Subhash Dash promtes local & natural fruit juices

Subhash Dash, along with his team members Tanmay, Vedant, Sujit, Sohail and Vijayanand (Belgaum) want people to understand that there are many positive outcomes of drinking natural fruit juices. When you choose to drink locally sourced fruit juices, you are not only consuming something that is much healthier than many alternative beverages, but you are also helping the local economy by supporting existing local farmers, and increasing the capacity for many more. Subhash  and his peers went around and discussed these benefits with 10 members of the community, and they feel like the time and effort he put into this mission are very valuable, as spreading awareness of this seemingly small thing can have a big impact on the lives of many.

Beggars back to school

A middle class family girl Nagamani G. always had a soft heart about the poor and wanted to make people realize the importance of education & also wanted to make their lifestyle better. She wanted to apply her thoughts & bring a change in society.

As a result of Nagamani’s initiative now 25 out of 30 kids who were engaged In begging now have joined back to their school. She has got recognition in Yuva Summit 2012 where she was awarded as a Best Leader of the year by Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy. She strongly believes that her initiative will bring great change in the society and in the lives of young kids.

Inspired by her own thoughts Nagamani initiated teaching classes for begging kids in Haveripet, M R Nagar of Dharwad district in Karnataka. First of all Nagamani visited the area and talked to parents of children to get their views and need of creating interest towards education and conducting classes. She proposed this idea as a project to LEAD to get mentorship and financial support, her idea was noble so she got expected support. Every day she taught them for two hours for around continuous 4 months. She taught them Kannada and English alphabets numbers and some rhymes, in the process of teaching she used games, activities and theory classes.

The challenging part of the project was convincing parents and local residents of area they were reluctant to send their children to her classes. It was hard for her to build the trust on them and continuously keeping this trust for 4 Months.

Initially children were not so interested in studies and participating fully in all activities but now they seek to know more whenever she goes to their place.

Telling about her experience, Nagamani shares, “LEAD basically gave me an opportunity to implement my ideas. I learnt that beggars, especially children are forced to beg due to the family matters but they need a right mentor who can show them a right path. I am glad that LEAD gave me an opportunity to be associated with the children & at least bring a small change in their lives. My ultimate goal was to get them back to school.”

Nagamani expects proper response and support from government officers in this project.

Project: Bottle Shoes

Leader : Ankur Verma

Team: Sourab, Debjyoti and Rakesh

College: KLE CET, Belgaum.

Place of implementation: Khanapur

Date: 7/12/2010

Having  prior experience with Thinkindia and UNICEF, Ankur decided to use this experience in association with LEAD and create a difference in the lives of the people of Khanapur in Belgaum. After speaking to one of his friends, he discovered that few people had shoes in the small village. Ankur decided to make the best use of the available resources and make shoes out of old mineral water bottles. After collecting 40 bottles, Ankur and team made 20 pairs of shoes. They distributed the shoes freely. The cost of making the shoes is minimal since they used nylon threads. The nylon bands are sturdy and do not wear off. Ankur told the people how to make the shoes and showed them how to fill the bottles with cloth for more comfort. 

The experience has been good and rewarding. As Ankur wishes to be an entrepreneur, this experience has been an insight. 

LEADership Symposium

Desh interacting with Hubli Leaders

 At the LEADership Symbposium, Dr. Deshpande urged the student as well as the faculty to take a curious and innovative approach in learning and teaching. When Dr. Deshpande was asked, “What’s your turning point in life”, he responded with, “I’m still turning”.

LEAD Belgaum faculties with Desh

The LEADership Symposium on May 26-27 was organized in KLEIT, Hubli and KLECET, Belgaum to provide students an opportunity to interact with Dr Gururaj Deshpande. The LEADership Symposium was full of energy as the leader Mr. Gururaj Deshpande spoke to the students about leadership and answered the curious young minds. The meet at KLEIT, Hubli saw an interesting session as the students presented their projects and shared their learning and experience. As soon as the floor opened for discussion, questions sprung out from the pool of enthusiastic students who wished to know the difference between leadership and entrepreneurship. Dr. Deshpande brought into light the concept of four terms namely Innovator, Entrepreneur, Leader and a Manager and the roles he has assumed so far.

Talk on innovation and leadership with faculties

The spirit of the series took to new heights in Belgaum, as the students and faculty members participated with much vigor and enthusiasm. Mr. Naveen Jha added to the thought provoking session as he spoke about being passionate in life. He left the crowd in amusement to wonder how a Bollywood movie and the game of IPL instill passion in the audience to go and watch it. The LEADership Symposium marked a great beginning and a cherishing end.