Aastha Foundation for Human Learning and Growth

Venue: Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS) – Pune

22nd

– 26th January, 2016

“Great Discovery is…

not always of finding new worlds outside

but seeing with new eyes”.

The Aastha Invitation

Aastha (Foundation for Human Learning and Growth) invites you

to take a pause in today‟s fast-paced world where the focus almost always is on the „outer‟ and how we „should be‟. Our invitation is extended to deliberate on the inner self and who „I‟ really am.

Aastha invites you to take a pause:

● To get in touch with your potential and rekindle inner potential.

● To experience a vibrant learning space.

● To engage with yourself.

● To connect with co-participants from diverse walks of life with

varied experiences.

Aastha follows a unique methodology called process work, which is

based on an exploration of one‟s experiences and life spaces, to better understand behavioural and identity patterns. Process work beckons participating members to ask difficult questions of themselves face

one‟s fears and re-experience events. We offer an environment of active experimentation with new action choices and possible ways

ahead.

There will be experienced facilitators for all programmes who will keep

the focus on self-exploration from issues and concerns that emerge in the group.

Aastha – The Institution

Our vision is –

“Creating spaces for individuals from all stages of life, from any collective, in their search for wholesomeness, both in their being and

becoming through continuous self-enquiry, redefinition and recognition, to be the premier institution in the field of process work by remaining ever evolving and current”.

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step".

Martin Luther King Jr.

Aastha’s Programmes

The Winter Programme provides a unique community learning space

as a microcosm of the world that we live in. It provides an intense yet refreshing experience. The setting creates enriching and meaningful opportunities for learning more about oneself and human processes

in all the spaces we engage with.

Great Discovery is… not always of finding new worlds outside but seeing with new eyes.

A diverse community of participants and a faculty team from all over the country come together for this event.

The work groups offer a non-threatening space to share, explore, learn and embark upon a journey to discover new action choices.

Participating members would typically spend six hours each day in small groups and the rest of the time in large community/informal

sessions.

The Learning Processes are:

Holistic: Constant beckoning to see the whole picture for oneself in familial and work systems and not only „your piece‟ of the puzzle.

Experiential: Sharing experiences, reflections and reviewing them in the present context.

Wholesome: Fostering the natural and fundamental need to be

oneself.

Growth Oriented: Discovering new meanings and new action choices

for personal effectiveness.

Thought Provoking: Building concepts from the group‟s experiences

as well as from shared perspectives.

Our learning processes are holistic, experiential, wholesome, growth oriented and thought provoking.

Aastha’s Winter Event 2016

The following programmes are offered in January 2016: All the Programmes are fully residential.

Igniting Potential & Enlivening Self

January 22nd, 2016 (Friday) to January 26th, 2016 (Tuesday)

Rising Star

January 22nd, 2016 (Friday) to January 26th, 2016 (Tuesday)

Re-energising Relationships - Felicitating the Family

January 22nd, 2016 (Friday) to January 26th, 2016 (Tuesday)

“A journey everyone must make sometime. It is a beautiful community

of people who are all on a journey to discover themselves, each at a

different stage in his/her quest”

A participant

Registration and Check-in for all

programmes is on January 21st, 2016 by dinner time.

All three programmes begin on 22nd

January 2016 at 9:30 AM.

All three programmes end on January

26th, 2016 by lunch time.

All programmes are held in AC rooms.

Safety Experts and First Aid is always available on every programme.

Programme Details:

Enlivening Self & Igniting Potential

This programme is recommended for individuals:

interested in enhancing their personal understanding of self for growth and development.

engaged in awareness of people processes, whether in an organisation, education, social sector or running your own

business or family unit.

Perspective

Our inner landscape of feelings, aspirations, motivations and dreams we cherish, often lie unexplored and unexpressed. These questions

about our inner and outer worlds can leave us feeling restless. The lab is a space to explore these landscapes.

All systems create roles with diverse pulls and pressures that place a high demand on the individual to cope and deliver. This programme

invites you to embrace and integrate your various existing roles.

Objective

To understand the way you take charge of your growth, restate the vision for self and your life spaces.

To explore dilemmas in work-life and self-role balance.

To explore new possibilities through close interactions and

concept sessions.

Programme Fees

Standard non AC, double occupancy - Rs.15,000/- Executive AC, double occupancy - Rs.30,000/- Executive AC, single occupancy - Available at an additional cost, subject to availability of rooms

“Continuous effort – not strength or intel l igence –

is the key to unlock one’s potential ”.

Winston Churchil l

Rising Star The programme is recommended for individuals:

who are working with integrating their convictions and their

role expectations while engaging with the outside world.

trying to seek a balance between following their dream and the ideals they seem to hold.

Perspective

Young people enter new stages of life with a lot of excitement and

hope. Work and education give meaning, purpose and opportunities. This also throws up challenges. The real test is how you retain your spirit and passion while adjusting to demands of your role and the

system.

Objective

Explore aspects of roles and relationships - expectations,

fulfillment and disappointments.

Review internal meanings and assumptions held.

Examine action choices that integrate role, self and organisational needs.

Programme Fees

Standard non AC, double occupancy - Rs.15,000/- Executive AC, double occupancy - Rs.30,000/- Executive AC, single occupancy - Available at an additional cost, subject to availability of rooms

Aastha’s interns are leaders and change agents in

several organisations and institutions today.

Re-energising Relationships - Felicitating the Family

This programme is recommended for:

all those who want to reconnect with the essence of inter-

dependence and collaboration which defines the essence of relationships.

parent/s and child(ren) or any composition you term as a

relationship.

