Housie Event

Rotaract Club organized a housie fun event in the institute where we sold a large number of housie tickets by going around each students rooms and we explained them about the game and how the money raised by selling the tickets are used for a good cause. The event took place at the Lecture Avenue of the institute where a large mass of enthusiastic students and even a number of professors were there to be a part of the event.
On the occasion or Makkar Sankranti, we used the money raised from the housie event to provide a one time proper lunch to the students of Birsa Munda Vidhyapeeth where the students danced, ate and had a wonderful time along with the members of the club. The happiness that we see in the students’ eyes is what we work for and that happiness is what satisfies us.

SCHOOL CONNECT PROGRAM

School connect program is the most awaited event for the Rotaract club of NIT Rourkela as well as its club members. It is an annual inter-school competition organized by Rotaract club of NITRKL in NITRKL under the guidance of Club’s Faculty Advisor Prof. Susmita Das, president Vikalp Awasthi and president-elect Avinash Yadav. This event is planned on a concept which aims to set the basic framework for the centralised organization of all future inter-school events at Rourkela. This event mainly focusses on how to nurture the talents of school children in several fields of competition and to build self confidence among school children. OBJECTIVES:

1. To create awareness about different social and environmental issues among students of Rourkela ranging from standard 6 to 12.
2. To give students a platform to be innovative with the help of the events conducted in this program.

IMPULSE 2.0

This year Impulse 2.0 was organized on 9th April, Sunday on a centralized theme “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT”. Club’s Faculty Advisor, Prof. Susmita Das inaugurated the program in Bhubaneshwar Behera auditorium, under which the following events were organized after registration of the students:

1. QUIZ
2. POSTER MAKING
3. DEBATE
4. CREATIVE WRITING
5. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

These events had been organized in three categories:

1. JUNIOR: Class 6 to 8
2. MIDDLE: Class 9 to 10
3. SENIOR: Class 11 to 12

EVENTS:

1. QUIZ
It was a solo competition having two rounds in each category. All the questions of first round were of objective type judging the general awareness and general knowledge of the children. Second and final round of the quiz was conducted at Bhubaneshwar Behera auditorium and it was a rapid-fire round. Quiz was the most successful event of the day having maximum number of participants. This event was chiefly coordinated by Miss Reeya Chaurasia and Miss Smruti Monalisa.
2. POSTER MAKING
Poster making was the most creative event of the day where young school children showed their colourful talent on drawing sheet on the burning topic “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT”. Each participant was provided with the A4 sheet, colour, pencils etc. Judgement criteria was based on creativity, design, skills, clarity, contents and elements present. This event was chiefly coordinated by Miss Reeya Chaurasia.
3. DEBATE
What else one wants for debate rather than a burning topic and “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT” is a perfect example of burning topics. Many children actively participated in this debate competition organized by Rotaract club NITRKL. This event was chiefly coordinated by Miss Swetaparna Sarangi.
4. CREATIVE WRITING
Creative writing as the name suggests was organized so that children can reflect their creativity through the medium of words on the respective topics: Junior: EDUCATING GIRL CHILD FOR HEALTHY SOCIETY Middle: WOMEN EMPOWERMENT LEADS TO SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Senior: GENDER BIAS RESTRICTS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT This event was chiefly coordinated by Miss Swetaparna Sarangi.
5. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
In this competition, a group of two students or single student participated. They brought their presentations in their own pendrive and 10 minutes were allotted to them to describe his/her ppt. This event was chiefly coordinated by Miss Smruti Monalisa.

AWARDS AND PRIZES:

After the successful completion of all the events, it was the time to appreciate the performance of students, so here came the club with certificates of appreciation as well as gold, silver and bronze medals for the respective position holders in each category. Certificate of participation was also given in order to motivate the young talents of school children. And at last the most awaited “BEST SCHOOL AWARD” was once again won by “SRI AUROBINDO INTEGRAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE”.

