IndorYi Connect (March to June 2014)

We Can We Will !! Activities Update

Yi Annual Day 2013 - 14

Sunday, 02 March 2014: , Indore

Photo caption: From (L-R) Abhilasha Mimani, Chair, Yi (Indore Chapter) & System Facilitator, Mimani Wires Pvt Ltd, Shashank Agrawal, Member, National Vertical - F & P Measurement & Director, Worth Corporate Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mahesh Sharma, CEO, Flexituff International, Geetesh Saraf, Immediate Past Chair Yi ( Indore Chapter) & Director, Urja Facility Management Services Pvt Ltd, Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Ranjan Mimani, Chairman, CII State Council & Director, Mimani Wires Pvt Ltd, Sweta Sharma, Head - CII Zone.

Yi (Indore chapter) organised its annual session for the year 2013-14 on 02 March 2014 at Ganesh Hall, Rajwada, Indore. Alongside the business session of the Yi annual day, a special public session on the theme "Fearless in Thoughts, Forward in Action" was organised.

Fearless in Thoughts, Forward in Action: The fear of not getting enough, of lacking, of scarcity is deeply ingrained in our societies. Coming from our parents and ancestors, who experienced physical lack of several kinds (food, houses, clothing, etc.) in several wars; this is a very understandable fear. We should adopt some common practises to minimize the fear. We can move forward in our action only if we are fearless in our thoughts.

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Mr Mahesh Sharma, CEO, Flexituff International was the guest speaker for the session. Mr Sharma is a Mechanical Engineer from Shri Vaishnav Polytechnic Institute, Indore & MBA from Institute of Management Studies Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. He is having more than twenty years of experience in the corporate sector at various levels.

“Harmonious approach in work and life should be implicated. Fear cannot be removed as it is a part of our life, however, it can be reduced by identifying the causes for the fear. Once we identify the causes for our fear then we should segregate the controllable and uncontrollable factors. By holding the control on the controllable factor for the fear we can reduce the fear. Believe in yourself”, said Mr Sharma during his address.

Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore was the keynote speaker for the session. He holds M.Sc. in Physics (5-year Integrated Programme) from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur; and M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems (now Management Science & Engineering) from Stanford University. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he won the outstanding thesis proposal award instituted by the Industrial Finance Corporation of . He has also authored a lot of books and has more than 140 publications to his credit. He has served on a lot of committees set up by the Govt of India. His main areas of interest are strategy and innovation.

During his address to the audience, he said that, “we should adopt the environmental friendly attitude, use of renewable source of energy and we need to go hand in hand with the highly secured world. One major advantage with the use of renewable energy is that as it is renewable it is therefore sustainable and so will never run out. Even more importantly, renewable energy

We Can We Will !! produces little or no waste products such as carbon dioxide or other chemical pollutants, so has minimal impact on the environment. Renewable energy projects can also bring economic benefits to many regional areas, as most projects are located away from large urban centres and suburbs of the capital cities. These economic benefits may be from the increased use of local services as well as tourism”. “If we build a cohesive attitude change is possible and if we work in a large team we can bring the change”, he added.

Mr Shashank Agrawal, Member, National vertical – Finance & Performance Measurement, Young Indians & Director, Worth Corporate Solutions Pvt Ltd congratulated team Yi Indore for excellent work done in past one year. He also discussed about the important activities done in Yi National.

Mr Ranjan Mimani, Chairman, CII Madhya Pradesh State Council and Managing Director, Mimani Wires Pvt Ltd congratulated Mr Geetesh Saraf and entire Yi Indore team for their work in past year.

At the business session, Mr Geetesh Saraf Chair of 2013-14 made a detailed presentation on Yi in (Indore chapter) for the last 12 months highlights important activities and initiatives.

Mr Ranjan Mimani announced Ms Abhilasha Mimani, Mimani Wires Pvt Ltd as the Incoming Chapter Chair for Yi (Indore chapter) and Mr Basant Dhanuka, Director, Dhanuka Cold Storage Pvt Ltd as Incoming Co Chair for Yi (Indore chapter).

Mr Basant Dhanuka, Co Chair, Yi (Indore chapter) has given the vote of thanks.

There were about 70 people participated in the session. The meeting ended with breakfast. Yi wishes the new team of office bearers at (Indore chapter) the very best!

We Can We Will !! Yi Indore Earth Hour 2014

Saturday, 29 March 2014: Yeshwant Club, Indore

Yi Indore chapter celebrated Earth Hour 2014 on Saturday, 29 March 2014 at Yeshwant Club Indore. The objective was to create awareness among the citizens about the environment conservation.

