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IIT Kharagpur
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Organizing Committee President Speaks
“There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not his greed!” a famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi.
The current scenario is an exemplar of the above quote with utilities disappearing, water table
deteriorating, climate rapidly changing, yet the demands constantly soaring high. If this continues at such
an alarming rate without being checked then in no time would we see the end of the world. Several
environmental projects have been conceptualized, several attempts made and one such attempt by the
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur team, is Vision Green 2010, a corporate, student and faculty conglomeration to address
these brink circumstances.
The primitive goal of Vision Green was to promote Green Technologies and their sustainability in today‟s
entrepreneurial world. All the events associated with this campaign are directed towards this goal. The
“Learning Networks” workshop conducted by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) saw participation of
over 200 students from IIT Kharagpur not only influencing and inspiring them towards achieving a sustainable
world but also giving them an unforgettable experience.
“Global Village” a trademark AIESEC event showcasing its global facet, international reach and diversity of
the organization. Fusing this with the theme of the proceedings, the foreign interns presented green
initiatives being implemented in their respective countries. The response was wonderful and it is really
great to see the students‟ interest in current global affairs.
“Green Business Summit”, flagship event of the Vision Green Campaign, a unified platform for delegates,
students, faculty and media to interact and share their expertise, knowledge and future plans regarding
environmental protection. The event consisted of lectures and presentation by eminent speakers on
“Environment and Sustainability”, followed by a Panel Discussion moderated by the Director of British
Council, Mrs. Sujata Sen.
Vision Green started off as a small summit but eventually influenced many, urging them to give a serious
thought to an imminent danger being completely neglected. We are looking forward to bigger projects to
create an impact even bigger, where in not only will it be an opportunity to learn but also to implement.
Before closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Deputy Director, Delegates, Faculty,
Foreign Interns and Students for taking this event to the next level. Above all I would like to thank my team,
the Vision Green Organizing Committee for putting in such massive efforts in not only making this event
possible but also a grand success.
Rohit Jaini
Organizing Committee President
Vision Green 2010
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About AIESEC AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organization.
Active in over 1700 universities across more than 107
countries and territories, our international platform enables young people to explore and develop their
leadership potential for them to have a positive
impact in society.
In partnership with business and higher education,
AIESEC has over 60 years of experience in developing
high-potential students into globally minded responsible leaders.
AIESEC's innovative development process consists of
unmatched leadership experiences, international opportunities and a global learning environment.
AIESEC uses an innovative approach to engaging and developing today‟s youth. By offering opportunities to
build extensive international personal networks and
explore leadership opportunities, we provide a platform
for young people to discover direction and ambition for their futures.
Our values provide a way for the collective leadership of AIESEC to encourage common norms of behaviour
across our global network.
Our Values Activating Leadership We lead by example and inspire leadership through
our activities. We take full responsibility for
developing the leadership potential of our
members.
Demonstrating Integrity We are consistent and transparent in our decisions
and actions. We fulfil our commitments and
conduct ourselves in a way that is true to our
ideals.
Living Diversity We seek to learn from the different ways of life and
opinions represented in our multicultural
environment. We respect and actively encourage
the contribution of every individual.
Enjoying Participation We create a dynamic environment created by
active and enthusiastic participation of individuals.
We enjoy being involved in AIESEC.
Striving for Excellence We aim to deliver the highest quality performance
in everything we do. Through creativity and
innovation we seek to continuously improve.
Acting Sustainably We act in a way that is sustainable for our
organisation and society. Our decisions take into
account the needs of future generations.
AIESEC in Numbers • 50,000 members • 110 countries & territories
• 1600 universities
• 470 conferences annually • 10,000 exchanges annually
• 4000 partners
• 10,000 leadership opportunities • 800,000 alumni
• 62 years of experience
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About AIESEC IIT Kharagpur
AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur saw its inception in
2008. During this period, it has surpassed
expectations from it at the national level. It
has won national awards like Best Local
Committee for Virtual Platform Utilization,
Rock Your Campus and Best Twitter Following
and surpassed 19 other Local Committees
nationwide. It also overtook its parent
Committee in various fields.
