Kumar Bahukhandi
From Role Model to Future Leader: Speaker Jayesh Pomal explains the “Observe, Decode, Practice and Lead” approach during an interactive session at Pragati College, Raipur, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026-Photo Credit: channel24india.com
Interactive session focuses on mentoring, leadership, self-reflection and translating admired qualities into everyday professional practice
Key Highlights
- Jayesh Pomal conducted an interactive session at Pragati College, Raipur.
- The programme explored the theme “From Role Model to Future Leader.”
- The presentation introduced the progression Observe → Decode → Practice → Lead.
- Participants discussed the difference between a mentor and a role model.
- The session connected leadership development with the professional role of educators.
- The programme concluded with felicitation and presentation of mementoes.
Raipur: Leadership begins not merely by admiring successful people but by understanding the qualities behind their actions and consciously putting those principles into practice, speaker Jayesh Pomal told faculty members during an interactive session at Pragati College, Raipur, on Tuesday. September 8, 2026.
Speaker Jayesh Pomal interacts with faculty members during an engaging session on “Who Shaped You?” at Pragati College, Raipur, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The exercise encouraged participants to reflect on the people who influenced them and distinguish between the roles of a mentor and a role model-Photo Credit:channel24india.com
The session, organised on the college campus, centred on the journey “From Role Model to Future Leader”, with Kamal using presentations, interaction and practical exercises to explain how individuals can learn from people they admire without simply imitating them.
Speaker Jayesh Pomal explains the qualities of mentors and role models to future teachers during an interactive session at Pragati College, Raipur, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Students participated in the discussion on how observation, reflection and practice can help them evolve as responsible educators and future leaders-Photo Credit:channel24india.com
One of the presentations visible during the programme outlined a four-stage progression — Observe, Decode, Practice and Lead. Participants were encouraged first to identify a quality or behaviour they admire, then understand the principle behind it, examine how that principle can be applied in their own circumstances and ultimately translate it into leadership.
Mentor and Role Model — Understanding the Difference
Another segment of the presentation explored the distinction between a mentor and a role model. While a mentor directly guides, gives feedback, shares experience and challenges an individual’s thinking, a role model influences primarily through example and demonstrated behaviour.
The discussion gave the programme particular relevance for educators, who themselves occupy positions from which their conduct, communication and professional values can influence students.
Rather than treating leadership as something associated only with positions or designations, the session highlighted leadership as a process developed through observation, reflection, practice and the ability to positively influence others.
Speaker Jayesh Pomal (fifth from left) joins faculty members and organisers for a group photograph following the interactive session on mentoring, role models and leadership at Pragati College, Raipur, on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.-Photo Credit:channel24india.com
Faculty members participated in the programme, which also included an interaction with the speaker and a felicitation ceremony. Pomal was honoured following the session, while participants were also presented mementoes during the programme.
The event brought together professional development and the larger educational responsibility of teachers, reinforcing the idea that educators can simultaneously be learners, mentors and role models while preparing students to become confident and responsible future leaders.
