GMLC Selection Process: Round 2 Aman Rathi | 19308

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GMLC Sample Chairman GD Set

1. You are the principal of a Delhi school, and have been issued a directive by the
Delhi government to install CCTV cameras within all the classrooms. Your school is
considered among the best in India and carries some political clout, and the
government is hoping your compliance would cause the other schools to follow suit.
You are concerned about the privacy issues installing CCTVs would lead to, not to
mention most teachers’ discomfort with the idea. However, there is significant
political pressure on you to obey. You have called a meeting of the seven senior-
most teachers in the school to decide on the way forward.

2. You are the President of the Nivedita Kunj Residents’ Welfare Association (NKRWA),
a colony of Indian civil servants in South Delhi. There are multiple parks in the
colony where children used to play. However, you implemented a rule recently
which disbarred children from playing any sports in the parks, as it harms the grass
and the greenery. In one particular incident, a section of the park which was used
as a football field by the student was rendered barren within a month. Safety issues
are also cited by elderly residents who take evening walks in parks. But several
parents have criticized the move, opining that parks should be places of not only
leisure but also play. You have called a meeting of the Heads of all seven buildings
in the colony to discuss about the issue so as to appease all parties involved, and
if needed, redefine the terms of the newly issued directive.

3. You are the founder of an ed-tech startup, which conducts industrial visits (or IVs)
for college students, with the objective of closing the gap between college
education and real-life application. You have seen massive media applause of your
company’s activities, and the Indian startup community thinks your startup is
poised to be the “next big thing”. After an initial year of amazing growth, recently
financial growth has slowed down. Your investors believe it’s not the right time for
ed-tech in India just now, and therefore you should pivot to something new which
promises better returns (“pivot” in startup jargon meaning changing the focus of
your business). However, redefining the education space in India has always been
a passion of yours, and thus you’re reluctant to comply. Not complying could lead
to withdrawal of funding which would compound the harmful effects of the slow
financial growth. You have called a meeting of your company’s Department Heads
to decide the future of your startup.

4. You are the Festival Coordinator of your college’s annual cultural festival,
considered one of the biggest in India with a footfall of over 50,000 in 4 days. Two
days before Day 1, your title sponsor providing 30% of your funding backs out. You
will have to incur additional costs in redesigning all the on-site creatives. Rollbacks
will also be needed to scale down the festival to the new budget. You call an
emergency meeting of your Core Team to discuss this last-minute fiasco. You need
to come up with a plan of the cutbacks you’ll implement, while ensuring you don’t
compromise the overall feel and quality of the festival.

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5. You are the District Collector of a politically tenuous tribal district in Orissa. You
have received funding from the state for the district’s development. Past problems
like implementation issues and funnelling of funds due to corruption make you take
a more active role in appropriate utilization of this money. Recent clashes among
the tribals and between the tribals and the police have also made your district a
flashpoint in the media. The political undertones behind the funding are that you
are expected to implement reforms which encourage cooperation and promote
harmony among the currently discordant tribes. You call a meeting of your
subordinates to discuss how to best use this money.

6. You are an HR consultant hired for an Indian army project. Soldiers stationed at
Rajasthan-Pakistan border report a high amount of stress and general depression.
In probing the issue further, you find out the problem: because of limited
connectivity in the area, soldiers are not able to talk to their families back home
very often, and when they do, their wives talk mostly about household problems
and issues, which then bother the soldier who’s already away from home. A variety
of solutions are possible: petitioning for more funding from the government to get
better communication infrastructure, starting internal support groups within the
army camp, giving the soldiers more frequent holidays to facilitate more frequent
home visits, etc. You call a meeting of your team to come up with the best course
of action to mitigate the issue.

7. You are the Sarpanch of a village in northern India. You are worried by the recent
spate of droughts which have hit your village. You make a conscious effort to keep
in touch with national news, and are of the opinion that the situation will only get
worse with rising industrialization. Joblessness and hunger are on the rise in your
village, which has also led to increased instances of conflict throughout the village.
You are determined to set your foot down and finally do something concrete to
make this situation better. Recently, a government representative visited your
village recently put forward his proposal to you: in exchange for 60% of your village
land to set up a new IIT, employment and monetary benefits to your village from
the functioning of this new college have been promised. You call a meeting of the
village Panchayat to decide how to respond to this proposal, and the future of your
village.