"If you wait for the certificate from everybody,you would not get the certificate from God" - Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
My internship to a small village in the interiors of Goa, Malcopon ,was really worth it.
Away from the clutter of my office staff and superiors, it was seven days of heaven. As I said working with an extraordinary team with the minds who were around 20 years old, matching much to the caliber of the IITians and IIMs,infact a touch above them always, in the nature of being ready to serve spontaneously.
We were all new, buzzing with the uncertainty of how the villagers would be to us. That was the excitement of not knowing how things were and what to expect.
We were glad that they accepted us wholeheartedly with open arms. We got started with playing a football game with the children. And that served as an icebreaker.
Work started with meeting few locals asking them about their problems, issues that the villagers face. They were very open with their inputs and honest.
Later on work caught momentum and was carried out and various things were accomplished:health camp was conducted,PTA was conducted,Yoga session was held,Amalabharatam session was conducted,Tree Plantation drive was conducted.
We also had our focus areas on education and youths. As part videos were shown and a street play was conducted with the village youth and in their language konkani.
I am very happy with the time spent with these guys and wish them all the best for their future endeavors and hopefully we will have a lot more opportunities to explore the world around.
We would thank Amrita University and our chancellor Mata Amritanandamayi Devi for providing us with the practical opportunity to learn from the society.Hopefully many more universities will follow suite like the IITs,JNUs and Jadavpur University.
I am working with the best minds of Amrita. Six third year mechanical students, all guys. Had a fun filled 7 days. These were the best days of my life spent after joining Amrita.
My internship to a small village in the interiors of Goa, Malcopon ,was really worth it.
Away from the clutter of my office staff and superiors, it was seven days of heaven. As I said working with an extraordinary team with the minds who were around 20 years old, matching much to the caliber of the IITians and IIMs,infact a touch above them always, in the nature of being ready to serve spontaneously.
We were all new, buzzing with the uncertainty of how the villagers would be to us. That was the excitement of not knowing how things were and what to expect.
We were glad that they accepted us wholeheartedly with open arms. We got started with playing a football game with the children. And that served as an icebreaker.
Work started with meeting few locals asking them about their problems, issues that the villagers face. They were very open with their inputs and honest.
Later on work caught momentum and was carried out and various things were accomplished:health camp was conducted,PTA was conducted,Yoga session was held,Amalabharatam session was conducted,Tree Plantation drive was conducted.
We also had our focus areas on education and youths. As part videos were shown and a street play was conducted with the village youth and in their language konkani.
I am very happy with the time spent with these guys and wish them all the best for their future endeavors and hopefully we will have a lot more opportunities to explore the world around.
We would thank Amrita University and our chancellor Mata Amritanandamayi Devi for providing us with the practical opportunity to learn from the society.Hopefully many more universities will follow suite like the IITs,JNUs and Jadavpur University.
