Student Social Responsibility(SSR)

• Voting Awareness Campaign – SSR had made some print advertisement to create voting awareness among people during Maharashtra assembly election. Various print ads giving message about voting were made and circulated through emails to various people. The mail also contained the details about voting procedure, how to find one’s name in voters’ list, etc.


• Visit to Vashala – Vashala is the small village located near Kasara in the outskirts of Mumbai. SSR members visited Vashala village and distributed stationary items to school children in ZP school. Funds were collected from SIMSREE students and various stationary products were purchased. SIMSREE alumnus Mr. Dnyanesh (batch of 2007-2009) helped SSR.


• Visit to NGO Chaitanya - NGO Chaitanya is located in Pune. NGO works for women empowerment, self help group, helping small entrepreneurs, etc. SSR visited NGO Chaitanya and participated in various activities and projects along with various colleagues. The projects acquired were involved in Cash Flow analysis of the Vidarbha Region, Designing promotional tools for the health insurance etc.


• Organ Donation Sessions - With NGO Sanskaar, SSR team participated in ‘Organ Donation Campaign’. We visited various college campuses to conduct awareness sessions on organ donation. This campaign got spontaneous response from audience and many of them signed organ donation form.


• Activity with NGO Aakanksha - Akanksha Foundation is an NGO that runs non-formal educational programs for less privileged children of Mumbai & Pune. The Akanksha Foundation creates opportunities for over 3500 children through 57 Akanksha centres (33 in Mumbai and 24 in Pune), 1 KG centreand 6 Schools (2 in Mumbai and 4 in Pune). The SSR team along with various colleagues from the institute volunteered for the Assessment projects conducted in April 2010 and also volunteered for the teaching projects.


• Organ Donation Sessions - With NGO Sanskaar, SSR team participated in ‘Organ Donation Campaign’. We visited various college campuses to conduct awareness sessions on organ donation. This campaign got spontaneous response from audience and many of them signed organ donation form.


• Activity with NGO Aakanksha - Akanksha Foundation is an NGO that runs non-formal educational programs for less privileged children of Mumbai & Pune. The Akanksha Foundation creates opportunities for over 3500 children through 57 Akanksha centres (33 in Mumbai and 24 in Pune), 1 KG centre and 6 Schools (2 in Mumbai and 4 in Pune). The SSR team along with various colleagues from the institute volunteered for the Assessment projects conducted in October 2010 and also volunteered for correcting the papers.


• MUNIJAN 2010 – The University of Mumbai, on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, 2nd October had organized an event named as Mumbai University New Initiative Joint Action Now (MUNIJAN). The event was based on the principles of Gandhian Thoughts to do a bit for the society which would be simple to implement by more than 6,50,000 students under the university having a great impact on the society collectively. The SSR committee was the part of the steering committee of the event. The event conducted a competition in 2 phases to evaluate the idea that could be implemented for the next year. The teams that made to the finals were given an opportunity to present in front of the esteemed judges on 2nd October 2010. The simple idea of Team ‘Eco – Binders’ from SIMSREEgot selected for implementation.


• SIFE - SIFE is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. Participating students form teams on their university campuses and apply business concepts to develop outreach projects that improve the quality of life and standard of living for people in need. An annual series of regional and national competitions provides a forum for teams to present the results of their projects, and to be evaluated by business leaders serving as judges. National champion teams advance to the prestigious SIFE World Cup. In addition to the community aspect of the program, SIFE’s leadership and career initiatives create meaningful opportunities for learning and exchange among the participants as well as the placement of students and alumni with companies in search of emerging talent.
Year 2010 marks the beginning of association of SIMSREE with SIFE to take up live projects to impact the society, community, environment and economy as a whole.