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10/7/2018 Employee welfare: Twist & shout: How Bollywood dance workshops have become the answer to employee welfare - The Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/twist-shout-how-bollywood-dance-workshops-have-become-the-answer-to-employee-welfar… 1/3 Business News › Magazines › Panache CHOOSE LANGUAGE 35,481 -403.05 50 10,647 -135.60 ( ) (₹/10… 31,245.00 170.00 / … 70.99 0.53 CREATE PORTFOLIO KAN BY , ET BUREAU | UPDATED: JUL 10, 2018, 11.22 AM IST Post a Comment A recent Assocham study reports that over 60% of employees across all industries worldwide consider corporate wellness programmes a motivating factor. Related Dance like there's no tomorrow! It can reverse signs of ageing Put on your dancing shoes and crank up the music: This may result in making the ageing process healthier Technology widens the access of dance, says two-time Olivier Award winning choreographer Wayne McGregor Health and wellness becoming the new luxury? Put on your dancing shoes! It's World Dance Day Big Change: The end of Five-Year Plans: All you need to know Twist & shout: How Bollywood dance workshops have become the answer to employee welfare BENGALURU: This year, many employees at Accenture office in Bellandur are working to a different beat. Twice a week at 4 pm, they assemble at a dedicated area in the office to groove to Bollywood songs like ‘Balam Pichkari’ and ‘Gandi Baat’. The test run of the thumka-and-jhatka workout was a hit and the Bollywood dance workshop was replicated at Accenture’s Delhi chapter. Samiksha Kapoor (28), team lead for sales, is a regular. “There was something to look forward to at office beyond work. I would feel cheerful and energetic. I would interact with employees from different departments,” said she. Bollywood dance workshops are the newest entrants in the HR agenda of some corporates and startups in Bengaluru. Classes are typically organised at the office after work hours. Appistoki, an IT solutions company which has clients in Infosys and BEML, organises a class at their office once every fortnight. Srinidhi Nagara Gadde, director of the company, said, “It’s nice to be known as a ‘cool’ company with redefined employee exercises. In fact, every office must have a space like this where people can vent.” According to Gadde, initial classes saw only 45 employees. Once shyness watered away, the count went up to 180 and they had to add another floor space for the classes. SMITA BALRAM RELATED COMPANIES EXPAND Wellness 11:00 AM | 06 DEC MARKET STATS LIVE Search for News, Stock Quotes & NAV's
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10/7/2018 Employee welfare: Twist & shout: How Bollywood dance workshops have become the answer to employee welfare - The Economic Times
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A recent Assocham study reports that over 60% ofemployees across all industries worldwide considercorporate wellness programmes a motivating factor.
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Dance like there's no tomorrow! It canreverse signs of ageing
Put on your dancing shoes and crank up themusic: This may result in making the ageingprocess healthier
Technology widens the access of dance,says two-time Olivier Award winningchoreographer Wayne McGregor
Health and wellness becoming the newluxury?
Put on your dancing shoes! It's World DanceDay
Big Change:The end of Five-Year Plans: All you need to know
Twist & shout: How Bollywood dance workshops havebecome the answer to employee welfare
BENGALURU: This year, many employees at Accenture office in Bellandur are working toa different beat. Twice a week at 4 pm, they assemble at a dedicated area in the office togroove to Bollywood songs like ‘Balam Pichkari’ and ‘Gandi Baat’. The test run of thethumka-and-jhatka workout was a hit and the Bollywood dance workshop was replicatedat Accenture’s Delhi chapter.
Samiksha Kapoor (28), team lead for sales, is a regular. “There was something to lookforward to at office beyond work. I would feel cheerful and energetic. I would interact withemployees from different departments,” said she.
Bollywood dance workshops are the newest entrants in the HR agenda of somecorporates and startups in Bengaluru. Classes are typically organised at the office afterwork hours.
Appistoki, an IT solutions company which has clients in Infosys and BEML, organises aclass at their office once every fortnight. Srinidhi Nagara Gadde, director of the company,said, “It’s nice to be known as a ‘cool’ company with redefined employee exercises. Infact, every office must have a space like this where people can vent.”
According to Gadde, initial classes saw only 45 employees. Once shyness watered away, the count went up to 180 and they had to addanother floor space for the classes.
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“Interaction between departments have improved as the ice has been broken,” noticed Gadde.
Interestingly, executives too were inspired. Manu Sharma, directorsales support at IBM-India, was looking for a new exercise routine andcame by Bollywood dancing. “I started with two private sessions per week. It’s a full body workout with emphasis on coordination andrhythm,” said Sharma, who now takes three classes.
A recent Assocham study reports that over 60% of employees across all industries worldwide consider corporate wellness programmesa motivating factor.
“In India, Bengaluru leads the pack in rolling out innovative workshops for employees. IT majors and banks are takers. Delhi comessecond,” says Siddharth Upadhyay, chief strategy officer at OurHealthMate, a healthcare platform that connects companies andemployees to wellness centres.
According to Upadhyay, Bollywood dance class is part of the redefined employee benefits movement. “Benefits are going beyond healthcheck-ups. Companies want a differentiator to keep employees to return to work. Bollywood dance classes have thus become a trendthis year,” he says.
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