The students, faculty and staff of IIM Raipur participated in the ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ by picking up the broom to clean the campus and its premises.
The campaign is an effort by the students of IIM Raipur to spread the message of cleanliness and create awareness among the local populace. Over 300 staff members and students participated in this massive cleaning drive.IIIM Raipur Director B.S. Sahay initiated the campaign with an oath taking ceremony, an IIM press release issued here on Thursday stated.
After paying tribute to Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Sahay stated , “Today on this auspicious day, that marks the birth anniversary of the Father of our Nation and late Prime Minister lal Bahadur Shastri, we need to take a stand and set an example for others to follow by partaking in this nation-wide cleanliness drive”.He encouraged the entire IIM fraternity to be a part of this campaign of cleanliness and take pride in it, highlighting the Father of Nation’s thrust towards cleanliness.
Sahay also stated that in India, we keep our homes clean, but fail to keep our surroundings clean.The IIM Director also took the opportunity to launch “Eco Club”, a dedicated club of IIM Raipur, involving teachers and students, to encourage cleanliness and horticulture in and around the campus.Taking a step further, Sahay decided that all the government schools around IIM Raipur will be adopted by the institute.
Student and faculty will visit these schools to ignite the minds of the students by introducing weekly programmes where the students and staff will have an interactive session with the students of the schools. “This is not just symbolic, but a mass movement”, he said.later, Sahay led the students in an oath taking ceremony, where all pledged to remain committed and devote time for it. They vowed to give 100 hours a year or 2 hours a week, towards making our vicinity a better and cleaner place to live in.