Keishan Hunkar RYLA Conference Leader of District 9815 Rotaract Club of Monash
Keishan presented his journey as a leader in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) over the 10 years he had been involved in Rotary. Keishan, who currently works for Bunnings Insurance, commenced his journey participating in Interact. An interest in leadership led him to join RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment) in order to have more exposure to development of leadership skills. Continuing his journey to further develop as a leader he joined ROTACT with the goals of building connections within opportunities and shared connections.
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In 2022 Keishan joined RYLA where he met new people and developed skills in organising events in a Rotary team. Although COVID put a pause on events and team communication was tedious via Zoom meetings, he returned in 2023 with more active and creative bonds with RYLA team members. Keishan applied and obtained in 2024 RYLA leadership to coordinate 6 to 7 member groups to equip them with skills to work as coordinated teams.
In the 10 months Keishan has been able to create an environment to equip team members with leadership skills. Embracing the spirit of RYLA magic in an environment of comfort and courage that empowers RRLArians to challenge themselves and comfort zones, within the safety net of friendship. RYLA has helped Keishan learn project management, emotional intelligence, adaptable leadership, facilitation and presentation skills, time management, an understanding of his ‘comfort’ zone and to take Selfies. As Keishan manages teams he continues to challenge himself, overcoming self doubt and giving projects courageously a go, having fun and helping others.
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