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IFMR Post Graduate Diploma in Management for working executives

IFMR Post Graduate Diploma in Management for working executives

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IFMR redesigned Post Graduate Diploma in Management for working executives (PGDM-WE). The salient features of the program are:

  • Two years of course work and one year of project work.
  • It is flexible (weekend classes to suit working executives), challenging and undiluted.
  • Its broad based curriculum expands and strengthens ones fundamental grounding in business.
  • Designed for mid-career executives to move up the career ladder.
  • The program is AICTE approved
  • Education loans are available
Free Computer training with Job placement – HCL Foundation

Free Computer training with Job placement – HCL Foundation

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In order to create livelihood opportunities for the less privileged, we have initiated Free computer training with job placements which will help the youths who are from below poverty line .

Total course duration which is of two months are offered with Government certification (Jan Shikshan Sansthan, National Literacy Mission Authority, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India).

Candidates who have a minimum qualification of 10th std can get enrolled and benefited.

Course Location: Chennai (Guindy, Kannagi nagar, Kodambakkam, Virugamkkam)

Kindly refer candidates who really deserve and also who are in need of job. Any one who is above 18years can apply.

For more queries: Please contact prijoe.tharu@hcltfoundation.com(9840167025) and [email protected] (9884967170)

Infosys Sneham – Engineering Education Assistance Program

Infosys Sneham – Engineering Education Assistance Program

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An Education Assistance Program has been initiated for deserving and meritorious students by Sneham (Infosys CSR) from economically poor background by few of their employees on a first come first serve basis. Through this program, students who have scored more than 80% in their 12th exams with a cut off score of 160 and above (Also Maths, Physics, Chemistry cut off over 175) are being considered for Engineering admissions by some reputed engineering institutions in the state.

If you are aware of any such deserving candidates, please ask them to send a mail to [email protected] with the following documents. Should you know them personally it will be good if you can send a note to the email id with the details.

  • Scanned copy of 12th Marksheet
  • Scanned Copy of Income Certificate of the parents
  • Scanned copy of a recommendation letter from the school Principal with seal and signature
  • Contact details – Full address, Contact No, email-id

Should you have any queries you could write to any one of the following email ids – [email protected]/ [email protected] or [email protected]

Application Open: Gramya Manthan (Rural Immersion Program)

Application Open: Gramya Manthan (Rural Immersion Program)

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Youth Alliance’s initiative “Gramya Manthan” (Rural Immersion Program).  Youth Alliance is an organization working with a vision to “Connect EACH Youth With a Cause”. We aim to build a movement of young leaders equipped to meet India’s problems by designing processes to identify young individuals with a spark to think innovatively for the larger social good. We do this by conducting programs where they get experiential exposure in both urban and rural space to identify their passion.

Gramya Manthan (Rural Immersion Program) aims at bridging the gap between India and Bharat. It will select 50 most amazing hearts from the country and take them on a rural exploration. The idea is to make youth realize the pressing issues of our country, it will help them understand the problems of our villages and execute solution during the course of program.

Gramya Manthan is dedicated to developing social leaders; well-rounded youngsters who are equipped with leadership skills to solve the challenges faced by Indian villages. Its core aim is to ignite young hearts with holistic concern for their society and nation.

Impact of Gramya Manthan ’12

The last Gramya Manthan saw participation from across the country with participants from 11 states who internalized the problems of the villages and came up with implementable solutions in education and livelihood. Youth Alliance has helped alumnus establish a livelihood center, “Swaraj“ as well as alearning center “Kilkari” in the villages which has helped build trust and confidence in the process. Our another alumni Manoranjan started “Ek PAHAL” is an enterprise in Kashi, Bihar with a mission to impact the lives of students, enabling them to maximize their potential by reforming education.

PFA the concept note on Gramya Manthan.

Program Structure: http://youthallianceofindia.org/gramya-manthan/

Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/changeagents

Gramya Manthan

Bengaluru City AVM – March 2013

Bengaluru City AVM – March 2013

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2012-13 Feedback :

  • Need more volunteers across centres
  • Kanini: Syllabus team needs to improvise the syllabus to accommodate children who don’t know English.
  • PC requirements across all the centres need to me met.
  • Pilot run of theatre & arts workshop conducted was succesful.
  • Strictly follow JTW guidelines to avoid hiccups.
  • Steps to be taken to avoid cancellation of classes because of donor visits.

