Off the beaten track.. Hiking all the way…..

3 Days – 3 Nights full of Fun and Adventure..!!

For three gruelling, action-packed and fun-filled days, students of VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur got an opportunity to test their physical and mental limits and learnt to push themselves beyond it. John Buchan once said, “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.” The students of VGSOM learnt the art of eliciting this greatness at the TASF camp.

On the first day, we were driven to the Tumung village from the Jamshedpur station where TASF had set up a camp. We were taught rock-climbing, caving, rappling and setting up our own tents. We were put in groups and an obstacle race was organized for us which tested our planning and team skills and our physical endurance.

The second day was devoted to water-sports in the picturesque Dimna Lake. We camped on an island at the centre of the lake. We were taught rafting and subsequently had to build our own improvised rafts and we competed to be the first team to row our raft across the lake.

We went trekking up the Dalma Hill on the third day. The trek up and down the hill tested the best amongst us. However, we helped each other along the steep climb and we enjoyed every moment of it.

It was an opportunity for all the students at VGSOM to scale the learning curve of leadership and team skills. It supplemented the Leadership course that fourth semester students at VGSOM undergo. Harold Geneen had said “Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.” At the TASF camp, we got an opportunity to learn and practice leadership amidst nature and it was a rewarding experience for all of us. As all of us prepare to step into the corporate world, it taught us how to build and work in teams and provide inspirational leadership.

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Contributed By-

Kunal Sharma

Final year MBA, VGSOM