Vihaan 9.0 at NMIMS Bengaluru Empowers Students to Make a Positive Impact on Society

Bengaluru, March 20, 2023: NMIMS Bengaluru’s UDYAM committee efficiently organized the ninth version of its flagship occasion, Vihaan. It is an annual occasion that goals to promote social duty and sustainable options. The occasion brings collectively consultants, professionals, and stakeholders from varied sectors to focus on and collaborate on urgent points dealing with society. The occasion additionally supplies a platform for college students to be taught and interact in significant dialogue with business leaders, NGOs, and company CSR cells.

This yr’s theme, ‘The CAGR of Investing in Minds’, targeted on addressing the challenges confronted by the schooling sector, notably the dearth of entry to schooling for underprivileged youngsters looking for main and pre-primary schooling. The panel dialogue highlighted the necessity for a extra inclusive and accessible schooling system and the position of civil society and the personal sector in addressing these challenges.

The panel dialogue comprised 4 members, together with Mr. Mangal Pandey – CEO and Founder of Key Education Foundation, Ms. Smita Sharma – CSR and Sustainability at UST, Ms. Sakina Baker – Head-CSR, Bosch Limited & Bosch India Foundation, and Ms. Jayani Benn Heim – Executive Director of Lovedale Foundation. The dialogue was adopted by NGO representatives sharing their experiences of working on the bottom and highlighting the significance of group involvement in addressing instructional inequality.

The occasion additionally acknowledged the efforts of various NGOs and college students who participated within the WeCare program, which noticed the latter working throughout completely different NGOs for a interval of three weeks. The program has been a nice success and has helped college students acquire sensible expertise whereas making a optimistic affect on society.

Professor Janaki Anant, Adjunct Associate Professor, NMIMS Bengaluru, and mentor of Udyam, addressing the friends and the scholars, spoke about Udyam and its efforts all year long to socially sensitize the scholars and contribute to society. She elaborated on WeCARE, saying, “While NGOs thrive on ardour and sensitize our college students to the duty in direction of society, our college students who intern at the NGOs usher in “course of” with their managerial abilities for which they’re being educated, leading to a mutually helpful relationship. Many of our college students preserve their reference to the NGOs and contribute even after they graduate.”

Talking of the innate respect and significance given to schooling by Indian mother and father regardless of their socio-economic standing, Mr. Mangal Pandey, stated, “While Indians worth the necessity for schooling and emphasize good schooling, they don’t worth the educator.”
Overall, Vihaan was a profitable occasion that highlighted the significance of collaboration between completely different stakeholders in selling social duty and sustainable options. The UDYAM committee stays dedicated to persevering with its efforts to promote social duty and sustainable options and making a optimistic affect on society.