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Community Service

At SIIB, we believe that instilling a sense of Corporate Social Responsibility in our future global leaders is an essential step in understanding the role of the corporates contributing to the society. The institution has a Community Development team, which comprises of students of the first year and a faculty member. There are various activities planned throughout the year, which are also evaluated at the end of each semester.


Swechha: A cleanliness drive, an initiative by Symbiosis Institute of International Business. ‘Cleanliness is indeed next to Godliness’. With this message the students of MBA-Agri Business of Symbiosis Institute of International Business (Rajiv Gandhi I.T Park) have set off for a cleanliness drive in Hinjewadi , ‘the door of the I.T Park’ between 14th to 19th Oct. The initiative has been named as ‘Swechha’ which means ‘willful ’. As the name suggests the students have shown a strong desire to clean the place and are putting their best efforts. Moreover according to them the most important task is to create awareness among the local people so that the impact is long term. They started early in the morning on 14th of Oct by picking the brooms and dustbins themselves and cleaning the entire area. After 4 days of consistent effort there has been an encouraging response from the local people, who are willing to help the students by maintaining cleanliness. The students have planned to donate the dustbins to the shops near the chowk, put motivating stickers and posters in the shops and talk to the people about the cleanliness and its benefits. Students have received appreciation from the Gram Pradhan who says the step to be wonderful one and is fully cooperating in the event. There have been appreciation by others also such as Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena and Infosys who are willing to join the hands with SIIB students for such ventures in the future. The Institute and students are enthusiastic about the movement and have once again proved to be a responsible part of the society. Earlier also the Institute has taken up several community development activities such as teaching under privileged children, traffic control, planting trees etc. The Institute is looking forward to having such activities in future as well that not only helps in community development but also inculcates a sense of responsibility among the students.
Continuing Community Service : An important aspect of management education is to inculcate a sense of social consciousness among the students. SIIB has been instrumental in taking care of the community in many ways. In the academic year 2008-09 there is a team of dedicated and spirited students for the community development initiatives. The team consists of the first year students of MBA International Business & MBA Agribusiness. The team has carried forward the activities, initiated in previous years and also there are few new initiatives commenced this year. The team is operational in various projects which encompass many aspects of community welfare. The brief description of the various projects is as follows.

1. SIIB has adopted a local municipal school. SIIB students visit this school twise a week to teach the students English and basic computer skills SIIB students team has designed a structured course curriculum on the basis of the needs of the students. Besides academics the team also takes sessions on personality development and communication skills so as to ensure all round development of the children. 2. Helping hand is extended to the physically handicapped students studying at ―Mahatma Phule Apang Prashikshan Kendra‖ at Mann ,a local school at Mann village by imparting the customized computer and Spoken English training. A team of four dedicated students visit the school every week and conduct this activity with great enthusiasm. 3. The charity begins right from our own house. The community development team realized the fact and started a project to take evening classes for the children of the support staff of SIC. The team of 9 students takes classes of 12 children comprising from various classes from 1st to 7th std. The team has made a structured curriculum of the studies and objectively analyzed the requirements of each of the child. The activity is planned in such a way that every child gets individual attention in the class. The focus is on the all round development of the kids so apart from taking Maths & English classes the team also takes classes of Communication ,GK, Computers etc. 4. Another excellent project initiated by the students is Waste management project by our Agri- Business Management students..The idea is to utilize the food waste generated in the mess & canteen for productive purposes. The objective is to identify the possible ways of utilizing food wastes, which are ecologically and economically sustainable. This is an excellent example of using our core competencies effectively for the amelioration of the community. 5. A healthy mind resides in a healthy body, Keeping this in mind, team has introduced the ‗Healthcare Support Programme‘(HSP) to improve the awareness in terms of health, Nutrition Sources, Cleanliness and hygiene among the people in the community. The HSP team consists of five dedicated members includes two doctors. The team is operational in taking sessions for the awareness of Health, nutrition & hygiene for the children iof waked school and our own SIC kids.. The team is also functional in the Primary Health checkups of the children (for diagnosis of preventable conditions like Vitamin Deficiency, common Ear Nose and Throat ailments, common Gastro intestinal ailments, Vision impairments, Reproductive Tract Infections etc). This initiative is extended to the children at Wakad Primary school & the children of the support staff of SIC. 6.A two day free medical check-up camp was organized by community development team for the underpreviliged school going children of New English School and Junior College, Hinjewadi on Sep 9th and 10th, 2008 at Health Centre, Symbiosis Infotech Campus (SIC). Around 70 children of standard VII underwent the routine medical check-up. At the camp, free medicines were also distributed among those children.

Computer and English Training for Wakad School Children SIIB has adopted a local municipal school from Wakad. Since last four years every year ,the senior students of this school come every week for the full academic year . Students come to SIIB to learn basic English and Computer skills from SIIB students. This project is carried out throughout the year. The students are taught skills in personality development along with the basic computer skills like internet usage, MS Office etc. Such projects expose the SIIB students to the less fortunate strata of society and kindle a sense of social responsibility.

SIIB Students with Wakad school children at SIIB teaching English

SIIB Students with Wakad school children at SIIB Computer Lab in one of the Computer Sessions
Traffic Management at Hinjewadi Chowk The Community Development team students are helping the Hinjewadi Traffic police for traffic regulation at the overcrowded Hinjewadi Chowk. This exercise makes the students realize the hardships the traffic police go through during traffic regularization. The exercise helps them to help the traffic police but more importantly it helps them to be good citizens who follow the traffic rules without breaking them and also young representatives among their peer groups who can make a large difference in following and maintaining the traffic rules in a small way.

SIIB'an helping the traffic police at overcrowded Hinjewadi Chowk during peak morning hours
Tree plantation at Venunagar PCMC
	Tree Plantation activity was carried out in association with PCMC at Venunagar, Wakad. SIIB'ians planted 20 trees and the entire activity was co-ordinated & carried out by the students.
SIIB students watering the plats at Venunagar PCMC
Tree plantation at SIC Hinjewadi Tree Plantation activity was also carried out by the Community Development team of SIIB where the students planted around 55 tress at both SIC campus as well as at the Symbiosis Hall of Residence.

SIIB students Planting trees at SIC, Hinjewadi
Workshop for Standard X Students SIIB conducted a workshop for the 10th standard students of the Wakad Municipal School. The students were given an insight into different career aspects, significance of agriculture in India and very importantly how to manage time and be successful in their board exams. The students were very excited with the entire interaction and claimed to have benefited from the workshop.

Standard X Students of Wakad School with SIIB'ians
Computer Literacy Programme at Mann Realizing that survival in today’s technological world without the knowledge of computers is tough, we SIIB'ans are conducting an 16 week long ‘Learn Computers Program’ for physically handicapped students studying at a local school at Mann village by imparting the customized computer and Spoken English . It helps the students to equip themseleves the knowledge on Fundamentals of Computers, MS-Office and Basics of Internet The classes are conducted by SIIB students of community development once a week for 2 hrs under at the Mann school premises under the guidance of the IT faculty of SIIB.
SIIB Students visit to Akanksha and Telco Akanksha: an NGO helping underprivileged children in the field of education. The Telco Grihini Vividh Karyakari Sahakari Audyogic Sanstha Maryadit. The Telco Grihini Shivankala Sahakari Audyogic Sanstha Maryadit. The Telco Grihini Cable Harness Sahakari Audyogic Sanstha Maryadit. The Telco Grihini Electronics Sahakari Audyogic Sanstha Maryadit.