For most of us, \u2018Leadership\u2019 is a long trudge through life, a code that needs to be cracked\u2026 the final destination that is achieved in pursuit of excellence. For most of us, \u2018Leadership\u2019 is equated by the greyness in our hair, and is often confused with experience. Not for Defni Prasad. Defni is one of those gifted few, who are recognized straightaway as born leaders. They ascend to prominence without breaking a sweat, on the basis of their natural charm, a flair for communication, and the ability to work smart. Defni Prasad – “One day I\u2019m a volunteer at an IIC Conference, & the next day I\u2019m teaching underprivilleged kids; It can be so uniquely across-the-spectrum.\u201d For most of us, \u2018Leadership\u2019 is a long trudge through life, a code that needs to be cracked\u2026 the final destination that is achieved in pursuit of excellence. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,134],"tags":[64,65,157],"class_list":["post-47630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jaipuria-lucknow-student-speaks","category-student-speaks","tag-jaipuria","tag-jaipuria-institute-of-management","tag-jaipuria-lucknow"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chekkup.in\/jaipurianewsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cDeciding to commit to an MBA course<\/a> meant choosing a career in management. But once that was done,\u00a0Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow<\/a>\u00a0was my first choice. It was in fact, the first management institute<\/a> where I had given an interview and luckily, I cracked it! I had heard a lot about Jaipuria Lucknow. But my brother\u2019s friend, an alumnus of Jaipuria Lucknow, opined that Jaipuria Lucknow would be just the place for me as it laid stress on good grooming and gave its students ample opportunities to showcase their talent.\u201d
\nDefni is the class representative of her batch at\u00a0Jaipuria<\/a>\u00a0Lucknow. While this would be considered an accomplishment by the parents of most of the students in Jaipuria Lucknow, people who know Defni Prasad think it is quite natural for her. For this girl from Jhansi, academics and extra-curricular activities have always walked hand-in-hand. Right from her school days, Defni had excelled in competitions ranging from one-act plays and singing to debates, elocutions and seminars. Not only was Dephni the College Captain, but shehad graduated with the second highest grade in her college \u2013 over 70%.
\n\u201cOrganising events in school or college was small-scale work; doing the same in Jaipuria Lucknow<\/strong><\/em> is a different ball-game altogether. It brought out from within me the best management skills – those that I never knew I possessed. Most of the events in\u00a0Jaipuria\u00a0Lucknow are student-driven, right down to bringing in the sponsorship. The thrill of \u2018fixing a deal\u2019, the taste of the real business world, the tactics and strategy required to ensure a \u2018buy-in\u2019, all happens because Jaipuria Lucknow trusts its students and its pedagogical philosophy.\u201d
\nApart from being a part of the sponsorship team, faculty<\/a> members have elected her to the student affairs committee, which manages all the events within the\u00a0Jaipuria\u00a0Lucknow campus. Having tasted action, Defni now wants more of it! She is targeting a Marketing profile with a major corporate house, and after 5 years of having learnt the ropes, she intends starting her own venture.
\n\u201cOne day I\u2019m a volunteer, helping organize\u00a0Jaipuria\u00a0Lucknow\u2019s flagship event<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 the Independence, Integration and Co-creation (IIC) conference, and the very next day I\u2019m with the\u00a0Udaan<\/em>\u00a0team, teaching underprivileged children. That is the beauty of Jaipuria Lucknow; it can be so uniquely across-the-spectrum.\u201d
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