President Ram Nath Kovind motivates team members of Enactus from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
The meeting between Delhi University students of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies representing team Enactus and the president Ram Nath Kovind was led by the college governing body chairman Professor Anil Kumar Rai. The Principal Dr Poonam Verma, faculty members and 66 student members of Enactus SSCBS were present at the occasion.
The ceremony commenced with a brief felicitation by the Professor Rai. The meeting lasted for 30 minutes and gave an opportunity to the Enactus SSCBS team to showcase the two social entrepreneurship projects that won them the coveted Enactus World Cup 2017 title held in london. The team also received a cash award of $50,000.
One of its projects — Project Raahat won the Water Race competition conducted under the aegis of Enactus World Cup, winning an award of $20,000 for expansion of their project.
The project competed with several entries, targeted at water conservation and sanitation, from 36 countries where each country was represented by the national champion team. It is the first time since its inception in 2001, that the competition has been won by India.
The two projects presented at the world cup were Project Raahat and Project Udaan. They are in line with Swach Bharat Abhiyaan and Digital India Mission.
Project Raahat aims to provide safe sanitation facilities to slum dwellers in Delhi and NCR by innovatively utilising the existing infrastructure of community toilets, ensuring efficient maintenance via community mobilisation, create sensitisation on good sanitation practices and eradicate open defecation. Project Udaan aims to promote digital literacy in the rural landscape by setting up sustainable computer centres by diverting the e-waste from urban areas.
The project runs these centres with assistance from women entrepreneurs, who are trained in computers and qualitative aspects of teaching thereby working towards their empowerment. The Enactus SSCBS team has won the national championship three times in the past and has represented India at the Enactus World Cup held in Malaysia, China and Canada. The team secured the 2nd position at the Enactus World Cup 2016, held in Canada.
The ceremony reached its culmination with the words of wisdom from the President. He motivated the students to work harder and emphasised on the role of the youth as the driving force behind taking this country forward.
The meeting and his motivating words inspired many students to pursue the social entrepreneurship projects with greater zeal, enthusiasm, and commitment.
“We at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies have created history by getting the glory to the country for the first time since it’s inception. We aim to create not only job seekers and job providers but also social change agents. I am happy the team is making their country and the college proud,” said Dr Poonam Verma, Principal, SSCBS, Delhi University.