at the workplace impact us negatively and, how to manage them effectively. He says despite great achievements and being at the top of the career, we might be left feeling a void and unfulfilled and, therefore mindfulness is important at every stage of life which leads to stability and happiness in this dynamic journey of life. He also shared his personal experiences of anxiety and disappointments and, how mindfulness helped him attain equanimity and ecstasy. He advised and motivated us to take mindfulness wherever we go. With this session, we learnt one of the most important lessons of life.