NEW DELHI :
New Delhi:
Nineteen-year-old Maryam Siddiqui, a first-year Bachelors in Architecture student of Jamia Millia Islamia, has brought laurels to the university by bagging top spot in the GenZ Leadership Olympiad.
The competition was organized by Career2NextOrbit.com and Axis Bank. The Grand Finale was held on March 24 at Pride Plaza Hotel, New Delhi.
The competition consists of two stages. As the first step of the process, the registered teams submitted a 3-minutes Vlog on any one of the 5 themes given by the organisers, followed by a telephonic interview.
Maryam, a resident of Delhi, was selected among the top 20 participants from all over India and called for the Grand Finale held at Pride Plaza Hotel, New Delhi where she competed for the second stage which includes Public Speaking (on-the-spot), Experiential Learning, and Case Study Analysis.
The jury comprising of Dr. P. K. Biswas (Director, IFMR Chennai), Dr. Gautam Sinha (Director, IIM Kashipur), Dharm Rakshit (Head-HR, Hero MotoCorp), and Malabika Bose (VP and Head-HR, Blackberry) declared Maryam as the winner among the 461 other teams.
She was given a cash prize of Rs. 65,000.
“There were hundreds of teams who were competing against me. I was single in my team whereas the other had up to three members,” Maryam told TwoCircles.net.
“But I was dedicated that I could do it. I gave my best and my efforts paid off” she added. She is looking to compete in more of these competitions and bring laurels to the university.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Indian Muslim / by TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter / March 28th, 2018