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.....