Earth Hour is the world’s biggest celebration for our amazing planet – every year on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the globe unite in a spectacular show of support to raise awareness about climate change.

From signature campaigns to musical evenings, cyclothons to candlelit marches, walkathons, dance performances, magic shows, flash mobs and recycling drives - Earth Hour is our planet’s time to shine! It’s a time to host your own Earth Hour campaign – of one, or one hundred people – to pledge to do your own bit for the planet. Whether it’s a status update, or an acoustic band performance, everyone can be an Earth Hour Hero.

When the planet goes dark, governments, organizations and people take notice and this has led to extraordinary outcomes for the environment in countries like Russia, Argentina, Madagascar and our own. From this darkness will emerge greater enlightenment about climate change and the need to make more planet-friendly choices. And every hand that flips a switch off, turns on a brighter future!

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This year the “Earth Hour 2014” was scheduled on Saturday, 29 March 2014 from 2030 Hrs to 2130 Hrs. To create awareness for this cause, Yi Indore Chapter organized various activities through the week:

1. Awareness campaigns in schools: Yi Indore members and students went to three schools; Prerna High School, , Khushi Foundation School, Indore and Future Foundation School, Indore. They showed a presentation to the students on save water and save electricity and also discussed about the methods of saving water and electricity in our daily life. They also suggested the students to plant more and more saplings to help in environment conservation. The students took an oath that they will plant a sapling on their birthday and take care of that plant. Also, they were asked to create awareness among their family members for saving water and electricity at their home.

2. Flash Mob & Nukkad Natak: Students of Yi Net IIPS College prepared a Flash Mob and a Nukkad Natak, which was performed on Friday, 28 March 2014, in various malls in Indore. The objective of the activity was to create awareness for Earth Hour 2014 and encourage more & more participation for the cause. The played Flash Mob followed by Nukkad Natak The script of the Nukkad Natak was designed in such a way that it spread a message of save water, save electricity and save environment. More than 1000 people were impacted by this activity in all the malls.

We Can We Will !! 3. Walkathon: It was scheduled on Saturday, 29 March 2014, 07 – 08 AM at Yeshwant Club, Indore. The objective was to create awareness and encourage people to support Earth Hour. Students from Yi Nets, Yi & CII members, members of Yeshwant Club and any citizen of Indore participated in the event. More than 250 people including Yi members, students from Yi Indore Nets and citizens of Indore, walked together to create the awareness for the cause.

4. Earth Hour 2014: Yi Indore Chapter organized “Earth Hour 2014” on Saturday, 29 March 2014 from 1930 to 2130 Hrs at Yeshwant Club, Indore. During the event, a session, “A date with Darkness” was organized, wherein a local celebrity, RJ Abhijeet addressed the audience. He took a meditation session for the members and other audience present during the event. This was followed by a song and Nukkad Natak by students of Yi Net IIPS College. Students from Blind school also performed a Nukkad Natak on save electricity theme. There was a gathering of about 200 people including Yi members, members’ spouse, children from blind school, and students from Yi Indore Nets. The event achieved good media coverage throughout the week in leading newspapers of Indore.

We Can We Will !! Yi Indore Interactive Session with Dr Divya Gupta

16 April 2014: Indore

Yi Indore organized an interactive session with Dr Divya Gupta on “Importance of Voting”, on 16 April 2014 at Pritamlal Dua Sabhagrah, Indore. The objective of the session was to create awareness about the importance of voting and the things which should be kept in mind while voting any political party. Dr Gupta is a social worker with over 10 years of experience in providing high quality care and support to people who are socially excluded or who are experiencing problems in their lives.

The session was well attended by around 40 people, including Yi members and non members.

Yi Indore Interactive Session with Ms Nisha Jain on Child Psychology

21 April 2014: Indore

Yi Indore chapter in association with Round Table have organized an interactive session with Ms Nisha Jain on child psychology on 21 April 2014 at Cafe Terazza, Indore. The object was to enlighten people about child psychology.

We Can We Will !! Ms Nisha Jain is a psychotherapist from Jaipur, and a counsellor by profession since last 13 years. She is the founder director of vatsalya legacy and we are associated with 104 schools in India centrally, which have about 6 centres in Jaipur and 5 in other cities. Learning difficulties and behavior problems in school going children is spreading at a swing and most of the teachers and parents are totally at lost on what is to be done and how to deal with these arising everyday issues. Ms Jain is doing a national awareness camp in which she will address all the pros and cons related with learning and behavior problems in classrooms and at home for children of age 1 - 18.

