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Organizing Committee President Speaks

“There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not his greed!” a famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi.

The current scenario is an exemplar of the above quote with utilities disappearing, water table

deteriorating, climate rapidly changing, yet the demands constantly soaring high. If this continues at such

an alarming rate without being checked then in no time would we see the end of the world. Several

environmental projects have been conceptualized, several attempts made and one such attempt by the

AIESEC IIT Kharagpur team, is Vision Green 2010, a corporate, student and faculty conglomeration to address

these brink circumstances.

The primitive goal of Vision Green was to promote Green Technologies and their sustainability in today‟s

entrepreneurial world. All the events associated with this campaign are directed towards this goal. The

“Learning Networks” workshop conducted by Centre for Environment Education (CEE) saw participation of

over 200 students from IIT Kharagpur not only influencing and inspiring them towards achieving a sustainable

world but also giving them an unforgettable experience.

“Global Village” a trademark AIESEC event showcasing its global facet, international reach and diversity of

the organization. Fusing this with the theme of the proceedings, the foreign interns presented green

initiatives being implemented in their respective countries. The response was wonderful and it is really

great to see the students‟ interest in current global affairs.

“Green Business Summit”, flagship event of the Vision Green Campaign, a unified platform for delegates,

students, faculty and media to interact and share their expertise, knowledge and future plans regarding

environmental protection. The event consisted of lectures and presentation by eminent speakers on

“Environment and Sustainability”, followed by a Panel Discussion moderated by the Director of British

Council, Mrs. Sujata Sen.

Vision Green started off as a small summit but eventually influenced many, urging them to give a serious

thought to an imminent danger being completely neglected. We are looking forward to bigger projects to

create an impact even bigger, where in not only will it be an opportunity to learn but also to implement.

Before closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Deputy Director, Delegates, Faculty,

Foreign Interns and Students for taking this event to the next level. Above all I would like to thank my team,

the Vision Green Organizing Committee for putting in such massive efforts in not only making this event

possible but also a grand success.

Rohit Jaini

Organizing Committee President

Vision Green 2010

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About AIESEC AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organization.

Active in over 1700 universities across more than 107

countries and territories, our international platform enables young people to explore and develop their

leadership potential for them to have a positive

impact in society.

In partnership with business and higher education,

AIESEC has over 60 years of experience in developing

high-potential students into globally minded responsible leaders.

AIESEC's innovative development process consists of

unmatched leadership experiences, international opportunities and a global learning environment.

AIESEC uses an innovative approach to engaging and developing today‟s youth. By offering opportunities to

build extensive international personal networks and

explore leadership opportunities, we provide a platform

for young people to discover direction and ambition for their futures.

Our values provide a way for the collective leadership of AIESEC to encourage common norms of behaviour

across our global network.

Our Values Activating Leadership We lead by example and inspire leadership through

our activities. We take full responsibility for

developing the leadership potential of our

members.

Demonstrating Integrity We are consistent and transparent in our decisions

and actions. We fulfil our commitments and

conduct ourselves in a way that is true to our

ideals.

Living Diversity We seek to learn from the different ways of life and

opinions represented in our multicultural

environment. We respect and actively encourage

the contribution of every individual.

Enjoying Participation We create a dynamic environment created by

active and enthusiastic participation of individuals.

We enjoy being involved in AIESEC.

Striving for Excellence We aim to deliver the highest quality performance

in everything we do. Through creativity and

innovation we seek to continuously improve.

Acting Sustainably We act in a way that is sustainable for our

organisation and society. Our decisions take into

account the needs of future generations.

AIESEC in Numbers • 50,000 members • 110 countries & territories

• 1600 universities

• 470 conferences annually • 10,000 exchanges annually

• 4000 partners

• 10,000 leadership opportunities • 800,000 alumni

• 62 years of experience

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About AIESEC IIT Kharagpur

AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur saw its inception in

2008. During this period, it has surpassed

expectations from it at the national level. It

has won national awards like Best Local

Committee for Virtual Platform Utilization,

Rock Your Campus and Best Twitter Following

and surpassed 19 other Local Committees

nationwide. It also overtook its parent

Committee in various fields.

Within two years, it has sent 10 students from

IIT Kharagpur to Ukraine, Finland, China, and

Singapore among other countries through its

cultural exchange program. It scheduled to send 36 more students during the coming

winter and summer vacations. Also, AIESEC has been instrumental in organising

opportunities for foreigners to come to India and experience her while giving to the

society. It has brought 7 trainees for various social activities and 2 others for

technical internships under Department of Electrical Engineering through its Energy

Audit.

