Turning 60

Its hardly a week away. Yes come August 15th, it is going to be 60 years of free India. It is a day to commemorate our victory over colonial forces, to pay our respect to the sacrifices of the millions of freedom fighters and the thousands of soldiers who fight to safeguard independent India. At ISB we are going to have one of the major events of the Net Impact Club called ‘Bandhan’ - an event for the underprivileged kids of 5-15 years age group from 6 NGO run schools of Hyderabad. In association with Sports Club, Arts and Creativity Club, SFA Club and the Dramatics Club several recreational and creative events on this occasion will be held to make it a memorable day for these kids. The club is short on funds but students are contributing generously(in spite of shrinking wallets) to make this event a success. Yesterday the Spouses and Family Association(SFA) organized an event called Drizzle and put up fun-stalls and food joints to raise money. It was good entertainment and hopefully a good amount of money was collected.

Just doing a simple calculation. If each of the 422 students contribute Rs.25 per month we can collect Rs.10,550 per month. But how to go about doing that? Direct debit can be one option but not all students have a direct debit account. If we had a mandatory smart card system we could have implemented a keep the change system to collect trickles of change. Blokes, if you can think of some interesting ideas to raise funds in a campus type environment please do let me know. Talking about student fundraising this funny video captures elements of bad fundraising by students. Enjoy !



BTW news is out and my last assignment at work has turned out to be a success( see deal) and an official press release came out a couple of days ago. So its time to feel proud :-) !