The social event titled “Say No to Drugs” that was conducted by the students of IIM Amritsar at Government Senior Secondary School Bachiwind, near Attari, Amritsar. Our society is severely crippled by the abuse of drugs. So, the students of IIM Amritsar have committed toward a mission of a drug free society. They have started their journey with a campaign that goes by name “Say NO to drugs”.
By educating the children about the ill effects of the abuses of drugs, who are the easiest victims of it, they intend to address the problem at its core. The program spread its wings on 5th of November, 2015, at the Government Senior Secondary School Bachiwind, near Attari, Amritsar. The event started with a casual introductory session between the students of the aforementioned school and the students of IIM Amritsar.
The young students of that school were asked about their dreams, aspiration, and hopes. Then they were introduced to the ill effects of drugs, and how that can affect their dreams. After the long term effects of drugs were properly explained to them, the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities) division of IIM Amritsar performed a Nukkad (Street Theatre) in front of the students depicting the harms done by the abuse of drugs.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Amritsar was coined in the year 2015 by the Ministry of Human Resources Development with the support of Government of Punjab. It is the 15th institute of IIM. The first batch of students is being enrolled for the class of 2015-17. The objective of the institute is to impart global standard of management to fulfil the needs & requirements of the various business houses by producing exceptionally talented professionals.
Institute was inaugurated by the Sardar Surjit Singh Rakhra, Minister of Higher Education and Languages, Punjab on 6 August, 2015. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Amritsar is comes the under the guidance of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, one of the top five institutes of management in India.
Source: Aditya Kumar Yadav, click4college Specialist