Our Monthly Achievements
The Major Events of the Club All Just One Click Away
Project Hope
July, 2022
Project Shiksha
Literacy and education not only empowers but liberates individuals. Following the wise words of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, project Shiksha was conducted on 1st July 2022. Forty five participants took a step in order to promote education and literacy through a book and stationery distribution drive. This project was initiated by the Rotaract club of OPJGU under district 3012's "Project Hope". 100 underprivileged children across the country were provided with resources to foster education in the community. This drive was carried out across 6 cities, Hyderabad, Pathankot, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, and Bhopal, leading to diversity and inclusivity. The event was conducted in collaboration with RaC Verve and RaC NMID.
There’s One Organization In Town That’s Making a Difference
July, 2022
Project Break the Taboo
The Rotaract Club of OPJGU, through Project Break the Taboo, initiated an effort to break the myth that PCOD/PCOS leads to infertility among over 4000 young adults. This was carried out under the expert guidance of Dr. Juhee Jain, Senior Gynaecologist & Obstetrician at Fortis Laa Femme with 35 years of clinical experience, who shared the fundamentals of PCOD and a student who has been diagnosed with PCOS, who shared her story to bust the myth surrounding infertility. The same was shared in the form of reels on various social media platforms in collaboration with 6 other clubs, RaC VIIT, RAC Aundh Viraj, RaC NMID, Rotaract club of Roha Central, RaC Verve, RaC Sri Aurobindo College which lead to over 4000 views in a few hours.
Local Organization Is Empowering Youth
July, 2022
Project Break the Taboo
Project Description: The Rotaract Club of OPJGU, through Project Break the Taboo, initiated an effort to promote sanitation and hygiene by conducting a sanitary pad distribution drive across India. This was carried out in 6 different cities, namely: Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Faridabad, and Delhi. Through the distribution drive, over 2000 sanitary napkins were donated to over 200 people in need. During the campaign, a sensitization workshop on the importance and use of sanitary napkins was also conducted for underprivileged boys and girls. This project allowed us to spread awareness of basic sanitation and hygiene standards across the nation which to date continues to be an issue merely whispered in the majority part of the country. The project was a success through shared efforts by in district RaC Verve, RaC GL Bajaj along with collaborations from out of district clubs like RAC Aundh Viraj and RaC Club of Sri Aurobindo College.
Community Youth Recognized as a Young Leader
July, 2022
Project Each 1 Plant 1
Through this project, we initiated an effort to support the environment by conducting a plantation drive across 11 different cities: Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Roha, Bulandshahr, Datia, Indore, Kolkata, Pathankot, and Delhi. Through the drive, 40 plants were planted across the country to support the environment. The campaign allowed individuals to take a small step in their own capacity to help support the environment with 3 inter-district collaborations, RaC Global Youth, RaC NMID, and Rotaract Club of Roha Central.
There’s One Organization In Town That’s Making a Difference
July, 2022
Project Happiness
Through this project, we initiated an effort to prevent mental health diseases and conditions by creating a mental health guide with 13 participants who were eager to make a change in the society. With the provided guide, college students prone to mental health conditions like anxiety can find easily accessible self-help books, meditation links, help-lines, and college counseling department information. This guide was spread via Instagram as well as Whatsapp to over 2500 individuals who now have easy access to mental health resources. We had the following nine inter-district collaborations for this project that are RaC Global Youth, RaC VIIT, RAC Aundh Viraj, Rotaract Club of Pune Sunrise, RaC Delhi Janak, RaC NMID, Rotaract club of Roha Central, Rotaract Club of Unified Spirits.
Local Organization Is Empowering Youth
July, 2022
Project Unnati
Through this project, we initiated a blog writing competition on the theme of globalization in the COVID-19 era. The best articles were published on the rotaract website, to help spread awareness of the same. The best writer from JGU was also awarded the position of Chief Editor. This project was in collaboration with RaC Global Youth, RaC Delhi Janak, and RaC NMID where 30 writers submitted their entries to share their views about community and economic development.
