Youth Leadership Camps
 Your
children need freedom, space and a challenging
environment to come out with the best within
them.
You
will be surprised as to what your child is capable
of achieving. MHE programs
provide just the right environment to develop
individual personalities and build self - confidence. We
teach your children to lead and achieve.
Send
your children to us and they will prove to you
that THEY CAN DO IT !!!
Quantum
Leap
 Quantum Leap is our Training division that was
established in the year 2000.QuantumLeap hasnow positioned itself as a Resource Management
and Development center with a special focus
on Experiential Learning through Outbound Activities.
Quantum
Leap is today one of the most preferred Outbound
Training Teams in the country. We have worked
extensively with students of Vasant Valley,
Scindia, Modern Barakhamba, Mayo, NIIT and Wigan
& Leigh College. The University Grants Commission
selected our camps to give Outdoor Training
to more than 3,000 college Students.
Personality
Development Programs
The outdoors provides an extremely powerful
medium for training students in new skills or
helping them to improve old ones, largely because
outdoor learning is experiential in nature.
Experiential
learning has evolved to provide effective means
for people to continue to learn and develop
throughout life. We all learn through experience:by
burning ourselves we learn to avoid heated objects,
by testing our parents' patience we learn about
the acceptable standards of behavior and the
consequences of transgressing. Some things simply
cannot be learnt from books or lectures. Examples
range from riding a bicycle to making friends.
So experiential learning is a natural and constant
life process on which all-developmental training,
particularly PDOP aims to capitalize.
We at Quantum Leap also adhere
to five basic principles during this cycle to
learning -
1. The cycle is continuously recurring
2. The objectives we set ourselves govern the
direction of our learning
3. We all have personal preferences
4. We learn best when personally involved in
the learning experience
5. Knowledge, to be truly meaningful needs to
be discovered by the individual
In
our program, students are encouraged to experiment,
try new behaviors and draw their own conclusions.
Theories appropriate to the situation are then
presented to them to help them develop frameworks
to fit their own unique requirements and environments.
.
"Learning through experience"
is what we believe in, and so we present the
participants exclusively with concrete tasks
in the open, which can be accomplished only
by using head, hand, and heart.
We
provide an encouraging physical and psychological
security framework for these experiences, as
well as theoretical and practical aids.
A typical two or three day workshop program
comprises a combination of:
- Short
"ice-breakers" where participants
work in pairs or a whole group;
- 1
to 2 hour tasks where groups work in parallel
or in collaboration;
- Outdoor
tasks which may be on land or in water (e.g.
rock climbing, rafting, kayaking, trekking,
camping, rappelling);
- "Low-ropes"
as well as some "high-ropes" course
elements (the latter are tasks that take place
approximately 30ft above the ground);
Each
task is followed by a debriefing session where
the experience is reviewed, analyzed, and transfer
objectives developed.
We
custom design all tasks to meet the Schools'
needs and ensure that they are not just challenging,
but also safe, fun and educational.
The
Program will focus on the following:
- Dreaming
of success
- Thinking
BIG
- Having
belief
- Going
first class
- Thinking
like a leader
- Destroying
Fear
- Taking
action
Benefits
for Students
Since
the objective of this program is to focus on
Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills Management,
the program would provide ample opportunity
for the participants to understand its importance
and develop better relationships. It helps the
students appreciate the changes they will encounter
later in life.
The
program will also provide an insight to behavior
patterns of the self in different situations,
will help in overcoming areas of concern or
weaknesses and provide a platform for all-round
development of the personality.
It
is commonly believed that OUTBOUND programs
are highly physical and demanding. While some
programs are, if this medium is as powerful
as we believe it to be, it should be as universally
accessible as possible. Therefore the roles
and opportunities are designed for the participant
who may have physical limitations of weight
etc or a weak disposition or just afraid of
heights.
Our
belief is that these conditions after all do
not usually prevent the participant from performing
in their work place, so should not on the program.
Safety
Safety has been the overriding concern in all
the practical exercises. This is particularly
true in the outdoor, where the potential for
danger is often higher. Even when the tasks
are relatively innocuous, there is always some
risk. People can do or attempt to do strange
things under the pressure of an outdoor learning
event.
Participants,
therefore find some of our safety guidelines
pedantic or petty. We make no apologies towards
it, rather we would point to our successful
safety record. In the final analysis, the OUTBOUND
is a medium for Personality Development, not
for generating danger, fear or excitement.