The session was well attended by around 40 people including Yi members, members spouse and non members.

Yi Indore Study Mission to Sewage Treatment Plant, Kabitkhedi

22 & 23 April 2014: Kabitkhedi, Indore

Yi Indore organized a site visit to 245 MLD STP (Million Litres Per Day) Sewage Treatment Plant at Kabitkhedi, Indore on 22 and 23 April 2014 for Yi Indore Net students. The objective for the visit was to provide the practical knowledge to the Civil Engineering students about the construction and maintenance of Sewage treatment plant.

The STP is constructed for the treatment of the water (sewage) of the Khan River, treat it and purify it to such standards, that it can be reused or flown back in to the river. At present the sewage generation of the Indore City is estimated at 300 MLD, and whole of it was being discharged into the Khan River without being treated. There is already one STP but of small capacity - 78 MLD, at Kabitkhedi. STP is an essential component of Urban Town Planning and is present in all cities worldwide. America and the

We Can We Will !! Europe have very advanced mechanism for water treatment, upto the extent that sewage water has been treated upto drinking water standards (RO Purified). One such plant (sewage to RO) has been inaugurated in Ahmedabad recently.

The plant visit was conducted in two groups of students on 22 and 23 April 2014. Each group has around 40 students from Yi Indore Nets Acropolis Institute and Chamelidevi Group of Institutes. The attendees were the Engineering students from Civil Brach, so that they can have the practical knowledge about construction site for such projects. The session was well attended by around 80 students and Yi members.

Yi Indore Seed Ball Initiative

Sunday, 27 April 2014 : Indore

Yi Indore organized “seed ball making” activity on Sunday, 27 April 2014 at Eden Garden, Indore. Yi members along with family and friends, actively participated in the activity and prepared more than 3000 seed balls.

Seed balls, also known as "earth balls", consist of a variety of different seeds rolled within a ball of clay. A seed ball is a seed that has been wrapped in soil materials, usually a mixture of clay and compost, and then dried. Essentially, the seed is 'pre-planted' and can be sown by depositing the seed ball anywhere suitable for the species, keeping the seed safely until the proper germination window arises. Seed balls are an easy and sustainable way to cultivate

We Can We Will !! plants in a way that provides a larger window of time when the sowing can occur. They also are a convenient dispersal mechanism for guerrilla gardeners and people with achy backs.

The dried clay acts as a protective casing from common seed predators (such as ants, mice and birds). When sufficient rain permeates the clay, the seeds inside begin to germinate - helped along by the nutrients and minerals contained within the balls.

Seed balls may have been used by the Ancient Egyptians to seed the receding banks of The Nile after annual floods. They have been used in Asia and elsewhere, especially in arid regions, because of their ability to keep the seeds safe until conditions are favourable for germination, and the ease at which they can be distributed. The technique for creating seed balls was rediscovered by a Japanese farmer. Today, seed balls are fun for green-minded kids and adults, and are also an important tool of the plantation activity.

Seed balls will work well in most environments (as long as the type of seed used is suited to that environment) and they are particularly useful in dry and arid areas where rainfall is highly unpredictable and in severely degraded land.

Seed balls have use in nearly any region where plants can grow: for reseeding ecosystems into areas of man-made deserts, avoiding seed eating insects and animals and protecting seeds until rains fall to soak the clay ball and stimulate the seeds. Seeds contained in such balls then germinate in ideal conditions for each climate/region.

We Can We Will !! Yi has been conducting seed ball making and distributing efforts for past several years. More than 5.5 lakh seed balls have been made and dispersed in and near Indore by Yi Indore chapter in past years. Around 40 people including Yi members, members’ spouse, non members and kids participated in the activity.

Yi Indore celebrated World Environment Day at Kasturbagram, Indore

05 June 2014, Kasturbagram Hill, Indore

Photo caption: Yi members participating in Plantation Drive 2014 at Kasturbagram Hill, Indore on World Environment Day 2014. (L-R) Mr Geetesh Saraf, Mr Akshay Agrawal, Mr Jatin Rajpal, Ms Abhilasha Mimani, Ms Priyanka Gadia and Mr Ankit D Mittal.

Yi Indore chapter celebrated “World Environment Day”, on Thursday, 05 June 2014 at Kasturbagram Vatika, Indore.

