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International Women's Day 2016: Recognizing the Unrecognized

Women work without a break for their families, society, and friends all through the year. So, on IWD 2016, LEAD conducted their 3rd annual "Recognizing the Unrecognized", where women in our society who are rarely recognized but are responsible for important work were recognized for their contributions, such as cleaning railway stations, bus stands, picking household trash, selling vegetables etc. LEAD and LEADers believe that, without these women, our communities would come to a standstill.

About LEAD

The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. To that purpose, the LEaders Accelerating Development (LEAD) Program of the Deshpande Foundation was born. LEAD develops innovative and entrepreneurial thinking within college students by exposing them to social issues, encouraging them to volunteer their time and effort into the community, and igniting their latent talent to come up with creative solutions. Through this unique platform provided by LEAD, students are gaining the skills and confidence needed to transform their visions into realities. Armed with guidance, exposure, networking opportunities, financial assistance, and encouragement from LEAD, students from throughout 75 colleges and 14 districts are unleashing their leadership potential to go on inspiring and improving those around them.

Inspire, Innovate, Engage: Yuva Summit 2016

The 6th Yuva Summit, an international youth conference on leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship hosted by the Leaders Accelerating Development program, began in Hubballi on 6th February with Mr. Ravindranath Gumaste, Managing Director of Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd., cutting the ceremonial ribbon that let the hundreds of attendees, including students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and honoured guests, into the event grounds.

LEAD Prayana 2016

On 24th January, 107 promising students from across Karnataka and neighbouring states descended upon the VTU campus in Belagavi to mark the kick-off of the 5th annual LEAD Prayana. These students, along with 32 beginning their journey on the same day in Nizamabad, were selected from a pool of almost 500 applicants. LEAD Prayana, which began in 2012 with just 63 students, is an annual leadership journey that takes almost 150 passionate students between the ages of 18-26 throughout India on a 14-day tour across Karnataka...

My Story: Prajwal M

I am passionate about science, especially physics. My affair with Science started during my childhood and it deepened in my high school when I started participating in Science exhibitions with my models. During Pre University Education, I built the Levitation Train with few of my friends and grabbed prizes at several competitions. “Physics of the Impossible” by Michio Kaku was a book that exposed me further to the vastness of the science and motivated me to start a science group called “Blackbody Science Group (Which Absorbs All Wavelength of Intuitive Minds)”. This group engages in creating interest about science among government and physically disabled school children.

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LEADer from BK College Paints Speed Brakes to Improve Road Safety

B K College Chikodi LEADer Pradeep Khot, went to his village on a holiday. While walking on the roads in the night, he observed that the vehicles were coming too fast and then taking a bump. There were speed brakes on the roads, but they were not visible from a distance, and Pradeep realized that this could be very dangerous. He decided to solve this problem by painting the speed brakes to make them visible. He identified several speed brakes and painted them with bright white paint to make them visible to distant vehicles. Pradeep completed this project in two days. His initiative has saved lot of people from getting injured. Because of his initiative, people of the village are also happy and have promised to support him in any future projects he wishes to take up in the village. Pradeep is happy that he could come with such an idea which can be helpful to many people.

Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013

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LEADer Neha from Chikodi Brings Smiles to Beggars' Faces

Neha Koravi, a LEADer of B K College Chikodi, decided to celebrate Independence Day differently. She thought of doing something for the beggars who keep roaming on the roads for food. She had collected sweets and money from her friends and family in advance, and had decided to distribute them to the beggars on the eve of Independence Day. On the 15th of August, she walked the roads and found beggars asking for food and money. She went to them, talked with them, asked about their health issues and assured them she would be happy to help them anytime again. She distributed the sweets and food to some of the beggars in Chikodi. After talking to Neha, the beggars felt that even they have someone to care for them. After talking to the beggars, Neha felt very happy and satisfied for bringing a smile on beggars' faces.

Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2013

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Project: Election Awareness

Abasarahemed Patel (B.K. College, Chikodi)

Voter turnout in Chikodi had reached a devastating level of below 60%. After getting permission from TMC, the police, and other officials, Abasarahemed and his team of LEADers and non-LEADers organized a rally to promote Election Awareness.

One of the challenges of this project was convincing the government officials that Abasarahemed and his team did not belong to any particular political party, and that their only objective was to encourage the public to vote. By overcoming this challenge, though, Abasarahemed improvied his problem solving, team management, communication, and persuasion skills.

Overall, the rally was a success. Abasarahemed and his team received recognition and appreciation from the public and government officials.