AIESEC IIT Kharagpur also runs the famed Genesis project of AIESEC India. Genesis is a

HIV/AIDS awareness project that is run by AIESEC India throughout the country.

AIESEC IIT Kharagpur is also spreading this with the help of trainees from various

countries.

AIESEC IIT Kharagpur has also been holding Information Seminars in BIT Mesra and NIT

Durgapur to help the students there gain global mind-sets along with their technical

know-how. Realising that cultural harmony is the stepping stone to peace; AIESEC IIT

Kharagpur will be helping students there eliminate stereotypes.

We also took part in various events like Globe Trekker at SpringFest‟09 and Alumni

Meet 2010 of IIT Kharagpur. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur also helped conduct few of the

events at Alma Fiesta 2010 in IIT Bhubaneswar.

Through Energy Audit, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur got a lot of publicity in media and was

covered by newspapers like Times of India and Hindustan Times. The campus English

newspaper, Scholar‟s Avenue, covers most of AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s events.

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http://visiongreen.aieseciitkgp.org/

The campaign is aimed at creating

awareness about the recent

advancements in the field of Green

Technologies and Global Leadership

amongst the students and faculty of

IIT Kharagpur. The whole campaign

was held from 23rd – 24th October,

2010, included a series of events

related to Global Leadership, Panel

Discussion including prominent

Corporate and Environmental

Leaders from India, Guest Lectures

on Green Technologies and

workshops for the students.

The campaign was conducted by the

AIESEC chapter in IIT Kharagpur. It

had a global aspect to it through an event called „Global Village‟ which included

Trainees from various AIESEC countries showcasing not only their cultures to our

stakeholders, but also the environmental activities in their respective countries. This

is a step with support from IIT Kharagpur to establish itself as a global institute and

also strengthen its mission statement of being “Dedicated to the service of the

Nation”.

The two day campaign was attended in person by the students and faculty of IIT

Kharagpur as well as Corporate and Environmental leaders from all over India.

As a prelude to this event, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur had organised a social media based

campaign which included competitions in the categories of Photography, Digital Art,

Videography and Blogging. It was conducted throughout the week (14th – 22ndOctober)

prior to Vision Green. The event was based in Facebook and AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s

blog.

India is one of the fastest

growing world economy and with

the ever growing need for

energy in our country and an

exponential growth in oil prices

we all have just one solution left,

to efficiently use our current

resources and to make way for a

sustainable future.

AIESEC IIT Kharagpur has taken

an initiative to effectively engage

people from the all the three

major sectors in India i.e.

Students, Corporate and Social

Activists by calling them at one

common platform to discuss

about Green Technologies and

Global Leadership under the

banner of VISION

GREEN

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GreeNovating the Web 14th-22nd October, 2010

GreeNovating the Web was a social media campaign launched to involve those who cannot be

physically present at our other events but are passionate about the environment. It consisted

of 4 competitions:

1. Photography – Green is the Earth’s sachet, Go give it a flash!

2. Digital Art – To live infinite, let’s find the Green Dynamite!

3. Videography – All you know, it’s a wide notion. Let’s frame the green motion.

4. Blogging – When life is at stake, Green is my take!

Each contest was a test of your creativity and passion for this beautiful Earth. The theme for

each contest was related to the vision of the green world that the youth of today craves for.

The contests were based from our Facebook fan page.

We had good submissions in the categories of Photography and Digital Arts. The Winners were

given a Vision Green T-Shirt along with recognition on our Fan page and Website.

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Learning Networks 23rd October, 2010

As an attempt to do our bit towards nature, AIESEC IIT KHARAGPUR organized

“Learning Networks” as a part of the launch of its present venture “VISION GREEN

2010”. The workshop based on the theme “Achieving Sustainable Development by

adopting low Carbon Lifestyle” was conducted by Mrs. Reema Banerjee and Mr.

Praveen Bharadwaj from Centre for Environment Education. 107 students selected

on the basis of a preliminary test attended the workshop. Mrs. Banerjee in her

presentation said that the definition of Environment needs to be changed. It should

focus on the word “I, every individual”, without which we cannot achieve

sustainability.

