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Southern Region –

In January 2022, Southern region conducted a Facilitator skills workshop on zoom , open to all ,
Facilitators were Lalitha Iyer and Shyleswari Rao .In April we did a pilot of Seniors Lab "Charaiveti " , it
was Ms Lakshmi Raman's brain child and we ran it across 3 days , online for 2 1/2 hours each. The
facilitators were Lakshmi Raman and TT Srinath. Based on the learnings and feedback, we will be re
looking at the design and hope to offer it to Senior Citizens across regions. After a long break Southern
Region has its first in person meeting on June 18th - Agenda is members connect , a chance to meet new
Associate members and reconnect with already existing members. Sridhar Venugopal has been making
sure that PDP in the region have regular meetings. They have had 2 sessions on log writing and one on
boundaries.
Wisdom Circle – Sessions for PMs
• Gender Processes in T-Groups by Uma Jain
• Creative Action Method by TT Srinath
• Tavistock approach to Group Relations: an Introduction and Exploration by Dr. Anuradha Prasad
• Gestalt OD by Sushma Sharma

Western Region –

Learning sessions for WR
• The Art of saying ‘No’ with Dr.Wasundhara Joshi
• Making meaning of our experiences – by Veda Srinivasan – open to all regions

January 22 - 28th 29th and 30th we did the KJ Somaiya Lab part two - with Mukul and Mukta facilitating
Aishwarya was coordinating and observing , Shiji Lyndon was helping us from College to coordinate .

January at the Pune Group meeting we discussed the topic - HR Engagement in the current times -
Facilitated by Sanjana
February - Topic - Is T-group about focus on Self or Group - Facilitated by Aroon and Mukul
March -Topic - Power in Everyday Life - Facilitated by Aroon
April -Topic - Gender and Group Processes - Aishwarya and Kiran

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