Social Sensitivity

Reaching out to differently-abled children - IIM Ranchi celebrates Diwali in a novel way

Who would’ve thought that teaching a child the difference between Papa and Baba could be so difficult? Well, it can be when the child can’t hear you speak. Coming face to face with these facts of life, the students of the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, had a humbling experience when they chose to spend Diwali with the children of The Kshitij Deaf and Dumb School, Doranda, currently managed by Anil Kumar Lal. Instituted in 1938 with five children, it is the center of learning for 80 children today, 33 of whom live on the premises. With just some basic help from the government in the form of hearing aids for the children, the school runs mostly with help from sponsors and local donors.

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IIM Bangalore comes together to help Kashmir

Vikasana, the social service club of IIM Bangalore initiated a clothes collection drive to help those in need. It partnered with Goonj, a partner NGO working towards providing relief material to those affected by floods in the region of Jammu and Kashmir and other states such as Orissa, West Bengal and Assam through its ‘Rahat Floods’ initiative.

B schools and Offices are not disabled friendly, and that is a bad thing

Learnings and insights have a strange way of coming from the most random places and at the most random times. An insight came to me the last week from a sprained ankle. The last week I fell due to a general lack of eye-limb coordination and sprained my ankle rendering myself unable to walk. An X-ray followed to ensure that it is not a fracture-thankfully it wasn’t and I thought that my ordeal is nearly over. But as the next day dawned, I realised that the ordeal hasn’t even begun. Doing almost everything on my own became a challenge, but the biggest one was going to class.

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XLRI - For the greater good

It is almost a month in XLRI and there have been more than hundred surprises in this period of time. However the most heart-warming surprise was ‘Village Exposure’ program. Honestly, at the beginning, I was looking at these 3 days as a vacation, especially after excruciating start of B-school life. But what came after going in village made a huge impact.

IIM Calcutta takes the extra effort to support Differently Abled Students

Come next term, IIM Calcutta is gearing to go quite a few steps ahead in supporting the Differently Abled students of its flagship MBA program. The institute is in talks with Webel, a non-profit government organization, to set up a centre for differently abled students. This centre aims at providing adequate support to these students primarily from the perspective of academics. The centre will jointly be managed by IIM Calcutta staff and a representation from Webel who has expertise in handling issues related to this section of students. This contract with Webel which is in the negotiations stage will initially serve the visually challenged students and subsequently cover students facing other challenges too.