Kolkata :
Mamata Banerjee’s leadership in the Singur and Nandigram land movements, which propelled her to power, is now the subject of a PhD thesis by a management student of Vidyasagar University.
“Mamata Banerjee is an inspiration not only for me but for millions of Indians. She has been the subject of discussion for her unconventional way of looking at things, be it administrative protocol, resolving a political issue or addressing a mass rally. She has never been the kind of leader we are used to. Her out-of-the-way style can be a subject of research because it can be used an effective model in our society as well as the corporate world,” said PhD scholar Rezaul Islam, a resident of Hatipota village in Burdwan.
The research paper, titled ‘Charismatic Women Leaders in People Management — A Case Study on Mass Leader Mamata Banerjee’, will analyse how the firebrand leader turned a nearly lost battle into a winning one through her managerial skills. Rezaul believes the Ma-Mati-Manush CM’s rise in the national political scene has had wide ranging social impacts and led to a considerable rise in representation of women in different spheres.
The research paper includes other successful Indian women. “I will make a detailed study of Mayawati, Jayalalitha, Sheila Dixit, Indira Nooyi and Arundhati Mukherjee but the special focus will be on Mamata Banerjee,” Rezaul said.
Rezaul’s guide, Avijit Pakhira, is from Singur. “I have seen the anti-acquisition movement and Mamata Banerjee very closely. I followed the movement and saw how she turned a nearly lost battle into a political success. She has always been on the side of farmers but never discouraged corporates, either. She has struck a fine balance between the urban and rural world in her own charismatic way,” Pakhira said, adding: “If we can analyse her unconventional method of functioning, this might open up new avenues in human resource development.”
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kolkata / TNN / October 31st, 2015