Annual Convocation 2018

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SIGMA has conducted events in
a wide range of sectors namely -
education, health, environment or
social sector. The year started with
Project Navoday, a legal literacy
program having an objective
of educating individuals about
basic legal rights. Volunteers
visited Bhakalpahari village near
Jamshedpur to take a session on
basic law and human rights. Two
other similar visits were conducted
in different villages with different
target groups in the month of
September 2017 and January 2018.
Going further, SIGMA celebrated
Women’s Day on March 8th, in which
the entire housekeeping and mess
staff were served with post lunch
desserts.
This year SIGMA started 2 unique
initiatives. This included a sanitation
drive, conducted on 12th December
2017. The theme of the drive was
to bring awareness regarding
sanitary napkins among the women
among the housekeeping women
staff. A cell donation drive was
conducted from 15th to 18th July,
2017 in collaboration with Datri, an
NGO working towards the creation
of a wide and diverse database of
potential blood stem cell donors for
terminal patients with Leukaemia,
Thalassemia and other blood related
disorders.
On the similar lines, a 2-day Eye
check-up camp in association with
Titan was conducted, as we believe
physical well-being is a cornerstone
to creating a stronger society. The
event saw a participation of more
than hundred people from students,
faculty and maintenance staff. Along
with this, SIGMA organized two Blood
Donation Drives, one in association
with Brahmananda Narayana
Multispecialty hospital & the other
in collaboration with Jamshedpur
Blood Bank. The drive saw active
participation from more than 50
donors.
Then came the week-long Joy of
Giving Fest. This time, the Joy Fest
was conducted in 2 phases in XLRI.
Donation including clothes, ration,
stationery, medicines and other utility
items were collected from entire
Jamshedpur. Events organised during
the week were:
SIGMA Activities for the year 2017-18
• Wish tree: A collection drive in
which students on the campus
pledged to donate more than
₹33000.
• Nukkad Natak: A street play in
collaboration with the Dramatics
and Cultural Association of XLRI
was organized. A play themed
“Corruption” was staged in front of
a busy eating point in Jamshedpur
during peak market hours.
• Pottery Workshop: Students
during the workshop created
beautiful pottery work.
• Food Distribution Drive: Team
SIGMA went to the outskirts of
the city in afternoon to distribute
freshly prepared Khichdi &
sweets to the destitute. The
volunteers from XLRI served more
than 200 people including about
70 kids.
• Health Camp: In collaboration
with Jharkhand Human Resource
Department (JHRD) health camp
was conducted on 1st Nov 2017
for the residents of Hurlung
village, situated 14 Km from
Jamshedpur. Free consultation
and medicines were provided to
the women of the village.
• Kehkaha Day: The event was
about spending time with kids.
A group of 30 students (4th to
8th standard) were invited from
an NGO Sankalp to spend a day
on campus. Many fun activities,
movie & learning sessions
sessions were organised through
the day.
• NGO Visits: This Joy Fest, SIGMA
visited 3 NGOs Cheshire Home,
Nirmal Hruday and Neev to
spend time with people from the
ignored section of the society.
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