Community Youth Recognized as a Young Leader
July, 2022
Project Pride
In this project, conflict resolution was initiated by spreading awareness about the queer community and promoting peace among all humans, regardless of their sexual orientation and sexual identity. This was carried out through an Instagram live session in collaboration with Suwetha and Aviral, two members of the queer community. Through the live, they shared their personal experiences and helped bring about awareness regarding the differences between life on campus and off campus for members of the queer community. This event was carried out in collaboration with RaC Vision Institute, RaC NMID, and Rotaract club of Roha Central along with 50 participants looking to make a difference. RaC Vision Institute an intra-district collaboration were also a part of this step towards peace and conflict resolution.
Appointing of the New Council
August, 2022
August was a busy month as it was time for all the students to come back into campus and dip their toes into the array of positions available in the Rotaract Club. A month bustling with interviews and new relations for the core council helped build the wonderful General Council and Rotaract team we have now
Sanitary Pad Distribution
September 11th, 2022
Living in the 21st century we can still observe that menstruation is a taboo topic in a country like ours. To reduce this awkwardness around the topic of menstrual health and hygiene the Rotaract club initiated a conversation with the female security and staff on the campus. The project ‘Sanitary Pad Distribution Drive’ took place on 11th September at the girl’s hostel in JGU around 2 pm. The Rotaract members of Jindal Global under the supervision of Community Services and Events team in collaboration with District Project ‘Aaina’ distributed sanitary pads among the female workers. The event was led by 15 volunteers among 6 hostels where they tried to create awareness and encourage the use of sanitary pads to promote good sanitation and prevention of many diseases that may affect women. It promoted healthy sanitation habits alongside strengthening and building confidence among the menstruating population.
Project Jashne Rashoi
September 13th, 2022
On the death anniversary of the OP JGU Rotaract Club's President Rtr Kaavya Jain's grandmother, therotaractors conducted a food drive under the District project initiative - Project Zero Hunger. The drive was conducted on 13th September, 2022 at the Shiv Temple Chakkarpur, Gurgaon by the Community Services Avenue.
Blood Donation Camp
September 27th, 2022
Blood Donation Camp is an annual event conducted by the Rotaract Club of O.P.Jindal Global University. For the year 2022, it was supervised by the community services, design and social media teams on 27th September at the Moot Court room of the university between 10am and 7pm. The event was conducted 'In Memory of the Lives Lost' in collaboration with the Rotary International Blood Bank, Sonipat and Rotary Club of Sonipat. The event observed an active participation by the students, faculty, staff and rotaractors. A total of 300 units of blood was collected. to avoid any kind of dizziness from the blood, participants were provided with refreshments. They were also given mementos like certificates and mugs to make the day memorable for all those who contributed towards the success of the donation drive.
Power of Ponytails Collaboration
29th September, 2022
With the contribution of the events team, a stall was put up on the 29th of September at the Adda of Jindal University campus. The stall was set up in collaboration with the project 'Power of Ponytails,' aimed at spreading awareness for the faculty and staff, as well as raising funds for cancer patients in collaboration with the District Project Power of Ponytails. The stall was a part of the larger event of the Jindal Bazaar - an initiative to promote smaller businesses. The successful event received great recognition across the campus.
Project Artisans Collaboration
September 20th, 2022
The Rotaract club also collaborated with Project Artisans under the guidance of the events avenue on 20th September, 2022. Three orders were made as a part of the Diwali catalogue to promote local artists, help their market and raise awareness for the local women. Three orders amounting to a total of Rs. 11,000 were placed. One special order involved the buying, and subsequent distribution of 270 days (Rs. 3585) under Project Gaon, amongst the staff members on campus.
