IIT Kharagpur
Organizing Committee President Speaks “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not his greed!” a famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi. The current scenario is an exemplar of the above quote with utilities disappearing, water table deteriorating, climate rapidly changing, yet the demands constantly soaring high. If this continues at such an alarming rate without being checked then in no time would we see the end of the world. Several environmental projects have been conceptualized, several attempts made and one such attempt by the AIESEC IIT Kharagpur team, is Vision Green 2010, a corporate, student and faculty conglomeration to address these brink circumstances. The primitive goal of Vision Green was to promote Green Technologies and their sustainability in today‟s entrepreneurial world. All the events associated with this campaign are directed towards this goal. The “Learning Networks” workshop conducted by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) saw participation of over 200 students from IIT Kharagpur not only influencing and inspiring them towards achieving a sustainable world but also giving them an unforgettable experience. “Global Village” a trademark AIESEC event showcasing its global facet, international reach and diversity of the organization. Fusing this with the theme of the proceedings, the foreign interns presented green initiatives being implemented in their respective countries. The response was wonderful and it is really great to see the students‟ interest in current global affairs. “Green Business Summit”, flagship event of the Vision Green Campaign, a unified platform for delegates, students, faculty and media to interact and share their expertise, knowledge and future plans regarding environmental protection. The event consisted of lectures and presentation by eminent speakers on “Environment and Sustainability”, followed by a Panel Discussion moderated by the Director of British Council, Mrs. Sujata Sen. Vision Green started off as a small summit but eventually influenced many, urging them to give a serious thought to an imminent danger being completely neglected. We are looking forward to bigger projects to create an impact even bigger, where in not only will it be an opportunity to learn but also to implement. Before closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Deputy Director, Delegates, Faculty, Foreign Interns and Students for taking this event to the next level. Above all I would like to thank my team, the Vision Green Organizing Committee for putting in such massive efforts in not only making this event possible but also a grand success. Rohit Jaini Organizing Committee President Vision Green 2010
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IIT Kharagpur
About AIESEC
Our Values
AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organization. Active in over 1700 universities across more than 107 countries and territories, our international platform enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for them to have a positive impact in society. In partnership with business and higher education, AIESEC has over 60 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally minded responsible leaders.
Activating Leadership We lead by example and inspire leadership through our activities. We take full responsibility for developing the leadership potential of our members.
Demonstrating Integrity We are consistent and transparent in our decisions and actions. We fulfil our commitments and conduct ourselves in a way that is true to our ideals.
Living Diversity
AIESEC's innovative development process consists of unmatched leadership experiences, international opportunities and a global learning environment.
We seek to learn from the different ways of life and opinions represented in our multicultural environment. We respect and actively encourage the contribution of every individual.
AIESEC uses an innovative approach to engaging and developing today‟s youth. By offering opportunities to build extensive international personal networks and explore leadership opportunities, we provide a platform for young people to discover direction and ambition for their futures.
Enjoying Participation
Our values provide a way for the collective leadership of AIESEC to encourage common norms of behaviour across our global network.
We create a dynamic environment created by active and enthusiastic participation of individuals. We enjoy being involved in AIESEC.
Striving for Excellence We aim to deliver the highest quality performance in everything we do. Through creativity and innovation we seek to continuously improve.
Acting Sustainably We act in a way that is sustainable for our organisation and society. Our decisions take into account the needs of future generations.
