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Voices-Volume01issue08.Pdf April, 2018 VOL 02 ISSUE 008 Rising Girl Power Your words our paper Page 9 Events.P2 People.P3 Opinions.P4,P5 Sparsh.P6,P7 Sci/Tech.P8 Sports.P9 Quills.P10,P11 Fun.P12 A perienc wort cherishin.... Thrilled I was, when I was informed I could contribute to a survey in a rural area through sociology department We set out on the journey on 16th of February and reached the Somaiya Before leaving that place, we all visited 'JETAVAN'. guesthouse in the evening. The guesthouse being Due to the choice of material used, the place was surrounded by nature's bounty was indeed a cool even though there was burning heat outside. pleasant place for stay. After having dinner, My co-workers were fortunate enough to grab a Ashwini Ma'am, the student coordinator of rural stay in "Jetavan" where the rooms, were no less schools under Somaiya gave us a short orientation, than hotel rooms. guiding us for the survey. Many of the problems, we city people thought were Before the Orientation, she shared her life story. mat solved, existed in the village. These problems not Being a sarpanch's daughter, she had seen her ters. I respect only were a mess of social and sanitation issues but father do social work right from childhood and was Samir Somaiya Sir for had a tint of caste problem threads woven between highly influenced by it. She made it to S. K. Somaiya providing his personal attention to her dreams and them as the distribution of bicycle and other College for B.Ed, but coming from a non-English being very accepting to open ideas of students and facilities through government had the basis of caste background, she found it difficult to study in not only of alumni and staff. Afterall, the revival of system instead of the poor economic background. English. She says she was blessed with an amazing voices was too a student initiative! All of this made me wonder how blessed we all are. group of friends and teachers, who helped her at The following day, we visited the schools and We are fortunate enough to get what we want, every phase when she could not help but marvel at interviewed certain students for our survey.Our when we want it. And we are indeed lucky to be a the advice she got in the city and how badly it was team was led by Prof. Rohini Fadte, Prof.Mahendra part of Somaiya which provides us opportunities to needed in her village back then. Mishra, and Prof.Susannah Malkan, needless to say, give a bit to society, through various projects like Thoughts invading her mind, they slowly engulfed the principal and staff were very helpful in the "Help a Child". The only message I would like to her and eventually became her dream. She started whole process. Most of my respondents(students), give you all is if you have an idea, don't suppress it sharing her ideas with her friends till there came a whom we interviewed at the school were curious without trying, you never know where it might lead day when she approached Samir Somaiya Sir. She about everything and liked to try something new you! did a rough survey in her village to know the every day. While enquiring about their parent's job, estimated number of children that would attend I felt many of them could not afford to dream and school. A year went by, she represented India in the that is something I would really despise for the United Nations and was offered an internship there. children of my nation to go through. I noticed that INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION They say ' a person may forget his job, but he never children there were growing up with the lack of a forgets his dream', in the same way, she realized she role model and the only way they could learn new PROGRAM IN THE USA had responsibilities to take over, commitments to things according to 'them' was television, which complete, and moreover, complete her dream. was pretty sad. Just like the city, I noticed bullying The International Relations, Somaiya Vidyavihar is She met Shri Samir Somaiya and expressed her and teasing problems in the village among the pleased to announce an International Culture and views and visions for the school for about an hour students too, which lead some of them to hate Business Program at St Martin’s University, Seattle, and a half, while he listened intently to her, often attending school. USA. This program begins on 3rd June till 12th of asking a few questions in between. He offered her The next day, we segregated regions and roamed June which includes workshops, sightseeing to look after the established schools first, by being the whole villages, interacting with children's activities in Seattle, Olympia and Mt. Rainier, the school coordinator, and in this journey, she parents and their outlook on their child's education. business site visits and networking opportunities, bagged a number of awards - one of them being The parents were very welcoming and I cannot business (UG or PG) class observations, joint project "The Best Promising Employee ". She now has an recall even one house where I was not offered a with Saint Martin’s students (business project or established trust of her own linked with United refreshment. All of them cared for their children's social action project). Nations whose work has been already implemented studies and wanted them to learn more, but indeed The program cost per participant is $2,200 in 50 villages and also with government, which is in all they needed was time to guide them and money (Excluding Airfare and Visa fee) process. She is now starting a scholarship in her to support. After studying, students helped a lot village for poor students which are unable to with chores. Interacting with them was indeed achieve higher education. cheerful, as they had a sense of responsibility, knew One thing I really admired about her was how the things going around the house, but at the same comfortable she was with herself! She knew she time, had an innocent thinking restricted to their had no great knowledge of English but still she did age. They always were ready to help us out. They not find it of utmost importance as something to could have just given us directions when we asked, block her success. Her bravery for actually chasing but they made sure we got the right house we were her dreams, her morals of how her family was her searching for. One prominent thing I learned there first priority, even though now she meets them once was to listen, as people always had a say in a year or so, painted my mind with values of everything when provided time. What felt worse firmness and determination to achieve my dream. I was when the parents told us about their problems, also learned if you want to implement something, For Further Details Contact their eyes had a ray of hope and as a student, there you have to pay necessary attention to small [email protected] was nothing much we all could do. Page designed by Omkar Kulkarni , KJSCC 2 VOL 01 ISSUE 08 तब से अब तक April, 2018 Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of ‘EKLAVYA’ , indoor sports complex The remarkable and astounding foundation stone Education, Higher and technical education, Sports laying ceremony of ‘EKLAVYA’, the indoor sports and Youth Welfare, Minority development, Marathi complex of Somaiya, Vidyavihar was organized on language- Government of Maharashtra) 12th April 2018 at 11 a.m. in the 'Sakarben Karamshi Guest of honour - Shri Prakash Mehta (Hon. Somaiya Sabhagruh' of the college. Minister for Housing) ‘EKLAVYA’ will be the new sports complex located Further, they were also accompanied by Mr. Samir Ÿ Students of Nareshwadi, winners of Langdi of the adjacent to the athletic track which will provide first- Somaiya, Azaaz Khan (Director of sports welfare), Asia cup. class facilities for structured training, recreation and Mr. V Ranganathan (former Chief Secretary of the Ÿ Nidhi Singh, representative of India in Volleyball competition for all the students. The new complex S o m a i y a t r u s t ) a n d P r o f . R a j s h e k h a r a n in International games includes an Olympic-size Swimming pool, Table Pillai(Provost). Ÿ Shrushti Tohikar, gold medalist at shot put. Tennis halls, Badminton and Squash courts, The event included an extremely thought-provoking Ÿ The girls football team of Somaiya, who won a Gymnasium, Multipurpose halls, Yoga centre, speech by Shri Vinod Tawde explaining the total of 7 championships. Cafeterias and more. It aims at creating world-class significance of sports along with education. He also The new sports facilities, further look forward to Sports Academy for sports enthusiasts and providing shared his personal experiences, achievements and many more such achievers who are the indeed the fine coaching and exposure of international sports. the steps he took to accomplish it. It was also followed pride of Somaiya. The event highlighted the foundation of a sports by an open mic question-answer session between the infrastructure that hopes to inspire its student- students and Mr. Vinod Tawde. He also highlighted -Pooja Navaratna, FYJC, Arts, KJSAC & athletes to explore horizons beyond their own, the importance of EQ over IQ in one’s life. Param Davda, SY BTech, KJSCE develop their physical and mental resilience and Mr. Samir Somaiya expressed his view towards discover the bonds of mutuality through sports as a EKLAVYA and Somaiya as a family.
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