Within two years, it has sent 10 students from
IIT Kharagpur to Ukraine, Finland, China, and
Singapore among other countries through its
cultural exchange program. It scheduled to send 36 more students during the coming
winter and summer vacations. Also, AIESEC has been instrumental in organising
opportunities for foreigners to come to India and experience her while giving to the
society. It has brought 7 trainees for various social activities and 2 others for
technical internships under Department of Electrical Engineering through its Energy
Audit.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur also runs the famed Genesis project of AIESEC India. Genesis is a
HIV/AIDS awareness project that is run by AIESEC India throughout the country.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur is also spreading this with the help of trainees from various
countries.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur has also been holding Information Seminars in BIT Mesra and NIT
Durgapur to help the students there gain global mind-sets along with their technical
know-how. Realising that cultural harmony is the stepping stone to peace; AIESEC IIT
Kharagpur will be helping students there eliminate stereotypes.
We also took part in various events like Globe Trekker at SpringFest‟09 and Alumni
Meet 2010 of IIT Kharagpur. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur also helped conduct few of the
events at Alma Fiesta 2010 in IIT Bhubaneswar.
Through Energy Audit, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur got a lot of publicity in media and was
covered by newspapers like Times of India and Hindustan Times. The campus English
newspaper, Scholar‟s Avenue, covers most of AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s events.
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http://visiongreen.aieseciitkgp.org/
The campaign is aimed at creating
awareness about the recent
advancements in the field of Green
Technologies and Global Leadership
amongst the students and faculty of
IIT Kharagpur. The whole campaign
was held from 23rd – 24th October,
2010, included a series of events
related to Global Leadership, Panel
Discussion including prominent
Corporate and Environmental
Leaders from India, Guest Lectures
on Green Technologies and
workshops for the students.
The campaign was conducted by the
AIESEC chapter in IIT Kharagpur. It
had a global aspect to it through an event called „Global Village‟ which included
Trainees from various AIESEC countries showcasing not only their cultures to our
stakeholders, but also the environmental activities in their respective countries. This
is a step with support from IIT Kharagpur to establish itself as a global institute and
also strengthen its mission statement of being “Dedicated to the service of the
Nation”.
The two day campaign was attended in person by the students and faculty of IIT
Kharagpur as well as Corporate and Environmental leaders from all over India.
As a prelude to this event, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur had organised a social media based
campaign which included competitions in the categories of Photography, Digital Art,
Videography and Blogging. It was conducted throughout the week (14th – 22ndOctober)
prior to Vision Green. The event was based in Facebook and AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s
blog.
India is one of the fastest
growing world economy and with
the ever growing need for
energy in our country and an
exponential growth in oil prices
we all have just one solution left,
to efficiently use our current
resources and to make way for a
sustainable future.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur has taken
an initiative to effectively engage
people from the all the three
major sectors in India i.e.
Students, Corporate and Social
Activists by calling them at one
common platform to discuss
about Green Technologies and
Global Leadership under the
banner of VISION
GREEN
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GreeNovating the Web 14th-22nd October, 2010
GreeNovating the Web was a social media campaign launched to involve those who cannot be
physically present at our other events but are passionate about the environment. It consisted
of 4 competitions:
1. Photography – Green is the Earth’s sachet, Go give it a flash!
2. Digital Art – To live infinite, let’s find the Green Dynamite!
3. Videography – All you know, it’s a wide notion. Let’s frame the green motion.
4. Blogging – When life is at stake, Green is my take!
Each contest was a test of your creativity and passion for this beautiful Earth. The theme for
each contest was related to the vision of the green world that the youth of today craves for.
The contests were based from our Facebook fan page.
We had good submissions in the categories of Photography and Digital Arts. The Winners were
given a Vision Green T-Shirt along with recognition on our Fan page and Website.
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Learning Networks 23rd October, 2010
As an attempt to do our bit towards nature, AIESEC IIT KHARAGPUR organized
“Learning Networks” as a part of the launch of its present venture “VISION GREEN
2010”. The workshop based on the theme “Achieving Sustainable Development by
adopting low Carbon Lifestyle” was conducted by Mrs. Reema Banerjee and Mr.
Praveen Bharadwaj from Centre for Environment Education. 107 students selected
on the basis of a preliminary test attended the workshop. Mrs. Banerjee in her
presentation said that the definition of Environment needs to be changed. It should
focus on the word “I, every individual”, without which we cannot achieve
sustainability.
