Enable 100 low-income girls to complete graduation

UDAYAN SHALINI FELLOWSHIP

Udayan Shalini Fellowship programme of Udayan Care is a unique academic excellence and personality development programme for deserving and talented girls from weak socio-economic background aiming to turn them into empowered and dignified women or Shalinis. It is unique because it goes beyond being a usual scholarship programme by not only supporting higher education but also providing regular mentoring and leadership development and inculcating a sense of social responsibility to them.

Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme was also able to introduce ‘Employability and Placement section’ for our Shalinis to help them get placements in various fields.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Udayan care has completed 25 years of existence and has celebrated Silver Jubilee by organizing a "USF Grand Meet" in the Month of March 2019. To select Shalinis as a Chapter Representative for this event, assessments were done on the basis of writing and speaking skills. Prominent leaders, speakers, artists, volunteers and 102 Shalinis from 13 Chapters participated in this event.

• Mentorship Training conducted to train the Mentor Didis and is to make them aware of mentorship agenda/goal of the program, tell them about effective mentorship practices, get their feedback about challenges and best practices.

• 6^th Inter-Chapter Meet was conducted wherein program teams across the chapter were gathered under one roof. Chapter issues, challenges, best practices were discussed and solutions to challenges were deliberated.

• Parents Meet was conducted during this period. During the meet progress of their daughters, feedback of the program, further studies, etc were discussed.

MARCH 2019 

Session on Meditation by‘Yoga Prana Vidya Team’

A wonderful session on “Meditation” was conducted with the college-going Shalinis where the team from Yoga Prana Vidya met the Shalinis, talked to them about the importance of exercises and also made them practice simple exercises like breathing and relaxing of the body. In the other part of the workshop, they made all the Shalini meditate by following an audio clip run by them. In the last segment, they went through a healing process done by the members of the team with a crystal in their hand.

An interactive session by Satish, member of ITM Group of Education Institutions

Satish (Member of ITM Group of Education Institutions) spoke to theShalinis about courses in Banking Sectors for jobs where girls will be specialized in ‘Operations’. The registration for this course will be free of cost and there must be 50 above children in a batch to be functional. Also, he told our Shalinis that when you will be enrolled in this course it is necessary to have 75 percent attendance and your passing marks should be above 70 percent. He also discussed the benefits of this course and after talking to all of us he left giving us the registration forms.

Silver Jubilee Celebration from 7^th to 10^th March 2019

It was a celebration of 25 years of Udayan Care with three days programme based on the theme of ‘Women’s Empowerment’. Manish (Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi) graced the event with his presence and motivated shalinis for their future endeavors. 102 Shalinis all across India were invited to become a part of the celebration. Different leaders and experts as speakers were welcomed to enhance the knowledge of our Shalinis. Also, many artists came to participate and donated their artwork as an expression of support. Different activities including panel discussions, round table discussion were organized for the Shalinis and our speakers became a part of the celebration process. It was a beautiful learning experience for all present there.

APRIL 2019

Employability Workshop on ‘IT Skills- Email Writing’ by Dimpika  (USF Delhi Alumna)-

The objective of the workshop is to make Shalinis understand the components of the email and work on some guidelines for Email writing and finally to use the basic format of Emails at work. The fundamental rules in drafting the email were elaborated. Shalinis were first and foremost asked to have some serious email address. Shalinis were asked to use formal opening and closing salutation for professional emails. From the session, Shalinis understood that a well-drafted email reflects on them, improves their public perception and persona and increases the chance of a prompt and comprehensive response.

Employability Workshop on ‘Foundation–Career Awareness and Guidance’ by Bhaskar (Vice president at Contract Advertising)-

The objective of the workshop is to make shalinis understand the need for passion at work and learn how to link passion to building a career also to explore options in career choices that incorporate our passion and our skills. Shalinis were asked to discover their passion, research the field in which they would want to pursue their career and to be flexible because the road may not be smooth and one needs to make adjustments. This was followed by an activity. By the end of the workshop, Shalinis understood the importance of pursuing a career aligned with their passion.

