Citizens Foundation and Seva International jointly organized the C-20 Choupal program, for the first time here on Tuesday. Participation of Jharkhand based directors and philanthropists of various social organizations, representatives of civil society organizations, CSR heads of corporate companies and important scholars from educational institutions participated in this program and discussed several topics related to Sewa, Sense of Service, Philanthropy and Volunteerism in detail.
Lok Sabha MP, Sanjay Seth was present as the Chief guest in the programme, whereas the independent director of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. Asha Lakra, independent director of GAIL India Sanjay Kashyap, Director of Shri Krishna Public Administrator's Institute Mukesh Kumar, Director of Seva International Shubham Kumar and CEO of Citizen Foundation Ganesh Reddy were present as special guests in the event and inaugurated the program by jointly lighting the lamp.
Sanjay Seth, as the chief guest, praised this effort of Citizens Foundation and Seva International. Seth welcomed all the present guests and audience and said that there is nothing bigger than social service. He also added many social aspects of the society. Asha Lakra explained the importance of sacrifice and self-service.
The events were conducted in three sessions. The first session moderated by the founder of Mukti Mission, Rashmi Saha, in which State Program Manager of SINI Jharkhand Tanvi Jha, Founder of PALONA Monika Arya and State Project Director of AFC India Limited, Richa Chowdhary participated as panellists. In this session, a detailed discussion was held on many issues related to the Sense of Service.
The second session, moderated by Rajeev Gupta based on the topic Sense of Volunteerism in the Social Development Sector. As a panellist of the session, Founder of Live Savers Ranchi & social activist Atul Gera, Founder of Rise-up Rishabh Anand and Secretary of KGVK Dr. Arvind Sahay kept his opinion on the subject. The third and final session was moderated by the member of Sangeet Natak Academy (India) as well as an Advisor of Tribal Art and prominent Folk Artist of Jharkhand Nandlal Nayak on the subject Community Philanthropy. In the session CSR Head of Usha Martin Dr. Mayank Murari, Medical Director of Paras Hospital Dr. Sanjay Kumar and the founder of Ilead HR Kanika Malhotra discussed the topic in detail.
Vote of thanks given by CEO, Citizen Foundation Ganesh Reddy, who expressed his special gratitude to all the guests, panelists and the audience present in the program and praised the event. He also added that such types of social interest programs help in the successful operation of many schemes and programmes working in the state. Our organization has always been committed to social work and will always be committed.