AIESEC Bangalore

NEWSLETTER

REFLECTIONSREFLECTIONS

Vishal Ponnappa

Outgoing Exchange

Ayush Mishra

Outgoing Exchange

Rakshit Prasad

Corporate Sector

Anusha Gopal

Corporate Sector

DM Varun

Education Sector

Sahiba Dhandhania

Development Sector

Naomi Varghese

Talent Management

Moiz Arenpurwala

Communication and Information management

Kira Rapaka

Expansions Abhishek Kalsur

Business Developement

Meenakshi Muthaih

Finance

EXECUTIVE BODY –2011-12

THE OLYMPIANS

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Exchange Support

We hope to deliver yet again,

another legendary year to make

hundreds others across the city

experience the AIESEC dream and

look forward to your support for

the same.

Regards,

Shravan Thampi

The year 2011 marks an important landmark in the illustrious history of AIESEC

in India with 30 years of impact in the country. AIESEC has continuously aligned

itself to the changing needs to the society, bridging cultural gaps, bringing people

of the world together, literally, but most importantly it has created and shaped

future leaders each day. AIESEC is the worlds largest international youth

organization present in over 110 countries across the globe providing young people

with an international platform to explore and develop their leadership potential.

AIESEC in Bangalore is one of the oldest and most pioneering Local Committees

in the Network. With a rich history of creating leaders who have gone on to

achieve great impact in the local and international levels both internally and

externally as well as being a Local Committee with a strong engaged membership,

we havecontinued to grow from stride to stride.

‘If not now when, now not me who’. This is a quote that is the driving force

behind the team as we look to embrace the dynamic environment and evolve as a

Local Committee to deliver our Vision of ‘Providing quality experiences to all our

stakeholders.’

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

National Awards won at NLS:

Most Progressive local committee in External Relations

Best Transition Awards

The Annual General Meeting(AGM) is where the

local committee is held accountable for their

performance .In the meeting the outgoing Executive

body is discharged by the members and the

incoming Executive Body is ratified according to its

performance This year the Annual General Meeting

was held on the 2nd of February where the mantle

of leadership was passed on to the New Executive

Body led by The Local Committee President. It is

a day where emotions and pride of being a part of

AIESEC Bangalore is at their peak. In this Annual

General Meeting the outgoing Executive Body, led by

Ankit Chowdhary, were discharged by vote from

their responsibilities and the new executive body

was ratified. The incoming Executive Body present

ed their early plans and the budget for AIESEC in

Bangalore. It was an epic moment as both The

Executive Bodies were present together, paving the

future of AIESEC. Emotions soared high when it was

time for the outgoing Executive Body (The Jedi

Council) to submit their resignation letters to the

Local Committee President. The Annual General

Meeting will surely be a day that each member in

this Local Chapter will cherish for a long time to

come.

RECRUITMENT INDUCTION AND LOCAL CONGRESS

Recruitment is an event in which AIESEC Bangalore goes

out to many colleges to promote various activities and

recruit potential members .The recruitment process

consists of a member being selected after successfully

clearing the group discussion and personal interview.

AIESEC in Bangalore towed about 450 forms from 7

different colleges. After a month of the tedious

recruitment process, the new General Body of AIESEC

Bangalore was finally ready to be inducted!

A meeting was held to brief the parents of the new

recruits. The Vice President of each department gave a

brief introduction to their departments and the various

projects that they undertook. The Induction ceremony

for the parents was a success!

And then there was the Local congress weekend held

Green Valley Resort.

The whole weekend was charged with some incredible

amounts of energy from everyone. The new recruits slowly

understood the working of the organization. There were

many presentations about each department. The new

recruits had activities related to leadership, world issues

and other AIESEC actions. We learnt a major chunk about

each department. The only things left to learn would come

with experience and time.

CORPORATE SECTOR

1.Rakshit Prasad

Vice President Corporate Relations

Phone | +91-9972812328

Email | rak.prasad@gmail.com

2.Anusha Gopal

Vice President Corporate Relations

Phone | +91-9980711771

Email | anusha.243@gmail.com

The Education Sector deals with internships for various educational projects for private and public

schools in Bangalore.The clients that the department are currently working with are Pupil Tree

Residential School, Indus International School, Foreign Languages Institute, Adarsha Vidya Samsthe.

Five international candidates have been registered with Educational Exchange Program who will come

down to Bangalore and impact the Education Sector by teaching in various schools. The department has

12 members from different colleges.

EDUCATION SECTOR

1.DM Varun

Vice President Education Sector

Phone | +91-9738953025

Email | varun2711@gmail.com

CORPORATE SECTOR

Impact Created-20 interns Came down to

work for various corporates.

Education Sector

Impact Created– 5 international Interns

came down to teach at various schools

TN or the Corporate Sector works with the Corporates in Bangalore and caters to various international

internships for various corporate bodies in the region .After recruitment, the strength of the

department stands at 24 from various colleges. Training sessions have been carried out for them and

the members have been taken on various appointments to give them a peek into the working of the

department. The first quarter of 2011 saw a total of 76 internships being registered for international

candidates out of which 5 will come soon and 9 have already arrived. In terms of internships raised in

Q1, 2011 has been the best in the history of AIESEC in Bangalore and currently stands 3rd Nationally.

The department looks forward to the second quarter with zest and hope to keep the work going.

The Social Sector deals with NGOs and various other social issues in

Bangalore .The department has initiated four Projects . The projects have also

instilled a sense of leadership and confidence in all the members as they work in

teams to realize their targets.

