UMMID – THE SOCIAL SERVICE CLUB

IIM INDORE, PGP AT MUMBAI

About Ummid

UMMID is the social service club of IIM Indore- PGP at Mumbai. All of us at the institute

believe that success is worthy only if it can help the society to grow and prosper. Having

this philosophy as the cornerstone, the club takes pride by engaging the budding

managers of IIM Indore (PGP at Mumbai) for contributing towards the welfare of the

society. The club channels the managerial skills of the participants towards the

betterment and improvement of the underprivileged and our society at large. UMMID

believes that every small step taken can become the reason for someone’s priceless

smile and will make this world a better place. To achieve this goal UMMID has taken

various initiatives where in the students have been actively involved to serve the

society.

Events

Among many of the initiatives taken by the club, the most notable ones are the

celebration of Diwali and Holi with the children of Mermier Bal Ashram – an orphanage

home. The students spent the entire day at the foundation engaging the children with

games, dance and drawing competition with a special lunch that was appreciated by all

of them.

UMMID also celebrated Christmas with the children at CORP India shelter home at

Kailash Nagar, Mumbai. It was a wonderful day filled with joy at the centre. Students

distributed gifts and carried out various interesting activities. At the end, UMMID

extended a delightful X-Mas dinner to the children. Students returned with a promise to

make many more visits in the future.

The UMMID club extended unstinted support in organizing Flash Mob by PGP MUMBAI

across various malls during the Republic Day to spread awareness on violence against

women. This was a conscious effort dedicated to all the women who have faced societal

violence at some point in their life and hence spreading the message of the importance

of women empowerment.

On the 68th Independence Day of India, Ummid Club organised “Socio Managers”- an

article writing competition to capture the perspective of young budding managers on

social issues. Topics for the competition were:

1) Are Indian women really independent in today's world?

2) The new CSR related amendment in the Companies Act 2013 is a boon or bane?

3) Do you feel MBA students can become better social entrepreneurs?

The media coverage of the activities has been published on the UMMID pages of

Facebook and LinkedIn.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/UMMID/548772525220895

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=6660691&trk=eml-group_invt-b-button-

viewgroup&ut=0gV48F8Lsud6c1

The club is also aiming to develop a platform for students to understand the CSR and

related activities.

UMMID takes pride in ensuring to carry out many such activities and continuously

contributing towards the development of the society in every possible manner.

Members

Sharmistha Chattopadhyay (Secretary)

Devi Prasad Khatua

Gaurav Rathi

P. Mathan Anto Marshine