Monthly Report February 2023
Dear friends
February was yet another important month for the scholars when they appeared for their first semester exam at their dream institution. Due to Covid-19, this semester started late and was quite rushed and exams knocked at the door in no time amidst all the acclimatization that scholars were still going through. Wellness calls with scholars clearly marked that they needed quick exam tips to succeed in exam while maintaining calm and sanity.
To optimize time and make utmost use of it, we tweaked our group session to focus on exam tips and personal engagements for “Strategic Time” amidst exams.
The focus was to make scholars comfortable and at ease before appearing for the exam and maintain high levels of confidence which we were trying to work on from past few months as well.
Manish Sharma
Youth Dreamers Foundation
Highlights
01. Monthly Group Session
We witnessed the month of February to be extremely busy and stressful for scholars as they were appearing for their first semester exams. To optimize time, we tweaked our group session and sent them a short video with our counselor sharing exam tips which revolved around smart techniques and approaches, balancing health during exam and ways to minimize distraction.
Apart from the video tutorial, we shared weekly reminder and reinforcements for easy adoption.
The tutorial focused on-
● Preparing body for exam timing
● Being aware of mind chatter
● Using Pomodoro technique to increase focus
● Following healthy habits and getting good sleep
View the video tutorial below
02. Scholar achievement / progress
“I was volunteering in OCS placement season, which is a big achievement in my mind. I got to learn a lot of new things in this. I learnt about time management & working under pressure. Also, I am teaching class 9 students freely as a part of “Samadhan Project” to help the needy one.”
Balay Bikram Nath
IIT – Delhi, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering,
2022 ONGC Super 30
“Recently, semester 1 results were announced. I secured 7.42 cgpa this sem. I am really happy with it.”
Chandru CP
IIT – Kharagpur, Industrial and Systems Engineering (IM) in 2022
Tapas, Karnataka
“There was an intra-department sports weekend. I was the captain of our football team and we won the match and became MEA (Mechanical Engineering Association) champion. And we won prize money too.”
Pulin Taye
IIT – Madras, Mechanical Engineering in 2022
ONGC Super 30
“We won the quarter finals in hockey and moved to the semifinals of inter hostel.”
Khemraj Newar
IIT Delhi, Textile Technology in 2022
ONGC Super 30
“Because of exams there was not much happening last month but in January I participated in Bharat Darshan and our Karnataka won 2nd place and also I got selected to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Club and Amateur Astronomy Club”
Santoshkumar Suresh Otageri
NIT Surathkal, Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering in 2022
Tapas Karnataka
“During one of my sessions, I came to know about project based learning, where I choose nearby solar power plant and made a report video. This type of learning is very useful and interesting and felt that this should be implemented in every college as it makes learning easier.”
Abhishek Raya
NIT Trichy, ICE in 2022
ONGC Super 30
Counsellor’s Note
Rahul Shah
‘Don’t stress, do your best and forget the rest.’
We understand that we are still new to this, but we are committed to evolving and learning alongside the scholars”
Feb Month was the focus month for exams. We shared critical tips on exams that helped them to get the best of themselves.
Wrap up exercise to manage their onset sleep, Pomodoro technique to manage distraction and increase focus and strategies to help in channelizing their mind chatter so that they can conserve their energy.
It was great to see scholars getting settled in dealing with their exam pressures and managing their academic calendars. It was motivating to learn that scholars going beyond academics and scaling heights in sport field too!
- Academic – Medium (Scholars are getting comfortable with academics however they need to push their scores from average to high and have some work on that front)
- Social – High (Sports activities are helping them connect with seniors)
- Emotional – Medium (Scholars still needs to work on Emotional Resilience)
Coordinator’s Note
Devesh Kumar
“It has been a very hectic month, with all the scholars being occupied with their exams. We understand the stress that they were going through and as a result, we decided to minimize our engagement while focusing on evolving as their support system. We planned to connect with them through check-in calls after their exams and in the meantime, we communicated with them via chat, providing motivating pointers to boost their morale. Our primary focus is on the holistic development of scholars, and as a result, we have been providing counselling and emphasizing the importance of experience and learning.
We understand that we are still new to this, but we are committed to evolving and learning alongside the scholars”
Gallery
‘The photo was taken by one of our senior whom I met at an all students meetup from North East in the NIT.’
Abhishek Raya
‘My connection is with my classmates and the photo was taken at the end of the sem.’
Pulin Taye
‘These are my peers in college. We study together and motivate each other to do better’
Santoshkumar Suresh Otageri
‘These are my friends from the painting club at IIT. This photo is from a charcoal workshop we attended together.’
Balay Bikram Nath
‘The hall committee member meet up’
Chandru CP
‘Meet my friends in college. We visited some places in Delhi together and this photo was taken at the Lotus Temple.’
Khemraj Newar
‘These are my closest friends in college, all from diff parts of India. They are amazing, have unique personalities and I can always count on them’
Jyotilata
‘I met him accidently when I was with my friends and then we became friends.’
Prakasha Gowda
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