Following the presentations, the participants were asked to come up with ideas to
address the present scenario. The groups of students presented the solutions in their
unique styles. “Education is the key; students must use this to unlock sustainability”.
This was the central idea of the group represented by Mrugank, Siddhartha and Surbhi
who artistically depicted it in their paintings. The second group led by Aritra Mitra
and Vipul Srivastava voiced their concerns in poetry-
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“Yagya vagya havan puja karke tum sankat bhaggate ho’
Par naadano tum shrishti pe CO2 ke badal lehrate ho”
This means that by performing yajnas and other rites using fire we try to minimize our
troubles, though in the process we forget that we are blanketing the earth with
carbon dioxide.
Mrs Banerjee the program coordinator was very pleased with the participant‟s
enthusiasm, and hoped that they carry it forward beyond their student life.
Everyone‟s response can be aptly summed up into Sachin Jaiswal, AIESEC IIT
KHARAGPUR‟s President:” Really amazing workshop! Tailor-made for KGPians and very
informative.”
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Global Village 24th October, 2010
The second day of Vision Green 2010 bore testimony to two more successful events –
Global Village & Green Business Summit as a sequel to the overwhelming response
elicited in Learning Networks – workshop held on the previous day.
Global Village, a perfect embodiment of AIESEC‟s international culture saw the
participation of 5 foreign interns – Corina [Romania], Jacob [Germany], Kamil
[Roland], Ferdi [Holland] & Justina [Lithuania].
The interns showcased their country‟s culture emphasising on the unique initiatives in
the field of green technology found back home. The event drew a multitude of
KGPians, who really enjoyed the interaction with the foreign interns. The interaction
was really fruitful in this sense that it gave then a global perspective about the
happenings worldwide in terms of Environmental innovation.
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Green Business Summit 24th October, 2010
The Global village was followed by the Green Business Summit the main event of our
Vision Green Campaign. Aimed at bringing together the three pillars of global
innovation the professors, the corporate and the students, the event was one of the
biggest steps by AIESEC IIT Kharagpur to create a long lasting impact through its Go
Green Campaign.
The summit started with an introductory track about Vision Green, AIESEC IIT
Kharagpur‟s initiative aimed at creating awareness about the environment,
conservation and sustainable development. This was followed by the Deputy Director
of IIT Kharagpur, Dr. A. K. Majumdar inaugurating the event in a non-conventional
manner – by watering a plant. He mentioned about the AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s Energy
Audit along with many other Environmental initiatives taken by IIT Kharagpur
administration. He lauded AIESEC for his efforts and also appreciated the campaign
like Vision Green 2010.
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First in the league of the four dynamic speakers was Dr.
Dipayan Dey, Chairperson of SAFE, who spoke about the
need of commonness and sharing in working platform to
include everyone right from the grass root level. His
message “Green Sun to light the lives of the silent majority
of India” was really well taken and was followed by
questions from the audience.
Mr. Surojit Bose, Associate Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers
spoke about Green Technology for Sustainable Development.
According to him, the four key drivers for achieving Sustainable
Development are: Cost of un-sustainable trends globally, India‟s
need for inclusive and sustainable growth, Corporate and Supply
chain initiatives, and about Environmental and Social Marketing
(including Carbon Markets).
Mr. Nipun Kaushik, Senior Coordinator
of Nature Foundation, Delhi highlighted upon the new
technologies which aims at reducing carbon footprints.
According to him, “The future generations are the biggest
stakeholders in the environmental sweepstakes.” He also
stressed upon Paradox of Developing and Developed
Countries, Green Engineering, Carbon Capture and Storage,
Nobel initiatives taken abroad, and last but not the least the concept of 3‟R‟s:
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Mr. Kiran Patil, MD of Ecolutions Carbon India Private Ltd.
Underlined about the Renewable Energy Resources in India: The
Opportunities and Challenges. According to him, Wind, Solar,
Biomass and Hydro markets are going to be the flourishing markets
of tomorrow as we have so much potential and resources in our
country and also about the positive factors for the investors in the
renewable energy sector.
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Panel Discussion
The highlight of the summit was the panel discussion on the topic “How can the
Human Resources, Intellectual Pool and the Enormous Passion of Technical
Institutes across the world, be channelized to create an effective environmental
impact?”
