Yodh is an Inter SchoolSports Competition organised by ICS among its member schools. It primarily aims at bringing children of different age groups across different schools together for friendly games against each other.It includes many sports including cricket, volleyball, long jump, chess and different track events.
Rightly considered as a vital cog in the working of ICS, Yodh has helped in bringing together all schools under one banner and inculcating healthy competitive spirit. This has receivedrave reviews from all the schools in that it brings about all round development of the students.
Last year Yodh had over 200 participants from four different schools. This time the number of schools invited has been increased. With each passing year Yodh keeps getting bigger and better involving more participants who are eager to fill their schools’ trophy cabinets.
Women are often neglected when it comes to village affairs. However, there are several villages in India where women are now undergoing empowerment programmes to enable them to contribute towards the community.
One such shining example is a small village near Pilani, Khedla. For years, the women of the village have lived in ignorance of the social and economic nuances of their day-to-day living. They have depended on the males of the family to handle all these matters, while they concentrated on the household activities.
However, all this changed approximately 5 years ago, Read more...
With a vision to design and build a model village, NIRMAAN took up the initiative to
understand the needs and challenges of the community and take up projects/activities to address those within the capacity of Nirmaan and collaborating with other NGOs to address the rest and at the same time bring in a strategic shift in the direction of our current projects, wherever required, to suit the community needs.
The main objective is to involve the local community into our projects, identify local leaders to lead and sustain the community development initiatives as well as projects of Nirmaan with minimum intervention of Nirmaan by making the projects self-sustainable.
There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving"
True religion is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
The Joy of Giving Week, attempts to do just what this saying advocates, bring happiness into one's own life and enrich that of others by giving, giving in abundance.
Nirmaan has taken up this mantle and celebrated JOGW 2010 with aplomb. Hoping to make JOGW-2011 even bigger...!!
Back in the year 2010, series of events were conducted during the Joy of Giving Week. A massive drive of newspaper collection was taken up and old newspapers were collected from students. Also, prominent clubs in the campus like Music Club extended their hearty co-operation by treating the students of Gyan Bodh to a memorable performance. It was a first of a kind experience for these students. A smile on their faces at the end of performance said it all...........!! But the event that mattered the most was the Dinner of Joy. For once the roles were reversed- the mess workers, the chowkis and the security guards of the campus who form a quiet background of our daily life were treated to a sumptuous meal.
And we are hoping to make JOGW-2011 even bigger. Eventslike Dinner of Joy will be extended this year as well. But what makes JOGW unique is the part that involves the downtrodden children of Banjara community. These children will be gathered and will be brought to the campus. To start off with, they will first be taken on a campus tour. With the help of some departments and clubs, several games and other entertainment activities will be conducted for these children. Following this will be an interactive session with the professors of BITS. They will also be treated to a sumptuous lunch.
On the 20th of August, BITS Pilani lit up like never before. Students, faculty and other members of the society, all united in thought, marched in silence in support of the anti-corruption movement, spearheaded by Anna Hazare to cleanse our system of the evil. Miles from the RamlilaMaidan in Delhi, BITSians demonstrated their own desire for a corruption-free society by turning out in large numbers and participating in the Candle Light March organised by Nirmaan.
It was a peaceful event, with campus residents from all walks of life exhibiting their support and dedication to the cause. The people who turned up cared enough about the state of our beloved nation to take a moment off their busy livesto contemplate their own role in the society and to purge their activities of any kind of corruption, big or small. All of us made a conscientious decision that day to change ourselves before mirroring that change in our society.
It was a small effort, but it has come from a section of society that has the ability to affect thousands of others. The chain, once started, will hopefully continue to arouse every Indian to enable “the rise of a great nation”.
‘The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.’ – Mahatma Gandhi
As a part of the 64th Independence Day Celebrations, Nirmaan Pilani organised a function at the Govt. School in Baas village that is under the SAP Project. The event included Flag Hoisting, Drawing Competition and Video Screening. What with a great response from all the children studying in the school or living in the village, the day was celebrated in the true spirit of the word.
The kids were first given a small educational speech on the historical importance and significance of Independence Day. Then, the Drawing Competition was held in which all of them were given a chance to showcase their creativity and freedom to express themselves. Prizes were distributed to the best five drawings and most of the sketches were put up in the school, so that theycan take pride in their efforts. Some of them even sang patriotic songs.
At the end, chocolates were distributed among them. Their enthusiasm was infectious and their exultation contagious. In the end, there were broad smiles all around, volunteers included. It was gratifying to know that a few hours spent with them lit up their day.
Innovation is, now-a-days, a commonly used term and is most sought after in individuals, and perhaps if Charles Darwin were alive he would have modified ‘Survival of the Fittest’ with ‘Survival of the Most Innovative’.
Though we have remarkably skilled engineers in India, our engineering, innovative and ground-breaking solutions hardly reach to the poor, where it is needed. To protract this knowledge to the grassroots, we present DHITI(Sanskrit for 'An Idea'), where in, you have to design effective, efficient, feasible and economical modules to curb the potential problems of India. Participants will be provided with certain broad areas and a gist on each of them.
In a nutshell, DHITI is ‘Innovation for the Masses’.
DHITI 2K11
Dhiti, a kernel event in Apogee2K11 received a total of 110 abstracts from various colleges across the nation. It was held in collaboration with NSS and problem statements for the event were taken from various NGOs. Fifteen outstanding ideas among those abstracts were presented in the second phase out of which 2 are selected for the next round. The third phase will be implementing those ideas with the help of NGOs.
As a part of the event, two prominent speakers, Mr.GyaneshPandey and Mr.Sanjay Gadhalay shared their knowledge and experiences in rural technology and CEERI, Pilani held an exhibition of socially oriented technologies.
Renaissance 2k11, a social conference was held in BITS-Pilani by NIRMAAN in association with Renaissance -India. It’s a platform to connect like-minded individuals and organizations, avoid repetitive efforts through shared learning, promote collaborations and focus the student force to strengthen the existing efforts in social space.
The 3 day panorama saw speakers like Anshu Gupta from GOONJ, Swapnil of Tata JagritiYatra and many more. There were case studies for the students to discuss, start-up presentations, field trips and panel discussions on social issues.
It gave us an opportunity to collaborate with various social bodies in other colleges, organizations like Touching Lives, SOIL that can help us in implementing our projects more effectively in future
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