July 29
Press Release BALAKALAKAAR
2011 AIESEC IIT KHARAGPUR
AIESEC is the world's largest youth run, not-for-profit organization spread in over 110 countries and across 1,700 universities with over 65,000 enthusiastic youth as active members. It forms a platform for students interested in world issues, a platform to discover and develop your leadership potential, with exchange of people and ideas among countries. Vision of AIESEC: “Peace and the fulfillment of humankind’s potential” is the vision that drives the organization. AIESEC believes that the best way to achieve this is by first developing talent in individuals and thus inside companies, organizations and our communities. It is individuals who will positively impact society and create the change that will bring us closer to our vision for the world. AIESEC creates its positive impact by conducting several events through various social projects.
AIESEC India is the largest Member Committee of AIESEC International. We have 20 local chapters in AIESEC India with AIESEC IIT Kharagpur being the youngest and innovative one. For more details, go through our Quarter 1 Report: www.aieseciitkgp.org/site/publications.html
Contact : Subhadeep Mondal Vice President Communications & Information Management subhadeep.mondal@aiesec.net; (+91) 9474579822
BALAKALAKAAR 2011 [July 29, 2011, Jamshedpur] AIESEC IIT Kharagpur organized its first ever Balakalakaar, a social event aimed to unleash the creative talent of the young underprivileged kids. About 550 kids from 15 NGO schools' of Jamshedpur participated in our event. Eminent Chief, Corporate Sustainability Services of Tata Steel Rural Development Society, Mr. Biren Bhuta, inaugurated our event with lamp-lighting ceremony followed by his inspiring speech to all the kids. The event spanned for couple of hours. All the kids were provided with a drawing kit containing all the necessities. Mr. Publi Biswas and Mr. Krishna Mathur from Jamshedpur School of Arts were the judges. Impressed with the creativity and talent of the young minds, Mrs. Jenny Shah, Secretary of the Jamshedpur School of Arts, announced a 4 year free scholarship for the first 3 prize holders to pursue Diploma in Arts.
BALAKALAKAAR 2011 TEAM
Contact : Subhadeep Mondal Vice President Communications & Information Management subhadeep.mondal@aiesec.net; (+91) 9474579822
GLOBAL VILLAGE [July 29, 2011 Jamshedpur]: Global Village is an event that involves interns from various countries under one roof, each of them displaying the culture of the country they belong to, each of them trying their own bit to erase the boundaries we’ve built over time. It is a celebration of the diversity so prevalent in this world we live in. The event not only allows interns to gain insight into the cultures from the countries and territories around them, it also builds up their awareness and pride around their own backgrounds in a fun and engaging way. We had nine interns from five countries – USA, UK, Tunisia, China and Russia who participated in our Global Village. It was a great festival of colors, cuisines and cultures and the people get a chance to meet and interact with the foreign nationals, who make AIESEC a truly global organization. The theme of Global Village is “Breaking boundaries, creating bonds”. All the 09 interns involved in, Friends of AIESEC and our Organizing Committee were instrumental in organizing this event. We had a turn-out of more than 200 students from different schools of Jamshedpur along with their parents. For the first time we had conducted Global Village outside IIT Kharagpur and the response was really good.
Contact : Subhadeep Mondal Vice President Communications & Information Management subhadeep.mondal@aiesec.net; (+91) 9474579822
PROJECT AAROHAN [July
- September, 2011]:
It's a 3 month long project. Under this project students from various countries come to India, to work in different NGOs trying to create social impact. At present we have 6 interns' from all across the globe working with different NGOs and on every Saturday. They will be delivering result-oriented-workshops to the target sector of the NGOs focusing on social issues. For more details, contact Project Manager: Prateek Roy Chowdhury (+917797326348).
Contact : Subhadeep Mondal Vice President Communications & Information Management subhadeep.mondal@aiesec.net; (+91) 9474579822