India First Leadership Talk Series with Secretary, Dept. of Social Justice & Empowerment, was organized by MHRD – Institution Innovation Cell

A Webinar on India’s First Leadership Talk Series was organized by MHRD – Institution Innovation Cell on 13th June’2020, with Mr. R. Subrahmanyam, IAS, Secretary, Dept. of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India. Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, MHRD Innovation Cell was the moderator.
In the discussion that ensued, between Dr Abhay Jere and Shri Subrahmanyam, the main focus was on how marginalized people are being helped by the government. Covid-19 has put the entire country into turmoil. For many marginalized people it has become very difficult to cope up with their lives.
Mr. Subrahmanyam said there are over one crore households in the urban and rural areas where most of the people have no assets. They do not have a support mechanism. Neither do they have any access to health facilities. They mainly depend on the government to provide for their needs.
In order to make them independent, there are a few things that need to be done. Firstly, give them access to a Collective Fund. By enabling them to work and start up enterprises on their own, they can have access to banking systems. One such example is NRLM - National Rural Livelihood Missions which is helping people across different states to be self-reliant.
Secondly, people need to be skilled. The Govt. of India under the Ministry of Skill India has already started training people from poor and marginalized society in various fields which can easily facilitate jobs. Lastly, give them access to health insurance programs developed by Ayushman Bharat. It helps in providing free and compulsory education for the children of the poor.
They also discussed the role of youth in this regard. Mr. Subrahmanyam highlighted that the youth can start by identifying households in their locality and try reaching out.
Further discussion dwelt on Entrepreneurship, which is highly encouraged by the MHRD Innovation Cell. Challenges build up and help to create better products which are beneficial. This has led to many social innovation projects which are helping the people. Mr. Subrahmanyam focused on having a good rapport with all the authorities from local administration to MLAs and MLCs which will boost morale to work together. Mr Subramanyam also highlighted that failure should not become a barrier. He said the greatest success mantra is to look at adversity as a great opportunity and try to use it as an opportunity. He also said one needs to have an analytical mind and be different, thus ensuring that the future will be bright and meritorious.
The discussion brought in a lot of thought provoking insights which can really be beneficial when put to use.
About Mr. R. Subrahmanyam:
Mr. R. Subrahmanyam is a graduate from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi. He holds an MA degree in Political Science and also a degree in M.Phil. He has a Ph.D degree in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy.

ACM-S organised their first Webinar ACM-S 1.0 facilitated by the Founding Director, Girlscript Foundation

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) at Sahyadri organised their first Webinar ACM-S 1.0 on Entrepreneurship, on 14th June’2020. Ms. Anubha Maneshwar, Founding Director, Girlscript Foundation, was the Guest Speaker.
Ms. Maneshwar spoke about Entrepreneurship. She said that Entrepreneurship is the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. The key requirements being work experience, network, team work and the money.
Ms. Maneshwar also covered the topic of Start-ups and walked the audience through the different strategies for having start-ups and how to get seed funding for the same. She also related her journey towards start-up and establishing GirlScript Foundation.
The Webinar witnessed an amazing audience of 80+ participants in its first ever series. It was a highly interactive session and many queries were clarified.
About the Speaker:
Ms. Anubha Maneshwar is a young entrepreneur and Founding Director of Girlscript Foundation. She is a recipient of the Indian Women Leadership Excellence Award for Education, 35 Under 35 Best Startup in Education Award, India’s Top 100 Young Leaders Award etc. She has qualified for 30 Under 30 Asia – Forbes list in the Social Entrepreneurship category. Ms. Anubha Maneshwar is a speaker at TEDx, PyCon, North America and WWTech Summit, Washington.
About Girlscript Foundation:
Girlscript Foundation is India’s biggest tech education organisation operating in 65 cities across India and has impacted nearly 60,000 students in just 3 years of its inception. It has received Elastic Search Cause Award 2019 at Sydney, Australia.

CEO, Caliper interacted with Faculty Members of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Mr. S. M. Sundar, CEO, Caliper Engineering & Lab Pvt. Ltd interacted with the faculty members of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering for Product Development and Consultancy Opportunities on various Make in India projects.
Mr. Sundar gave an overview of various projects on which Caliper is working and a few pipeline projects. He said this would be a great opportunity for individual faculty members and students of Mechanical Engineering, in terms of industrial exposure and experience.

Upcoming Event

Sahyadri in association with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Carmel College, Bantwal is organising a National Level Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Adapting ourselves to the Online Academic Activities”, on 16th June’2020. The Resource Persons are Prof. Sunil Kumar Rai, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Prof. Duddela Sai Prashanth, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering.
The session is open to all.
The Registration Link for the program is: https://forms.gle/FkAwpQ6SacuK4D6f9

Quote for the day

"So many books, so little time."
- Frank Zappa