Contingent Leader Case Study

What is the most difficult situation you have had to deal with and what did you learn from the experience?
It was the 5th semester of College. I was named the Contingent Leader for the Cultural festival of IIT Bombay. However, I met with an accident that led to a compound fracture on my right leg. I was given a time span of six months to recover and had to use a 4-legged walker for walking. It took me just 20 days to return to college, where I learned that nobody was volunteering for the position of Contingent Leader. According to my recovery timeline, I presumed that I’ll probably switch to a stick before the onset of the festival. So, after a lot of considerations, I assured the society of fulfilling the role of the Contingent Leader with
I allocated train seats to the students beforehand for avoiding any chaos and provided them all the information regarding IIT Bombay. On boarding the train, I moved to each compartment for settling the students. While traveling, I received a call from a few students who had arrived without notice at IIT Bombay a day prior and were facing trouble in getting accommodation. Upon speaking with their coordinator, it was clarified that the accommodation would be given only after the Contingent Leader submits the college IDs and original payment receipt of accommodation. I somehow persuaded the coordinator to accept the photocopy of all documents and assured him of submitting the originals subsequently. The photograph of original receipt and scanned ID’s that I had retained earlier were E-mailed to one of the students. After presenting photocopies of documents, the students finally got accommodation in their campus. We reached IIT Bombay where I met with their coordinators for completing the formalities in order to get accommodation for everyone. As a result of my physical condition, I was really exhausted. And to add to the woes, a few of my seniors came unexpectedly and sought for their accommodation in the college. I had to go back to the registration desk for justifying the complete scenario to their coordinators. After a great deal of negotiations and in view of my fine relations with some IIT Bombay students, we received additional accommodations. My contingents were satisfied and delighted with my work and acknowledged my