Dr. V. R. Desai accentuated the need to preserve traditional practices. Impressed
with the student commitment, Mr. Patil said, “We need to streamline the passion of
human resource”. Mrs. Ekta Jaju spoke about the developing consumer effect and
channelizing youth‟s energy to this effect. Mr. Surojit Bose pointed out how
Information and Communications Technology could be utilized to address
environmental issues. The youngest speaker on the panel, Mr. Akhil Naru mentioned
the simple lifestyle changes that could go a long way in contributing to the bigger
picture.
Moderated by Mrs. Sujata Sen
Director, Eastern Region, British Council Ltd.
Panelists
Mr. Kiran Patil - Country Head and MD, Ecolutions pvt ltd. India
Mr. Surojit Bose - Associate Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dr. V. R. Desai - Professor, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
Mrs. Ekta Jaju - Co-founder Onergy and Switch-ON
Mr. Akhil Naru - Fifth year Msc Physics student, IIT Kharagpur
How can the Human Resources, Intellectual Pool and the Enormous Passion of Technical Institutes across the world, be channelized to
create an effective environmental impact?
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Mr. Sujata Sen, enquired Dr. Desai about the initiatives undertaken by IIT KGP,
replying to which, he shed light on the activities running under PK Sinha Bio Energy
Center. Mrs. Sen was all praise about Vision Green “Congratulations to AIESEC IIT
Kharagpur for conceptualizing Vision Green. I hope it becomes a major cause for
AIESEC in years to come”.
Mementos were given to all the speakers and panellists. AIESEC IIT Kharagour also
utilized this platform to launch its newest energy project in association with ONergy
about solar electrification in the rural areas nearby Kharagpur and Jamshedpur.
The event concluded with a Networking Dinner. An all smile Sachin Jaiswal, Local
Committee President said, “Vision Green turned out to be a huge success with
ideas to go green reverberating the minds of the participants”.
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Past Endeavours
Energy Audit
Earth Week
Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship
Switch OFF
10/10/10 with 'I am Gurgaon'
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Energy Audit January - April, 2010
Affirming the general view that today‟s generation
wants a green future and is always looking for
sustainable means; some students of IIT Kharagpur
decided that, in order to start a worldwide
campaign, you need to start at your backdoor. They
noticed that some lights at their institute used to
stay on even when not needed. Could those be
others as well? This got them to the idea of
conducting an Energy Audit of the campus. They
being AIESECers were able to bring in professionals
in the form of trainees from Brazil and Chile.
The auditing process was carried out from January to April, 2010. The team consisted
of 20 students and they worked with the two interns from abroad. Throughout the
auditing process, two professors from the Department of Electrical Engineering guided
and mentored the auditing team. An IIT Kharagpur startup, EcoZen solutions, a
company dealing with energy audits, kept track of the progress of the auditing team
and gave them essential guide in their
quest. The implementation scheme was
drafted based on the findings of the
auditing team.
The success of this audit went a long way
in drawing an action plan to make
IIT Kharagpur an energy efficient campus
thus setting an example for others to
follow. The audit was officially recognized
by IIT Kharagpur, ASHRAE and IEEE. TERI
and SIEMENS also endorsed the project
and gave incentives to the students in the form of internship opportunities.
The final synopsis can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/aieseciitkgp/energy-
audit-synopsis and the report was submitted to The Director of the institute.
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Earth Week
22nd – 28th March, 2010
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also
known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually,
asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other
electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action
on climate change.
Recognizing the power of an idea like Earth Hour, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur came up with
“Earth Week” for the week containing the day of Earth Hour in 2010. Earth Week was
an online quiz event along lines of environmental issues hampering the continuity of
the fragile equilibrium very vital to life‟s existence.
The Earth Week took a step in the direction of finding a solution to the growing
environmental problems by helping increasing awareness among the common masses
in the form of a quiz based on environmental themes culminating in the earth hour of
27th of March 2010, during which a complete blackout was observed for an hour from
2030hrs to 2130hrs local time at IIT Kharagpur.
The event was conducted through a Facebook Application taking into consideration
that use of Facebook is very popular in IIT Kharagpur.
(http://apps.facebook.com/earth-week/)
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Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship September-November, 2010
An initiative by Techfest, IIT Bombay, this event came as an opportunity to IIT
Kharagpur. An inter-IIT event was bound to instil fervour in the students of IIT and
AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur took up this chance to spread the message that Techfest tried
to tell. Save Energy.