PROJECTS BEING RUN CURRENTLY:

1. PROJECT NAME: CONZERVE

The department brings environmental conservation and management under one

roof. The individuals taking part in the project will emerge as proactive,

motivated and responsible change agents who will have the skill and the vision to

play a positive role in society and the world at large.

2. PROJECT NAME: GENESIS

Genesis is a project based on exchange in the field of HIV/AIDS. It aspires to

empower young compassionate people to be well equipped for the challenges of

the future. The project aims at sensitizing and promoting the issue via

conducting workshops, seminars and earning activities over a network of schools,

colleges, corporate/social organizations etc.

3. PROJECT NAME: FOOTPRINTS

AIESEC in Bangalore believes that every child deserves a chance, and through

its bilateral development change programme, it attempts at providing

opportunity for interns to come and make a difference

4. PROJECT NAME: EMPOWER NETWORK

The project aims at taking participating members through a structured learning

process, to provide them with requisite experience in Gender Empowerment.

SOCIAL SECTOR

SOCIAL SECTOR

Impact Created-13 NGOs Impacted

Sahiba Dhandhania Vice President Social Sector Phone | +91-7676181628 Email | sahibadhandha-nia@gmail.com

1.Ayush Mishra

Vice President Student Sector

Phone | +91-9902586306

Email | ayush20391@gmail.com

2. Vishal Ponnappa

Vice President Student Sector

Phone | +91-9886337042

Email | vishalponnappa7@gmail.com

STUDENT SECTOR

STUDENT SECTOR

Impact Created-27 students from Bangalore were sent for International Internship

The Outgoing Exchange sector offers International Internships to students in Bangalore and gives them a unmatchable life changing experience. Christ University, MCC and SJCC are the main entity colleges tied up to AIESEC in Bangalore . Membership was based out of these colleges and its activities as well. International relationships with countries like China, Romania, Mauritius and Ukraine were developed so as to make the process of internships much easier. The Student Sector in Q1 was able to impact many countries like Russia, Cyprus, Turkey , Mauritius.

AIESEC EXPERIENCES

After having had the opportunity to work and meet with people from all around the world (through my roles at

AIESEC), a natural progression to my current experiences led me to want to head to the future and

experience diversity first hand.

This curiosity coupled with the need to develop a holistic perspective to Human Resources led me to apply to

the ABN AMRO Bank headquartered in Amsterdam, as a Global Coordinator. I chose the bank based on the

role and the fact that it provided me an opportunity to take forward my AIESEC experience and blend it with

the current organization strategy. Little did I realize, that it was pretty much, one of the best choices I had

made till then.

Working and living in Amsterdam for about 16 months, was just awesome. My first team (for the first 6

months of my internship) was the Leadership development team. The team had a beautiful blend of

exceptional people from the industry (non-AIESEC), and a some exceptional leaders from AIESEC. Not only

did I learn through my job role but I had the opportunity to learn from my team and from their roles - which

is something I'd treasure forever. From a cultural perspective working in the Netherlands gave me a reality

check! Their ability to balance work and their personal life was amazing and it made me realize that this is an

aspect I'd like to work on in a personal and in a professional capacity.

The fun of living in another country, exploring a new culture by yourself, meeting new people, understanding

your boundaries and discovering yourself - I believe cannot be traded with any other

experience at the an age of 22.

The role at ABN led me to experience change management and transition as the bank was in the process of a

historical merger process. It enabled me spend 6 months working within a completely new area - private

banking and sustainability, and most importantly it led me to discover what I am passionate about – people and

organizations. Coming back to India and experiencing working with a leading

technology company in an emerging market was important. This led to my working with Infosys and my role at

Infosys led me to explore academia as I had the opportunity to manage the relationship between Infosys and

leading academic institutions from around the world. The responsibility of building these relationships,

travelling on your own, representing Infosys and India at about 14 institutions while managing 16 others

(virtually) was just fabulous. I cannot stress on how much AIESEC and ABN prepared me for it!

Today, I head out into the future again, but this time as a student. As I wrote my application to university I

realized so much of who I am and what I've learnt has come from the choices I made - which were to

experience leadership and diversity. My experiences furthered my belief in work hard, the need to take risks,

learn from my mistakes, experience the world and take responsibility.

As I close I'd urge you to step out of your comfort zone and experience the world outside. It's an expeirence

you'll remember very fondly for the rest of your life but as you plan your next steps -

try to define what you'd like to take away from your heading to the future stage and most importantly have

fun!

ALUMNI ‘S CORNER

-Anu Murthy

UPCOMING EVENTS

EDITOR’S NOTE Reflection in a clear pool of thoughts is worth living a thousand memories”

This news letter gives a sneak peak into the quarter one story of AIESEC in Bangalore and our

journey so far. AIESEC in Bangalore this year has done the most successful first quarter in the

Local Chapters history and creating this news letter was one of the most exciting and challenging

task for the editorial board. The news letter speaks volumes of the hard work and dedication put

behind by the editorial board and the numerous hours of their valuable time which has been put it in

to give it the shape it is in now.

The months gone by in this year have been action packed with events and numerous activities for

AIESEC in Bangalore. The new Executive Body has revolutionized the Local Chapters performance

and has nurtured growth, culture and performance among every single member in the Local

Committee. The promising new members and the excellent department culture have paved the path

to an excellent year ahead. In this news letter we have reflected every event and departments’

performance with a splash of individual experiences from our trainees and clients.

This news letter portrays our journey over the last three months and every memory AIESEC in

Bangalore holds on to. We, from the editorial board bring to you the quarter one newsletter of

AIESEC in Bangalore

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