City people spruce up at grooming workshop, Emblazon

Forty participants selected through basic screening from institutions took part in interactive sessions scheduled throughout Feb 27 and 28.  

Organised by eastern India’s premier fashion agency, Kolkatamodels.com, the five day workshop will run till Mar 2, taking place in varied locations viz hotel, gym, wellness centre and hospital.
 
Day one focussed primarily on personal development, dealing with subjects like communication, body language, personality development, time and stress management, professional etiquette and power dressing. 

Speakers included journalist from Reuters- Sujoy Dhar, ace clinical psychologist Dr. Anuttama Banerjee, popular fashion designer Suchismita Dasgupta and communication specialist Bonnya Bose.

While Sujoy stressed on art of communication, Dr Banerjee kept the participants glued to their seats through her interactive session on Stress Management and Overcoming performance anxiety, personality development among other related topics. Bonnya Bose enlightened the group on the importance of maintaining business etiquette. 

The day concluded with an enriching session on power dressing by Suchismita Dasgupta.

Day two began with session on fine dining and table etiquette by Junaid Majid Seikh, Manager, Training, The Park, followed by a session on importance of health and hygiene by consultant dietician and HOD, KPC Roy Medical College and Hospital, Dr Ranjini Datta and the last session was  on modelling and acting by supermodel, Runa Laha.
 
The sessions on weekdays will be held at an internationally acclaimed Gym at Alipore, one of the wellness centres and at a premium hospital on Bypass road.
 
Apratim Ghoshal, the founder of Kolkatamodels.com remarked, “We have been conducting grooming workshop for the last ten years. This time we could not accommodate more than forty participants, but considering the response we have received, we plan to come up with similar workshops in a larger scale very soon. It is indeed good that people have realised the importance of grooming to survive and grow in professional life”.

With the motto, “You Aspire, We Inspire”, Emblazon also serves as a platform to educate young talented minds from economically weaker section of the society. 

“We believe all of us have certain social responsibilities. This time we have tied up with the leading news channel, Kolkata TV. Through their popular show, ‘Shomipeshu Sikkhamontri’, where students from economically weaker sections of the society appeal for their education expenses, we have selected two students, who have taken active participation in the workshop and we are sponsoring their education for their higher education for a year”, wraps up Ghoshal.