Project Aaina Collaboration
September 29th, 2022
The International Services development avenue of the Rotaract Club collaborated with District Project Aaina and Rotaract Club Chandigarh Himalayan to conduct an event on menstrual hygiene. Multiple clubs from across the country attended this fruitful session at the Adda of the Jindal campus on 29th September, 2022. The event was a part of Project Aaina. The Rotaract Club of OP JGU also had Letterhead exchanges with around 10 clubs as a part of this event.
Letterhead Exchanges
September, 2022
RacOPJGU conducted a total of 20 Letterhead Exchanges in September
Our Monthly Achievements
The Major Events of the Club All Just One Click Away
Project Menstrual Health Awareness Workshop
October 10th, 2022
Menstruation is a taboo topic in a country like ours. To reduce this awkwardness around the topic of menstrual health and hygiene, following the Sanitary Pad Distribution Drive in the month of September a workshop was organized by the Professional Development avenue on 10th October, 2022 between 1:30pm to 3:15. The Menstrual Health Awareness workshop was conducted by the Rotaract Club of OPJGU in collaboration with Jindal Institute of Behavioral Science to promote mental health and well-being among the students in Classroom T1-F18 at O.P. Jindal global University.
Dr. Rushi, the speaker in the workshop, is the head of the Department of Clinical Psychology Center of Excellence in Mental health gave the participants a thorough understanding of the notion of mental health and the reasons it is crucial for both people and communities to be aware of potential issues. A long-time expert in the field, Dr. Rushi in collaboration with the Centre for Community Mental Health emphasized on the meaning of mental health and conducted a few activities to understand others perspective to their meaning of mental health, and our own understanding towards symptoms of positive and negative mental health.
Installation Ceremony - Aikyam
11th October, 2022
A change in the leadership requires a celebration to recognize a new journey and create a sense of unity between the members and the leaders for the team to be a well functioned unit. Aikyam, the installation ceremony for the Rotaract members for the year 2022 took place on 11th October, 2022 in The Performing Arts Theatre at The O. P. Jindal Global University. It was a three hour celebration from 6 pm to 9 pm which saw a number of performances including music and dance by the avenue joint director along with other members of the team that took place at the end of the ceremony to entertain the members and guests present for the event. The project was coordinated by the Community Services, Club Services, Events, ISD, Professional Development, Social Media and Design teams to bring it to fruition for the students of the university and the general council members.
Project Happy Diwali
16th October, 2022
Diwali is a time for celebration for people across the Indian subcontinent. To share the happiness with others, Community Services, Events, ISD, Project Gaon, Social Media and Design teams coordinated the project happy diwali in collaboration with Power of Ponytails. On 16th October, diyas were distributed among the students of the Gurukul and Shri Ram Krishna Goshala in Delhi. The event took place between 2 to 4 pm and the diyas that were distributed were made by the artisans in Sonipat which were bought in collaboration with Project Artisans. The kids were given an opportunity to decorate the diyas using the provided with paints and other supplies and given an opportunity to decorate the diyas. An awareness initiative was also taken by the team of power of ponytails to tell the children about breast cancer and various precautions which can be taken to avoid a life threatening illness.
Cleanliness Drive
October 16th, 2022
On 16th October Community Services, Club Services, Events, ISD, Professional Development, Social Media and Design avenues led a cleanliness drive at the O. P. Jindal Global University between 12:30am to 1:30am. The annual event by the rotaract club took place in collaboration with The Final Stand and the student council of Jindal Global Law School for the Students, Support Staff, Faculty and Administration of the university. The successful event with the collection of plastic waste and tobacco was held after the cultural and sports fests.
Project Movie Nights
October 3rd-7th, 2022
The Professional Development avenue collaborated with Jindal Institute of Behavioral Science and Centre for Community Mental Health to conduct movie screenings for five days at the Performing Arts Avenue, O.P. Jindal Global University for the students of the university. The central theme of the movies revolved around “ Mental health ailments” from 3rd to 7th October, 2022. The following movies were screened- What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Joker, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, To the bone and Shutter Island. Each movie screening was followed by a discussion on the characters and events from the story that centred around the concepts imperative to create community which takes mental health of each member seriously and in an empathetic manner.