Following the presentations, the participants were asked to come up with ideas to

address the present scenario. The groups of students presented the solutions in their

unique styles. “Education is the key; students must use this to unlock sustainability”.

This was the central idea of the group represented by Mrugank, Siddhartha and Surbhi

who artistically depicted it in their paintings. The second group led by Aritra Mitra

and Vipul Srivastava voiced their concerns in poetry-

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“Yagya vagya havan puja karke tum sankat bhaggate ho’

Par naadano tum shrishti pe CO2 ke badal lehrate ho”

This means that by performing yajnas and other rites using fire we try to minimize our

troubles, though in the process we forget that we are blanketing the earth with

carbon dioxide.

Mrs Banerjee the program coordinator was very pleased with the participant‟s

enthusiasm, and hoped that they carry it forward beyond their student life.

Everyone‟s response can be aptly summed up into Sachin Jaiswal, AIESEC IIT

KHARAGPUR‟s President:” Really amazing workshop! Tailor-made for KGPians and very

informative.”

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Global Village 24th October, 2010

The second day of Vision Green 2010 bore testimony to two more successful events –

Global Village & Green Business Summit as a sequel to the overwhelming response

elicited in Learning Networks – workshop held on the previous day.

Global Village, a perfect embodiment of AIESEC‟s international culture saw the

participation of 5 foreign interns – Corina [Romania], Jacob [Germany], Kamil

[Roland], Ferdi [Holland] & Justina [Lithuania].

The interns showcased their country‟s culture emphasising on the unique initiatives in

the field of green technology found back home. The event drew a multitude of

KGPians, who really enjoyed the interaction with the foreign interns. The interaction

was really fruitful in this sense that it gave then a global perspective about the

happenings worldwide in terms of Environmental innovation.

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Green Business Summit 24th October, 2010

The Global village was followed by the Green Business Summit the main event of our

Vision Green Campaign. Aimed at bringing together the three pillars of global

innovation the professors, the corporate and the students, the event was one of the

biggest steps by AIESEC IIT Kharagpur to create a long lasting impact through its Go

Green Campaign.

The summit started with an introductory track about Vision Green, AIESEC IIT

Kharagpur‟s initiative aimed at creating awareness about the environment,

conservation and sustainable development. This was followed by the Deputy Director

of IIT Kharagpur, Dr. A. K. Majumdar inaugurating the event in a non-conventional

manner – by watering a plant. He mentioned about the AIESEC IIT Kharagpur‟s Energy

Audit along with many other Environmental initiatives taken by IIT Kharagpur

administration. He lauded AIESEC for his efforts and also appreciated the campaign

like Vision Green 2010.

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First in the league of the four dynamic speakers was Dr.

Dipayan Dey, Chairperson of SAFE, who spoke about the

need of commonness and sharing in working platform to

include everyone right from the grass root level. His

message “Green Sun to light the lives of the silent majority

of India” was really well taken and was followed by

questions from the audience.

Mr. Surojit Bose, Associate Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers

spoke about Green Technology for Sustainable Development.

According to him, the four key drivers for achieving Sustainable

Development are: Cost of un-sustainable trends globally, India‟s

need for inclusive and sustainable growth, Corporate and Supply

chain initiatives, and about Environmental and Social Marketing

(including Carbon Markets).

Mr. Nipun Kaushik, Senior Coordinator

of Nature Foundation, Delhi highlighted upon the new

technologies which aims at reducing carbon footprints.

According to him, “The future generations are the biggest

stakeholders in the environmental sweepstakes.” He also

stressed upon Paradox of Developing and Developed

Countries, Green Engineering, Carbon Capture and Storage,

Nobel initiatives taken abroad, and last but not the least the concept of 3‟R‟s:

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Mr. Kiran Patil, MD of Ecolutions Carbon India Private Ltd.

Underlined about the Renewable Energy Resources in India: The

Opportunities and Challenges. According to him, Wind, Solar,

Biomass and Hydro markets are going to be the flourishing markets

of tomorrow as we have so much potential and resources in our

country and also about the positive factors for the investors in the

renewable energy sector.

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Panel Discussion

The highlight of the summit was the panel discussion on the topic “How can the

Human Resources, Intellectual Pool and the Enormous Passion of Technical

Institutes across the world, be channelized to create an effective environmental

impact?”