AIESEC in Numbers • 50,000 members • 110 countries & territories • 1600 universities • 470 conferences annually • 10,000 exchanges annually • 4000 partners • 10,000 leadership opportunities • 800,000 alumni • 62 years of experience
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IIT Kharagpur About AIESEC IIT Kharagpur AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur saw its inception in 2008. During this period, it has surpassed expectations from it at the national level. It has won national awards like Best Local Committee for Virtual Platform Utilization, Rock Your Campus and Best Twitter Following and surpassed 19 other Local Committees nationwide. It also overtook its parent Committee in various fields. Within two years, it has sent 10 students from IIT Kharagpur to Ukraine, Finland, China, and Singapore among other countries through its cultural exchange program. It scheduled to send 36 more students during the coming winter and summer vacations. Also, AIESEC has been instrumental in organising opportunities for foreigners to come to India and experience her while giving to the society. It has brought 7 trainees for various social activities and 2 others for technical internships under Department of Electrical Engineering through its Energy Audit. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur also runs the famed Genesis project of AIESEC India. Genesis is a HIV/AIDS awareness project that is run by AIESEC India throughout the country. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur is also spreading this with the help of trainees from various countries. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur has also been holding Information Seminars in BIT Mesra and NIT Durgapur to help the students there gain global mind-sets along with their technical know-how. Realising that cultural harmony is the stepping stone to peace; AIESEC IIT Kharagpur will be helping students there eliminate stereotypes. We also took part in various events like Globe Trekker at SpringFest‟09 and Alumni Meet 2010 of IIT Kharagpur. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur also helped conduct few of the events at Alma Fiesta 2010 in IIT Bhubaneswar. Through Energy Audit, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur got a lot of publicity in media and was covered by newspapers like Times of India and Hindustan Times. The campus English newspaper, Scholar‟s Avenue, covers most of AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s events.
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IIT Kharagpur India is one of the fastest growing world economy and with the ever growing need for energy in our country and an exponential growth in oil prices we all have just one solution left, to efficiently use our current resources and to make way for a sustainable future.
http://visiongreen.aieseciitkgp.org/
The campaign is aimed at creating awareness about the recent advancements in the field of Green Technologies and Global Leadership amongst the students and faculty of IIT Kharagpur. The whole campaign was held from 23rd – 24th October, 2010, included a series of events related to Global Leadership, Panel Discussion including prominent Corporate and Environmental Leaders from India, Guest Lectures on Green Technologies and workshops for the students.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur has taken an initiative to effectively engage people from the all the three major sectors in India i.e. Students, Corporate and Social Activists by calling them at one common platform to discuss about Green Technologies and Global Leadership under the banner
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VISION
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The campaign was conducted by the AIESEC chapter in IIT Kharagpur. It had a global aspect to it through an event called „Global Village‟ which included Trainees from various AIESEC countries showcasing not only their cultures to our stakeholders, but also the environmental activities in their respective countries. This is a step with support from IIT Kharagpur to establish itself as a global institute and also strengthen its mission statement of being “Dedicated to the service of the Nation”. The two day campaign was attended in person by the students and faculty of IIT Kharagpur as well as Corporate and Environmental leaders from all over India. As a prelude to this event, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur had organised a social media based campaign which included competitions in the categories of Photography, Digital Art, Videography and Blogging. It was conducted throughout the week (14 th – 22ndOctober) prior to Vision Green. The event was based in Facebook and AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s blog.
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IIT Kharagpur GreeNovating the Web 14th-22nd October, 2010
GreeNovating the Web was a social media campaign launched to involve those who cannot be physically present at our other events but are passionate about the environment. It consisted of 4 competitions: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Photography – Green is the Earth’s sachet, Go give it a flash! Digital Art – To live infinite, let’s find the Green Dynamite! Videography – All you know, it’s a wide notion. Let’s frame the green motion. Blogging – When life is at stake, Green is my take!
Each contest was a test of your creativity and passion for this beautiful Earth. The theme for each contest was related to the vision of the green world that the youth of today craves for. The contests were based from our Facebook fan page. We had good submissions in the categories of Photography and Digital Arts. The Winners were given a Vision Green T-Shirt along with recognition on our Fan page and Website.