Valentine Day Celebration

v Valentine’s Day Card are sold by Rotaract Club of NIT Rourkela and the money collected from these were used to purchase blankets for needy and poor people. V-day is the major fund raiser project for the club.In this project ,club members make handmade as well as printed cards and on Valentine’s Day these are sold among NITians. Different events are also organized on the basis of which Ms. And Mr. Valentine are awarded. In the year 2K17, V-Day project was a very successful event of Rotaract club. This year Rotaractors sold numerous cards by covering almost all hall of residences of NIT Rourkela and managed to collect very good fund. Club also provided to facility to deliver card at recipient’s room on Valentine’s day and sending card anonymously was the best idea which helped in increasing the sales. Club sold printed cards for valentine, friend as well as for prank in three different sizes.

SHRADDHA

Under this event, Rotaract club of NIT Rourkela was invited to attend a seminar on “GENDER EQUALITY AND DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT” By SHRADDHA, An Institute for Mentally Challenged Children, on 7th march 2017 at Bastia Bhawan Sector 6 Rourkela. This event was organized by SHRADDHA and ODISHA STATE DISABILITY NETWORKS(ODSN), Rourkela. To grace the occasion, hon’ble I.A.S. Officer as well as District Magistrate Mrs. Monisha Banerjeewas present as the chief guest.Dr. Sruti Mohapatra, former Odisha State Child Protection Commissioner and Chief Convener at OSDN as chief speaker.Mrs. Lopamudra Mohanty, former Odisha State Women Commissioner, Mrs. Babita Mohapatra, former chairperson CWC, Sundargarh and Dr. Paravat Kumar Mallick, professor ISPAT College were present as guest of honours on that occasion. The seminar was conducted to spread awareness among mentally challenged children about the equality and to motivate them to do good in their lives. The main conclusion of the program was that physically disabled is wrong term we should call them SPECIALLY ABLED.
Children of SHRADDHA also presented a few programs and at the end of the program, one of our club member Manish Kumar Singh reflected his views in the form of words on the topic “GENDER EQUALITY AND DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT”.

Birsa Munda Vidhyapeeth

Birsa munda vidhyapeeth is a government aided school where local children who live nearby come to attain and grasp as much knowledge as they can. The school consists of various class divisions and is taught a variety of subjects by the local teachers and individuals. The members of Rotaract club go to Birsa Munda Vidhyapeeth every Saturday to share their knowledge and teach the children with their best capabilities to provide as much as we can for the students so that they can atleast learn from every small bit and could implement them to widen their knowledge.
Birsa Munda Vidhyapeeth was also a project area for our “Cleanliness and Awareness” campaign, where we taught the students the benefits of keeping themselves and the environment around them clean and hygienic. We showed then students the proper ways of washing hands along with the benefits of washing hands once in awhile. We donated a large number of soaps to the school so that the students get motivated to start a new habit by which they can stay healthy and fit and also told them to share the importance of washing hands and staying clean among their friends and family so that everyone’s health remains stable and hygienic.
We also went around the slum area where we sweeped the roads and poured phenyl in the open drains and sewage. We also went to many homes and told the people how we should always keep our surrounding clean and we distributed soaps and phenyl bottles to them. At the end we provided the students, staff members and teachers with refreshments and ended the campaign.

BLANKET DONATION CAMP

1. Money collected from the money raising events like Housie and V-day are used for buying new blankets for poor.
2. We buy new blankets from the funds.
3. We donate the blankets to the poor sleeping at the roadside and near Rourkela railway station.
4. In the freezing night, when the entire Rourkela city dons their sweaters, monkey caps, mufflers with a hot cup of tea, there are few under-previleged who cannot afford even a blanket and die- without a roof or clothes on their bare bodies.
5. It’s not about changing the lives of the people but doing something even more basic than that-making them survive-enabling them to fight their battle of survival against mother nature.