1. INTERNAL STUDENT
LEADERSHIP DAY (ISLD)
Ignite the minds of youth to build the nation
STUDENT LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY
BUILDING (SLCB)
An Initiative to transform today’s students to tomorrow’s Leaders….

2. Prologue
Project Management Institute, USA (www.pmi.org) is a non-profit organization
engaged in advocacy of project management profession. It is more than forty
year old institute and the Project Management standards of PMI are globally
renowned. Project Management Institute (PMI) has presence in more than 180
countries with 250 chapters across the world. In India there are seven chapters
and PMI Pearl City Chapter (www.pmi-pcc.org), Hyderabad is one of the vibrant
chapters in India, and also a recipient of “2006 Community Advancement
through Project Management Award” and “2010 Recognition of Excellence
Award” in PMI Component Category.
Apart from the advocacy of PM knowledge, PMIPCC has embarked on various
activities for Academia and Civic Society development. One such
developmental activity is named as “Student Leadership Competency Building
(SLCB)”.
This is a unique initiative enabling the students of 12-22 years age to acquire
leadership competencies and enable them to be Industry Ready and Nation
Ready leaders by the time they complete their academics.
This document details the background of the initiative, what we intend to do,
and how Volunteers and Industry can be part of this journey for the benefit of
the students of the partnering institutions.
The Thought Leaders
SLCB initiative is conceived and designed by V. Srinivasa
Rao (VSR) in the year 2005, who was then a member of Board for PMI Pearl City
Chapter, and was unveiled during Asia Pacific Conference - Gyan Lahari. This
program was inaugurated by Prof. M. R. Rao, Dean, Indian School of Business
(ISB). The details about this program were shared with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the
then Honorable President of India. The expectations set by the then President of
India for PMIPCC is to implement this program prominently in the rural areas of
India.
Leaders are Born or Made?
We as Indian citizens dream to see our country India, among one of the
developed nations of the world. Several factors play a significant role in
contributing to the growth of a nation, and a few imperative factors being:
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3.  Quality of education
 Quality of citizen life
 Business growth
The future of the nation rests in hands of our young generation. It is time for India
to invest in the development of its young generation so that it is ready to take up
the future challenges. There is a compelling need to groom our young
generation in academic institutions to produce „Nation Ready‟ and „Industry
Ready‟ leaders, who can contribute in the development of the nation and
industry.
PMIPCC believes that leaders are not only born but can also be made. A movement is required
to develop the young students into leaders.
Project Management Institute, Pearl City Chapter (PMIPCC) has taken up this
challenge and conceptualized this initiative.
Nation Ready Leader: The political stability of the nation is an important factor in
determining the economic growth and quality of citizen life. The prosperity of
the nation is assured when visionary governance systems and policies are put in
place. The Nation Ready Leaders will bring innovation in the governance
methods within short span of time.
The Nation Ready leaders coming out of the academic institutions can bring
political stability and visionary leadership. These dynamic leaders can introduce
timely and innovative citizen services, create the right environment for global
business and develop innovative governance models and so on.
Industry Ready Leader: Sustainable and Continuous growth of industry is a vital
factor in determining the economic growth of the nation.
The Industry Ready leaders coming out of the Academia will have the ability to
introduce timely new products/new services, bringing distinctive competencies
and developing innovative business models and so on to address the global
business demands.
To fulfill the dream of securing a place among top developed nations, India
must produce leaders out of the students not just from premier institutes like
IITs/IIMs but also from even the ordinary academic institutes
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4. Leadership competency building exercise is one of the great tools required to
mould the minds of young Indians to take up future Industry and Nation related
challenges and risks effectively. It is essential to plant the seeds of leadership in
the mind of students of age groups of 12 – 22. Following are some of the key
characteristics of leadership:
 Bring in Difference –The ability and attitude to challenge the existing
processes, systems, policies for continuous improvements and innovation.
 Work for Common Goal –The ability and attitude to define and realize the
vision, values and objectives. Leaders can motivate ordinary individuals to
work for common vision/goals.
 Empower Individuals –The ability and attitude to mentor and coach others
and give them the tools, techniques and methods to solve the problems.
Gain the confidence of peers and others.
 Lead by Example - The ability and attitude to solve problems without
dependency, think like entrepreneur, take the risks and stand for the
teams especially in instances of failures.
 Continuous Learning – The ability and attitude to honestly assess and
understand the self, assess their knowledge, problem solving, and to
continuously strive to improve their subject matter expertise.
The Journey
It is a long but interesting journey, and we are confident to achieve this goal
with passionate volunteers of the chapter and partners who have similar
objectives with passion and commitment.
Form Core Team from industry to act as Advisory Committee to drive the
initiative
Create Training material, Rewards and recognition system, plan
Identify partners and sponsors and execute the plan
Select Model institutions
Create awareness on importance of building leadership skills of Students
in the age group 12-22 Years
Form Student Leadership Advisory Councils (SLAC) at school/college.
