CSR EventsNIHARIKA CHAUHAN, CSR HEAD, TECHNIKA'15ADITYA PRAKASH, CSR HEAD, TECHNIKA'15BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PATNA

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The Patna Extension Centre of Birla Institute of Technology was established in 2006, as a result of an initiative from the Govt. of Bihar. Since then it has been growing continously and establishing academic landmarks.

The Patna Campus of the institute is first-of-its-kind,dedicated fully to the course of Engineering & Technology.The institute is in well resonance with the main campus at Mesra Ranchi.

There is a regular exchange of resources between the two campuses of BIT. All the departments and units are centrally coordinated by those at Mesra Main Campus and are an integral part of it.

From the very first day classes were carried out in BIT Patna’s own campus, equipped with all necessary facilities and in an easily reachable locations. There are at present seven Academic Departments at the Patna Extension Centre of BIT.

TECHNIKA Technika is the annual festival of Birla Institute of Technology, PatnaIt celebrates excellence in the fields of engineering and management.Since 2009, Technika has promoted scientific temper, creative thinking and innovation.

A well-known festival in the college fest circuit, Technika draws enthusiastic participation from various colleges of the country every year since its inception.

It sees over a thousand participations each year from students throughout the country.

Both International and national bands have performed during Technika

Technika expects to see even more enthusiasm from students this year.

CSR EVENTS DURING TECHNIKA Though being a students' fest, we do care about our social responsibilities and that's why we stress upon the CSR Events in Technika every year.

This year CSR aims at following few specific areas

Working towards the cause of "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan".

1. Contribution whatsoever for preselected orphanages.

2. Donate a dustbin campaign.

3. An anti tobacco drive in college and near by areas.

4. An women empowerment summit named "NARI SHAKTI".

Orphanage: The Indian Context There are an estimated 21 million destitute and orphaned children in India. While a small percentage of children become orphans due to the death of one or both parents, a large majority are abandoned due to extreme poverty.

While adoption is a viable option for children below 6 years, approximately only 6500 adoptions take place in the country annually. Of the millions of children who remain unadopted many live in sub standard living conditions with limited access to proper hygiene, nutrition, educational and medical support.

It were the poorer states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, which had higher number of orphan children as compared to richer northern and southern states of India.

There has been shown differences in nutrition related problems such as Protein Energy Malnutrition ( PEM ), Vitamin A and B Complex deficiencies, iron deficiency anemia and iodine deficiency disorders between children who are living with their families and children who are living in orphanages.

How Can You Contribute?

You can send us your donations which will be

circulated through various orphanages

in Patna in accordance to their

size and needs.

You can donate things in kind which will be forwarded to the orphanages in

Patna

You can send us reports of a reality

check of an orphanage near

you, and we will act accordingly.

How do You Benefit?Satisfaction to help the building

blocks of India

We will publish your name/contribution on Technika

Website.

Term it as your CSR.

Tax Benefits as applicable.

DONATE A DUSTBIN This is what we have named our pilot project towards creating a cleaner city, "Donate a Dustbin".

This, as the name suggests, is a simple campaign where we request individuals, families, societies, corporates to donate a dustbin in the locality of their choice

They would be free to install these dustbins for public access anywhere they want in the city.

An alternate way would be contacting us to work in lieu of you. The details of our procedure are discussed later.

WHY A DUSTBIN? With 153 micrograms Delhi is at the top while Patna with 149 micrograms is the second.

According to a WHO report these figures are six times what it considers a ‘safe’ limit–– which is 25 micrograms.

No one expects a person to literally search for a dustbin, with waste in his hand.

Prime city locations viz. markets , hospitals & parks are rather not equipped in this context.

Despite efforts of Patna Municipal Corporation, the waste management system here is inefficient.

Having a dustbin in place would mentally emphasize people on having a cleaner Patna as well as making it easy for the PMC.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY We , the students of BIT Patna, offer to share this responsibility of yours, if you lack in anything ranging from effort to time.

We will receive dustbin(s) or cash/kind for the dustbins and place it in accordance to our location priorities.

Our location priorities are:

1. Hospitals

2. Prime Market Places

3. Places of Public Interest

We will make sure that the dustbins acknowledge the contributing organisation.

WHAT'S IN FOR YOU? This is an effective way to advertise your organization, along with earning some good respect points from the public.

This will count as one of your CSR activities, as it is expected to do some at local levels.

Tax exemptions, as applicable

Promotion during Technika , through its publications.

A step towards "Swachh Bharat".

The best thing, SATISFACTION for contributing towards a Cleaner Patna.

Tobacco Menace in India India has the dubious distinction of harboring the world’s largest number of oral cancer patients with an annual age standardized incidence of 12.5 per 100,000, and oral cancer amounts to 9.4 percent of all cancers in India.

Historically, this has been attributed to widespread usage of smokeless tobacco, and for this reason a great emphasis is being laid by the government and nongovernment organizations towards effective tobacco control.

Over last several decades, billions of rupees have been spent for this purpose. Despite all efforts of tobacco control, oral cancer that is an uncommon disease in the west continues to be the major cause of cancer related death in India.

The main form of smokeless tobacco which is sold in India is ‘gutka’ and ‘pan masala’ with tobacco.

Anti-Tobacco Awareness Drive

A one day seminar on "Solutions towards Zero Tobacco State" chaired by eminent cancer specialists.

Formation of Human Chain involving

students across Patna to generate

awareness among residents of Patna.

One Week "Zero Tolerance towards

Tobacco Use" in BIT Patna Campus as a

pilot project.

A petition to law enforcement

agencies to enforce bans and laws strictly, rather than having a lax attitude towards

this.

WHAT'S IN FOR YOU? This is an effective way to advertise your organization, along with earning some good respect points from the public.

This will count as one of your CSR activities, as it is expected to do some at local levels.

Tax exemptions, as applicable

Promotion during Technika , through its publications.

A step towards "Swachh Bharat".

The best thing, SATISFACTION for contributing towards a Cleaner Patna.

Thank You

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