The students of Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSOM, formerly known as IFIM Business School), IFIM College and IFIM Law School donated 18 lacs to provide nourishment and support to women whose livelihoods were put to risk by the pandemic, to the institute “Kanyathon Shiksha Kendra” in one of the adopted villages near Kolar and to continue supporting the “Save a Girl Child” initiative with CRY.
This year the students of JAGSOM and IFIM Institutions have decided to invest Rs 5 lacs from the corpus to institute a “Kanyathon Shiksha Kendra (KSS)” along with CRY in one of the villages near Kolar. The KSS will be a digitally enabled classroom and a computer cum language lab to educate girl children in Spoken and Written English, Effective Use of Information Technology and to deliver lessons in hygiene, cleanliness and etiquettes. The Curriculum for this is being developed by the students and the faculty of JAGSOM and IFIM Institutions. The vision of the students is to expand the number of KSS across the length and breadth of the country to empower the women of this nation. Through education these Kanyathon Shiksha Kendra’s are expected to contribute significantly to the Swachh Bharat, Beti Bachao and Beti Padao and Digital India initiatives.
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Mr. Sanjay Padode, Chairman, Center for Development and Education |
Speaking about the cause, Mr. Sanjay Padode, Chairman, Center for Development and Education, said, “Kanyathon, over the last decade has evolved into an exemplary pedagogy for experiential learning. The students are immersed into the full life cycle of creating awareness, raising funds, delivering a fun filled experience whilst managing an event of significant scale and finally delivering on their promise of contributing to five sustainable development goals (SDG) of the UN. This is surely making the students of JAGSOM and IFIM Institutions socially responsible. This year, we aim to deploy the donation for the ongoing project and for Kanyathon Shiksha Kendra.”
Previous edition of Kanyathon has participation of more than 10,000 supporters demonstrating their penchant towards the cause of women empowerment. The student led inititiative has managed to garner 46 lac