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AMAZING STUDENTS OF GYAN VIHAR

UNIVERSITY JAIPUR - STUDENTS WITH SOCIAL

COMMITMENTS

By :

Dr. Trilok Kumar JainDean, ISBM (International School of Business Management)

Suresh Gyan Vihar UniversityJaipur

[email protected], [email protected]

Mobile : 9414430763

Suresh Gyan Vihar University Jaipur has introduced the concepts ofcommunity clubs and social developmental activities. Like other institutions,

the University also gives emphasis on co-curricular activities. However, the

response of some of the students is truly amazing. The students take these

activities with passion and pursue them for achieving the desired goals of

their own life and also for achieving well being for the society. Their small

initiatives give them satisfaction, recognition, support and a network to

continue such activities. The university has been constantly motivating

students to pursue social development agenda and also to become

entrepreneurs. The initiatives of the University bring results as we witness

students converting themselves into social catalysts. Their success stories

further reinforce the spirit of the University and we get inspired to channelise

the energies of the students towards this great cause and for the benefit of

both the student and the society at large.

I shall mention here about one such student of Suresh Gyan Vihar University

- Mr. Chinmaya. While doing his engineering, Mr. Chinmaya was actively

involved in social development activities, which ultimately enabled him to

start an NGO called ECO PADDLERS (started in 2012) and also a website

called kinglemingle.com (it will be launched shortly). Mr. Chinmaya took the

social development and social activities as responsibilities of every citizens

and spared some time out of his busy schedule.

I had interacted with Mr. Chinmaya about his activities. A brief discussion is

presented herewith: -

Q: What do you want to do and what is your purpose?
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Ans : There are bicycles from 3000 to 10 lakhs. I want to change the mindset

of people about cycling. I want to encourage people to adopt cycling. This will

save our environment, help people in their health and improve our living.

Q: What are the activities that you organise?

Ans : I have organised about 20 activities mostly relating to the following

three areas during the last 2-3 years : -

1. Cyclothone - to prmote bicycle use, health, environment. All these three

things are connected. If people start adopting cyclying, they will be healthier

and they will not cause harm to the environment (which is being done by

using vehicles). I try to encourage people to adopt cycling. I organised one

such drive during C3W 2012 (Convention on Climate Change and Water Crisis

2012 - an annual activity of SGVU).

2. Cleanliness drive : - Cleanliness should be the responsibilities of the

citizens and they should ensure that they should not throw away garbage

here and there. There is a need to raise public awareness and raise public

actions on these lines. I have been taking initiatives in this regard. We

choose an area and our team make people aware. We do the cleaning

ourselves. Other people join us when they see us working. We convey the

message to the citizens of the area that it is the responsibility of the citizens

to clean the area around us. We ask people to use dustbins and other such

things to ensure that there is cleanliness and proper civic sense. Mostly

people go to park in the evening. They throw away waste papers etc here

and there. They dont use dustbins. There is a need to make people aware of

cleanliness.

3. Health drive : - I take up topics like cardiovescular health. We organise

discussions on these issues. We invite specialists and request them to talk on

important issues relating to the topic of discussion. Thus we are able to raise

public awareness on issues that affect all of us. We organise such discussions

periodically and raise public awareness and understanding on issues that

affect us all.

4. Promoting youth to empower themselves : The youth can organise

themselves and hold themselves in the society. They can raise their voice in

meaningful way.

Q: When did you organise first event?

Ans : It was on 29 Sept. 2011. I organised Health on Wheels : World Heart

Day - on J.L.N. Road Jaipur. It was organised to celebrate the occasion of

world heart day. There were 4 persons organising this event, but ultimately I


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had to manage it. My friend Keshave Modi helped me in conducting this

event.

Q: Can you share your experiences of other events?

Ans : We have organised many events in schools and colleges to promote

environmet. Cleanliness drive with the help of the people in Vaishali Nagar

and Malviya Nagar. The response was good. People have the habit of

throwing the garbage here and there. It is a very long process to change the

mindset of people. How to influence people to use better habits? This is a real

challenge.

Q. What kind of difficulties / challenges do you face?

Ans : Some people ask me : Why are you doing it? People dont come forward

for a good cause always. It is difficult to change the mindset of people. Somepeople oppose you. You have to take this much of risk for this work.

We dont get the required support from the government departments also.

Laws are made to regulate people, but these same laws become our tight

ropes when we wish to organise any events. The government officials are

very bureaucratic. I give an example : When I went to organise first

cyclothone. I had to go to various police departments and to take permission.

I spent a lot of time in taking permission from the police departments. The

process is so long and so bureaucratic, it was very difficult to do it. .

Laws are made, but people dont follow them. There is very callous attitudetowards laws, even towards those issues which are for our own interest. On

2/10/11 an act was passed whereby Smoking has been banned in public

places. I found that this law was hardly followed. I used to tell people why do

you smoke in public places. I used to ask shopkeepers not to encourage

smoking in public places, but people didnt cooperate. I did photography for

JLF (Jaipur Literatury Festival). I found that people were smoking and drinking

in the public place. I could not stop them, but felt very bad about it. There

were hard drinks being served in the evenings. I even found a few reporters

smoking. I didnt like these, but couldnt do anything on these issues.

Q: who encouraged you for these issues.

Ans : My grand-father was a freedom fighter. Since the childhood I have been

trained to do something for the country and for society. I participated in the

Blood donation camp on 14 Feb 2010. I did it with RTI Rajasthan Manch in

Mahaveer Cancer Hospital Jaipur. Later whenever I got an opportunity, I


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