Nirman is basically a registered NPL, which works in the field of education, employment
and community development initiatives.
Nirman was actually started by a group of patients back in 2005.
They had this passion to actually do something for the country.
It's a movement actually, it's a movement of people who are increasingly becoming active citizens.
It became then a youth movement which gave me opportunity to understand what is my role
in the upliftment of the society or in the betterment of the society.
They wanted to bring about a change and that change actually led to Nirman.
It's an idea that we've all kind of adopted now.
I was very excited to take the job as a professor in charge because I know that the students
of Nirman do a lot of social activities and when I joined my hands with them, I found
them very dedicated.
They would put best of their efforts to see the happiness in the faces of the village kids.
I joined Nirman directly into a group which is working for the upliftment of women, which
is working to set up certain self-help groups and then working there for two years exploring
various opportunities, exploring various difficulties that people face.
SAGs involve forming a group of women, motivating them to take up initiatives on their own,
making some product which is marketable and gaining profits and hence gaining second
secondary income for their families.
We have projects ranging from evening tuition for underprivileged kids to school, school
adoption, for government school adoption, to scholarships for the needy around Pilani,
to career workshops for various schools basically.
They are aware about what exactly to do after 10th year.
We have been with our parents and we were quite resourceful but they actually have never
seen any such guidance or motivation for them so we actually provide them career counseling.
They are given vocational training then through training they make us sort of lively, they
earn some money so that gives them self-respect.
I teach kids science, maths and English and I teach them three days a week, each day for
two hours and basically it's a very satisfying experience teaching kids because I feel like
whatever I have got from the society that is leading me to come here studying with Pilani
I am being able to give it back to them so.
Teaching kids what I learnt was that they had much more to give to me rather than me
giving to them.
I learnt how to lead, you know, teaching is leadership.
You see, Nirman has changed with an individual, let it be volunteers, beneficiaries, anyone,
that doesn't matter but change whenever it has to come it has to come from an individual.
One thing that I really appreciate about Nirman is the collective learning that we all have
been able to make, the collective learning of a period of time.
We have been here since last eight years and the knowledge which was gained, the experience
which was gained, they are not lost in time.
The collective learning which we had spread across seven chapters across India.
We all make sure that we interact with each other, we learn from each other's mistakes,
we learn from each other's achievements and that is something which makes Nirman very powerful.
One of the best things about Nirman, we get a lot of freedom to do what we want, any new
approach, anything.
Nirman is bringing change in the society.
You are free to experiment, you can do whatever, you want to start it, just go ahead, no one's
stopping you, no one's even reflecting back, no one's, there will be support everywhere
but a platform for you to become a social leader.
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