DRISTI- An Initiative of BIT, Mesra towards Development

DRISTI is an initiative by students of Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra to aid in the development of rural India.

Being devoid of electricity, they try and transform the hours lost in darkness by these underprivileged into productive ones through video exhibitions and personal interaction sessions. The team's main objective is to create awareness about health, sanitation, water conservation, education and eradicating socio-economic problems such as addiction.

Team also conducts career counselling and skill development workshops utilizing our expertise for the betterment of the society. Starting with villages in the vicinity of the college, it has team working in areas around three engineering college campuses in Jharkahnd.

Programmes fucused by DRISTI are:

DAKSHA (Development and General Awareness programs)

• Basic computer knowledge & Internet skills

• Spoken English and Hindi

• Promoting self-employment by imparting technical knowledge to the villagers using the facilities available at the institutes

DISHA (Career counselling sessions)

• Formulating and conducting surveys based on career interests of the target group

• Informing and encouraging them about various upcoming employment fields

DIKSHA (Awareness towards various government schemes)

• Getting to know all the govt schemes that are there for rural upliftment

• Making the villagers aware of these schemes

• Contacting the concerned authorities if the above are not implemented properly

DAMINI (Addressing Women issues)

• De-Addiction schemes

• Promoting a sense of security and self-dependency by doing interactive sessions

For larger contribution to their efforts to reduce socio-economic problems, DRISTI appeals for as many as join hands with them.

Source: Amit Kumar Singh, click4college Specialist