Saamanjasya

“Saamanjasya” is a unique endeavor pioneered by the students of Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur. It is the first and only social event of IIT Kharagpur. Saamanjasya is being organized with the aim of bringing together Corporate, NGOs, and academicians on a common platform to ensure inclusive growth and inculcate a culture of giving back to the society in our aspiring and educated youth. It seeks to highlight the importance of a symbiotic corporate-NGO- academic relationship.

SAAMANJASYA IN 2010

Started with a vision of becoming Asia’s largest movement for social and environmental sustainability in 2010, Saamanjasya has come a long way. We have organized two flagship fests in the previous year alone along with some noteworthy summits and guest lectures. All the events that we conducted have had the larger goal of benefit of the society in mind.

Kalakaar Vikaas aimed at supporting the local artisans and included a sale of handicrafts made by them. Vichaar, the leadership summit involved leaders from various fields discussing socially relevant issues. Parishram, conducted in association with GAIL had live case studies given by the NGOs for which innovative solutions were proposed by the top B-Schools. Shikshan was a series of workshops conducted by industry experts like Michelin, Coke, DLF, etc to educate the budding managers about the sustainability issues. Wired pioneered the way social networking could be used for social causes and has now become widely received and appreciated among the B-school fests. Samaaj conducted in partnership with Ernst and Young, had the aim of consulting for the benefit of the society and was well received among the B-school crowd.