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Monika Donegan is the Founder and the Director of the National Institute of Learning and Development Services, Gurgaon. Starting as a trainer in the Aviation Industry, she moved to the Hospitality sector and eventually into the corporate world. She carries the objective of holistically building future professionals and enhancing their efficiency.
What is your philosophy of leadership and how would you describe your leadership style?
“To ensure that the promise is delivered”
We believe in confronting issues head-on is a key to better communication and success. We lead by understanding and embracing change. The situations and people can change over time and this tectonic shift of learning to an online approach is a first step towards embracing change. We expect to consider various options and listen to feedback in challenging situations by empowering those who may be blessed with hard skills but failed to sell them in a market.
Any insights into how your institute could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?
“Formulating plans and strategies to support the students in every possible way”
Definitely, we follow a certain fee structure for candidates coming from tier2, tier 3 cities. We also offer scholarships-based learning for our candidates coming from financially challenged backgrounds. But that happens post an official investigation conducted by the team of NILDS. In fact, we recently did so for a few candidates of Bihar and all of them are doing excellent in their domain.
“NILDS targets to train almost 10,000 candidates in the year 2020-2021 promising them a definite transformation”
When you first came to NILDS, what was your vision for the institute? Has it evolved, and how far along in implementing that vision are you?
“Vision of empowering candidates from all walks of life”
We are committed especially towards those who are highly qualified but struggling to enter the professional world due to the lack of effective communication. So far, we’ve been successful in implementing the vision. We were able to sponsor a couple of candidates from different states and the transformation that we’ve witnessed so far has definitely given us the boost to continue with this entire vision that we had started in 2017.
What are some of the biggest challenges you see both for higher education in general and for NILDS specifically?
“Breaking Free from conventional ways”
When we talk about the Indian education system, it goes back almost 400 years ago. You take raw material, Subject all of them to exactly the same processes and conditions and finally make them into the finished products and test them. The product that clears the test will be sold to the market and the remaining product will be simply passed out as defect quality. NILDS definitely plans to break the key chain.
Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and aspiring students?
“Keep your dedication and focus aligned with your skills”
The art to communicate efficiently is not rocket science. All it requires is dedication and focus to be able to sell your hard skills and in this competitive world, all that you have is the art of communication to sell whatever hard skills you carry with yourself. If you fail to do that, believe me, you will continue to struggle. The small parts that seem like an iceberg are very important to be able to communicate efficiently and I suggest each one of you that it’s very important to focus on the way you portray your skills.
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