Employability Workshop on ‘IT Skills - Using the Internet for Jobs’ by Neha  (USF Alumnae & Placement Coordinator)

The main aim of the workshop was to make aware of our Shalinis regarding the usage of the internet in the right manner. The focus of the workshop was given on ways of using the internet for jobs or internship. The session shifted to very important information on “How to create the accounts on various job portals, step by step they were explained about the same. The facilitator gave insight regarding various threats and benefits of using the internet. Discussion with the Shalinis happened on the same lines and later the session concluded with summing up the learning.

Mentorship Training by Garima (Sr. Manager-Training & Development)and Mentor-Mentee Meet-

The o Objective of the training of Mentor Didis is to make them aware of the mentorship agenda of the Udayan Care, tell them about effective mentorship practices, get their feedback about mentoring highlighting the challenges and best practices. Mentioning key focus in mentoring it was informed that it is the development of a trustful relationship, which can help influence and motivate the development of the Mentee. The agenda of Udayan Care’s Mentorship programme for USF was discussed and was reinforced as Academic Preparedness, Personality Development, and Career Orientation. On the other side, Mentor-Mentee Meet was conducted. The purpose of this meet is to help Shalinis in getting proper guidance from Mentor Didi and work upon their improvement area with effective action. 

An Interactive Session with Batch 16 on ‘Choices of Career’ and ‘IT Course’ by Saubia & Pooja (USF Delhi –Program Coordinators)

The objective of the session was to help and guide Batch 16 to talk to them about career options and what should they opt according to their interest field. The facilitator suggested some courses according to their interest in that particular field and asked them to think and then choose. The facilitator asked them to meet people, make friends, attend seminars, visit libraries, read books, etc. as this will give them good exposure and help to gain relevant knowledge. Another facilitator spoke to Shalinis about utilizing their vacations very productively and how can they enroll themselves in some IT related courses to increase their efficiency. 

English Comprehensive Test conducted

After the workshops were conducted with all the batches, the team of USF prepared an English Comprehensive Test for all the batches to test their efficiency and increase their productivity. The test started in the respective classes where they sat for their workshops. A facilitator was there to keep a check on them so that the test can be conducted honestly.

Quarterly Workshop on the topic ‘Water’ by Ashok (General Manager (HR)-CSR, NTPC Limited)

The objective of the session was to make Shalinis aware and sensitive towards depleting important natural resource of the earth ‘Water’.  It is vital for shalinis to know that some 80 percent of the world’s wastewater is dumped—largely untreated—back into the environment, polluting rivers, lakes, and oceans. It was conveyed that water is a compelling agenda for India as our drinkable water sources are finite: Less than 1 percent of the earth’s freshwater is actually accessible to us. Speaking about the importance of water in the past, it was conveyed that major civilization has existed where the rivers are. These civilizations prospered near rivers Indus, Babylon, Nile, and Yellow river. Informing about the global per capita water availability, it was communicated that India is water stressed too. This was followed by showing a video to Shalinis on major rivers of India and pollution of river Yamuna was discussed in detail. Statistics of demand breakup of India’s water requirement was analyzed and it was alarming to see how figures are increasing every year. The discussion was done on India’s rainfall pattern and also how water can be conserved and reserved.

6^TH INTERCHAPTER MEET OF UDAYAN SHALINI FELLOWSHIPS

The purpose of organizing ‘6^th Inter-Chapter Meet’ was to gather at one place to discuss the best practices and challenges of each chapter of Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program. It was conducted in North Delhi where all the program team members of Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program were invited to take part in three days of the learning experience. The Inter-Chapter meet forum proved to be a powerful medium which facilitated all the participants to mingle with each other and become familiar. During the meet issues, challenges, best practices of each Chapters were discussed. Solutions to challenges were deliberated upon and pros and cons. Strengthening of Alumnae and Mentor connectivity was debated. CIRCA (Compassion, Inspire, Respect, Competence, and Accountability) values were elaborated. It was advised to imbibe these values and express them in daily actions. Importance of Employability workshops was communicated to all and stress was laid to implement the workshops in their respective chapters for the overall growth of the Shalinis. Information regarding ‘Finance and Accounts’ was imparted to the participants, questions were taken and doubts were clarified. Discussion on SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) was held soon after strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of USF were listed. The vision of USF for the year 2025 was reviewed and analyzed and also it was a rich learning experience for all participants. Overall it was fruitful 3 days’ meet making positive impressions and at the same time, it was great fun. 

