Mentorship is a relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. The mentor may be older or younger than the person being mentored, but he or she must have a certain area of expertise. It is a learning and development partnership between someone with vast experience and someone who wants to learn. Mentorship experience and relationship structure affect the “amount of psychosocial support, career guidance, role modeling, and communication that occurs in the mentoring relationships in which the protégés and mentors engaged.”
- Foster Confidentiality
- Recap, Update
- Cultivate a Teacher and Pupil Relationship
- Be Laser-Focused and Create Structure
- Accomplish Goals
- Build Trust Through Engagement
- Challenge Each Other With Open-Ended and Curious Questions
- Facilitate Learning Opportunities
- Provide Feedback Going Both Ways
- Follow-through and Avoid Generic Tips
- Share Core Values
Mentoring in Europe has existed since ancient times at least in Greece in Europe and since the Vedic times in India. In India we call them ‘Guru’ and Gurvi’ for male/female. You have to learn to address your teachers as ~
Guru for Jyotiṣa Guru
Upādhyāya [Jyotiṣa Paṇḍita]
We have two kinds of mentors for PJC. There is always the elder, more senior ज्योतिष गुरु (Jyotiṣa Guru) who is the head of a batch of PJC. The second type are the उपाध्याय (upādhyāya) under the Jyotiṣa Guru. The third is the आचार्य (Acharya) परम गुरु (Param Guru), the course creator of PJC and who is symbolically a part but can also conduct some classes or be present in the contact classes, webinars etc.
Pt. Sanjay Rath - Sanjay Rath belongs to a traditional family of astrologers from Bira Balabhadrapur Sasan village of Puri, Orissa, which trace their lineage back to Shri Achyuta Das (Sri Achyutananda). Sanjay studied under his uncle, late Pandit Kasinath Rath. His grandfather, the late Pandit Jagannath Rath, was the Jyotish Ratna of Orissa… ...