Dr. V. R. Desai accentuated the need to preserve traditional practices. Impressed

with the student commitment, Mr. Patil said, “We need to streamline the passion of

human resource”. Mrs. Ekta Jaju spoke about the developing consumer effect and

channelizing youth‟s energy to this effect. Mr. Surojit Bose pointed out how

Information and Communications Technology could be utilized to address

environmental issues. The youngest speaker on the panel, Mr. Akhil Naru mentioned

the simple lifestyle changes that could go a long way in contributing to the bigger

picture.

Moderated by Mrs. Sujata Sen

Director, Eastern Region, British Council Ltd.

Panelists

Mr. Kiran Patil - Country Head and MD, Ecolutions pvt ltd. India

Mr. Surojit Bose - Associate Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers

Dr. V. R. Desai - Professor, Civil Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur

Mrs. Ekta Jaju - Co-founder Onergy and Switch-ON

Mr. Akhil Naru - Fifth year Msc Physics student, IIT Kharagpur

How can the Human Resources, Intellectual Pool and the Enormous Passion of Technical Institutes across the world, be channelized to

create an effective environmental impact?

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Mr. Sujata Sen, enquired Dr. Desai about the initiatives undertaken by IIT KGP,

replying to which, he shed light on the activities running under PK Sinha Bio Energy

Center. Mrs. Sen was all praise about Vision Green “Congratulations to AIESEC IIT

Kharagpur for conceptualizing Vision Green. I hope it becomes a major cause for

AIESEC in years to come”.

Mementos were given to all the speakers and panellists. AIESEC IIT Kharagour also

utilized this platform to launch its newest energy project in association with ONergy

about solar electrification in the rural areas nearby Kharagpur and Jamshedpur.

The event concluded with a Networking Dinner. An all smile Sachin Jaiswal, Local

Committee President said, “Vision Green turned out to be a huge success with

ideas to go green reverberating the minds of the participants”.

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Past Endeavours

Energy Audit

Earth Week

Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship

Switch OFF

10/10/10 with 'I am Gurgaon'

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Energy Audit January - April, 2010

Affirming the general view that today‟s generation

wants a green future and is always looking for

sustainable means; some students of IIT Kharagpur

decided that, in order to start a worldwide

campaign, you need to start at your backdoor. They

noticed that some lights at their institute used to

stay on even when not needed. Could those be

others as well? This got them to the idea of

conducting an Energy Audit of the campus. They

being AIESECers were able to bring in professionals

in the form of trainees from Brazil and Chile.

The auditing process was carried out from January to April, 2010. The team consisted

of 20 students and they worked with the two interns from abroad. Throughout the

auditing process, two professors from the Department of Electrical Engineering guided

and mentored the auditing team. An IIT Kharagpur startup, EcoZen solutions, a

company dealing with energy audits, kept track of the progress of the auditing team

and gave them essential guide in their

quest. The implementation scheme was

drafted based on the findings of the

auditing team.

The success of this audit went a long way

in drawing an action plan to make

IIT Kharagpur an energy efficient campus

thus setting an example for others to

follow. The audit was officially recognized

by IIT Kharagpur, ASHRAE and IEEE. TERI

and SIEMENS also endorsed the project

and gave incentives to the students in the form of internship opportunities.

The final synopsis can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/aieseciitkgp/energy-

audit-synopsis and the report was submitted to The Director of the institute.

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Earth Week

22nd – 28th March, 2010

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also

known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually,

asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other

electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action

on climate change.

Recognizing the power of an idea like Earth Hour, AIESEC IIT Kharagpur came up with

“Earth Week” for the week containing the day of Earth Hour in 2010. Earth Week was

an online quiz event along lines of environmental issues hampering the continuity of

the fragile equilibrium very vital to life‟s existence.

The Earth Week took a step in the direction of finding a solution to the growing

environmental problems by helping increasing awareness among the common masses

in the form of a quiz based on environmental themes culminating in the earth hour of

27th of March 2010, during which a complete blackout was observed for an hour from

2030hrs to 2130hrs local time at IIT Kharagpur.

The event was conducted through a Facebook Application taking into consideration

that use of Facebook is very popular in IIT Kharagpur.

(http://apps.facebook.com/earth-week/)

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Inter-IIT Energy Saving Championship September-November, 2010

An initiative by Techfest, IIT Bombay, this event came as an opportunity to IIT

Kharagpur. An inter-IIT event was bound to instil fervour in the students of IIT and

AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur took up this chance to spread the message that Techfest tried

to tell. Save Energy.