MAY 2019 

Parent’s Meet by Faheem (Associate Director of USF)

The parents meet was started with an introduction of Faheem (Associate Director of Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program)and he greeted all the parents gathered there. Faheem gave all the parents a form to describe how satisfied they are with Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme and with their daughter’s overall performance. Then a discussion with parents started by Faheem asking the parents about how did they come to know about Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program. Some said through a neighbor and some said through the school where their daughter is studying. Taking forward the session, a discussion on the financial crisis was also done where parents talked about their financial conditions and how USF’s intervention helped their daughters to pursue higher education. Some parents even heartily thanked Faheem and the entire team who are working tirelessly for a good cause. The parents were highly satisfied with the support given by Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program.  Parents even requested Faheem to have such Parents Meet in every month because of the efficiency of the meet where you get to know so many different opinions and suggestions under one roof. The discussion ended with parents being happy for their daughters, and in a spirit to help their daughters reach the zenith. Parents then took their refreshments and left with their daughters.

Session on Self-Defense by Manshi (USF –Shalini, International Taekwondo Champion)

The workshop on ‘Self-Defense’ was taken by Manshi; she has“Black Belt” in Taekwondo and is an International Taekwondo Champion. She is a gold medalist at various level (International, National, State & School). Also, she won Gold Medal in Delhi Olympic Games. It was designed for school going Shalinis. All the Shalinis gathered in an open area to learn the techniques of protecting oneself.  So, the Manshi started the workshop by warm-up exercises to make everyone relax and energetic. Then Manshi delivered some self-defense techniques to all the Shalinis present there with the demonstration. She showed Shalinis the technique of hand grip unlocking with action to make it easier for the Shalinis to understand and to practice. In this technique, she showed how to free yourself if someone has attacked you by gripping you with their hands. Another technique was of back grip unlocking where Manshi demonstrated to free yourself if someone has attacked you from behind. Next, she discussed the benefits of the scarfs we use and how can we utilize it for our defense. Some attacking techniques with scarf were demonstrated to all. The next technique which was demonstrated was of knife attacks and how to take help from it for defense. Weight putting technique was also demonstrated where the trainer made the Shalinis practice it by putting weight on certain areas to free themselves from the attacker. The workshop ended with the cool down session of Yoga to make them relax and calm.  

Session on Foundation –Values by Bhaskar (Vice –President at contract advertising)

The objective of the workshop is to make Shalinis understand the meaning of values, importance of Role Models, identify role models for themselves, discover the ways they can add value to their lives and implement same values in their lives on a daily basis.

In the beginning of the session, Shalinis were explained about the meaning of values as our core beliefs which develop over the time we grow up. It was added that these values shape up our behavior, attitude and guide our actions in daily life. Shalinis were then asked about their career aspirations. In the interaction that followed, Shalinis spoke about role models and experience that led them to the resolve of choosing the path. From the debrief it was evident that role models show young people how to live with integrity, optimism, hope, determination, and compassion where they play an essential part in their positive development.  An activity was conducted where each Shalini was asked to write 5 role models in their lives and it could be educators, civic leaders, mothers, fathers, peers, and ordinary people whom they encounter within their everyday life. They could relate the impact of positive role model sets the example in their lives to live a meaningful life and by the end of the session, Shalinis grasped that values are part of the makeup of a person. All values exist in balance within oneself.

