I joined IIFT after working in a corporate house for three years. When I got to know that IIFT has a 4 credit course where each student would have to work with a local NGO, it did not make much sense to me. After working with Aarohan for the past 3 weeks I realize what an important role it has played in my life. There are few experiences which we tend to call ‘life changing’ and I would term this internship as my first.
Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak (IIM- R) witnessed a very enthusiastic response from the students and the general public to a blood donation camp organised here in association with the Red Cross Society and HDFC Bank on 8th December 2013. The event was co-ordinated by the Social Development Cell of IIM-R.
Indian Institute of Management Shillong has turned its attention towards nurturing the young students in Shillong in a right direction. ECoBiZ club of IIM Shillong along with Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) has conducted a ‘Pioneer Leadership Workshop’ for the local students of Shillong. The one day workshop, supported by Lions Club of Shillong was mainly focused on bringing out leaders in Shillong in the field of environment. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Amitabha De, Director of IIM Shillong, Mr. Arun Das, Lions Club president and Mr. Arun Krishnamurthy, EFI president. Dr. De highlighted the importance of this initiative and stressed upon how development should go hand in hand with conservation. He told the students that conservation should begin from each individual.
It was the social awareness program, a four credit course, towards the end of the first year that gave me an opportunity to work with this NGO serving the underprivileged in the streets of British Calcutta. On my first day, I had expected that unlike the slums in trans-yamuna delhi and Bombay’s Dharavi, the little kids here won't be able to communicate in Hindi. But, to my surprise, they were not only fluent and in Hindi but at times they would speak even Oriya.
InsideIIM.com as a part of its social sensitivity initiatives is helping Acumen reach out to bright talent in India. We strongly recommend applying to this program to any professional with a mindset to change the world for the better (specifically targeting poverty alleviation) and who have a demonstrated record in leadership for social initiatives.
This is the concluding part in our series on Adam Pervez – volunteer, traveler, writer and MBA grad. He is an engineer from Ohio State and an MBA graduate from IE Business School – Spain. He quit his comfortable job with Siemens Wind Power, Denmark (paying a six-figure salary) before deciding to follow his passions – travelling, and giving back to society. The HappinessPlunge and the Happy Nomad Tour - an 18 month tour of the world is the result of his initiative to travel and volunteer around the world with the objective of leaving each place better than how it was when he found it. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He has also written for The Economist and been featured on BusinessWeek. [Update: If this story has inspired you, you may want to read about Adam's Crazy Hair FundRaiser for kids with cancer]
This is the third installment of our interview with Adam Pervez – volunteer, traveler, writer and MBA grad. (Read the first part here and second part here). For those still in the dark, Adam is an engineer from Ohio State and an MBA graduate from IE Business School – Spain. He quit his comfortable job with Siemens Wind Power, Denmark (paying a six-figure salary) before deciding to follow his passions – travelling, and giving back to society. The HappinessPlunge and the Happy Nomad Tour - an 18 month tour of the world is the result of his initiative to travel and volunteer around the world with the objective of leaving each place better than how it was when he found it. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He has also written for The Economist and been featured on BusinessWeek. [Update: If this story has inspired you, you may want to read about Adam's Crazy Hair FundRaiser for kids with cancer]
This is the second installment of our interview with Adam Pervez - volunteer, traveler, writer and MBA grad. (Read the first part here). For those in the dark, Adam is an engineer from Ohio State and an MBA graduate from IE Business School - Spain. He quit his comfortable job with Siemens Wind Power, Denmark (paying a six-figure salary) before deciding to follow his passions - travelling, and giving back to society. The HappinessPlunge and the Happy Nomad Tour - an 18 month tour of the world is the result of his initiative to travel and volunteer around the world with the objective of leaving each place better than how it was when he found it. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He has also written for The Economist and been featured on BusinessWeek. [Update: If this story has inspired you, you may want to read about Adam's Crazy Hair FundRaiser for kids with cancer].
