JIMS Rohini organized a seminar entitled 'Society and Enterprise -- Creating a Sustainable Eco-system' on 7th September 2019 for PGDM Batch (2019-21)
As part of the inaugural session, Dr KK Upadhyay, formerly with FICCI, talked about the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the present economic scenario. He also emphasized that CSR is now becoming an important business vertical that can also provide employment opportunities to young Management graduates.
Dr Upadhyay's session was followed by an inspiring story of a young change-maker, Tasneem Fatima, who is a wheelchair basketball champion. After an accident, Tasneem got paralyzed but she fought her disability and eventually went on to become a basketball player.
This was followed by an energetic panel discussion on 'The Youth as Change-makers.' Panelists who took part in the discussion were Ms Anjali Pandey from Saambhavi, Ms Namita Chaudhury from Choti Si Khushi, Ms Sheetal Agarwal from Clounselors and Mr Monis Shamsi from You Can Foundation.
The panelists agreed that the youth can play a very positive role in today's society as change-makers. However, they must follow their passion and not do something just because others are also doing it. In other words, they must be empowered to make their own choices in life.