ABOUT Enactus | Shri Ram College Of Commerce
Enactus is an international not for profit organization present in 1,700 Universities across 36 Countries and has over 70,500 students as active members. It brings together students from universities across the world to take up social outreach projects for the benefit of underprivileged communities. It identifies communities in need and devises alternative business models for them, with the ultimate aim of empowering community members and transforming them into entrepreneurs. Eventually, Enactus members step out of the project after creating a self-sustaining business model for the communities so that they do not have to rely on any external party.
Enactus was started at Shri Ram College of Commerce in the academic year 2007-2008. Since then, 11 projects have been taken up – 8 of which have been successfully completed while 3 are still continuing.
Our projects aim at empowering people in need; we use business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve the quality of life and standard of living of the diverse communities that we work with.Enactus SRCC has taken up 16 community outreach projects till date, of which 12 have been completed and 4 are continuing. Our four running projects are Project Amal, Project Asbah, Project Leher and Project Virasat.
PROJECTS
Our projects aim at empowering people in need. We use business and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve the quality of life and standard of living of the diverse communities that we work with. Enactus SRCC has taken up 16 projects till date, of which 12 have been successfully completed and 4 are continuing. The continuing four projects are Project Asbah, Project Virasat, Project Leher and Project Amal.
PROJECT ASBAH – EVERY DROP, A PROMISE
Project Asbah aims to provide clean drinking water to underprivileged communities which are plagued by the lack of accessibility or affordability for potable drinking water. We provide water at Rs. 4 – Rs. 6 for 20 litres by setting up community water filtration plants in urban slums and rural households.
Water is dispensed through water ATM structures with the help of rechargeable digitised Asbah cards. Each Asbah plant also generates livelihood opportunities for 2 women entrepreneurs from members of the community who act as the operators of the plant. Asbah has now been able to set up 18 plants which impact 46,750+ people every single day.
PROJECT VIRASAT – CRAFTING LIVES, REVIVING LEGACY
Project Virasat is an umbrella organisation that aims to revive the age old craft-forms of India. We started our journey by establishing P-TAL in an effort to revive the dying art form of handcrafting copper and brass utensils using hammering techniques, by mobilising artisans and providing them access to organised credit, contemporary designs and better demand avenues. Now, we plan to make Project Virasat a launchpad to provide opportunities to millions of craftsmen across India who are currently struggling to carry on their craft.
PROJECT LEHER – SAVING THE WORLD, ONE BUTT AT A TIME
Project Leher is an end-to-end solution to irresponsibly flicked, toxic cigarette butt waste management. It aims to create a sustained collection chain and recycle cellulose acetate (core of the cigarette butt) into a diverse product after chemical cleansing. Smokers around the globe buy roughly 6.3 trillion cigarette butts that are thrown into the environment every year, (that’s approximately 18 billion every day) making it the world’s most littered waste.
PROJECT AMAL – UTILISING STUBBLE, UPLIFTING FARMERS
Amal aims at minimising the catastrophic impact of Stubble Burning by converting them into Smokeless Biochar Briquettes & fortifying char powder which can be effectively used to replace traditional source of energy such as charcoal, firewood etc. Contrasted with different resources of vitality, briquettes have a higher calorific value and low powder content, thus making an environment friendly substitute to charcoal.
The past projects are:
Project Azmat : Repossessing Respect;
Project Kayakalp : Pulling the Strings of Change; and
Project Sattva : Churning Purity into Progress.
PROJECT AZMAT
- Project Azmat aims at the rehabilitation of manual scavengers by providing them with an alternate sustainable livelihood. It works with a community of 18 women in the village of Nekpur, Ghaziabad. The community has been trained in manufacturing of cleaning products and they now earn their livelihood through its sales.
PROJECT KAYAKALP
- Project Kayakalp is an endeavor to revive the art of puppertry and aims to empower 14 traditional puppeteers from the Kathputli Colony of Shadipur in Delhi. Kayakalp seeks to modernize their art form and use the medium of puppetry to convey social and environmental messages.
PROJECT SATTVA
- Project Sattva is based in Karnal (Haryana) and aims to tackle the inefficiencies in the distribution network of milk and milk related products. Enactus has associated with NDRI Karnal and Arpana Services, an NGO, to achieve its objectives. Project Asbah Enactus Shri Ram College of Commerce is a student-run not for profit organisation that undertakes social entrepreneurship projects in order to move towards a better, more sustainable world. Since its inception in 2007, the organisation has successfully completed 11 projects, and is currently running 4 projects in various sectors. Through Project Asbah-Every Drop a Promise, an initiative in the water sector, Enactus SRCC aims to provide affordable and clean drinking water to rural areas across the country.
Events
Enactus SRCC, in association with many prominent organisations, holds a number of annual events that celebrate the impact created in the past years on its members and its communities.
C2P Social Entrepreneurship Summit
C2P Social Entrepreneurship Summit is the annual endeavour of Enactus SRCC to find the best of the next generation savvy entrepreneurs with a head for business and a heart for the world. It is an event that invites submissions of social business plans, both in the ideation stage as well as the implementation stage which go through a series of eliminatory rounds and the winners are awarded a cash prize upto Rs. 1,00,000.
C2PSES consists of three challenging rounds. This final on-campus round is loaded with mentorship sessions for the teams to hone and polish their models as well as with inspiring speaker sessions from the most accomplished and successful social entrepreneurs across the country. Despite the challenging times posed by COVID-19, C2P Social Entrepreneurship Summit 2020 was concluded successfully through video conferencing.
As part of the partnership between Enactus SRCC and the US-based Campus Community Partnership Foundation, the Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE) Grant Competition is conducted every year.
Social Entrepreneurship Induction Programme
Crises like COVID-19 put an obstruction in a child’s magnification who needs comprehensive e-learning methodologies and innovative leadership programmes. Social Entrepreneurship Introduction Programme, an endeavour by Enactus SRCC is a one-of-its-kind 15 days programme that aims to develop the spark of entrepreneurship in the leaders of tomorrow.
The first week of the programme consists of interactive sessions where knowledge dissemination regarding the key verticals of social entrepreneurship takes place through theoretical modules, engaging activities, practical life insights etc. Week 2 comprises The Business Innovation Challenge that helps the budding change-makers to solve real-life case studies and come up with innovative business models to combat these problems, with solutions feasible enough to implement in real life.
The first edition of the Social Entrepreneurship Introduction Programme witnessed 1500+ registrations from 4 countries. After several rounds of screening and deliberation, 270 young leaders were shortlisted to be a part of this enthralling experience. We hope to have been able to help raise in them the spirit of doing it the right way and making them realize that in the end, we all win!
LEAP
Life on Wheels Escapades Adventure Program is an initiative to bring smiles on the faces of the children from underprivileged backgrounds through joyful experiences, gifting them memories to be cherished forever. Started as an endeavour to include the children and the families of the rickshaw pullers impacted through Project Life on Wheels, LEAP is one of the most looked forward to events for our team.
The first LEAP was held in March 2013, where only the children of the rickshahwalas were called. From the next year, kids from different collaborating NGOs, nearby slums and other areas joined in. Every year around 100 children come for LEAP. Games, Music, Bouncing Castles, Trampolines and much more are organised for them. It is a beautiful experience for the children and the students and much awaited for every year!