Activity
Description
Following
please find a brief description of activities
for the program.
ROPES
COURSES
Ropes Courses are today forming an integral
part to any outdoor training programs. Initialy
Ropes Courses formed a part of an Obstacle course
used in the paramilitary forces for training.
Today Ropes Courses are much more technical
and involve a completely separate expertise.
- Burma
Bridge
A Burma Bridge is a simple rope bridge over
a stream or an obstacle which was extensively
used by Japanese army when they invaded India
through Burma. Some bridges are more than
100 mtrs long and are constructed with ropes
made of bark of trees and its branches. Many
Himalayan states of India like Arunachal Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh and J & K still use such
bridges across many rivers and streams.
- Parallel
Ropes & Swings
Parallel Ropes is just another version of
a Burma Bridge which is much faster to construct
but at the same time not as stable. Listen
to the safety instructions carefully before
attempting the Parellal ropes and Swings
- Fidget
Ladder
This ladder is not as easy as it looks. A
favorite with outdoor training programs, the
Fidget Ladder is an interesting way to make
a ladder using ropes and bamboo. All you have
to do is cross over.
- The
Flying Fox / Zip Wire:
This exciting high rope course requires some
guts and a feel for heights. Climb on to the
Machaan hook into your harness, clip on to
the pulley and jump. Simple !!! A
Zip wire is a frequently used exercise to
teach people how to be daring and take that
extra step in life.
- Jumar
Climbing
Jumars are frequently used tools on mountaineering
expeditions. This unique contraption is used
to scale over hangs and steep inclines aided
by one way friction control. Use these Jumars
to climb the hanging rope.
GROUP
GAMES
- Blindfold
Rope Square
A simple team game where blindfolded participants
make geometrical shapes out of ropes. The
exercise is ideal for team dynamics and planing.
- The
Log Walk
Participants are required to stand on two
logs with one foot on each. A minimum of six
participants are required for this exercise.
Aim is to coordinate your movements with the
rest of the group and walk with lifting the
logs together.
- Hug
your Tree
This experience in nature involves blindfolded
participants. They are taken to a tree and
told to know the tree by hugging the tree
and talking to it. After a while they are
led away and are told to identify the tree
without the blind fold. Once they find the
tree then we tell them all we know about the
tree.
- Trust
Fall
The trust fall is a powerful exercise which
forces the participant to trust in his team.
The participant stands on a high platform
and falls blindfolded into the waiting arms
of his teams. Many people have been known
to back out of this exercise.
Team MHE
Michael
Mitra
Michael Mitra is a Graduate in English from
Delhi University with a Post Graduate Degree
in Human Resources from XLRI Jamshedpur in 1989.
In
the last eleven years he has held various positions
in Human Resources and Training notably as Group
Training Manager for Escorts, and as a Lead
Trainer at the National Institute of Sales.
He also did a stint with PCL and his last assignment
was at STAR TV as the National Head of Human
Resources and Training for India.
His
expertise areas are in Organization Development
with focus on Behavior Training. His forte is
Inter-personal Skills Management and Communication,
Team dynamics & Group behavior, Supervisory
Skills development & Leadership Enhancement.
He
also consults with Startup operations in India
in the areas of Performance Management, Job
& Role Profiling and Organization Structuring.
Akshay
Kumar, General Manager, Operations
Akshay is today the youngest adventure travel
professional in the country. He has been skiing
since the age of three and has been participating
at the National level for many years. He trained
with the French Alpine team in Val Thorens (France)
in 1987.
Akshay
got his training in white water sports in Canada
in 1985. He has since then established the largest
white water operation in India. Akshay has personally
led the record breaking descents on rivers like
Bhramaputra, Teesta, Sindh etc.
Akshay
has handled many training programs for companies
like Citibank, BHEL, Microland Computers, Dr.Reddey's
Laborotaries etc.
Col.
Kumar
Col. N. Kumar (Retd), PVSM, KC, AVSM, FRGS is
an internationally respected mountaineer. He
is better known as Bull amongst his friends
and has over the years gained the reputation
of a mountaineering legend. He is today the
most highly decorated mountaineer in Indian
history.
Since
the start of his career, Bull has successfully
led mountaineering expeditions to the highest
peaks of Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Garhwal, Kashmir
and Eastern Karakoram.
To read more about Col. Kumar click here
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