Success Story

Name: Prerna

Course: BA English Honours from Rajdhani College (University of Delhi)

‘Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit’.

Prerna has four members in her family including her father, mother and a younger brother. Her father is a stamp maker. Her mother is a housewife whom she has always seen supporting her father in thick and thin. On the other hand, she has a younger brother full of spirit and positive energy from whom she takes a lot of inspiration. She has a good habit of asking out questions and taking upon responsibilities. She finds it fascinating to know new things about the girls in her same batch. After joining Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program, she has not only attended the workshops but learned many things including learning terms like entrepreneurship, employability, decision making, menstrual hygiene, comprehensive sex education and much more.

She has transformed herself into an active, confident and career oriented girl. She is very much focused and with the help of USF she has gained much confidence to step positively in the outer world.

Presently, she is pursuing BA English Honours from Rajdhani College (University of Delhi), and also she is a part of ‘Tryambakam Dramatic Society of Rajdhani College.’ She even got second prize in Ad-Mad competition in GOONJ Inter College Theatre Fest. 

Udayan Shalini Fellowship

Udayan Shalini Fellowship programme of Udayan Care is a unique academic excellence and personality development programme for deserving and talented girls from weak socio-economic background aiming to turn them into empowered and dignified women or Shalinis. It is unique because it goes beyond being a usual scholarship programme by not only supporting higher education but also providing regular mentoring and leadership development and inculcating a sense of social responsibility to them.

Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme were also able to introduce ‘Employability and Placement section’ for our shalinis to help them get placements in various fields.

In 2018-19, USF has moved to 4 new cities – Pune & Thane (Maharashtra), Vadodara (Gujarat), Bengaluru (Karnataka)taking the count of chapters to 20. We have inducted around 1100 new girls in 13 states.

 Key Highlights

• Mock Interview was conducted with final year college Shalinis. Some experienced HR were called to give exposure in regards to the interview process.
• Udayan care is completing 25 years of existence and we are going to celebrate Silver Jubilee by organizing the USF Grand meet in the Month of March’19. In this regards, Delhi chapter conducted an Essay Writing Competition in the month of November and assessment of speech was done in the month December.
• The quarterly workshop was held to aware Shalinis about the importance of Decision Making and a decision made should be for the betterment of mass number of people. The resource person also spoke on Job, Career, and Service.
• Alumnae meet this year was held to reconnect with our alumnae and introduce them with the beginning of Alumnae cell who will work with the team to strengthen the association of other alumnae. The meet witnessed lots of activities and fun games. 

The social awareness campaign was conducted with Shalinis of different batches on the topic ‘Say No to Plastic’. The areas that were covered by them were Lalbagh and Model town market where they performed a beautifully prepared Role-play and distributed pamphlets to the masses. 

Mock Interview- 2nd Dec 2018

Mock Interviews were held to give exposure to shalinis with regard to the interview process. Our main aim was to connect to the alumnae as they needed to be grinned the most and also the third year girls who are yet to face the interview process. Alumnae and third-year girls were contacted and 23 girls agreed to come. There were four panelists which consist of HR’s from different firms in order to conduct the interview. The batch of girls was then divided into different panels; each panel consisted of 4-5 girls. Two segments were designed for the mock interview, first was one-on-one interaction and second was Group Discussion to give them the insight of the overall process. For the first round, there was an evaluation sheet which consisted of certain parameters on which the assessment of girls was supposed to be done. Each segment was of 5 marks and total 20 parameters were there. They were able to assess their performance on their own through the guidelines listed on the other sheet category wise e.g the girls who scored between 80-90% has different guidelines stating scope of improvement than the other percentage category. And now, for the second round, some topics were given to the panelist to conduct group discussion. This consisted total of 50 marks on set parameters. The panels conducted an interview in two halves and later discussed the individual’s performance in the group so that each gets the opportunity to learn from mistakes of others as well. The panels did a one-on-one interview with girls and then moved to group discussion and accordingly marking was done. Some girls did exceptionally well whereas some requires little improvement to be able to excel in interviews. Overall the session was impactful, informative and interesting. 