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IIT Kharagpur Learning Networks 23rd October, 2010
As an attempt to do our bit towards nature, AIESEC IIT KHARAGPUR organized “Learning Networks” as a part of the launch of its present venture “VISION GREEN 2010”. The workshop based on the theme “Achieving Sustainable Development by adopting low Carbon Lifestyle” was conducted by Mrs. Reema Banerjee and Mr. Praveen Bharadwaj from Centre for Environment Education. 107 students selected on the basis of a preliminary test attended the workshop. Mrs. Banerjee in her presentation said that the definition of Environment needs to be changed. It should focus on the word “I, every individual”, without which we cannot achieve sustainability. Following the presentations, the participants were asked to come up with ideas to address the present scenario. The groups of students presented the solutions in their unique styles. “Education is the key; students must use this to unlock sustainability”. This was the central idea of the group represented by Mrugank, Siddhartha and Surbhi who artistically depicted it in their paintings. The second group led by Aritra Mitra and Vipul Srivastava voiced their concerns in poetry-
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IIT Kharagpur “Yagya vagya havan puja karke tum sankat bhaggate ho’ Par naadano tum shrishti pe CO2 ke badal lehrate ho” This means that by performing yajnas and other rites using fire we try to minimize our troubles, though in the process we forget that we are blanketing the earth with carbon dioxide. Mrs Banerjee the program coordinator was very pleased with the participant‟s enthusiasm, and hoped that they carry it forward beyond their student life. Everyone‟s response can be aptly summed up into Sachin Jaiswal, AIESEC IIT KHARAGPUR‟s President:” Really amazing workshop! Tailor-made for KGPians and very informative.”
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IIT Kharagpur Global Village 24th October, 2010
The second day of Vision Green 2010 bore testimony to two more successful events – Global Village & Green Business Summit as a sequel to the overwhelming response elicited in Learning Networks – workshop held on the previous day. Global Village, a perfect embodiment of AIESEC‟s international culture saw the participation of 5 foreign interns – Corina [Romania], Jacob [Germany], Kamil [Roland], Ferdi [Holland] & Justina [Lithuania]. The interns showcased their country‟s culture emphasising on the unique initiatives in the field of green technology found back home. The event drew a multitude of KGPians, who really enjoyed the interaction with the foreign interns. The interaction was really fruitful in this sense that it gave then a global perspective about the happenings worldwide in terms of Environmental innovation.
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IIT Kharagpur Green Business Summit 24th October, 2010
The Global village was followed by the Green Business Summit the main event of our Vision Green Campaign. Aimed at bringing together the three pillars of global innovation the professors, the corporate and the students, the event was one of the biggest steps by AIESEC IIT Kharagpur to create a long lasting impact through its Go Green Campaign. The summit started with an introductory track about Vision Green, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s initiative aimed at creating awareness about the environment, conservation and sustainable development. This was followed by the Deputy Director of IIT Kharagpur, Dr. A. K. Majumdar inaugurating the event in a non-conventional manner – by watering a plant. He mentioned about the AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s Energy Audit along with many other Environmental initiatives taken by IIT Kharagpur administration. He lauded AIESEC for his efforts and also appreciated the campaign like Vision Green 2010.
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IIT Kharagpur First in the league of the four dynamic speakers was Dr. Dipayan Dey, Chairperson of SAFE, who spoke about the need of commonness and sharing in working platform to include everyone right from the grass root level. His message “Green Sun to light the lives of the silent majority of India” was really well taken and was followed by questions from the audience. Mr. Surojit Bose, Associate Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers spoke about Green Technology for Sustainable Development. According to him, the four key drivers for achieving Sustainable Development are: Cost of un-sustainable trends globally, India‟s need for inclusive and sustainable growth, Corporate and Supply chain initiatives, and about Environmental and Social Marketing (including Carbon Markets). Mr. Nipun Kaushik, Senior Coordinator of Nature Foundation, Delhi highlighted upon the new technologies which aims at reducing carbon footprints. According to him, “The future generations are the biggest stakeholders in the environmental sweepstakes.” He also stressed upon Paradox of Developing and Developed Countries, Green Engineering, Carbon Capture and Storage, Nobel initiatives taken abroad, and last but not the least the concept of 3‟R‟s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Mr. Kiran Patil, MD of Ecolutions Carbon India Private Ltd. Underlined about the Renewable Energy Resources in India: The Opportunities and Challenges. According to him, Wind, Solar, Biomass and Hydro markets are going to be the flourishing markets of tomorrow as we have so much potential and resources in our country and also about the positive factors for the investors in the renewable energy sector.
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IIT Kharagpur Panel Discussion How can the Human Resources, Intellectual Pool and the Enormous Passion of Technical Institutes across the world, be channelized to create an effective environmental impact?