Kasturbagram Hill is around 118 Acres in area, where plantation can be done. Yi Indore along with Scientech Eco Foundation has tie up with Kasturbagram trust for this activity. The activity will be done in multiple phases. In first phase, 20 Acres of the land has been identified and developed for plantation. Around 5000 saplings will be planted in this piece of land (20 Acres) this year.

Varieties of plants including Akash Neem, Mahua, Karanj, Gulmohar, Bel Patra, Neem, Sheesham, Bamboo, Amla, Imli, Temru, Peepal, Gular, Ber, Drum Sticks, Seetaphal, Singapore Cherry, Red Lentana, Tulsi plan, etc were planted at Kasturbagram Hill.

We Can We Will !! The Chief Guest for the program was Mr R. R. Okhandiyar, Chief Conservator of Forests, Indore, whereas, the main speaker was Mr Narendra Surana, Honorary Secretary, Center for Environment Protection Research & Development, Indore.

Mr Ambrish Kela, Yi Indore Member & Director, Scientech Eco Foundation shared the objective for creating a city forest at Kasturbagram in coming 2-3 years. “There are varieties of plants which can help in improving the vegetation at Kasturbagram. Fruits and vegetable plants were planted at Kasturbagram Hill which later on can be utilized by the residents of Kasturbgram Girls Hostel”, he said.

More than 500 saplings were planted at the kasturbagram hill on World Environment Day 2014. By the end of this monsoon, more than 35 Acres of area will be covered with the plantation. The activity was attended by around 100 people including Yi members, non members and students of Kasturbagram Kanya Vidhyalaya, Indore.

Yi Indore Interactive Learning Session with Mr Amit Sharma, fitness expert

Saturday, 21 June 2014 : Cafe Terazza, Indore

Photo Caption: Yi Members attending Interactive Learning session with Mr Amit Sharma, fitness expert

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Yi Indore chapter organized an interactive learning session with Mr Amit Sharma, fitness expert, on Saturday, 21 June 2014 at 1830 Hrs at Cafe Terazza, Indore.

The objective was to create awareness for the importance of fitness in our daily life and to help maximum people to become fitter, stronger, healthier, pain free, disease free and stress free.

About the speaker

Mr Amit Sharma is a specialist in fat loss, muscle building, fitness & pain relief. He help people lose weight fast, and at the same time become stronger, healthier, pain free, disease free and stress free!

He has done his education in various fitness sciences through the prestigious International Sports Sciences Association and Total Motion Release, both based in the USA. He is the 1st trainer in India and the 5th trainer worldwide to have been awarded the Elite Fitness Trainer distinction by the ISSA. He is also a Total Motion Release (Level 2) practitioner and preparing himself for the final Level 3. Total Motion Release is a model of physiotherapy which not only works in every setting of physical therapy (acute, chronic, surgical, geriatric, neurological, and paediatric), but also gives much faster results. Over the last 18 years, he has consulted people in India, USA, UK, Singapore, UAE, Lebanon, Australia, Chile and Malaysia and guided them successfully to their fitness goals.

We Can We Will !! During the session he discussed about Physical De-conditioning which means Reduced strength, Faster heart rate, Reduced energy, Reduced flexibility, Increased weight and fat, Reduced work capacity, Disturbed sleep, Increased stress, Weaker heart, Reduced aerobic fitness, Increased infections, Increased injuries or pain. Mr Sharma suggested some exercise to overcome physical de-conditioning problem.

“You need ONE strong reason to be fit. This reason has to be stronger than all the excuses or other elements demanding your attention”, said Mr Sharma. He also explained various type of exercise i.e., Anaerobic, Aerobic and flexibility exercises. He took some tests with the participants like body balancing, lower body strength, upper body strength, etc. He took a session on stress management and trained members to overcome the stress immediately.

The session was followed by dinner and was well attended by around 40 Yi members and member spouse.

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Upcoming Birthday Mr Ankit Agrawal 02 July Ms Sonal Dhanuka 12 July Mr Tapan Gangwal 15 July Mr Shashank Agrawal 24 July Ms Jyoti Garg 27 July Ms Namrata Ramkrishnan 07 August Mr Ambrish Kela 25 August Mr Arvind Khandelwal 26 August Mr Rohit Gadia 27 August Dr Sumeet Jain 30 August Mr Jatin Rajpal 03 September Ms Shrijika Agrawal 14 September Mr Ayush Jain 16 September Mr Akshay Agrawal 20 September

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