PAMETI employees get tips to maintain work-life balance

Tribune News Service

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Ludhiana, July 27

A five-day workshop on “Creating Work-Life Balance for Professional Excellence” concluded at the Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (PAMETI), PAU.

Thirtythree officials from State Agriculture and allied Departments, Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PAU, participated in the workshop.

Rupinder Kaur, deputy director-HRM, PAMETI, said employee work life balance (WLB) was a major driver in any organisation that helps in achieving higher productivity. It is a healthy blend of both an employee’s professional and personal life. But striking this perfect balance between career and family has always been a challenge for employed persons. Due to changing demands of agriculture extension, the schedules of extension personnel are getting busier, which often causes their work or personal lives to suffer.

Earlier, HS Dhaliwal, director, PAMETI, inaugurated the programme and emphasised that balanced employees tend to feel more motivated and less stressed out at work, which thereby increases their productivity and reduces the number of conflicts among coworkers and with higher management.

Jaswant Zafar took the introductory session and stressed on the need for balancing work and life in detail. Various experts from PAU and other institutes interacted with participants and enlightened them on different aspects of work-life balance such as psycho-social competency, setting priorities and finding time for self, interpersonal relationships, positive thinking, anger management, busy work v/s productive work, delegation, health management, balancing parenting role and nutritional management among other things.

Apart from this, stress relieving exercises through yoga were also held under the guidance of Sanjeev Tyagi and her team from Everest Yoga Institute, Ludhiana.

Bharti Madan, deputy director (IT), PAMETI, conducted various management games, exercises and activities for the better understanding of concepts. Trainees participated and appreciated the efforts of PAMETI.