Moderated by Mrs. Sujata Sen Director, Eastern Region, British Council Ltd. Panelists Mr. Kiran Patil - Country Head and MD, Ecolutions pvt ltd. India Mr. Surojit Bose - Associate Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers Dr. V. R. Desai - Professor, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur Mrs. Ekta Jaju - Co-founder Onergy and Switch-ON Mr. Akhil Naru - Fifth year Msc Physics student, IIT Kharagpur The highlight of the summit was the panel discussion on the topic “How can the Human Resources, Intellectual Pool and the Enormous Passion of Technical Institutes across the world, be channelized to create an effective environmental impact?” Dr. V. R. Desai accentuated the need to preserve traditional practices. Impressed with the student commitment, Mr. Patil said, “We need to streamline the passion of human resource”. Mrs. Ekta Jaju spoke about the developing consumer effect and channelizing youth‟s energy to this effect. Mr. Surojit Bose pointed out how Information and Communications Technology could be utilized to address environmental issues. The youngest speaker on the panel, Mr. Akhil Naru mentioned the simple lifestyle changes that could go a long way in contributing to the bigger picture.
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IIT Kharagpur Mr. Sujata Sen, enquired Dr. Desai about the initiatives undertaken by IIT KGP, replying to which, he shed light on the activities running under PK Sinha Bio Energy Center. Mrs. Sen was all praise about Vision Green “Congratulations to AIESEC IIT Kharagpur for conceptualizing Vision Green. I hope it becomes a major cause for AIESEC in years to come”. Mementos were given to all the speakers and panellists. AIESEC IIT Kharagour also utilized this platform to launch its newest energy project in association with ONergy about solar electrification in the rural areas nearby Kharagpur and Jamshedpur. The event concluded with a Networking Dinner. An all smile Sachin Jaiswal, Local Committee President said, “Vision Green turned out to be a huge success with ideas to go green reverberating the minds of the participants”.
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IIT Kharagpur Past Endeavours
Energy Audit
Earth Week Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship Switch OFF 10/10/10 with 'I am Gurgaon'
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IIT Kharagpur Energy Audit January - April, 2010 Affirming the general view that todayâ€&#x;s generation wants a green future and is always looking for sustainable means; some students of IIT Kharagpur decided that, in order to start a worldwide campaign, you need to start at your backdoor. They noticed that some lights at their institute used to stay on even when not needed. Could those be others as well? This got them to the idea of conducting an Energy Audit of the campus. They being AIESECers were able to bring in professionals in the form of trainees from Brazil and Chile. The auditing process was carried out from January to April, 2010. The team consisted of 20 students and they worked with the two interns from abroad. Throughout the auditing process, two professors from the Department of Electrical Engineering guided and mentored the auditing team. An IIT Kharagpur startup, EcoZen solutions, a company dealing with energy audits, kept track of the progress of the auditing team and gave them essential guide in their quest. The implementation scheme was drafted based on the findings of the auditing team. The success of this audit went a long way in drawing an action plan to make IIT Kharagpur an energy efficient campus thus setting an example for others to follow. The audit was officially recognized by IIT Kharagpur, ASHRAE and IEEE. TERI and SIEMENS also endorsed the project and gave incentives to the students in the form of internship opportunities. The final synopsis can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/aieseciitkgp/energyaudit-synopsis and the report was submitted to The Director of the institute.
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IIT Kharagpur Earth Week 22nd – 28th March, 2010 Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
Recognizing the power of an idea like Earth Hour, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur came up with “Earth Week” for the week containing the day of Earth Hour in 2010. Earth Week was an online quiz event along lines of environmental issues hampering the continuity of the fragile equilibrium very vital to life‟s existence. The Earth Week took a step in the direction of finding a solution to the growing environmental problems by helping increasing awareness among the common masses in the form of a quiz based on environmental themes culminating in the earth hour of 27th of March 2010, during which a complete blackout was observed for an hour from 2030hrs to 2130hrs local time at IIT Kharagpur. The event was conducted through a Facebook Application taking into consideration that use of Facebook is very popular in IIT Kharagpur. (http://apps.facebook.com/earth-week/)
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IIT Kharagpur Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship September-November, 2010 An initiative by Techfest, IIT Bombay, this event came as an opportunity to IIT Kharagpur. An inter-IIT event was bound to instil fervour in the students of IIT and AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur took up this chance to spread the message that Techfest tried to tell. Save Energy.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur is moderating energy saving in IIT Kharagpur‟s hostels by wordof-mouth publicity as well as novel initiatives like „Switch OFF‟ while instilling the habit of saving energy. For more information, check out http://visiongreen.aieseciitkgp.org/energyGC/
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IIT Kharagpur Switch OFF 29th September, 2010 From 2030 – 2130, Kharagpur was out on the streets. Most students had switched off all power consuming devices and had decided to take the leisurely 2.2 (a walk around the 2.2km long stretch of road that connects all major locations in IIT Kharagpur) with friends. Why?
