Activities
CSR
Year: 2011-2012
Alliance University School of Business seeks to orient its students to the needs of the development sector, and in their role as active contributors to society encourages them to work ceaselessly to upgrade and offer services to the underprivileged and lower economic strata of society. To take this initiative forward, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department of Alliance University sought to sensitize students to NGO settings and trained them to interact with NGO staff and beneficiaries through an orientation program. Following the orientation, a Bangalore based NGO, Youth for Seva (YFS), was invited by the CSR department to orient students on exposure visits to NGOs as well as to share information with them on the status of health and education at the national level. As part of CSR initiatives of the University, workshops and exposure visits of students were organized by YFS between August 23 and September 30, 2011 to NGOs located in the rural and urban areas of Bangalore.
NGOs located in the rural and urban areas of Bangalore.
The NGO workshops hosted speakers from:
  • Karuna Trust, Bangalore
  • MASMARA, Bangalore
  • SAAHAS, Bangalore
As management professionals of the future, these exposure visits help students to:
  • Sensitize themselves to various issues at the grass root level
  • Contribute their management skills through volunteering at the NGO
  • Motivate them to volunteer their free time for community service
Collaboration with Youth for Seva:
Alliance University collaborated with YFS on planning and organizing exposure visits to NGOs, arranging for speakers for workshops and conducting feedback sessions for the students. YFS, Bangalore was founded in April 2007 to mobilize youth volunteers with different time commitments to contribute meaningfully to the community. The mission of YFS is to inspire youth to volunteer, connect them to grassroots projects and provide ongoing support and training to other volunteers and NGOs. The organization is present in Bagalkote, Bangalore, Belgaum, Mysore, Shimoga, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.
YFS coordinated student visits to:
  • Ramkrishna Mission located at Jigani Hobli, Shivanahalli , Anekal Taluk, Bangalore
  • Nele Asha Kirana, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore
  • S VYASA , Anekal Taluk, Bangalore
  • Little Sisters of the Poor , Bangalore
  • Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, Bangalore
Students’ experiences:
1. Ramkrishna Mission :
  • I have learnt and experienced a lot many things at the mission. These visits have taught me to be a responsible citizen and I thank YFS and Alliance University for organizing these visits for students. Robin Baby, MBA: January 2011 – 2013.
  • The visit to the mission gave me a sense of happiness, peace and positivity. Looking at the school children at the mission made me feel guilty for ignoring so many things in life which these little children would have treasured. To sum up, it was a great experience and I thank Alliance University and YFS for giving me this opportunity. Mohammad Ashraf Basarikatti, MBA: January 2011 – 2013.
2. Little Sisters of the Poor :
  • It was a wonderful opportunity given to us by Alliance University to serve the aged and the infirm. I would try my best to visit this organization quite often and serve the beneficiaries. The smile on their faces brings so much satisfaction to the soul. Annapurna, MBA: January 2011 – 2013.
3. Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind :
  • The exposure visits were truly exhilarating and these touched my heart. I would recommend all students of the MBA degree program to undertake such visits, as it would help to them to develop a spirit of compassion. I applaud the efforts of the CSR department to organize such a wonderful experience for us. Sunil R. Kaushik, MBA: January 2011 – 2013.
4. S VYASA:
  • I have learnt the importance of yoga and its benefits in making me fit, both physically and mentally. I believe that yoga can make me stress free and help me to study with concentration. The visit to S VYASA, an NGO promoting the practice of yoga as well as other social sector initiatives, has taught me the importance of social responsibility. Robin Baby, MBA: January 2011 – 2013.
5. YOUTH FOR SEVA :
  • The volunteers of Youth for Seva revitalized me. The dedication of these volunteers inspires me to serve society in ways possible. Robin Baby, MBA: January 2011 – 2013.
Student volunteers at the Ramakrishna Mission with beneficiaries.
Student volunteers spreading cheer among beneficiaries at the Little Sisters of the Poor facility.
Year: 2010-2011
Over the years the faculty and the students were involved in a number of social outreach activities. Some of them are :
Health
Blood Donation Camps
Annually two blood donation camps are held in collaboration with The Rotary TTK Blood Bank at the Central campus and about 360 students from the School of Business donated blood and these were later donated to Govt Hospitals in Bangalore


Medical Camps for School Children
General medical and Dental check up camps is held regularly at the nearby Govt school and nearly 250 children from the school and nearby villages underwent check up's at the camps. A team of doctors from Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health offered voluntary services. Free medicines were sponsored by the University were distributed at the camp.
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Medical Camps for Govt. Primary School Children at Chikkahagade Village


Education
Annually, the University distributed 240 books, 40 uniforms to the children at the Chikkahagade Govt Primary School having classes upto 5th std. More interventions have been planned in terms of improving infrastructure and sanitation facilities for boys and girls at the school. On Republic Day and Independence day, sweets are distributed to the school children.


Community Development (Rural Infrastructure)
The University has upgraded the road and drainage system at the nearby Janata Colony and concrete roads have been paved for the village and sanitation problem has been addressed by providing drainage system.
Donations in the form of cash and kind were disbursed for construction of temple and promoting local festivals and events in the nearby villages as and when the appeal came from the villagers. The University also provided granites, paints and other material for temple renovation and construction.
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Before and After

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Donation of granites for temple construction at Chikkahagade Village

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Donations of paints to temple


Partnerships with NGO's
As part of the student's affairs, students have participated in volunteering for a number of activities as and when the need arose. Some of the activities are as under :
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
Samarthanam is providing education, food and shelter to 200 visually impaired, physically challenged and economically weaker section of society and 60% of them are girl children and the rest 40% are boys. Apart from this 453 children are provided integrated education program who are being trained by the 22 teachers after the regular school hours. Students raised funds by contributing their own as well as through raffles and sponsorships, interacting with 200 visually impaired students, distribution of food and gifts and the feedback from the students was quite satisfying.
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Sanchaalan
About 220 students participated in the "Great Walk a thon" to commemorate the "International Day for the Disabled" with Samarthanam.
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Little Sisters of the Poor - A Home for Senior Citizens
Little Sisters of the Poor is a non-profit organization managing the Home for Aged at Bangalore, India. This is a charitable institution that receive the aged, 65 years of age and above, men and women, irrespective of caste, creed or religion, who are really in need of home, care and concern
20 students from the University on November 29, 2010 volunteered at the home for the elderly and distributed food and cold drinks and also helped in washing the plates and glasses of the inmates. Students interacted and also continued to spend some moments of joy with the elderly. The students on their own raised funds for the home and donated them to the organisation. As an extension to this programme, the students continued their visits to the Little Sisters of the Poor as volunteers and took part in the centre's activities.
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Akshayapatra Foundation
Akshaya Patra reaches out to 1,298,049 children in 18 locations across 8 states of India, providing them with freshly cooked meal on all school days. Currently, they are implementing the mid-day meal program in 8,258 schools of the country, with plans to increase that number to hundreds more. In Karnataka, the foundation reaches out to 537,671 children in 2,439 schools. The present outreach in Karnataka is at Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli – Dharwad and Bellary.
For the past few years, the University has been donating to Akshayapatra Foundation, a mid day meal programme at Bangalore for school children.
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Walkathon by Students (Environment Awareness)


Rural Visit to a Village
  • Students Participated: Aug 2009-11 Batch
  • The purpose of the visit is to understand the community around us, learn the culture that exists, understand the consumer behavior as a marketer and extend service by motivating them to take up formal education. This visit is arranged for marketing specialization students during their Rural Marketing course.
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