Proposed action for 2013-2014 :

  • Regulate the volunteers and students attendance tracking system (Log sheets)
  • Conduct quarterly volunteers meet on regular basis.
  • Stick to Kanini syllabus and execute in coordination with the centralized syllabus team.
  • Add 3 more centers for Kanini
  • Lakshya programme to be considered at existing centres.
  • Little Einsteins and Speak Out to be started at new centres with better implementation.

All volunteer Meet

Date: 24 March, 2013

Place: Koramangala Park

MoM – All Projects Review Meeting – March 2013

MoM – All Projects Review Meeting – March 2013

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– Centre wise review of all projects

– Orientation dates for all cities to be made available on the website’s homepage

– Kanini:to print ‘sight words’ chart for all centres

– Speak Out: to explore syllabus improvement

– NRO: Arts is ready for expanded pilot, Sports needs better structure, Dance volunteers need more practice and training

– LE: CAS centre suitable for trial of Educational Initiatives Software; needs to make training more interesting for the volunteers; needs to plan for kit usage in the second year (and analyse the integration of ‘samacheer’ syllabus

– HR: First class for new volunteers should be a good experience

– HR: Balance between students & professional volunteers during recruitment

– HR: Volunteer orientation Mela during May to complete recruitment needs before June

Attended by: Chandni, Ganapathy, Harikumar, Kathambari, Sriram, Aparna, Bhargav, Bhooma, Gurunath, Prahalathan & Vaishnavi
Date: 16/03/13 Saturday @ Bhumi Office
Tutoring @ BM

Tutoring @ BM

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Tutoring @ BM

 “Do the best possible attempt to help students in studies with any effort required…”

Tutoring came as a spark in Bala Mandir (BM) from a few Lakshya volunteers (Prasanna, Rajan, Rajasekar, Marwa, Satheesh, Gnanambigai to name a few) during the 2011-12 academic year. Despite lot of concerns from the management in terms of productivity and the impact it can create to the students, we were successful in conducting the tutoring sessions. From then on it has come a long way. Continuing the momentum, 2012-13 has been a steep learning curve for tutoring in BM. “Tutoring has been really good this year. Compared to last year, it was more organized and quite challenging” says Satheesh, who has been a key tutor at BM. There had been suggestions to start tutoring from 9th class itself to make the basics clear for the students and help them excel.

So, how to go about a tutoring session? You need to plan a lot of things like small fun activities or a math trick (especially when it is a Maths session) to make the students feel comfortable. The main thing for the tutor is to choose the subject you love to teach from basics and be comfortable with. The plan should have a long term goal to be covered at an appropriate time along with small short term goals. The planning phase should also include a backup plan.

The primary factor in charting the plan is Time & Time-table i.e. how am I going to manage my time to co-ordinate with that of the student. Another major factor is the student’s interest level and ability along with tutors’ attempt to make the subject more interesting without boring the student. Not always there is an interest to study for the students, that too with someone who has already been mentoring every week. “Do the best possible attempt to help students in studies with any effort required & reach out to someone when you require assistance or not sure of any situation or resolution.” says Prasanna who pioneered the tutoring team last year.

Another key aspect to look for is the current situation of the student. Due considerations need to be given when it comes to pressure, family problems, friendships and their biological issues. Before we start studying together, it is better the tutor spends time to get rid of unwanted things and make the student pick up his books. It happened successfully for one of the tenth standard student in BM, who had issues with memorizing and low scores. It is equally important for the tutor to be little flexible in making the student study. Make a time table to his/her convenience to study.

The important thing in tutoring is to understand the student’s potential and to learn along with them. You are 90% successful then. Teaching is just a topping for the rest 10%. That brings confidence and instills greatness in thoughts to the student. It also helps the tutor to set goals. Thus, it not only helps the students but also the tutors to groom in a personal level.

Last but not the least; don’t give any false promise or appreciation.

Ripples team would like to congratulate all the tutors who have put forth their time, commitment, dedication, energy and efforts in enriching the students’ knowledge and enable them progress in their academics.