AIESEC IIT Kharagpur is moderating energy saving in IIT Kharagpur‟s hostels by word-
of-mouth publicity as well as novel initiatives like „Switch OFF‟ while instilling the
habit of saving energy. For more information, check out
http://visiongreen.aieseciitkgp.org/energyGC/
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Switch OFF 29th September, 2010
From 2030 – 2130, Kharagpur was out on the streets. Most students had switched off
all power consuming devices and had decided to take the leisurely 2.2 (a walk around
the 2.2km long stretch of road that connects all major locations in IIT Kharagpur) with
friends. Why?
Because, AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur organised a campus-wide Switch OFF to create
awareness about the need of the hour. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur conveyed the message
successfully that power saving need to be done on a regular basis and that our future
lies in our hands. All the major halls switched off lights completely and showed their
unity.
The only way to make change happen is to make a stand. Make a stand for nature.
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10/10/10 with ‘I am Gurgaon’ 10th October, 2010
All around the world, people have gathered
together to stand up against a common goal,
aiming to reduce carbon content by 10%.
Thousands of events, from the large iconic to
small practical actions, across the globe have
marked today as the largest day of positive action against climate change ever. We, a
small bunch of students representing AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, along with I am Gurgaon,
had organized an event of this Global Day of Action in our capital city, New Delhi at
the Aravalli Biodiversity Park.
The following eminent delegates from the
administrative and social fronts had graced the
occasion today morning with their presence.
Mr R. C. Mishra: IPS, IG police Haryana,
Environmental Scientist.
Mr. Rajesh Khullar: IAS, Commissioner
Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon.
Mr. Gagan Sharma, Chairman Wizcraft, Apra Group, Kingdom of Dreams
Mrs Neelima Sharma: Head of Saksham Group, an NGO for underprivileged
children.
Mr. Vivek Kamboj: Head of Haryali, an NGO and he is also the grandson of
legendary freedom fighter Udham Singh.
Dr. Lokesh Abrol: Leading physician, Environmentalist, managing trustee of
Gurugram Gaushala.
Not only that, residents of DLF Foundation, representatives from Municipal
Corporation of Gurgaon, Forest Department of the Government of Haryana and
around 50-55 children, of the age 7-15, from Government school run by NGO:
Saksham too attended the event.
The event commenced with the introduction followed by a warm welcome speech by
Dr. Abrol. Mayur Rastogi & Abhimanyu Abrol of AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, the world‟s
largest student run organization, talked about AIESEC, the green initiatives like
Energy Audit of the entire IIT Kharagpur Campus, Inter-IIT Energy Saving
Championship and also about their upcoming event, Vision Green 2010 on 23rd-24th
October, a step towards greening the future.
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Mr. RC Mishra spoke about the „true meaning‟ of environment and its conservation.
According to him, “Planting a tree is the biggest contribution to the society even
bigger than if we continuously from birth to death keep on donating to needy
people.” He proved it mathematically as well. Dr. Abrol, Mr Gagan Sharma and Mrs.
Neelima Sharma also added to him. Mr. Vivek Khamboj enlightened everyone when
he described the way in which a Peepal tree can be uprooted from some area and re-
planted somewhere else. We need to take care that the roots are not destroyed.
Measures are taken to ensure that enough support and nutrition is provided to the
tree at the new location. The Head of Vaish Samaaj, resident organisation formed by
residents of DLF, spoke about the environment.
After that everyone went to plant saplings.
The officer from Department of Forest
demonstrated the way in which a sapling is
sown in the earth. First the polythene
containing the mud and the roots of the
sapling is torn taking care that the mud
doesn‟t break/become loose. Then the
sapling is firmly sown in the ground and
watered regularly. Kids were divided into
groups of 4 and 1 senior person was
associated with them and each group planted
1-2 saplings. Children were over-joyed and
everyone was energetic in planting the saplings. Finally, after all hard work, snacks
came along. A copy, pencil, rubber and stationary were distributed among the school
children.
This event truly represented all the different sectors of the society, the kids, the
youth and the elders, all coming together for the Noble cause of creating a POSITIVE
IMPACT on our very own Environment. The smile on the kid‟s faces when they planted
their own saplings and impacted Mother Nature and the overall satisfaction that we
gave back a little to our very own Earth, everything together just made it a perfect
ending.
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Media Releases
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