Because, AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur organised a campus-wide Switch OFF to create awareness about the need of the hour. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur conveyed the message successfully that power saving need to be done on a regular basis and that our future lies in our hands. All the major halls switched off lights completely and showed their unity. The only way to make change happen is to make a stand. Make a stand for nature.
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IIT Kharagpur 10/10/10 with ‘I am Gurgaon’ 10th October, 2010 All around the world, people have gathered together to stand up against a common goal, aiming to reduce carbon content by 10%. Thousands of events, from the large iconic to small practical actions, across the globe have marked today as the largest day of positive action against climate change ever. We, a small bunch of students representing AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, along with I am Gurgaon, had organized an event of this Global Day of Action in our capital city, New Delhi at the Aravalli Biodiversity Park. The following eminent delegates from the administrative and social fronts had graced the occasion today morning with their presence. Mr R. C. Mishra: IPS, IG police Haryana, Environmental Scientist. Mr. Rajesh Khullar: IAS, Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon. Mr. Gagan Sharma, Chairman Wizcraft, Apra Group, Kingdom of Dreams Mrs Neelima Sharma: Head of Saksham Group, an NGO for underprivileged children. Mr. Vivek Kamboj: Head of Haryali, an NGO and he is also the grandson of legendary freedom fighter Udham Singh. Dr. Lokesh Abrol: Leading physician, Environmentalist, managing trustee of Gurugram Gaushala. Not only that, residents of DLF Foundation, representatives from Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon, Forest Department of the Government of Haryana and around 50-55 children, of the age 7-15, from Government school run by NGO: Saksham too attended the event.
The event commenced with the introduction followed by a warm welcome speech by Dr. Abrol. Mayur Rastogi & Abhimanyu Abrol of AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, the world‟s largest student run organization, talked about AIESEC, the green initiatives like Energy Audit of the entire IIT Kharagpur Campus, Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship and also about their upcoming event, Vision Green 2010 on 23rd -24th October, a step towards greening the future.
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IIT Kharagpur Mr. RC Mishra spoke about the „true meaning‟ of environment and its conservation. According to him, “Planting a tree is the biggest contribution to the society even bigger than if we continuously from birth to death keep on donating to needy people.” He proved it mathematically as well. Dr. Abrol, Mr Gagan Sharma and Mrs. Neelima Sharma also added to him. Mr. Vivek Khamboj enlightened everyone when he described the way in which a Peepal tree can be uprooted from some area and replanted somewhere else. We need to take care that the roots are not destroyed. Measures are taken to ensure that enough support and nutrition is provided to the tree at the new location. The Head of Vaish Samaaj, resident organisation formed by residents of DLF, spoke about the environment. After that everyone went to plant saplings. The officer from Department of Forest demonstrated the way in which a sapling is sown in the earth. First the polythene containing the mud and the roots of the sapling is torn taking care that the mud doesn‟t break/become loose. Then the sapling is firmly sown in the ground and watered regularly. Kids were divided into groups of 4 and 1 senior person was associated with them and each group planted 1-2 saplings. Children were over-joyed and everyone was energetic in planting the saplings. Finally, after all hard work, snacks came along. A copy, pencil, rubber and stationary were distributed among the school children. This event truly represented all the different sectors of the society, the kids, the youth and the elders, all coming together for the Noble cause of creating a POSITIVE IMPACT on our very own Environment. The smile on the kid‟s faces when they planted their own saplings and impacted Mother Nature and the overall satisfaction that we gave back a little to our very own Earth, everything together just made it a perfect ending.
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