UMA's Anuttma Banerjee: Mind Games

Online, July 20, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Anuttama Banerjee's key focus at area at Usha Martin Academy (UMA) is HR in general and Organization Behaviour in particular. Besides her work at UMA, she continues her career practising as a psychologist. "I am also involved with many NGOs," she says.

Joining UMA was a decision she took due to the fact that the institute has a strong industry background and she enjoys being surrounded by young and vibrant people. "UMA is dynamic and actually looks at the needs of the corporate sector," Banerjee says.

Before joining UMA, Banerjee was looking at significantly contributing to grooming the young minds. "If I could address areas where they can be groomed in a certain way so that when they actually join an industry they can feel so much better about themselves, I would feel gratified," she had thought.

Psychology, a subject that includes several related areas of the workings of the mind, intrigues Banerjee no end. She seeks to contribute to making the world - especially the working world of young people a better place in a way that includes techniques like conducting group programmes.

"The Management Development and Faculty Development Programmes we conduct at UMA bridge the gap between the students and the institute. They are both very necessary and change over time. We are all in a very dynamic era. If we do not change, if HR does not change, the organization will not develop. Two aspects - Organizational Development and HR Development - are both equally important sides of a company's coin. If one outgrows the other they will not be staying with each other. One has to compliment the other," Anuttama Banerjee explains.

Change involves evolution, movement and understanding ourselves. These are the keys to success. At UMA, Banerjee makes her students understand the importance of all three. She tells them to understand their issues to help them change their thought process and patterns of thinking to move with the times and to grow in their careers.

According to Banerjee, children and young people are more accepting of change than the older generation.

"They are born in a different time. When I am with them, I have to be fast. If I don't develop, I cannot meet with their need. There is a constant interaction a constant growth required where these developmental programmes are extremely beneficial," she says.

Interestingly, UMA students, who come from different backgrounds, grow into more confident, nurturing individuals by the time they leave the environs of the academy.

"At UMA, our students are our doors that open at a different era. If we help them, they can transport this knowledge to other parts of our country," Anuttama smiles.