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[We hope to capture text from the WAG chat which tells people what each of us is doing.  As new information evolves, I will try and capture it here.  Please keep coming back for more.  Leslie]

Jyoti Swaroop

Good morning, everybody! Let me kick off the story chain! It was a day at the office and I called the Commissioner of the Madurai Corporation, a routine sales call, following up on a visit I made the week before. "Yes, Madam," he told me. "We have decided to go ahead with placing an order for K Yans. Please come over today and collect the order!" I didn't want to remind him that I lived in Chennai. I went straight to the airport, bought a ticket, and headed for the Commissioner's office. I moved the papers from desk to desk and managed to get the order. I stayed over in a hotel and visited the Mahatma school and got an order for 3 more Kyans. Before that, I had to buy myself an entire set of clothes to wear! I returned triumphantly that evening to the office ayuda puja with orders worth 25 lakhs. This, in my first year at IETS was a thrill for me.

Padma J

I cannot ever forget the foundation course trg we did for a bunch of teachers who were very slow with their tech skill building. Sunitha was handling that batch and I was handling another batch parallely. Sunitha used to be pensive during that trg , we noticed that, but FC trg being hectic we were all immersed in our own work. On the penultimate day, we had a meeting and decided that this bunch of slow learners would be awarded certificates after a few months as they need to sharpen their skills. One of the teachers was in tears, she said that her husband would divorce her if she did not return home with the certificate as he would think that she was gallivanting somewhere else and was not at the trg. Hilarious! Another teacher reacted and said she did not need our certificate as her family was full of techies from IITs... We had to counsel these teachers and ultimately awarded them their certificates after a few months of support at school. They did appreciate our help! Unforgettable experiences!

S Sunitha

One of the most hilarious one. We had taught a batch about internet and browsing. Had asked them to use Hotmail to create email account. Suddenly I see a teacher covering the monitor with her pallu and looked quite embarrassed. When we finally convinced her to allow us to check.... she had typed "hotmale".. you can imagine.

Mahesh Edla

Hello everyone....I am probably one of the last entrants to the Schoolnet/IETS family...on 18-June 2007

My entry to IETS was strange and dramatic….

Through a common friend of Kalyan, I got to know about opportunity for part time trainers’ at IETS, so I applied….Post the interview with Padma, I was asked to take a demo session, which I did fairly well…Instead of part-time trainer, I was offered a full-time job…

My first day was to report at Infosys, Hyderabad to co-facilitate with Roja Reddy for the finishing school programme (Articulation Skills, Effective meetings etc. etc.) After 3 days, I was asked to accompany IETS team to Srisailam to create a documentary on MNREGA. 

Only after 4 days of joining IETS, did I actually report to our somajiguda office 😄😄😄

I am thankful to Padma and Leslie for nurturing my facilitation skills… Will always be grateful to them

Jayanthi Prasad

Hi all. A chance meeting with Jaya, Sakina and Pradeep on the roadside near Banjara Hills one day( with hugs and hi- s) led me to being in ILFS( The then Schoolnet). Thanks Pradeep, Jaya and Sakina.  One of the MS Excel session had just finished. I was on the rounds helping the participants. One participant from the famous Sanghi Vidyalaya was frantically looking for something interesting screen, clicking all icons and referring to notes. I asked what the problem was. She said that she couldn’t find the black crow anywhere not screen. If I could help. Noticing the sequence of notes I realised that she wanted the black cross which comes when you press the excel icon to click and drag on the spreadsheet.

Aishwarya

Hi Mala... I can't forget the chat we had in Paville house in Oct. U went through my profile presentation..( saved in floppy disk).. and after a informal chat  u asked me join FC in Nov  ...and I was there in *Schoolnet 🙏🙏 it's been a great journey that taught, trained, mentored.....me...can not thank u enough for the opportunity..n if course The Leslie for grooming us as Trainers🙏

Leslie

My joining was 'head hunted' by Pritha Ghosh, Mala and then Ajay Kapur in Delhi. I was on sabbatical from my school teaching job and writing furiously for Computers@Home and PC Quest Magazines.  Then Gopal Rajagopalan MD arrived in Calcutta with a printed "contract" for me to sign.  After getting a clearance from the school, I joined on November 22, 1999 (22-11-99) and in a couple of days Mala sent me a ticket to Mumbai.

I lived out of HMATC (Dadar Catering College) for a few months, on an off.  The FC that I attended for half a day was rudely abandoned by Anita and Mala yanking me off to the other building to "develop the IC" ... and then run it in KV Masjid Moth!  Baptism by fire! In December I was sent to Bangalore to train the trainers, I recall.  Meera was there, so was Nina K and Neena P?

And I remember  Mala calling us over to the sea facing house at Worli and treating us to some lovely classical singing (not to mention the South Indian goodies and a chance meeting with the great Ram!)

Anamiika Chowdhury

Looks like I am the youngest" ietian" in group 😀 enjoying all good old stories from my seniors..

I-FACET..was my first inhouse training under the mentorship of Leslie sir and meenu ma'am. And what experience!!

Still remember Leslie sir's scolding🙈

Post I-FACET I was so scared of sir, that i kept running away from his sessions n meetings🤭😄

Meenu Gulati

I would like to narrate my first ISMP (40 hour program for ICICI sales mgrs)

An extremely difficult to get cleared as a certified trainer and then to implement it in 4 days. The client was very particular about every detail of the logistics as well. Leslie had finalized the venue after much running around by me at the delhi location, along with other requirements. But, at the location we think differently, as every penny saved adds to the profit. Another venue was identified at a much lower rate, so I began my debut session in the basement conference hall of a hotel near our office. As soon as intros are over, it starts raining and before we knew, the basement was a pool with no extra charges.

I immediately called up the first venue and thanks to the Director, she confirmed the room immediately. Now we had to travel 20 km in the rain. We took a few cabs and I drove some participants in my car. With about 2 hours of gap we were in the new location, having tea, very meticulously organized by the venue staff. While struggling in the rain, my sandals broke . This venue is in the middle of nowhere, but I managed to request one staff member to look for a cobbler if available in the rain. I got my sandals by evening. I conducted the rest of the day barefoot.;) I will always remember this day with a smile😍