FROM THE EDITOR
Newspapers and periodicals report on various interesting findings by researchers around the world. Now, researchers from the US Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University have claimed that there is a correlation between hygiene and good behaviour. By improving our environment, we can probably improve our behaviour as well. A similar study done by Katie Liljenquist, a professor at Briham Young University Business School, Utah, says that pleasant smell associated with cleanliness can bring out the best in people. Liljenquist’s research, says The Salt Lake Tribune, now looks at the extent to which cleanliness or lack of it, influences impressions of people and organisations. She also looks at how cleanliness impacts creativity and one’s sense of control. “Some find cleaning therapeutic. It is a stress buster.”
Back home, in an encouraging move, the Ministry of Rural Development has written to all states, asking them to include special sanitation needs of women as part of their agenda. Providing separate and clean toilets for girls with facilities for hygienic disposal of sanitary waste is to be given top priority. This can boost the girl students’ morale and reduce absenteeism. A clean school can create better students and better results.
The sessions on Facility Management and Housekeeping organised during Clean India Pulire (CIP) evoked very encouraging and personal responses. Unlike many other seminars where the approach is very often theoretical, the CIP seminar was designed to be solution oriented. “I felt the modules are tailor made for me,” said one of the participants. Meanwhile, suggestions and responses for both the seminar and the show are continuing to come in.
Clean India Journal wishes its readers a Very Happy 2010
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