Perspective

For millennia societies have lived in units of two or even three generations with ten or more members in each unit. In the nuclear

families of today, families consist of three, four or at best six members. The intrusion by mass media/social media/technology is a

reality that can‟t be missed or ignored. Often, there is a deeply felt loss of real togetherness.

Objective

Listen to and hear the other, understand positions taken and different ways of seeing issues.

Explore activities within the family unit as well as cross family

units that highlight patterns of behaviour.

Explore possibilities of integrating new action choices.

We invite anyone willing to see, listen, experience and change. If that

is you – then this is for you!

Programme Fees

Standard non AC, double occupancy- Rs.8500/- per child

*For Adults: Standard non AC, double occupancy - Rs.15,000/- Executive AC, double occupancy - Rs.30,000/- Executive AC, single occupancy - Available at an additional cost, subject to availability of rooms

Engaging with human processes at the community,

organizational, group or individual level.

Aastha programmes help participants:

To be more effective in relationships in their personal and

professional life spaces.

To unlock their creative potential and become more effective leaders.

In being primary anchors in education and social change.

To experience synergy of thought, feeling and action.

To manage change.

Participant Organisations/Institutions

“The programme at Aastha has changed my perspective. The guidance in the labs, the facil i tators and the night sessions are memories of how beautifully Aastha interspersed the soul -searching seriousness with laughter

and gaiety”.

Organisations Astra Zeneca India Pvt. Ltd. Bharti Airtel Ltd. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Dabur Pharma Ltd. Hewlett Packard India Pvt. Ltd. Idea Cellular Ltd. ITC Ltd. Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd. Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. Novell Inc Renaissance Strategic Consultants Reliance Industries Ltd. Samuday Psycon Synapse India Pvt. Ltd. The Paper Products Ltd. Thermax

Education and Social Sector Bhoomi Network, Bangalore Blue Mountain School, Ooty Childline India Foundation CRY Gurukul, Pune HMRI IMDR, Pune IIM, Ahmedabad KIAMS Panchatantra School, Delhi Prakriya Green Wisdom School, Bangalore Shishugriha School, Bangalore The School, Chennai The Circle, Delhi

Programme Staff & Administration Information

Programme Directors

Mehroo Kotval

Uday Mazgaonkar

Programme Co-ordinator

Gaurav Gupte

Faculty

The Faculty for Aastha‟s programmes has been committed to working with individuals, institutions and organisations in their search for a

meaningful living and action during the last three decades. The Winter Programme faculty would be drawn from the body of Trustees,

Institutional and Professional Members of Aastha Foundation.

Administrative Information

Venue: KIAMS Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies,

Near Tata Foundry, Village Dhamne, Pune – Maharashtra 410506. Landmark: Somatne Phata. (On Mumbai Pune Expressway)

Travel: Participants are advised to make arrangements to and from the venue in advance.

Participants are advised to carry winter clothes, walking shoes and

personal medication.

This programme is designed for development, not therapy. Persons

with any history of mental stress, psychiatric treatment or psychotherapy are advised not to participate in these programs.

It is implicit that the participant is joining voluntarily for growth and completely owns the responsibility for his/her own health.

The programme will be conducted with arrangement for sitting on the floor with footwear placed out of the room.

“A fantastic experience of how a community can completely change one’s cynical image of a self -centered world, wholly engrossed in a crazy rat race and restore faith in the innate goodness of mankind. The vision of the inst i tution is admirable”.

For Payment by Cheque:

Payment of Fees by cheque or demand draft favouring: Aastha Foundation for Human Learning and Growth, Bangalore may be sent to:

Mr. Jagdish Purandare Kirloskar Pneumatic Co. Ltd.

Hadapsar Industrial Estate Pune 411 013.

Details for Online transfer

Name: Aastha Foundation for Human Learning and Growth Account Number: 515402010010861 Account Type: Savings

Bank Name: Union Bank Branch: Koramangla, Bangalore IFSC: UBIN0551546

Note: Please send us a scanned copy of the receipt of the

payments made through NEFT, on the email ID given below. It will help us to keep track of your payments.

Please add 14.5% Service Tax on the fees mentioned in the Brochure. Programme fees do not include service tax, it will be charged

additionally.

Cancellation policy: A full refund of fees after deducting Rs.1000/-

(for administrative expenses) if the cancellation request comes in at least 2 weeks before the start date of the programme.

50% of the fees will be refunded if the cancellation request comes in

within 2 weeks before the start date of the programme.

No refund for requests within 48 hours of the start date of the programme. Fees paid can be carried forward to the next year if the individual wishes to attend the programme.

Email Id.: aasthaWP2016@gmail.com

“We know what we are but know not what we maybe”.

Will iam Shakespeare

Trustees of Aastha Foundation

Ashutosh Bhupatkar

Management Academician and Writer, Pune

Minaxi Mathur

Organisation Consultant, Mumbai

Mohan Raja

Director, Synapse India Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore

Narpati Luthra

Vice President and member Governing Council KIAMS

Chairperson, Executive Trustee Aastha Foundation

Preethi Raja

Director, Synapse India Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore

Local Contacts

Bangalore: Jaya Narayan - 09845812000

Mumbai: Mehroo Kotval - 09833890669

Pune: Bela Sood - 7387095211

Delhi: Geeta Kumar - 09810111704

Aastha is an institution that is held in the minds of i ts people.

Venue Address and Map:

Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Near Tata Foundry, Village Dhamne, Pune – Maharashtra 410506

Landmark: Somatne Phata (On Mumbai Pune Expressway).

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Email: aasthaWP2016@gmail.com

Website: www.aasthafoundation.com

“A person is a person no matter how small ”.

Dr. Seuss