CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

IFIM Business School has a unique and innovative field level community based learning programme titled "Corporate Social Responsibility" (CSR).

The course aims at building awareness and sensitizing students to various issues, concerns and themes faced by the social sector. This offers a permanent platform to engage in socially meaningful and relevant projects within the evolving framework of Management education. The ‘new learning’ exposes the students to the grass root level problems and provides holistic growth.

We at IFIM Business School, believe that this enriching experience garnered through socially relevant projects will enable our students to emerge as sensitive, emotionally intelligent leaders of tomorrow.

Under this initiative, IFIM Business School has forged strong and collaborative linkages with more than twelve (12) NGOs in and around Bangalore to provide students with projects and hands-on learning experiences.

IFIM Business School students undertook the following projects:
 

• CRY (Child Rights and You): to understand the issues and concerns of state aided primary and secondary education in Bangalore. They specifically undertook a project with Konnappanagaraha Government School.

• Initiative for Development Foundation (IDF) in collaboration with NABARD: to assist the Self Help Groups to set up a Rural Mart in Kolar town.

• Janaagraha Team on Civic Engagement, Civic Literacy, Quality of Life and other citizen related issues.
   

More such projects are In the offing.

Some Comments:

“The outcome of such exposure is usually a set of intangibles”.
Mr. Hareesh B.S., Co-ordinating Executive, ASCENT

“We enjoyed having your students with us this year, and I personally learnt a lot from them in an afternoon when I had an informal session on the significance of communication and interpersonal relations”.
Dr. Ali Khwaja, Director, Banjara Academy

“Your Institute also deserves to be congratulated for incorporating this aspect (Social Responsibility) in the syllabus.”
Mr. Raja Reddy, Vice President, Helping Hand

“Exposure to rural projects for hands-on experience is recommended. It was a mutual learning experience and we are happy to know that the students benefited from this exposure. We are happy to have you as part of our extended family at BREADS.”
Fr. George Mathews SJ., Executive Director, BREADS

“As the future of our country they need to know the current scenario and the needs of the people living with HIV. We are glad to tell you that all your students who were deputed on this project were very keen to know the issues and were sensitive towards it.”
Ms. Ruth Anand, Project Co-ordinator, KNP+