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Fresher's Orientation

General programme held for the holistic development of students are:

  • Promotion of Moral and Ethical Values
  • Prayer: Prayer teaches respect for self and others, and to be humble and honest. Hence, all faculty and students participate in the daily Morning Prayer.
  • Recitation of Preamble: The Institute believes understanding the Preamble of the Constitution is essential for creating responsible citizens. Hence, the Preamble is recited every morning after prayer. A copy of the Constitution is displayed on the campus every day as part of the Jaano Apne Sanvidhaan Ko (Know Your Constitution Initiative). It can be accessed by students and visitors.
  • Inculcating Values: Eminent persons are invited for lectures to sensitise the present generation on the contribution of social reformers. Students are also sent for Vipashana to inculcate moral and ethical values in them. Positive change has been observed in students completing Vipashana. Parents, too, appreciate this activity.
  • For promotion of Employability and Life-skills: Programmes are conducted in association with Edubridge, Satara and Global Excellence HR, Pune to equip students for the job market and life.

Gender sensitization initiatives:

  • Institute organizes gender sensitisation programmes
  • Gender included as a topic for BSW students; students are working on gender equality as part of Society Empowerment Activity
  • MoU with Pune-based Samyak, which works on gender equality
  • Institute plans participation in One Billion Rising campaign.

Initiatives to foster inclusion:

  • Institute has inclusive policy in staff recruitment, student enrolment
  • Friendly policy for differently-abled
  • Special attention given to students of socially and economically backward communities
  • Unique policy of addressing everyone only by first name on campus
  • Awareness programmes organized inside and outside campus
  • Programmes organized for elderly
  • Students work for rehabilitation of mentally ill people

Better Career Options: Success stories of alumni are used to motivate students to take up challenging assignments. Information about job openings is brought to students through networking with industries, NGOs and government officials. Alumni and potential employers inform students about career opportunities through WhatsApp, Facebook, emails, SMS and other means. The Career Guidance Cell conducts workshops and seminars to guide students.

  • Community orientation: As most students at the Institute are from villages, they are aware of the problems faced by villages. Therefore, the students as well as faculty members and Management have good community orientation and work among people to eradicate casteism, superstition, farmer suicide, female infanticide, and to promote education, especially among girls. Activities for women empowerment are taken up. Students are sensitized about the environment. A national workshop on Zero-Budget Natural Farming was organized to create awareness among farmers on profitable farming.
  • Premarital Course: In view of the increasing instances of divorce, suicide and domestic violence, premarital course for youth is conducted at the Institute-run FCCs.
  • Training on Effective Parenting: Given the increasing number of families approaching Child Guidance Clinics (CGCs), the Institute conducts workshops on effective parenting. Pediatricians, psychologists and social workers conduct the workshops, which is open to general public.
  • Capacity improvement programme arranged every month for all students on topics of contemporary importance, with focus on issues such as violence, gender and national integration. The contribution of social reformers is also discussed.
  • Nationally known activists are invited to interact with students on burning issues, and motivate and sensitise them.
  • Guided by faculty, students hold rallies on important occasions and days to create awareness in society. Students are trained in social action and they participate in social action movements organized by eminent NGOs and activists.
  • Important days like World Mental Health Day, International Yoga Day, AIDS Day, Constitution Day, Youth Day and Women’s Day are observed with participation of students and faculty. These programmes help students learn event management. Students are given responsibilities from planning to reporting and publishing news.
  • Birth and death anniversaries of eminent personalities, especially social reformers like Shahu Maharaj, Savitribai Phule, Mahatma Jotirao Phule, Babasaheb Dr B. R. Ambedkar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Lok Shahir Annabhau Sathe and Yashwantrao Chavan, among others, are remembered. Students are briefed about the contribution of these personalities.