Assessment of Speech for Silver Jubilee Celebration-2^nd Dec 2018

Assessment of Speech was held with regard to second step towards choosing the top 10 shalinis for the 25^th Silver Jubilee Year Celebration. The competition comprised of three panels; one resource person for each panel. The judges marked the girls on the basis of their speaking skill, Pitch/ tone Confidence, Interest and Enthusiasm.  One by one girl came and delivered their speech with the best of their ability. They all performed well and were being evaluated on the same lines as stated above.

Interactive sessions by: Archna (USF Alumna) & Sapna (USF Alumna)- 2^nd Dec 2018

Archna (USF-Alumna) took the session with Batch-17^th (Class-XIth) It was an interactive session, telling them about a common thing and differences between passion and career. Being an Alumna, she shared her journey of Udayan Shalini and how she became a young dignified woman. She also conveyed the importance of Giving Back to the Society.  Ms. Archna is a Special Educator and she involved in many social activities, therefore she suggested Shalinis to come forward for the Nobel causes.

The second interactive session was taken by Sapna (USF-Alumna) with Batch-16^th (Class-XIIth). The session was a combination of career orientation and mentoring. She conveyed the importance of a Mentor who guides you throughout life to see you at great heights. She also conveyed about various career options available for each field. Since Shalinis are little tensed about their pre-board exams, Ms. Sapna suggested them methods to avoid stress and prepare well for the exam. 

Token of gift by Ms. Rashmi (USF Alumna) -2^nd Dec 2018 

Rashmi (USF Alumna)came to meet with newly inducted Shalinis (Batch-17^th). She carried beautiful earrings for them as a ‘Token of Gift.’ She came along with her friend (Ms. Babita) to give a glimpse of USF-Program. She was highly impressed with the Shalinis and ready to contribute towards the program. Ms. Rashmi shared how USF made her journey easy and successful. Ms. Rashmi also conveyed that mentors, workshops, exposure visit everything played a vital role in enhancing her confidence and taught to be a responsible citizen.  Shalinis promised her to keep everything in their mind to become a dignified Shalini. 

Mentor Allotment and Mentor-Mentee Meet (Batch-17^th) 2^nd Dec 2018

Udayan Shalini Fellowship program has one of the important components~ Mentoring. USF is privileged to have robust Alumnae Network. Every year, there is a selection process to identify new mentors/didi for the newly inducted batch. Only selected mentors are called for allocation and mentor-mentee meet. A Mentor Allotment and Mentor-Mentee Meet was conducted with Shalinis. There was an introductory round and then assigned appropriate mentor didi to Shalinis as per USF Mentorship Structure.

In the first meeting, first, they both exchanged their personal number to get in touch with each other for future meetings. Also, general discussion creates a familiar environment. Moreover, it was instructed that mentor didis has to be regular in future meetings including working on Shalinis overall personality, academic performance and career counseling.

Mentor-Mentee Meet with Batch-16^th - 2^nd Dec 2018

Mentor-Mentee Meet was conducted with Batch-16^th. First Sunday of every month is scheduled for Mentor-Mentee Meet. During the meet, Mentor Didis assess the quarterly performance of the mentees, learnings of the workshops and the gap areas.

The purpose of this meet is to help Shalinis getting proper guidance from Mentor Didi and work upon their improvement area with effective action. Through mentoring, shalinis get individual attention which helps them to perform better. Overall, frequent meetings are being effective. 