Institutionalize SLCB in adopted institutions, colleges, universities in the rural
and urban areas of the nation
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5. Facilitate the Student Advisory Councils to conduct International Student
Leadership Day
Create Body of Knowledge for building leadership competencies at
academic institutes (SLCB BOK)
Provide SLCB BOK to the economically challenged academic institutes in
India at no or nominal price
Monitor the trends and release new standards/guidelines, mentor
Students, Nation, Industry start getting the results.
Compelling need from the Academic Institutions..
As strongly felt by the industry, it is a compelling need and expectation from the
academic institutions that the students be made ready with required soft skills in
addition to academic excellence.
While it is important for students to excel in their studies, it is equally crucial that
the institutions provide opportunity for students to gain Leadership skills and in a
way make them ready for the nation and the industry.
Leadership Center of Excellence (LCE): PMIPCC also has setup Leadership
Center of Excellence at the chapter with group of enthusiastic and passionate
leaders from the industry, who are ready to provide the required guidance and
groom the leaders of tomorrow.
Student Leadership Advisory Council (SLAC): PMI Pearl City Chapter provides the
required guidance for the academic institutions to setup “SLAC” comprising
Teachers, Parents, Alumni and Students. PMIPCC enables the SLAC at the
institution to be able to conduct several programs and create mentoring pool,
and act as first level contact for the students.
Modus Operandi
PMIPCC collaborates with the institution and help the institution setting up
Student Leadership Advisory Council (SLAC), a local body at the institution for
facilitation of the “Student Leadership Competency Building” Program:
 PMIPCC – LCE and the institutions‟ SLAC, together plan a profiling of
the program suitable for the students of the institution.
 PMIPCC Initially conducts few training programs, on some of the
knowledge areas through its industry experts.
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6.  PMIPCC conducts the sessions, in the same pattern, for different
Knowledge areas in Leadership Foundation, Leadership Transformation
and Leadership Sustenance Phases as follow up sessions.
 PMIPCC facilitates setup up a full-fledged SLAC to conduct the training
programs, enhance mentoring people, collaborate with alumni,
PMIPCC-LCE, and help students in building Leadership skills.
 Logistics like Lunch, hall, projector to be provided by the institution.
 The students reap the benefits of the program and
 Nation & Industry reaps the benefits of the SLCB Program, WITH
TOMORROW‟S LEADERS.
What is in it for Students?
As part of the journey of SLCB, the students will traverse through three phases.
Leadership Foundation -> Leadership Transformation -> Leadership Sustenance
In each phase, there are different Leadership Knowledge Areas identified, and
students will experience and master different leadership traits, and imbibe them
to apply in their life.
The students will get the knowledge of the expectations from the industry and
the nation, and the trainings provided by the industry experts will help
transforming themselves as „Leaders of Tomorrow‟.
Key takeaways for students
Project Management Institute (USA) is a world renowned organization defining
Project Management Standards. PMI Pearl City Chapter is a pioneer in creating
interesting activities with the help of industry leaders. SLCB is a path-breaking
initiative from the chapter.
As part of SLCB, a well-defined training framework is created by experienced
professionals from the industry, who are working in Multinational Companies,
and reputed corporate companies, with exposure to world-class practices,
having better understand industry and nation‟s expectations.
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7. The Awareness sessions include concepts of Leadership Knowledge Areas
(Leadership Traits) in three phases – Leadership Foundation, Leadership
Transformation and Leadership Sustenance.
The training includes blend of concepts by industry leaders and very interactive
activities, and it will surely be enriching experience for the students. Additionally,
 Students will be given a certificate for their participation in “Leadership
Awareness sessions”
 Industry Leaders at chapter‟s Leadership Center of Excellence are
available to help and coordinate the queries of the students on an
ongoing basis.
 A local body, Student Leadership Advisory Council (SLAC) with Teachers,
parents, students, and Alumni will be setup at the institution, who can be
constantly be in touch with students and the PMI Chapter for efficient
collaboration.
Come and Join !!! Be part of journey to build future leaders of India!!!
Executive Sponsor PMI Pearl City Chapter
Visit http://www.pmi-pcc.org.
Primary Contact Srinivasu Chowta
Director – SLCB
srinivasuchowta@pmi-pcc.org
srinivasuchowta@aim.com
Alternate Contact office@pmi-pcc.org
If your institution is interested to participate in the program, please
provide the filled in feedback form, to our volunteer or write to
office@pmi-pcc.org with subject as SLCB.
We want to participate in the SLCB Program, and help our students to
transform as Leaders!!!
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8. Name of the institution, Address,
Contact Phone Details
Email id
Are you interested in participating in this
program
What trainings are conducted presently for the
students, other than academic programs?
Contact person and contact number, for more
detailed follow-up discussions
What are the courses/classes offered by the
institutions?
(High school, Intermediate, Graduation, Post
Graduation, Professional Trainings).
Do you have required infrastructure?
Projector, a room to conduct training sessions,
etc,
Do you have Alumni , if so, please provide the
contact details of Alumni representative body.
If your institution is interested to participate in the program, please provide
the filled in feedback form, to our volunteer or write to office@pmi-
pcc.org with subject as SLCB.
Visit http://www.pmi-pcc.org
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