Project: Canteen Mural

Leader: Abhinash 

Team: Pooja B, Pratyush P,Abhilash, and Priyanka

Date: January to November 2010 

College: BVB CET 

Place: BVB CET

Abhinash believes that everyone has an abundance of talent. He and his team decided to help students showcase their talent though a graffiti wall. He secured permission from the college authorities to cover a space on the canteen wall. Every time somebody does some creative work they have to wait a year for the annual magazine to publish it. This wall would be an outlet to showcase work by budding artists and writers. 

The canteen is the most ideal place to create the wall because most students use the canteen. What better motivation is there than having thousands of students and faculty see and appreciate the work? During the months when the wall was active, they received at least 3 artworks a day. This was also a platform to shortlist the work that could be shown in the magazine. 

The wall was built like a notice board, where work was displayed. The artwork was later returned to the creators. The procedure was simple: the creators would contact Abhinash who would then post it on the wall. Because of his busy schedule the wall has been a little less active.

Project: Fundraising campaign to support flood victims in North Karnataka

LEADer - Vijay Mahantesh

Project Title: Fund Raising Campaign for flood victims

Project Leader: Vijay Mahantesh

Place: Bijapur

Funds Raised: INR 3500

Vijay Mahantesh’s efforts to help the flood victims of North Karnataka have been lauded and appreciated by all. Though his schedule was packed with fast approaching exams, he decided to work for the cause of the needy. The team of five garnered support from about ten students of the college who volunteered.

Due to insufficient time, the team decided to approach a few colleges in the neighbourhood to collect funds. The fundraising campaign started at Vijay's own college, where he first approached the Principal to contribute. Things took shape as the faculty also supported the campaign and made genuine contributions. The response from the students was overwhelming too.

The team’s effort collected a total of INR 3500 in just two days. The team handed over the fund to the Principal who in turn presented it to the District Commissioner. Amidst praises, the fundraising campaign made it to the newspapers.

He took the second initiative under LEAD to sharpen the mental ability and skills of students up to class 8. He conducted inter-school quiz competitions to facilitate the learning process of the students. He ensured that the students were exposed to the practical approach of thinking out of the box. The intention was to make the students open and comfortable to such competitions. The prizes were sponsored by locals who were convinced by Vijay to be a part of the event.

Vijay, whose stint with LEAD happens to be accidental, says, “My journey with LEAD as a LEADer, campus ambassador of KCP College, and co-ordinator for Bijapur gave me lot of experience. It was very difficult to communicate with LEADers from other colleges and facilitate them along with my studies. I cannot remember how I did all these things, but I can say that LEAD taught me how to manage all these."

He dedicates his selection to the Wipro Academy of Software Excellence (WASE) Programme,  offered by WIPRO in association with BITS Pilani to LEAD, which inspired him to be a true leader and think high. It was the narration of his stint at LEAD during the interview that helped him pursue his Masters in Software Engineering. He is grateful to LEAD for making him a true leader in all capacities as he continues to work with the same leadership approach.

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Project: English Teaching to Juvenile Home Children

Name of LEADer: Veeresh S. Thalange.
College: S. B. Arts and K. C. P. Science College, Bijapur.
Project title: English Teaching to Juvenile Home Children
Place of implementation: Govt. Juvenile home for boys, Afzalpur Takke, Bijapur.

Activity and Impact: "We conducted English teaching for Juvenile home students for one month. Earlier they didn’t know anything about English, not even the alphabet, but now they are able to speak in English with each other. We conducted exam at the end to see how much our teaching helped them. In that exam the students also participated very actively. We distributed prizes to high scorers."
Achievements: "Our project got appreciation from our college principal. We got an appreciation letter from The Deputy Director, Dept. of Women and Children Welfare. Ajay Suman (Programme Manager, LEAD) and Mr. Christ from USA visited our implementation field."