JANUARY 2019 

Quarterly Workshop on Motivational Talk by Pradeep, NM – 13^th Jan 2019

By gracing the invitation from Udayan Care, Pradeep who is a Commodore by profession accepted the invitation and came to talk to our Shalinis about his journey and to motivate our Shalinis. He focused on drawing strength from all the difficult and adverse situations of life and to believe in yourself. The lecture was started by him showing all the Shalinis a video on Indian Navy. He talked about his projects and his journey as the captain of the Indian Naval Ship INS Tarkash in 2015. He talked about the changes, bad times can bring into your life and how it changes your perspective to deal with it Another point which was discussed and was focused was to have the ability to give back to society because you can never be a taker always. You should have the courage to give back in whatever way you can. The session further moved on to a discussion on Job, Career and Service. Further Shalinis were told about the importance of Decision Making and a decision made should be for the betterment of mass number of people. The session came to an end with the conclusion that Courage is not a trait of humans, we feel it and exhibit it when we step out of our comfort zone. The session ended with a question answer round. 

Small Group Workshop on Positive Language Ms. Garima Singh (Sr. Manager-Training & Development) – 6^th Jan 2019

The workshop on Positive Language was conducted by Dr. Garima Singh. The objective of the workshop was to make Shalinis understand the meaning and means of communication, recognize the need for effective communication and apply ideas on internal and external communication. Interaction with the Shalinis on what do they understand from ‘communication’ was also done. Also, the focus was paid on ‘Interpersonal Communication’ which is diminishing nowadays because of the increase in the use of social media. Also, different activities were conducted where Shalinis were told about the importance and effectiveness of listening. Another activity was done to make the Shalinis understand interpersonal and intrapersonal communication. The session came to an end with the facilitator talking about positive thinking. It was further said that thoughts are automatic, deeply ingrained and suddenly one can’t change negative thoughts overnight but can change them slowly. With the end of the session, our Shalinis had an idea of understanding the importance of developing communication skills for personal and professional growth. 

Financial Management by Ms. Pooja Tripathi (USF Delhi-Program Coordinator) – 6^th Jan 2019

The workshop was conducted at North Delhi Chapter on ‘Financial Management’ with Batch-15th. It was designed to make Shalinis understand about the importance of saving. Which was included information about the various tools available at the bank and how to become aware of the working of these tools. Also, our lifestyle requirements and in absence of budget we become unable to save money out of our earnings.

The session was started with a simple question on ‘What do you understand by Saving? and what are the various tools which build financial strength?  Responses of Shalinis were quit relevant but they were not much familiar with the financial tools. The session gave them insight regarding various financial tools and it's used. Shalinis found the session very informative.

Small Group workshop on Communication 3: Verbal Communication by Ms. Sapna & Ms. Dimpika (USF Delhi –Alumnae) – 6^th Jan 2019 

The workshop on Positive Language was organized at Model Town in Delhi. It was attended by batch 17. The objective of the workshop was to make Shalinis understand the importance of English in the business world, practice active listening, learn about some basics of grammar, review pronunciation styles and incorporate and practice the new learning in speech.

At the beginning of the session, an activity was taken up where the class was divided into four groups. Each one was to present speech to their group with to aim to seek vote for themselves in student council elections. While speaking they were to refer to the points and not read from page. Facilitator explained this happens because you try to operate from fear. It was conveyed that FEAR stands for False Evidence Appearing Real which they should change into Face Everything And Rise. Emphasis was laid on listening skills. In debrief of the activities it was conveyed that communication skill to be mastered is the ability to listen. This followed by activities on English Grammar. By end of the session, Shalinis acquired clear knowledge of the importance of verbal communication. They understood that their verbal communication skills will increase the ability of them to share ideas, thoughts, and concerns with each other. 

8^thAlumnae Meet – 27^th Jan 2019

The event witnessed the coming up of all the beautiful people in a room together. The event started with the lighting up of lamp by our guest of honor accompanied by some of our alumnae. Our very talented Shalinis performed a Role Play to show us and re-live the moments that led to the foundation of this programme. There were two types of activities planned for the Alumnae so that they can have more fun and enjoy more. Then the complete crowd witnessed a wonderful Flash Mob performance by our Shalinis on Hindi songs ‘Bekhaufazadhairehnahume’ and ‘aj se apniaanmerimaitumkonachunedungi’. Then we asked the alumnae to come up on the stage and share their memories with all of us. The Role-play ended with a beautiful poem written by our existing Shalini which was praised by all and it also made Kiran's eyes wet with tears as thousand emotions passed through her. Later certificates were distributed and the gift of appreciation was handed over to the dignitaries. In the end, they all clicked beautiful pictures in the selfie booth made for them. Also, a signing board was prepared for them to write their views and feelings which we can cherish forever. It was a beautiful experience to get together for all the people present there. 

