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Because people matter.....
PRAYAAS-VNITPRAYAAS-VNIT•The idea of a contributing ones’ self to the society or in fact, repaying the society with what it has bestowed us is an urge that couldn’t be trapped within for a long time. The bottled conscience gave rise to the group….PRAYAAS.
•The thought was nurtured by Mr. Pratyush Prabhakar, now an alumnus of VNIT•In sept 2006, Prayaas came to existence which now has grown into a concrete well planned activity supported by the Technical Education students which Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP), Govt. of India
“The sun does not forget a village just because it is small” PRAYAAS VNIT
Mission / VisionMission / VisionPRAYAAS is an
official social initiative program of VNIT, Nagpur
This program is inspired by the vision of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam of making education compliant to societal needs and providing knowledge connectivity to rural India
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Working methodologyWorking methodology
- Started by a group of 10 people, Prayaas now has more than 60 members spanning the complete domain of students in the institute
- Professor incharge: Dr. P M Padole- Team incharge: Dr. Sachin Mandavgane- Meeting of all committees organised
every Thursday to discuss various issues and to monitor the work done
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Main ActivitiesMain Activities
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Teaching the Under Teaching the Under PrivilegedPrivileged
The members of Prayaas are involved in teaching the children of construction workers on a regular basis in the VNIT campus
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About 20 students were motivated to rejoin school
The nation’s pride of Independence & Republic days are shared with these kids each year
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Shradhanand Shradhanand AnathalayaAnathalaya
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• A house of about 60 Girl Students• Education provided in school inadequate• Provide supplementary education• Subjects like Maths and Science taught
Recycle and ReuseRecycle and Reuse
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•Collection of used note-books from various departments•Sorting and Binding of the unused pages from the material obtained
Village Village DevelopmentDevelopment
Prayaas has adopted two villages : Deolapar and Dhanori
Regular visits are made to these villagesActivities carried out:
◦Interaction with school children regarding facilities and future building
◦Teaching them necessary sections, as requested by them
◦Competitions like drawing, etc◦Interaction with families and study their
problems
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Villages of Dhanori and Villages of Dhanori and Deolapar Deolapar
Scholarship to meritious students of class Vth VIIIth and Xth Standards
Distribution of sports equipmentsSetting up a small library in the school
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Handing over the Handing over the ScholarshipScholarship
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Village DigitizationVillage DigitizationAn ambitious project by student bodies which can
fill the gap between the needy villagers and the social stakeholders
Students from different colleges can provide the data of their nearby area villages to a central information centre, from where the relevant data can be segregated by the social service groups
The whole information can be used for several uses like proper implementation of various government schemes or in case of any natural calamity or emergency
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Village DigitizationVillage DigitizationStarted by Prayaas in its adopted village of
Deolapar
Future proposals: (planned from the surveying results)◦ Helping the Gram Panchayat in making proposals to
the district authorities◦ Change mindset of the villagers to encourage them
to strive for self- upliftment◦ Colaboration with the district authorities to find an
end to the water problem◦ Creating awareness in school teachers for improving
their kowledge in science and commerce subjects◦ Design of rain water harvesting system
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Self Development Self Development ActivitiesActivities
Sevankur camps: Members of Prayaas attend the sevankur camp every year in Anandvan and Sewagram
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Recent camp in Recent camp in SewagramSewagram
(12-14(12-14thth Feb, 2010) Feb, 2010)
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Interactive workshopsInteractive workshops
By Dr. Kishor Mahabal(2009): Sessions on the Problems faced in Village Development and their solutions
By Mrs. Samunte Mamu (2008): Guided the members about methods employed for teaching/ tutoring under privileged children
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Bihar Flood Relief Bihar Flood Relief FundFund
Monetary Collection of Rs 1,38,000 INR by Prayaas at VNIT campus
46,000 INR was contributed by the students
Faculty of various departments too made a kind gesture by giving a helping hand of 92,000 INR
Money collected was forwarded to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund
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ED Sheet CollectionED Sheet Collection
ED sheet collection from various departments
Sheets sent to Anandvan for further processing
Utilized for making Braille scripts for visually challenged students
Idea conveyed to IIT Kharagpur - being replicated
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Goonj (Vaastra Samman)Goonj (Vaastra Samman) Joy Of Giving Week Joy Of Giving Week
Material collection drive was organised by Prayaas on account of Joy of Giving week from 27th Sept – 3rd Oct
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Half truck load of clothes &11,000 INR collected
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V-GuideV-GuideBrainchild of our esteemed Director Dr.
S S GokhaleAn initiative to bring the late-comers to
institute at par with the other studentsThis project is running successfully with
more than 150 students,10 student-faculty, covering Mathematics, Engineering Drawing, Engineering Mechanics, Computer Programming
Because people matter.....
Because people matter.....
What began with an idea at the MESS
TABLES, has been nurtured since last three years
AND THE LEGACY
CONTINUES…………
Because people matter.....