• Analysis of one’s strengths and weaknesses as a leader (SWOC of Self)
• Develop leadership techniques
• Becoming ethical and compassionate leaders
• Identify the qualities of a responsible leader

UNIT- I Decoding Leadership through Gita (5 hours)

• Defining the role of a leader in terms of Dharma, Adharma and Arajkata and Loksangrah
• Understanding the nuances of Dharma: Concept of Swa-Dharma, Ashrama-Dharma and Apad-Dharma (Extraordinary situations): Rights and Responsibilities
• Excellence in a leader –Concepts of Karma, Vikarma and Akarma

UNIT- II : Developing Leadership Qualities

• Leader a Karmayogi: Aspirational, Focused, Compassionate and Equanimous
• Triguna model: Sattva, Rajas, Tamas
• Nurturing excellence in leadership by:

  a. Reducing Tamas

  b. Balancing Rajas

  c. Increasing Sattva

UNIT- III Ethical and compassionate Leadership (3 hours)

• Yajna – Give back to nature
• Dana – Give back to Society
• Tapas- Remove weakness in self

UNIT - IV Case Studies of Leaders from Modern Bharat (3 hours)

• Lessons from life – Swami Vivekanand, Gandhi, APJ Abdul Kalam, Ratan Tata

• Students will do a SWOC (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Challenges) analysis of their personality as a Leader. Make a list of Opportunities (O) available to you for nurturing excellence in leadership.
• Students will share a story with the class when in a difficult situation they took responsibility and displayed excellence as a leader.
• Based on Dharma and Swadharma concepts students will make a list of the rights and responsibilities associated with them at the level of Self and Family.
• As a youth how can you contribute towards the wellbeing of your community /campus (lokasangrah).
• Sit in a group and discuss: (a) what are the Tamasik behaviors that you and your friends have and would like to reduce.
• What changes can you make in your lifestyle (diet, habits and activities) to increase Satwik guna in your personality.
• Practice Single Pointedness and Focus: Sit with your eyes closed and focus your attention unwaveringly on one particular sound that is there in your immediate environment.
• Keep your attention on your breath while breathing in and breathing out. Do this 20 times (10 rounds). This will develop stability of the mind and balance emotions.
• Plan some activities for the wellbeing of the campus which you as a student ( or part of team ) can do voluntarily to inculcate the spirit of yajna (Sewa). OR to practice the attitude of tapasya take up a project for the good of others and work on it without expecting rewards with full dedication for a few months.
• Find ways of developing an attitude of dana.
• Make a timetable for yourself for the next three months showing the things that you will do to develop your leadership skills.
• Any other Practical/Practice as decided from time to time by the teacher.

• The Message of the Gita as interpreted by Sri Aurobindo. Shri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, Pondicherry
• The Bhagawad Geeta Chapter XVIII by Swami Chinmayananda. Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, MUMBAI.
• Talks on the Gita by Vinoba Bhave https://www.mkgandhi.org/talksongita/talk_gita.php
• Essays on The Gita by Shri Aurobindo. Shri Aurobindo Ashram Publication Department, Pondicherry.
• The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living. Eknath Easwaran. Vols I, II & III. Jaico Publishing House
• Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) by Narayana Gosvami, MLBD, 2013
• श्रीमद्भगवद् गीता (साधक हिन्दी टीका), Gita Press, Gorakhpur
• The Bhagavadgītā Or The Song Divine (With Sanskrit Text and English Translation) Gita Press, Gorakhpur

• From The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. Vols I, II & III. Jaico Publishing House

  • Dharma & Swadharma. Pages 196 & 197; Slokas 35,36 &38 (Chapter 3)

  • Karma, Vikarma & Akarma Pages 245,24, & 247; Slokas 16,17&18, (Chapter 4)

• From The Bhagawad Geeta, Chapter XVIII by Swami Chinmayananda. Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, MUMBAI.

  • The Triguna theory - Satwik, Rajasik , Tamasik Gunas

  o Three types of Karma- Page 46, Sloka 23, 24, & 25 (Chapter 18)

  o Three types of Actors- Page 52 Sloka 26, 27, 28 (Chapter18)

  o Three types of Bhuddhi- Page 60, Sloka 30,31, & 32 (Chapter 18)

  o Three types of Dhriti- Page 66, Slokas 33,34 &35 (Chapter 18)

  o Three types of Happiness- Page 72, Slokas 36,37&3 (Chapter 18)

  • Varna Ashram, Pages 88,89, & 90 Sloka; 41,42, & 43 ( Chapter 18)

• From Talks on the Gita by Vinoba Bhave https://www.mkgandhi.org/talksongita/talk_gita.php

  • Karmayogi. Pages 37-45 (Chapter 3)

  • Yajna, Dana & Tapasya. Pages 229, 230 & 231; Sloka 11 to 26 (Chapter 17)

Examination scheme and mode: Subject to directions from the Examination Branch/University of Delhi from time to time