The movie What’s Eating Gilbert Grape led to a discussion revolved around how the movie paid homage to the difficulties that a caregiver’s burden brings upon a person. Gilbert, one of the main characters in the movie learns on how to deal with their emotions spreading the same message for the masses. The second story Joker talked about the victimisation of people who struggle with mental health, and the social structure that doesn’t help the marginalised. We quickly went from the moral conundrums of the criminally insane, like Joker, to the responsibility of educated citizens i.e. to be empathetic towards all humans.
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, the movie revolves around the subtleties of trauma and how these even repressed traumas can manifest themselves in our long term relationships. Memories exists in structural forms in our consciousness and thus can be tinkered with. The question this movie raised was whether our subconscious can ever forget things and led to an eventful conversation among peers. To the bone is an extremely interesting and realistic movie which shed light on the topic of eating disorders which is a hard one to grasp. We heard some really empathetic voices who went on to discuss the etiology of the disorder and how society plays a big role in the rising numbers of eating disorders around us.
Letterhead Exchanges
October, 2022
RacOPJGU conducted a total of 19 Letterhead Exchanges in September
Basics of Investing Seminar
4th November, 2022
The current world is defined by the ups and downs of the market, which is why the Rotaract Club collaborated with Project Upinvest to conduct an online workshop on the basics of investing. The seminar took place on the 4th of November and was presided over by Mr. Nikhil Sethi, who has extensive expertise in the fields of marketing, entrepreneurship, and investing. The workshop was conducted in order to educate students of O.P. Jindal Global University regarding the surge of cryptocurrency market, they were encouraged to begin investing on their own and taught how to avoid any scam transactions. The main objective of this event was to assure attainment of financial education and knowledge as one must know not only how to acquire wealth but also how to maintain and proliferate it.
Council Lunch
6th November, 2022
On the 6th of November, 2022, the Rotaract Club had organised a lunch for the general council members at Murthal, Sonipat in order to increase familiarity between members and assure that the new members get accustomed to one another as well as the club.
General Body Meeting
8th November, 2022
The Rotaract Club is quite macroscale and comprehensive, in order to carry out its plans, a General Body Meeting was hosted on the 8th of November 2022. The Rotaract Club had collaborated with The Final Stand and Jindal Global Law School Student Council for conducting the meeting. The meeting’s objectives were to familiarise new members with the club as well as have a summarisation of tasks that had been conducted by the club so far. The meeting also aimed to plan the excursion trip that is to take place in April 2023. Alas, it ended with a joyous surprise event- Karaoke Night
Project Kartavya
December 2022 - January 2023
Kartavya means the duties of an individual as a citizen and moreover a human. Members, in groups of two, took up a project and executed the same in their respective home towns during the fall semester break i.e. December 2022 to January 2023. A total of 64 members participated in this Project to make a difference in the lives of those who are underprivileged across various cities in the country. Projects ranged from toys distribution to donating clothes and books to various orphanages. Various topics covered as a part of this project were mental health resources, LGBTQ+ awareness and disaster management protocol.