AIESEC IIT Kharagpur is moderating energy saving in IIT Kharagpur‟s hostels by word-

of-mouth publicity as well as novel initiatives like „Switch OFF‟ while instilling the

habit of saving energy. For more information, check out

http://visiongreen.aieseciitkgp.org/energyGC/

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Switch OFF 29th September, 2010

From 2030 – 2130, Kharagpur was out on the streets. Most students had switched off

all power consuming devices and had decided to take the leisurely 2.2 (a walk around

the 2.2km long stretch of road that connects all major locations in IIT Kharagpur) with

friends. Why?

Because, AIESEC in IIT Kharagpur organised a campus-wide Switch OFF to create

awareness about the need of the hour. AIESEC IIT Kharagpur conveyed the message

successfully that power saving need to be done on a regular basis and that our future

lies in our hands. All the major halls switched off lights completely and showed their

unity.

The only way to make change happen is to make a stand. Make a stand for nature.

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10/10/10 with ‘I am Gurgaon’ 10th October, 2010

All around the world, people have gathered

together to stand up against a common goal,

aiming to reduce carbon content by 10%.

Thousands of events, from the large iconic to

small practical actions, across the globe have

marked today as the largest day of positive action against climate change ever. We, a

small bunch of students representing AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, along with I am Gurgaon,

had organized an event of this Global Day of Action in our capital city, New Delhi at

the Aravalli Biodiversity Park.

The following eminent delegates from the

administrative and social fronts had graced the

occasion today morning with their presence.

Mr R. C. Mishra: IPS, IG police Haryana,

Environmental Scientist.

Mr. Rajesh Khullar: IAS, Commissioner

Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon.

Mr. Gagan Sharma, Chairman Wizcraft, Apra Group, Kingdom of Dreams

Mrs Neelima Sharma: Head of Saksham Group, an NGO for underprivileged

children.

Mr. Vivek Kamboj: Head of Haryali, an NGO and he is also the grandson of

legendary freedom fighter Udham Singh.

Dr. Lokesh Abrol: Leading physician, Environmentalist, managing trustee of

Gurugram Gaushala.

Not only that, residents of DLF Foundation, representatives from Municipal

Corporation of Gurgaon, Forest Department of the Government of Haryana and

around 50-55 children, of the age 7-15, from Government school run by NGO:

Saksham too attended the event.

The event commenced with the introduction followed by a warm welcome speech by

Dr. Abrol. Mayur Rastogi & Abhimanyu Abrol of AIESEC IIT Kharagpur, the world‟s

largest student run organization, talked about AIESEC, the green initiatives like

Energy Audit of the entire IIT Kharagpur Campus, Inter-IIT Energy Saving

Championship and also about their upcoming event, Vision Green 2010 on 23rd-24th

October, a step towards greening the future.

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Mr. RC Mishra spoke about the „true meaning‟ of environment and its conservation.

According to him, “Planting a tree is the biggest contribution to the society even

bigger than if we continuously from birth to death keep on donating to needy

people.” He proved it mathematically as well. Dr. Abrol, Mr Gagan Sharma and Mrs.

Neelima Sharma also added to him. Mr. Vivek Khamboj enlightened everyone when

he described the way in which a Peepal tree can be uprooted from some area and re-

planted somewhere else. We need to take care that the roots are not destroyed.

Measures are taken to ensure that enough support and nutrition is provided to the

tree at the new location. The Head of Vaish Samaaj, resident organisation formed by

residents of DLF, spoke about the environment.

After that everyone went to plant saplings.

The officer from Department of Forest

demonstrated the way in which a sapling is

sown in the earth. First the polythene

containing the mud and the roots of the

sapling is torn taking care that the mud

doesn‟t break/become loose. Then the

sapling is firmly sown in the ground and

watered regularly. Kids were divided into

groups of 4 and 1 senior person was

associated with them and each group planted

1-2 saplings. Children were over-joyed and

everyone was energetic in planting the saplings. Finally, after all hard work, snacks

came along. A copy, pencil, rubber and stationary were distributed among the school

children.

This event truly represented all the different sectors of the society, the kids, the

youth and the elders, all coming together for the Noble cause of creating a POSITIVE

IMPACT on our very own Environment. The smile on the kid‟s faces when they planted

their own saplings and impacted Mother Nature and the overall satisfaction that we

gave back a little to our very own Earth, everything together just made it a perfect

ending.

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