Monthly Report April 2023

Dear friends

Welcome to the April monthly update! We’re thrilled to share that our scholars have begun their second semester, which includes a blend of theory and practical lab classes. As they progress, many are taking time to reflect on their experiences from last semester, identifying both the best practices they want to continue and areas where they hope to improve.

In addition to their academic pursuits, our scholars have been actively participating in a variety of extracurricular activities, including NSO, NSS, sports, innovation hub activities, and more. They’ve also been expanding their horizons by enrolling in new courses, learning new skills, and engaging in payback activities.

Throughout the month, focus has been on fostering the scholars’ natural curiosity to cultivate a deep-seated desire for constant learning and knowledge. This includes setting SMART goals, understand the importance of staying relevant by keeping up with global developments like AI, data science, and emerging job prospects.

Manish Sharma
Youth Dreamers Foundation

Highlights

01. Monthly Group Developmental Session

We witnessed that scholars need more nurturing around choosing activities and setting goals aligning to their personality and aspirations for the future.

Hence, focusing on how to set SMART goals right at the beginning of Semester 2 and develop a success profile of an IIT/NIT graduate that outlines the required knowledge, experience, skills and attitude. By doing so, scholars will have a clearer understanding of what they need to focus on to achieve their goals.

Session also focused on relevant global developments like AI, Chat GPT and the role it plays in future jobs. Providing relevant information and insights on these topics could help inspire them to explore related fields and pursue opportunities in these areas.

The session received a rating of 5 out of 5 from our scholars.

Watch the video below

02. Scholar achievement / progress

This month, our scholars shared how they are using the power of “curiosity” and “fearlessness” to try out new things.

Listen to how our scholars translated their learnings of CPR (Being curious, positive and reflective) tool in to actions

Click here to listen

“I had started my coding journey in my second semester by solving tricky problems in Hacker Rankers. Recently I got 4th star achievement in the same. I had started off with a rank of 18 lakh+.Currently, my rank is around 3.9 lakh. I have been able to see myself progress and this instills confidence in me”

Chandru CP

IIT – Kharagpur, Industrial and Systems Engineering (IM) in 2022
Tapas, Karnataka

“Our hostel football team got the second position in the Inter-Hostel Dean’s trophy league. And as a part of the team I got a certificate & silver medal from our IIT’s sports organization.I also received a Rs 600 Amazon gift card from our hostel management”

Pulin Taye

IIT – Madras, Mechanical Engineering in 2022
ONGC Super 30

“We had a Hockey Premier League in college. There was auction and each team had a purse of 80 crores. I was bid highest for 22 crores. We didn’t reach to the finals but I was awarded with the best upcoming player.”

Khemraj Newar

IIT Delhi, Textile Technology in 2022
ONGC Super 30

“I have started learning machine learning by myself. I know it is a very small step but it matters me a lot”

Santoshkumar Suresh Otageri

NIT Surathkal, Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering in 2022
Tapas Karnataka

“This month, I had did a presentation on creativity in engineering in our society in the class. It was a new experience for me and I learnt a lot in the process.”

Abhishek Raya

NIT Trichy, ICE in 2022
ONGC Super 30

Counsellor’s Note

Rahul Shah

“The theme of this month was ‘Get set and GOAL’.

Awardees identified the success profile of their role as students and determined the knowledge, exposure, skills, and attitudes they would need to secure a better position after completing their campus time. They are now building their short-term and long-term goals using the SMART technique.

Scholars are working hard to balance their focus between meeting their academic targets and taking time to work on extracurricular activities.

We reinforced the importance of being curious, taking time to reflect, and staying positive throughout the month.

Coordinator’s Note

Devesh Kumar

Last month, most of the scholars had their mid-semester exams, which are a crucial part of our education system. The scholars have embarked on their academic journey and have become familiar with their college environment, making new friends as they entered their second semester.

They have gained a clear understanding of how they will utilize this semester; some are focusing on machine learning and learning Python, while others are concentrating on sports and their core departments. One of our scholar found an interest in photography and joined the photography club. It is fascinating to observe how the engineering curriculum brings out newer and better versions of ourselves. We are committed to making this program value-based and focused on the holistic development of our scholars. Although our monthly group calls may seem hectic, they provide invaluable knowledge and a fresh perspective on the world around us. I, too, have benefited from these calls and have learned a great deal.

As this is my last month with the scholars and this program, I am feeling emotional as I have been aligned with their goals and objectives. I am grateful for the love they have given me and am very connected with all the scholars we have. I wish them all the best for their future, and I will always stay connected with them.

Gallery

Food is an intergral part our lives. Especially during college. So, we asked our scholars to share a memory of their favourite food or a memory related to one.

Here are some glimpses of what they shared:

“I was so obsessed with this ice-cream that I ate 4 ice-creams in a row”