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The address of Subroto Bagchi was on personal worth also defines who you are. The fifth vertical
leadership. He started his address by saying, “I am is Family: families could compete or pull you down
who I am because of this State from where I started or collaborate and become a force multiplier to
my career and life has come full circle as I am here be more impactful. The final vertical is the Human
today again. It is symbolic and God sent.” Body: a vehicle which takes you to wherever
you want to go. Many highly competent people
According to him, “Government is a great have been let down by their bodies just before
repository of personal leadership and institutional their ultimate defining moment or the role and
leadership and each one listening to this talk is a responsibility they were about to take or could
leader in his/her own capacity”. have taken.

He went on to explain leadership by looking Most people joining the government are highly
at it from two dimensions of one’s personal life; intelligent people and with comparable intellect.
one of which he calls Platform and the other, The platform for these individuals remains the
Purpose. Personal identity of an individual same but what they do with that platform and
consists of 6 verticals: Education: from where one how they move forward will be very different. And
studied and what one studied becomes a very that is determined by purpose.
defining experience and sticks to you all your
life. The second vertical is Experience: the roles Shri Bagchi went on to explain the concept of
and responsibilities handled by an individual. purpose in a simple mathematical formulation; it
The third vertical is Network: A good network which means the impact an individual makes over
a period of time. In simpler terms, the platform
expands one’s possibilities. The fourth vertical consisting of the above mentioned 6 verticals are
is Net worth and it isn’t necessarily about the nothing but a spring board from where you launch
money. When an individual has a good network, yourself and it’s a place that helps you to go to a
he/she can comprehend taking risks. The same destination and create an impact. Often, most
principle applies to the world of business as well. individuals spend too much time sharpening the
Owing to one’s connections and network, one platform. The focus, however, should mostly be on
can think of taking a plunge or take risks in being the purpose, because without it, the platform is of
an entrepreneur or to enter politics. So one’s net no use.