Nested snugly and away from the bustle and din of the city, is the 4-acre campus of Aircod. Amidst tranquil surrounding and a conspicuous hill in the vicinity its serenity more tucked away in a cosy little niche, Aircod has provisions for numerous than adequately adding luster to the lush environment. Being only 4 km away from Hosur or Little England, as otherwise called, Aircod is ideal for an ambience of peace and relaxation. The functioning of Aircod is in harmony with nature and most everything is organic, from the food that is served right upto the disposal of waste-matter.

Being totally self-contained and cottages as well as spacious independent rooms. Amply catering to individual segments and also larger groups, Aircod has double or triple bed accommodations or larger single cottages, to suit your requirements. Aircod also comprises of a conference building with two halls, that have a seating capacity of around 25 individuals each. The halls can be used in varied forms, from having group seminars, discussions and training to simply just mingling or socialising.

Avishkar on the ground floor is more in the traditional Indian style with sitting arrangements on the floor. On the other hand for Abhaya, which is on the first floor the arrangement, are made as per the desire of the clients. Chairs and tables being provided for whenever necessary, Inculcating a more corporate ambience. Adharshila surrounded by ornamental green lawns and rows of fruit trees, is a scrumptious dinning hall that boasts of wholesome vegetarian food.

The food served is mostly sourced from the organically grown produce available on campus. An ideal getaway, Aircod also provides recreational facilities for the little ones and all those still young at heart. From a swimming pool, slides and swings on the one hand to a beautiful lily pond on the other. The blooming lily pads graced by beautiful white swans make it all the more alluring.

On a more serious note, Aircod also has a meditation hall known Vipassana, where one can find solitude and may be even 9ndulge in a bit of soul-searching. The entire set-up, adding not only to its aesthetic appeal, but also amply providing an atmosphere that triggers off questions and speculations that any individual looking for answers, will be able to delve into. Your reasons being as varied as your quests, Aircod has provisions for just the right type of ambience required, that you would feel comfortable and at the same time be completely at home with.

Listen to the breeze blow thro the trees,
Along with the birds & the buzzing of the bees.
See the reflection of the sun shimmering on the water,
Enough to make you happy & burst into laughter
The peace & solitude encompassing you, everywhere you room,
Will make you want to keep coming back to your Elysian home.

Responding to Conflict

AIRCOD conducts international courses on "Responding to conflict" every year.

Conflict is an inevitable & inherent aspect of life- individual or community. Unfortunately, often it is viewed as unpleasant, is the most unwanted, frequently, it is equated with violence, destruction, dimension element of life. However, conflict when placed in proper perspective could be a great source of learning, understanding and peace. The hey lies in identifying the intricate elements of conflict becoming aware of their multi- dimensional nature. This places the person in observer mode, provides a larger perspective, which leads to harmonious balance of thinking & feeling, culminating in shifting conflict into an exhilarating of learning experience.

• The process leads the members in a journey of exploration of experiences with emphasis on awareness & acceptance.
• The continuum of self-group-collective is maintained throughout.
• The course is highly experiential in nature. Methodologies like Simulation games and case studies are used at times, whereas action - reflection continues to be the base during the entire process.
• Relationship exercises & exercises from yoga & other eastern systems will be adopted & used in the training.

• The pattern in life formed unconsciously leading to recreation of conflict and other experiences,nature, structure & stages of conflict(both personal & collective)
• one's needs, values, consequences of fulfilling the needs and of standing for the values.
• self acceptance and self growth.
• ways of tapping the tremendous energy contained in conflict.
• one's own conflict resolution styles.

• To recognise feelings, diagnose needs and fears, and improve one's ability to deal with conflict in community and organisation,
• To improve one's effectiveness in interpersonal interaction and derive greater satisfaction from relationship and create atmosphere for working for peace.
• To explore the existing attitudes for increasing the impact of one's work and organisation and to give meaning to the activities of the organisation.
• To 4.To learn and practice new skills and techniques, necessary for conflict resolution/problem solving in a community and organisation,
• To explore what, why and how of activities of organisation and understand the nature of conflict in this context,
• To get exposed to different approaches to conflict resolution and working for peace.

• Directors/Administrators and senior members of Non Govt.Organisation, Donor agencies who involve in day-to-day problems of the organization.
• HRD trainers, managerial staff members of Public & corporate sectors who are involved in training their personnel.
• Leaders of Trade Unions, Priests, nuns, pastors of church, leaders of Hindu/Muslim and other religious leaders of conflicting groups who would like to prepare themselves to work as mediators in conflict situations in the organizations or in the community.
• Individuals affected by stress, anxiety and ss, anxiety and high reactions who would like to respond situations/life appropriately and to grow and evolve.

• Development stage of conflict,
• Conflict behaviors in different types of conflict,
• Mediation and negotiation,
• Conflict resolution styles,
• Mapping conflict assessing conflict stages,
• Attitudes for assertiveness
• And to be mediators for working with people in community and organization Irrespective of the title of the course, this training will be very useful for those who are willing
• To undergo the process of exploration of their own feelings, need values and conviction and change;
• To become more humane & to extend care and concern to oneself and others,
• To identify issues, blocks and take steps to evolve, be initiators of change and become mediators in resolving conflict.

This is the international course on "Resolving Conflict" conducted by THREAD (team for human resource education and action for development) one of the six siddharth village - a chain of HRD and healing institutes in India. The course is highly intensive, experiential, and therapeutic. Action reflection and process work/laboratory approach form the base for the methodologies. This course creates opportunity for members to explore and understand their own mind-sets and normal responses to life, conflict, and organisation through two weeks living and learning experiences with the members from different creed and culture.