Deccan Despatch (January - April 2010) - CII

Elevator Pitch of the competition. This was followed by finalpresentations and evaluations at the Elevator Pitch, subsequentto which Cognizant conducted a workshop on Innovation andentrepreneurshipAward winning projects included innovative ideas suchas Providing free lane for ambulances on Highways well inadvance; Adaptive e-learning for 3G Mobile MultimediaSystems; Innovative Shopping Assistance Cart; IntegratingRFID Technology With Existing Teaching Mechanisms ForExpedition Of The Learning Process Of Mentally ChallengedPeople; and Electronic Lavatories.Employee Volunteering Programme:Training On Environment toGovernment School Teachersthrough E-Modules26 & 27 April 2010 : KancheepuramConference on CSR 201020 March 2010 : ChennaiConference on CSR 2010, ChennaiMaster trainers from the Kancheepuram District beingtrained on the Environment e-moduleThe conference based on the theme ‘From Awareness toLeadership: Making CSR an Actionable Business Agenda’ aimedat enabling corporate houses from the Kancheepuram Districtto take up social development projects in line with the needsof the Kancheepuram District Administration. A Compendiumof CSR Practices titled, ‘Samvriddhi – Kancheepuram’ wasreleased by the Mr T R Baalu, Member of Parliament to highlightCSR practices of companies from the Kancheepuram District.The Tamil version of the Environmental Series, ‘Stop! In thename of Earth’ was also released for distribution among the 2lakh students from schools in the Kancheepuram District.“STOP IN THE NAME OF EARTH” is an animated, activitybased advocacy initiative on environment by CII in an effortto connect with the younger generation. Under this initiative,the E-module training session was organized for 130 teachersfrom government schools in Kancheepuram district to increaseawareness on Global Warming, Effects of EnvironmentalPollution and Protection of the Environment. These 130teachers would in turn train other teachers from their respectiveblocks and thereby help reach out to all government schools inthe district.College Excellence Cluster : CEO SessionAn Interaction with Mr Subroto Bagchi5 March 2010 : CoimbatoreThe Coimbatore cluster colleges had an opportunity to interact with Mr Subroto Bagchi, Vice Chairman and Gardener, MindTreeLtd. Mr Bagchi addressed the students / faculty of the colleges on the need to develop quotients other than IQ and EQ. He dweltat length on the need for compassion, honesty, interpersonal relationships, work-life balance, commitment to a purpose, andprofessionalism.49