Project Smile
7th January, 2023
Project Smile took place at All India Pingalwara Charitable Society in Amritsar on 7th January 2023 between 11 am to 1 pm. Various simple games like passing the parcel, Simon says and throwing the ball in the box were played with special orphanage children and the winners were given prizes. Besides them, all the other kids were also given small gifts for participation. The event was organized keeping in mind age appropriate games for the children and share happiness
Canva Workshop
21st January, 2023
The Professional Development Avenue of the Rotaract Club of OPJGU planned a very enriching event by organizing and online workshop on the tips and tricks for Canva.This event specifically covered introduction to Canva, it’s uses for students, how to create a poster, how to create a presentation and much more. Our Speaker for the event Ms. Surbhi Siwach had vast experience in this arena and it was delightful having her share her wisdom with the students. Her presentation was clear and effective focusing on the details like importance of having the right font style or font size along with the colour combination to be used depending on the chosen template. Ms. Siwach also focused on poster making and how students can take advantage of the versatile platform with the help of student accounts to cater to the rising need of graphic designing in general. The event that took place on 21st January from 1 to 2 pm was an enriching experience for the student of Jindal Global university
Project Smiling Health
29th January, 2023
Yoga is an ancient Indian practice and effective strategy for both mental and physical health of any individual. Project Smiling Health took place online on 29th January 2023 from 7 am where a yoga session was conducted by the members for other students and youngsters. The sessions consisted of Yoga practice and discussion on why yoga is important in day-to-day life. The benefits of yoga were also discussed as a step towards spreading awareness and creating a generation of healthy individuals
Letterhead Exchanges
January, 2023
14 Letterhead Exchanges were conducted by RaC OPJGU in the month of January 2023 - eight by Rtr. Anushka Bansal and six by Rtr. Kyra Mehra.
Escape Room
February 15th, 2023
An interactive event titled the “Escape Room” was held by the Rotaract Club in collaboration with International Services Avenue of the club and RaC FOM on 15th February, 2023 for the students of OP Jindal Global University. This event was based on the theme of corpse bride which is a dark movie centered on a folklore tale. The movie was basically about a dead woman, an accidental vow exchange with the dead woman by a frantic and nervous groom, and then the series of twists and turns which finally led to the corpse bride releasing the groom and the living bride getting her love back. It engaged 15 groups of people that participated in the activity, where each group had 4-7 members individually. It was a fun event that was really collaborative and ended up being a success with the students.
Project Smile
February 21st, 2023
On 21st February 2023, sensitization sessions were conducted in a school of Sonipat, Haryana for all genders. This project was carried out in collaboration with Project Gaon and in correspondence with Saahas and Aaina. These sessions were two hour long and they touched on a very important but stigmatized topic in India : Sex Education. The sessions were successful and the children of the orphanages really ended up grasping these sensitive topics. This project was done to create awareness delicately considering the nature of the primary educational motive.
UNESCO MGIEP SEL FOR YOUTH WAGING COURSE
February 24th, 2023
There was an online orientation provided by UNESCO MGIEP, presided by Mr. Jaya Dani where the ideas of peace and violence were explored to help students deepen their critical thinking and provide them with a useful framework for understanding and analyzing global issues and policy decisions. He very graciously explained the course structure and contents of the said certification program. The event was an interactive session which introduced the ideas peace and its impact on one’s life. It went on to further explore the perspectives of violence and the ways in which common people approach the concept of violence. In addition to this, Mr. Dani also introduced the framework of the certification program and described it to be a highly physiological oriented course and the benefits it would bring to college students. This session was held on 24th February 2023 and proved to be educational for the attendees.
Talk It Out 2.0
February 26th, 2023
An interactive program designed to create mental health awareness was held by the club. It was in collaboration with Rotaract Club of Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This program was led by senior lecturer and clinical psychological head, Dr. Santushi Amarsuriya. This online session aimed at addressing students of OP Jindal Global University and Faculty of Medicine and University of Colombo. The program saw an overwhelming response where people came forward and talked about various sensitive issues like anxiety, pressure among college students, imposter syndrome, learning disabilities making college harder etc. The event was successful as it met its purpose, as various people were able to learn and interact about mental health issues as well as address their own problems. It was held on 26th February 2023.
Collaboration
February, 2023
Rotaract Cub of OPJGU collaborated with Rotaract club of Delhi Femina on their project AAGAZ- “plant a sapling for your beloved” in which Kyra Mehra planted a sapling and completed the criteria for the project collaboration.
Letterhead Exchanges
February, 2023
RaC OPJGU conducted a total of 20 Letterhead exchanges in the month of February