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IIIM Jaipur in collaboration with India Development Coalition of America and
Rotary Club Jaipur Gurukul organized 7th North India Conference on 27th and 28th
February 2018. The theme for the two day conference was “Challenges &
Opportunities to Mitigate Poverty and Climate Change in India”. In the inaugural
session Dr. Mohan Jain, Founder and Trustee, IDCA, USA provided impetus to the
conference and suggested ways that can bring positive change in the society.
The chief guest for the inaugural was Mr. Sasidhar N Thumuluri, MD & CEO,
Basix Sub-K iTransactions Ltd., Hyderabad. The Key note speaker for the event
was Sister B K Trupti, National Coordinator, Agriculture and Rural Development
Wing, Brahma Kumaris, Mt. Abu. Mr. Anshu Gupta, founder Goonj also graced the
occasion via skype.
The first day of the conference had three sessions. Session 1 was about “Climate
change Mitigation”, Session 2 was on “Innovative Practices in Health Care and
Session 3 discussed “Emerging Prospects in Livelihood”. The day witnessed expert
talks by eminent personalities such as Dr. Alok Vyas, Deputy Director,
CECOEDECON, Mr. Arvind Singh, Project Coordinator, Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj Trust,
Mr. Ramkrishan Choudhary, KSS Adhyaksh, Sheel ki Doongri, Ms. Kanchan Mishra,
Founder Seva Sankalp, Kanpur, Mr.J.S. Pokarna, Chairman, RVHA, Mr. Brij Bhushan
Goel, Freelance Consultant for Rural Social Development Projects, Gaziabad, U.P.,
Mr. D. P. Dada, Freelancer & Social Worker, Jaipur, Ms. Pooja Murada, Director
Communications, Sehgal Foundation, Gurugram, and Mr. Gaurav Joshi, Project
Officer, UNDP New Delhi.
The second day of the conference had sessions related to “Emerging Prospects in
Education” and “Innovative Practices in Water”. The speakers for these sessions
were Dr. Shipra Mathur, National Head, Media Action Group, Patrika Group, Jaipur,
Shri Ramesh Thanvi, Chairman, Rajasthan Adult Education Association, Jaipur, Mr.
S. K Sharma, CEO, The Assessors Guild, Mr. Varun Sharma, Program Coordinator,
ARAVALI, Jaipur, and Mr. Navneet Surana, Program Coordinator, Green Earth
Solutions, Jaipur.
The concluding session had top ten presentations by the students of IIIM through
which they showcased their experience and real life learning. Among the ten
presentations, the top three were rewarded with cash prizes of Rs.6000/-,
Rs.4000/- and Rs.2000/- respectively. The winners were Ms. Trinika Saxena, Ms.
Meet Saxena, Ms. Riya and Ms, Yukti Agarwal for their project with ‘Umang’ NGO.
Ms. Bhawna Shrimal, Mr. Deepak Singh, Ms.Sakshi Jain and Ms. Diksha Maheshwari
stood second for their project with ‘Raksha’ NGO. And third position was grabbed
by Mr. Priyansh Jindal and Mr. Utkarsh Bhargava for their project with ‘UNICEF’.
Ms. Kanchan Mishra, Founder Seva Sankalp, Kanpur and Ms. Saumya Pareek,
Assistant Prof. MCA Programme, IIIM, were the judges for the competition. The
conference culminated with conference report by Dr. Mohan Jain. He encouraged
the students to contribute towards a socially responsible society.
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