Connecting the Dots

Was given an assignment to analyze the Stanford commencement speech of Steve Jobs in the Strategic Management class by Prof. Thapar.

It was a group assignment and my part was to present first story from his speech, that is "Connecting the Dots".  Liked this story very much and also the way in which it has been told by the man. These three words are just magical and i thought a simple powerpoint presentation wont be able to do justice to this idea.

Some days back came across this article of HBR and came to know about an awesome and innovative way of making presentations; a web based application called Prezi with a zooming user interface. It is a perfect example of a big leap. One of the best feature is that it makes it very easy to express the non linearity and complexity of thoughts. Especially for all you right brain dominant individuals who think images and can see the bigger picture behind things. Now when i look back at powerpoint presentations, they look like dwarfs. Am embedding my presentation below...enjoy connecting the dots!

Connecting the Dots on Prezi

Convocation address by Dr Purnima Mane

Convocation Address

70th Annual Convocation (2008-2010 Batch)

70th Convocation of the Institute will be held on Monday, May 10, 2010 at the TISS Convention centre. 
Dr. Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director (Programme), United Nations Population Fund has been invited as the honorary chief guest for the occasion.

Best wishes and heartiest congratulations to SHSS 2008-2010 batch from SHSS 2009-2011.

BRAINSTORMING: Feasibilty of International Health Financing Models in the Indian Context

Dr Arun Jitendra
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In first place why do we have to look at international financing models, it would rather be good if we are able to think something out of the box and yet rational which suits our present needs. Considering the fact even the pattern of health education is based on international curriculum its high time we start looking inside our system rather than imposing something which has been tried somewhere else . Even NRHM can be considered such an initiative which i dont think has been borrowed from anywhere.

Dr Khyati Tiwari
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Guys
What i think is, considering international models is not a bad option, all we need to take care of is that it is appropriately defined according to the needs and circumstances. The most important aspect being sustainability. For example, micro financing is something which was implemented in extremely backward African countries and was thoroughly successful. You always have a turn to experiment something new, all u need is the guts to justify it, according to circumstances and surroundings.. bits and pieces must fall in place and then the wheel rolls on...

Astha Gupta
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In my view, in the current global scenario of interlinked economies and globalization having entirely indigenous health financing models is not possible. To add on there are constraints from donor agencies which influence the health financing model being implemented. On the contrary a blind imitation of the international models without assessing the needs and situation of our set up is also not a feasible option. Instead we need a balanced approach wherein the international models are taken up but remodeled as per our needs after a through needs assessment and then implemented with the scope of revaluation being in place.