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Ahmedabad: \u2018I could not clear the final summer internship interviews for my top 3 preferred firms despite being on hotlist inone of them,\u2019 writes a student. Another writes, \u2018I failed in Class XII exam as I didn\u2019t know how to write in English.\u2019
These are just the two of the 26 and growing \u2018CV of failures\u2019 by IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) students posted on Instagram. Aproject, initiated by Prof Devasmita Chakraverty and carried out by PGP students Aarushi Agarwal, Ashutosh Rungta and MehulBhola, intends to highlight that any failure is not final \u2013 even those getting admission in the top B-school of India could haveacademic or professional failings that they overcame. The project went online on November 20.
Prof Chakraverty developed \u2018Managing self-limiting beliefs in education and training\u2019 course and 2020 marked its maiden year. \u201cIn the course, students learn to critically look at education system, theories of learning and motivation, and concepts such as imposter syndrome. In one of the sessions, we started developing a combined CV of failures,\u201d she said. \u201cThe students realized that we take pride in discussing our successes and accomplishments, but often forget to talk about failures.\u201d
The concept was introduced a few years ago by Johannes Haushofer, a professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University, to make a broader audience realize that all encounter failures in one form or the other while eventually achieving success. The project is also inspired by the popular \u2018Post Secret\u2019 initiative. \u201cStudents were hesitant to write about their failures at first. But soon, we created a seven-page long \u2018CV\u2019 in 15 minutes. Someone could not get into their dream college or pursue the field they wanted to, whereas someone could not find a position after several internships. Someone had given up on the dream of becoming a musician for a career in engineering,\u201d said Prof Chakraverty.
The students participating in the initiative said that there still exists a great hesitation in sharing our stories of failures with others as it\u2019s associated with weakness, even when such experiences teach valuable lessons. The project thus took shape where the community members are encouraged to write anonymously on a postcard and put it in a drop box on the campus. An anonymous online form is also introduced. The project intends to broaden its horizons with inclusion of all current and past students, faculty and staff members.
Excerpted from https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ahmedabad\/a-cv-of-failures-penned-by-iim-a-grads\/articleshow\/79357685.cms<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"