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Mentoring is the widely discussed topic in the business world of today. But this mentoring had its origin in India, thousands of years ago, in the form of Guru-Shisya relationship or the 'Gurukul' system of education of India. Mentoring is a relationship, which gives people the opportunity to share their professional and personal skills and experiences, and to grow and develop in the process. Since it is generally presumed that the concept and practice of mentoring originated from that country and this country, this article tries to bring out the truth that the practice of Mentoring had its root in India. This article therefore starts with mentioning about various types of gurus, benefits and negative experiences in mentoring and lists out prominent Mentor-Protégés (Guru-Shisyas) mentioned in the Indian mythology and through that tries to explain the importance of the mentor/guru for everyone in all facets of life.

"Individual salvation can only bring Universal salvation" — Anonymous Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach/philosophy that is becoming more popular since the early 1980's. It is mainly aimed at maximizing the productivity and minimizing the cost. Also it focuses on improving the value and ethics of the firm, for organizational excellence. Since 'individual workers' are the basic structural and functional unit of an organization, TQM is not only a process of quality control to produce quality products from natural and produced resources, but also to produce 'quality humans'. So this paper focuses on the five levels of change and development, which is required for developing into a Total Quality Individual (TQI) viz. Change or development with regard to the body, speech, emotions, thoughts and self. Thus TQI=TQM.