Mangaluru: At the Toastmasters Leadership Institute organised recently at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management under the leadership of Division director DTM Savitha Salian, Educom coordinator DTM Malini Hebbar and area directors TM Kiran Vasant, TM Sujata Kotian and TM Sridhar Kamath, 140 Toastmasters including 70 officers of division F were trained in various aspects of leadership and the salient features of the District Awards and Recognitions Award programme.

District programme quality director DTM Raj Kumar Bansal and district club growth director DTM Boopathy Sankar delivered educational sessions on ‘District Initiatives’ and ‘How to become distinguished in six months?’ respectively. TM Flexon Fernandes threw light on ‘Club Central’. A panel discussion on the newly rolled out Toastmasters educational programme 'Pathways' was taken up by TM Brian Fernandes, TM Shwetha D’Souza, TM Benzita and DTM Bharathi Shevgoor and moderated by TM Molly Chaudhuri.

TM Shariq Ali, TM Bhaskar Kiran, TM Deepa Bhandary, TM Sridhar Kamath, TM Mamta Shenoy, TM Kamal Das and TM Preetam Kamath trained various office bearers in their diverse roles.

The TLI had a galaxy of trainers who shared their views on attracting the new members:
DTM C K Ballal (district chief judge), TM Divyashri Gatti (division F LDP coordinator), DTM MN Pai (past LGM), DTM Nivedita Mirajkar (past area governor), TM Anubhav (president, Infosys), TM Amit Anand (president, Inspiron), TM Agnes Sharan (president, NITK), TM Denny Joseph (president, Kannur), TM Samarth (president, Sahyadri), TM Sorabh Nahata (VPPR, Proact), TM Krishna (VPEd MAHE).

The training programme offered to the Toastmasters of the coastal belt the opportunity of imbibing the spirit of leadership and understanding the essence of public speaking.