I joined IIFT after working in a corporate house for three years. When I got to know that IIFT has a 4 credit course where each student would have to work with a local NGO, it did not make much sense to me. After working with Aarohan for the past 3 weeks I realize what an important role it has played in my life. There are few experiences which we tend to call ‘life changing’ and I would term this internship as my first.
Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak (IIM- R) witnessed a very enthusiastic response from the students and the general public to a blood donation camp organised here in association with the Red Cross Society and HDFC Bank on 8th December 2013. The event was co-ordinated by the Social Development Cell of IIM-R.
Indian Institute of Management Shillong has turned its attention towards nurturing the young students in Shillong in a right direction. ECoBiZ club of IIM Shillong along with Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) has conducted a ‘Pioneer Leadership Workshop’ for the local students of Shillong. The one day workshop, supported by Lions Club of Shillong was mainly focused on bringing out leaders in Shillong in the field of environment. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Amitabha De, Director of IIM Shillong, Mr. Arun Das, Lions Club president and Mr. Arun Krishnamurthy, EFI president. Dr. De highlighted the importance of this initiative and stressed upon how development should go hand in hand with conservation. He told the students that conservation should begin from each individual.
It was the social awareness program, a four credit course, towards the end of the first year that gave me an opportunity to work with this NGO serving the underprivileged in the streets of British Calcutta. On my first day, I had expected that unlike the slums in trans-yamuna delhi and Bombay’s Dharavi, the little kids here won't be able to communicate in Hindi. But, to my surprise, they were not only fluent and in Hindi but at times they would speak even Oriya.
InsideIIM.com as a part of its social sensitivity initiatives is helping Acumen reach out to bright talent in India. We strongly recommend applying to this program to any professional with a mindset to change the world for the better (specifically targeting poverty alleviation) and who have a demonstrated record in leadership for social initiatives.
This is the concluding part in our series on Adam Pervez – volunteer, traveler, writer and MBA grad. He is an engineer from Ohio State and an MBA graduate from IE Business School – Spain. He quit his comfortable job with Siemens Wind Power, Denmark (paying a six-figure salary) before deciding to follow his passions – travelling, and giving back to society. The HappinessPlunge and the Happy Nomad Tour - an 18 month tour of the world is the result of his initiative to travel and volunteer around the world with the objective of leaving each place better than how it was when he found it. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He has also written for The Economist and been featured on BusinessWeek. [Update: If this story has inspired you, you may want to read about Adam's Crazy Hair FundRaiser for kids with cancer]
This is the third installment of our interview with Adam Pervez – volunteer, traveler, writer and MBA grad. (Read the first part here and second part here). For those still in the dark, Adam is an engineer from Ohio State and an MBA graduate from IE Business School – Spain. He quit his comfortable job with Siemens Wind Power, Denmark (paying a six-figure salary) before deciding to follow his passions – travelling, and giving back to society. The HappinessPlunge and the Happy Nomad Tour - an 18 month tour of the world is the result of his initiative to travel and volunteer around the world with the objective of leaving each place better than how it was when he found it. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He has also written for The Economist and been featured on BusinessWeek. [Update: If this story has inspired you, you may want to read about Adam's Crazy Hair FundRaiser for kids with cancer]
This is the second installment of our interview with Adam Pervez - volunteer, traveler, writer and MBA grad. (Read the first part here). For those in the dark, Adam is an engineer from Ohio State and an MBA graduate from IE Business School - Spain. He quit his comfortable job with Siemens Wind Power, Denmark (paying a six-figure salary) before deciding to follow his passions - travelling, and giving back to society. The HappinessPlunge and the Happy Nomad Tour - an 18 month tour of the world is the result of his initiative to travel and volunteer around the world with the objective of leaving each place better than how it was when he found it. He writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He has also written for The Economist and been featured on BusinessWeek. [Update: If this story has inspired you, you may want to read about Adam's Crazy Hair FundRaiser for kids with cancer].
