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From the Desk of Dean

Social Development

Manisha Jayaraman

Committee: Rajeshwari Laxmanan, Rashmi Saxena,
Shridhar Kshirsagar, Tejinder Singh Bhogal

1. Creating Inroads into Social Sector and Expanding ISABS footprint.

A survey was created and circulated in 2020 among the social organizations to understand
their needs. This was followed by seeking avenues for collaboration by;
 Promoting Outreach Modules.
 Promoting Human Process Labs.

 Developing need-based ABS sessions.
Updates for 2021

Pilot Project with 4 organizations, 3 of which are about to begin from January, 2022.

2. Collaborating with two Social Sector Organizations for outreach modules:

a. Child Relief and You (CRY) – 7 sessions of “Empathy Circle” module.
b. RGF – Empathy Circle.

3. “S.D. Hotspot”
S.D. Hotspot is a platform for and by P.M.s for creating more awareness of different social
issues. We primarily look at S.D. Hotspot as a place for reflection. So far, four topics have been
taken up:

a. “Hierarchies Within Me “anchored by Rajeshwari, Tejinder and Shridhar K.
b. “Pigmentocracy “anchored by Jimmy Dabhi, Ruchi Tiwari.

4. Provide support and collaborate with Deans PDP for regional language PDP.
 The process has begun with brainstorming session.

 SD has organized workshops in December with 2 organizations (who have sent 25 +
people in ISABS) with an objective to gauge the need and response to PDP in regional
language & to provide support wherever needed.
 After the pilot, it will be extended to more organizations.

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