FEBRUARY 2019 

Employability Workshop on Adaptability and Learning by Garima – 3^rd Feb 2019

The workshop on Adaptability and Learning was conducted by Garima . The objective of the session was to make the Shalinis aware about the fact that change is an unavoidable event and how to adjust ourselves with a positive attitude to our changed situation in order to not to lose our self in a state of sorrow and restlessness. The facilitator also explained the shalinis about Adaptability. It was stressed that their ability to adapt to changes and become comfortable with ever-changing circumstances in their life will influence their happiness, health, stress, and well-being.Different coping mechanisms to adjust to the change were also discussed. Some videos on adaptability were also shown to the Shalinis and it made them feel highly motivated. By end of the session, Shalinis was clear that to manage change they need to modify their thinking & attitude to suit to current or future environments. Feedback given by a Shalini is “I enjoyed the workshop. I know change is constant and is a way of life. I will try to adapt to these situations with a positive attitude and will focus on the benefits of the inevitable change.”

Workshop on Problem Solving and Conflict Management by Bhaskar (Vice-president at contract advertising) – 3^rd Feb 2019

The session was conducted with the Shalinis of Batch 14. The objective of the session was to make the Shalinis understand the significance and importance of problem-solving. Different activities were done with them to see their approach towards problems. 7 steps of problem-solving were discussed in the session. Also, it was discussed if having poor problem-solving skills one can have a lot of problems in personal and professional life. Constructive and destructive conflict management was also discussed. Different activities were also performed with the Shalinis to make them learn from each other’s different point of view. A Shalini gave feedback “The workshop was very informative, I learned not to leave a problem in hand and run away from it but to recognize it and resolve it with utmost care.” 

Social Campaign on ‘Say No to Plastic’ – 9^th Feb 2019

The camp was conducted with Shalinis of different batches on the topic ‘Say No to Plastic’. The areas that were covered by them were Lalbagh and Model town market where they performed a beautifully prepared Role-play. Also, they raised their slogans and showcased handmade posters and banners. Also they were divided into groups to talk to the local people and make a video of their opinions and ideas to change this situation. Pamphlets in English and Hindi language were also distributed to everyone. Refreshment boxes were distributed to the girls. At the end of the campaign, a lot of appreciation of the Shalinis were done by the facilitators. One of the shopkeepers gave the feedback ‘It is so nice to see the youth talking about serious issues and taking steps against it and also wants more and more people like us to make people understand and aware about this important issue and also I will mention, if the use of this hazardous product will not come to an end it will be deadly for our more generations to come.’ 

SUCCEESS STORY

“When everything feels like an uphill battle, just think about the view from the top”

Kamini belongs to a family of five people where the financial condition of the family was not very good as her father has gone through three major surgeries and now he is on complete bed rest. To support the home, her mother is currently working in a medical shop. It’s tough for her mother to take care of all the expenses single-handedly including her husband’s treatment as well as her children’s education expenses.

Kamini Joined the Program in 2012 with an aim to support her higher education. She has learned a lot from personality development workshops of Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme. She has beautifully incorporated the component of Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme which is ‘giving back to society’.

“I was extremely shy and reserved by nature. But through the workshops organized by Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme, I was able to come out of my shell. I learned a lot and even shared my opinions and struggles with my mentors. Today, I feel more confident and I consider myself as a public speaker”

She really gets a lot of motivation from all the people associated with the programme including the mentors, the coordinators, the facilitators, the speakers and the complete team of Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme.

Currently, she is working in Genpact as a Process Associate but aspires to become a government employee in Food Corporation of India for which she is working hard.