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1. Tell us more about your role and responsibilities at your club.
Hey, Myself S Sai Sharan, I have been a
member of Rotaract club and campus2community since 2019, it all happened when
my best friend made me visit a social activity, wherein I felt like
working for the respective NGO and club, so it led me to become a member of
these clubs respectively.
As I joined Rotaract I started visiting social events
which made me aware of the responsibilities being undertaken by an individual
to make the world a better place to live in, so both Rotaract and
campus2community are two different clubs wherein both the clubs had a common
set of goals that are improving the society.
As a member, I was a part of a lot of events wherein I learnt a lot of stuff like leadership qualities, team
building capability, public speaking and mainly a passion to serve the society
and many more. So as of now, being a member has taught me a lot about
being responsible, but I believe that there is a lot more to learn in future
with a bigger position. The most basic thing I learnt was to have patience and
learn a few things at a time. Being a part of social clubs not only helped me
serve the society but it also helped me enhance my qualities and
capabilities.
In college, I am a volunteer at the cultural
committee and this has helped me grow into a better person as I learnt how to
communicate with different kinds of people irrespective of their backgrounds,
it helped me enhance my leadership qualities as well and it has helped me grow
into a better human being and a better part of society.
2. How did you rise up to your position and how can a student
aspiring the same approach it?
In the beginning, it was so good to be
welcomed by the clubs and working with the basic structures of the club
made me realize that my potential at the right time would help a lot to the
society.
So for almost a year, I spent learning new things, exploring stuff
and gaining new ideas and with all this, the clubs have supported a lot,
it made me recognize my purpose, for any aspiring student it's just that they
have to get passion towards it and should explore everything at the right age and
being dedicated is the main part of this exposure so when the opportunities
willing to give a chance it’s time to grab it and give it a hundred per cent and
in the end, I would ask everyone to follow their hearts and do the right thing
at the right time.
3. What’s it like to juggle between leadership and normal college
life?
See, basically, it's not about feeling burdened
by defining your role as a leader with your normal college life, it's about
balance and composure, when you have a responsibility to do big and
become a great leader it wouldn’t and will never feel like it’s a hell a lot of
work, it’s the time management for both roles what you are in, there would be
times where you ll have work all day long and study all night long for the next
day examination but as a student its just management of time and proper
scheduling of things.
4. Do you enjoy the kind of influence you hold at such a young age?
Yes, I definitely enjoy influencing people for
their betterment as well as mine, so in life, it's just the matter of how
influential you were when you were given a chance, that will give value to
my life as well as others.
5. How do your parents look at you participating in extracurricular
activities?
My parents are proud of me getting
indulged in social work or any such because as a parent they would be really
happy to see a child improve society, so there were a lot of days when I
used to wake up early and indulge in a lot of Rotaract events. My parents
have played a huge role and appreciated me to become what I am today.
6. What are the top skills that you have learnt with what you do?
Top skills cannot be shortened by saying a few
because as a leader you should be capable of managing everything possible.
Rotaract has taught me a lot about being and putting up a great work for society. And I would be glad to say that every skill I have learnt has been a
top skill.
7. How can we encourage more young students such as yourself to
take up leadership roles?
Students are surrounded by a lot of
opportunities and we as a society should teach them to grab the right
opportunity which is fit for them. We should teach these young students that
leadership is being impartial and spreading equality and being dominant does not
make anyone a leader.
We should teach the younger generation to respect the
ideas of a team and that’s what makes an individual a successful leader. We
should encourage them by giving importance to their ideas and thoughts and we
have to let them be expressive in nature.
8. Do you have any message to the parents about allowing their kids
to do what they are passionate about.
For parents, a piece of advice is to let
their children do what they like and what they are passionate about. Who knows
one day they may be the one who the world wants, just help them by supporting
their growth.
9. What’s your message to encourage students to do internships and
attend conferences?
Students should be very enthusiastic to learn
new things, and internships and conferences are such platforms which provide a lot of insights about the career options available for the newer generation.
These internships and conferences help the students in building the set of
skills required to pave the right path in order to achieve their goals and
ambitions.
Interview by - Chaitra
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