14th September 2009, a new initiative was born. Saral. Simple. Powerful. The background or the force behind this initiative was as simple and evident as its name. Institute of Management, Nirma University has many sites within the university campus which are under construction. Workers who work there, hence, tend to form settlements around the campus. …
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Ahmedabad
Nov
27
Nov
26
Fun and Games….
12th November 2009, it was time for fun and play for the mess workers. Sankalp organized a session for the mess workers wherein instead of the usual sessions of studying, a game was played. The game was simple and enjoyable. Paper balls were provided to the workers and they were supposed to throw the balls …
Nov
15
Revive and rejuvenate: Mess workers take lessons of Art of Living
Sankalp took a step further towards its goal to improve and rejuvenate the life of poor people by arranging an Art of Living workshop (sessions) between 14th Sep09 to 18th Sep, 09 for mess staff from both the messes technology and management for one and half hour.Under the guidance and cooperation of Art of living …
Aug
03
Sankalp activities continue
24th July 2009, the activities and ice breaking sessions continued. At 22 hrs, the mess was filled with people; a mixed bag of enthusiastic students from sankalp committee of Nirma and the chirpy mess workers. After a long and tiring day for them this was an excellent stress buster. The activity of the day was …
Aug
02
Ye Sankalp bana rahe
With the start of the new term, came the arrival of new students for MBA 2009-11. And yes, new additions to the team of Sankalp. Enthusiastic students with ideas as to how to take this forward. After the initial introductions, came the first session with the mess workers on 23rd July 2009. The evening started …
Feb
20
Sankalp functioning : retrospect last 6 months
Functions of Sankalp: Our Teaching is not confined to books. We have framed our syllabus in a way to groom the overall personality of the individual(s). We even have other activities like Singing and Dance competitions. We also deal with etiquettes and it is pleasant to hear them say ‘Goodnight’ to each other in the …
Feb
20
Sankalp: education initiative by NIRMA MBA students
Sankalp – The Foundation, is what we named our initiative as. It is a students’ initiative to educate the workers at the mess. Sankalp team comprised of 9 members who were determined to take 1 hour off our schedule and devote it towards Sankalp. We all believe no ‘dhaan’ is as precious as ‘vidhya dhaan.’ …