Volunteer Speaks

Volunteer Speaks

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“Every weekend, after spending valuable time with them, I won’t feel like leaving them”

 Nivetha

T K Nivetha

Bhumi – Lakshya,

Maanavar Illam, Trichy

 As an active member of BHUMI, I would like to share my views on “Lakshya”. Lakshya is a project which makes students to relieve their stress and improve their mental ability through various interactive games and group activities. I like the project for its cause and that made me choose it. I have always wanted to work for the society and this organisation makes my weekends special ones. I get to meet really talented students and the time spent with them always stays close to my heart. It gives me a satisfaction and explains me what life is all about when a responsibility is given. And about the students at Maanavar Illam, the time spent with them is so special and memorable. Every weekend, after spending valuable time with them, I won’t feel like leaving them. They need guidance and support in every moment of their life. I am there to help them. I consider this job valuable and heart touching. I will always work for the society and my contribution towards it will be never ending.
Feb 9th 2013 was a wonderful day at Ramakrishna Mission Students Home (RKM) as I witnessed the versatility of students performing at the sports day celebration and more importantly a fully themed drama that has gone for nearly one and half hour about the life story of Swami Vivekananda. Most of the characters including the lead role of Swami Vivekananda were played by the 9th std students who are part of Lakshya program. I didn’t even think that the drama will be such serious one. I was astonished by our students’ performance / make-up / choreography etc. we can keep on adding. The Vivekananda character (and some other characters also) shaved their head to match the role they are playing. The make-ups were in such a way that we will have to look very closely and strain our eyes to find who they are, The students were just into their character / role. I have not seen before any such drama performed by students that is well established, themed, spirited etc…and I am very happy to share my joy with all of my fellow Lakshyans !:-)  Sarathi

J Sarathi

Bhumi – Lakshya

RKM, Chennai

 

Jop Opening: CSR Project Head for Lister Technologies – Closed

Jop Opening: CSR Project Head for Lister Technologies – Closed

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Update – The requirement is now closed

Job Definition:

‘The job incumbent will spearhead and manage all activities for Lister foundation.  The activities encompass project management at the strategic and operational level, growth and expansion of the foundation activities, liaison with all parties (external and internal) involved in and impacted by the foundation activities. The role also involves creating awareness, enhancing knowledge, interest and subsequently increasing the involvement of the target population.’

Essential Qualification and Skills:

  • Postgraduate degree in Business Administration/Social Work and related fields
  • 3+ years of work experience in the corporate sector
  • Excellent understanding and innate passion to work in the social sector
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good negotiation and influencing skills
  • Good analytical & problem solving skills
  • Willingness to adapt to change
  • Ability to multitask and deliver within timelines
  • To have spearheaded project activities and events that involve excellent coordination, effective/timely communication etc…

Desirable Qualification and Skills (not essential)

  • Exposure in the social sector (hands on experience at the ground level)
  • Exposure in various facets of business administration – project management, operations, budgeting, business development etc…

Roles and Responsibilities

  • To evaluate and execute the foundation plan – take it from the business plan stage to actual roll out of operations as per the plan
  • To spearhead and own all operations of the foundation
  • To scale-up/expand the reach of the foundation activities to a larger population (to meet defined target numbers)
  • To ensure that the foundation is self-sustaining within 2-3 years (income from the activities to cover operational expenses)
  • Owning the budget and executing all the activities in the given budget
  • To be the liaison with all parties involved with the foundation – Leadership team, vendors, government officials etc….
  • To ensure legal and statutory compliance
  • To create and enhance knowledge of the foundation to a larger population
  • To involve the participation of the target audience in the foundation activities
  • Ongoing reporting and presentations to the Management
  • Role maybe required to effectively lead a small team

About Lister Technologies & Lister Foundation

Lister Technologies provides creative, cutting-edge technology solutions. Lister’s service offerings include Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, E-Business, Customer Relationship Management, KPO including Revenue Cycle Management and E-Publishing. Lister’s major clients are based out of US and Europe. The company was started in 2001 and presently has 3 development centers in Chennai.

Lister Foundation has been set up as a separate entity, and is a stakeholder in Lister Technologies. The promoters have yielded over 28% of their holdings to this Foundation.These funds will be deployed for the betterment of our communities – ranging from primary education to clean drinking water to rural child welfare, health centers, and more.

For further details contact [email protected]