The launch of the seminar was set in the well furnished air conditioned comfort of COINIDA Board Room Sienna Building Coimbatore.

There were 39 participants who included a Laparoscopic Surgeon, English Professor, People for Animals activist, Asia Plateau Interns from Sudan, Kenya, Taiwan and Assam, a well known poet and IT professionals from IBM & Laxmi Technologie.

ICCFG Coimbatore was formally inaugurated in August 2008. It had its genesis in a vision nurtured by B.Baskar a social activist. He and his core team members comprising of Dr.Selvraraj and Prabhakaran soon realised the need for more bonding, coalescing together as a vibrant unit.

They were convinced that much can be achieved but also certain that a team needs to come into being before goals can be pursued.

The objectives for the Center were to develop a vision, generate a pool of resource persons for programs, and inspire members to make IofC ideas the foundation for all future activities.

Kiran Gandhi, Seenu Iyengar, Kartik Dore & P.A.Viswnaathan, seasoned with experience and years in facilitation, guided the process and primed the direction for the workshop.

In clear terms Kiran articulated some key principles underlying effective behaviour.

“As I am so is my nation. “ “Change starts with me.“ “Practice what you preach.“

“Listening to one’s inner voice,” “seeking guidance and making restitution is key”.

The disciplined practice of quite reflection and seeking divine guidance illumines direction to paths beyond one’s imagination.

Seenu Iyengar in precise terms enunciated that Leadership is characterized by “ clear vision “, “envisaging an ideal self” & an awareness that one’s life is meant to be used for doing good .

Kartik Dore spoke on unconditional love and an evolution to one’s “higher self “.

Sankar Jadhav a trained consultant from the Institute of Cultural Affairs has a unique method of facilitating participative management.

He was specially invited for the workshop for his skills and understanding of human interactions in a dynamic environment.

There is an evident veering away from academic inputs and a totally different approach to focusing on issues and arriving at solutions with optimum benefit for everyone.

Different personalities were identified and the Group was subdivided into:

Analytical, Amiable, Driver and Expressive.

The task he affirmed is to bring together these varying ingrained definable traits in persons & arrive at answers for ongoing challenges.

Vision for the Centre was developed with the active participation of all.

Contradictions/ Challenges in realizing the vision and the root causes were analyzed. An action plan for the next 3 months was developed.

Plans were clearly chalked out with Budget, resources and procedures in place. April May & June with Activities and Results marked out in Charts.

There was unanimous acceptance for the plans and clearly marked out options for the future.

“Became clear about objectives of ICCFG, seems goals set are achievable” – Jayashree, Lecturer

Got the HOPE that the projects on hand can be implemented” – Krishnamurthy, Retd, Professor

“Program improved my self confidence”–Vedapuri, Retd. Executive.

“Clarity in planning, evolved strategies, defined individual roles” – Muthukumar, Retd, Trade Unionist.

“Multiple ideas generated got integrated in one platform” – Suresh Lecturer.