"Soch Badlo, Desh Badlega", Interview with Winnie Singh, Founder & Executive Director - Maitri
Winnie Singh – Founder & Executive Director, Maitri
Winnie Singh – Founder & Executive Director, Maitri
If it’s easy & simple that doesn't stretch you to the core; If it’s impersonal, objective & that doesn't land you to the shore; If it isn't a thing that you can die for Stop waiting and move on For life is a beautiful voyage lasting not so long Your every single action, awaits a response!
Those very relatives who never even raised an eyebrow when I used to stay out for work/recreation late in the night are now raising objections. “How are you out so late in the night? Take proper care of yourself while roaming around at this hour. India is not a safe place anymore.”
Joyfest involves the aspects of giving to the less fortunate and sharing a part of our lives with them. It is a ‘festival of philanthropy’ to show our concern for and to the less privileged lot. This year it was held from the 17th to the 20th of October 2013 as a part of the celebrations of the Joy of Giving Week.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"
He was killed. His virtues made him a national hero. The cold-blooded murder of the IIML alumnus – he was dumped off after he detected large-scale irregularities in the sale of petrol and diesel at the petrol pump – caused nationwide uproar. Mr Manjunath Shanmugam, an alumnus of IIM-Lucknow and an employee of Indian Oil Corporation, who lost his life trying to stop fuel adulteration, will not be buried in the archives of history. We can soon get to watch him in a movie to be released next month.
SPJIMR balances academic learning having a global outlook with social sensitivity in order to groom its students into truly global leaders with a unique perspective and take on things. It has three learning innovations that it has incorporated through its coursework: Science of Spirituality with learnings from the holy Geeta; DOCC- Development of Corporate Citizenship – a six week rural internship in various villages and towns across India and Abhyudaya- a year-long mentoring process where each student mentors a bright, underprivileged child. These three programmes which run year long during the first year of the two year flagship programme have been developed with the idea of incorporating a keen sense of right and wrong in order that managers can make key decisions that impact the various stakeholders keeping the larger purpose of business in mind.
With a focus on social sensitivity and maintaining a balance between 'value for values' while consciously moving towards achieving your ambitions, SPJIMR has often done things differently. The Development of Corporate Citizenship in one such endeavor in that direction. Every year, instead of summer internships, the entire batch of two hundred odd students undertakes a 6 week mandatory rural stint across the country. The stint includes a stay with the designated NGOs in the villages and working on a project which involves solving the very real and gritty problems that rural India grapples with.