BIT started taking initiatives to inaugurate Alumnae chapter in different cities to lay a platform for fellow Alumnae to network and I am glad to be nominated as a Secretory for Bangalore Chapter.
Here is the picture from Bangalore Chapter Inauguration and also spoke on my experience from College to Corporate along with our responsibilities of giving back to the family, environment, society & college.
Proud to be a BITian! and this is my first non-techical lecture :)
The central theme of the talk:
“Return Gift”
Parents with school going kids might be familiar with the term and how do we relate that to ourselves..
We are indebted to many people in our life like our family members, our college, mother earth, society etc. on various grounds. By all means we continue to support our family but now it’s our turn to pause, turn back and see, how we can pay back.
1. Giving back to the earth:
Let’s preserve the natural resources for our own kith n kin and set an example for our next generation. This will imbibe the principals of conservation to our kids.
2. Giving back to the society:
We can certainly associate ourselves with one of the trust worthy NGOs to lend a helping hand to the needy.
Two of the BIT Alumni – 1st batch textile students – Murugesh & Rajkumar have formed a group named SWASAM in the year April 2009 with our college mates and their colleagues contributing only 100/- per month and these two persons have been instrumental in routing that money to couple of ashrams in Avinashi, Coimbatore & Pollachi. Now there are 177 members in the group and in the past 6 years, these two people have never missed or delayed to send even a single monthly report. That’s the power of the Alumni & the power of networking.
So it doesn’t mean that some of you should coin an impressive name like SWASAM and start collecting moneyJ. It is just an example and there are ‘n’ no. of ways to give back to the society.
3. Giving back to the college:
I personally feel there is a Void in the path from College to Corporate i.e. the transition of a student to an employee or an entrepreneur. Alumni can play a vital Role to mend the gap
· Emphasising the value of Communication & Presentation Skills, creating an awareness on corporate Etiquette etc.
College authorities have been doing this but when we talk, the impact & influence will be manifold.
· We can be a mentor for a student
· And even committing yourselves for a “Guest Lecture”.
For various reasons, you may not be able to travel down to the college but the technology advancements like video conferencing can tie the knot to mend the gap.
I would like to end with a note from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho "When you wanted to achieve something, the whole world conspires to help you achieve the same".
Wish you all a very great success in life.
