Released on = December 14, 2006, 3:04 am

Press Release Author = Anjali Sinha/International Management Institute

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = International Management Institute's Students Celebrate
Children's Day with Nayee Disha ad Action for Autism children.

Press Release Body = In keeping with the core values of IMI, the first batch of the
PGPHRM students decided to share in the task of helping underprivileged and
afflicted children in their own way. The association with Smile Foundation was
appropriately begun on the occasion of Children's Day. Poverty, malnutrition, lack
of access and other physical and mental disorders are distressing especially among
children. Every gesture, contribution helps since \"A Long Journey Begins with a
small Step\".
There is no greater pleasure than to bring a smile on the face of a child. With this
objective, students of International Management Institute [IMI], New Delhi spent the
Children's Day with the children at two of Smile Foundation projects. The PGPHRM,
IMI students' chose two projects namely Nai Disha Free Education Society in NOIDA
and Action for Autism, New Delhi.
The project with Nai Disha caters to around 500 under-privileged children with
educational and health care support. The other project with Action for Autism works
for children with Autism, a rare disorder.
Nai Disha - New Path for Under-privileged Children through Education

It all started with an introductory interaction with the students. Three teams of
four student volunteers went to each classroom and familiarized themselves with the
students of Nai Disha. Various activities like singing & dancing, making caricatures
as well as other games were organized independently in each classroom. The IMI
students also distributed gifts especially for this occasion of Children's Day.
There were Five Star chocolates and Sketch pens to encourage them to express
themselves on paper in whichever form.

Then the Nai Disha students were taken outside to participate in various outdoor
games specially designed keeping in mind their age group. This was followed by
everybody assembling at one place to conclude the day with a musical performance and
the hall reverberated with thunderous clapping from the little hands of Nai Disha
children. A perfect ending to the day. It was now time to leave but the heart felt
heavy, little tears filled the cheeks of these underprivileged students and the MBA
aspiring students. They shared the same feeling and expressed each others' desire to
stay in touch and exchanged numbers assuring each other to meet once again.

"This experience was first of its kind to all of us and it indeed was a memorable
one. Since the time we entered the school building to the time we left it we were
all spellbound by the amount of happiness we could bring to those smart, intelligent
and extremely naughty children. Some of their toothless smiles were priceless."
PGPHRM Students. 1st year. Batch 2006-2008


Action for Special Children with Autism
14th November, 2006, Children's Day, will be etched in the memory of the select
group of students of PGPHRM, IMI, who were privileged enough to get the opportunity
to visit OPEN DOOR, abode to the unsung angels of society, a school for taking care
and grooming Autistic children. Autism is a mental disability in which the person
has impairment in the social uses of language, social understanding and imagination.
It is often mistaken as mental retardation but an autistic person is like a normal
human being with the aforementioned symptoms. In India, one in every 250 people have
certain degree of autism, but the awareness about it is abysmally low. Action For
Autism, under the aegis of which Open Door is being run, is an initiative taken to
spread awareness about autism, apart from carrying out research into deciphering the
psychology of the autistic, and running pedagogical programs to train the
prospective faculty for the grooming of the autistic.

In the sprawling lawns of the school, the IMI students performed a diverse mix of
songs, tempting the audience to tap their foot and sing along. It was a pleasing
sight to watch the children charging on to them, in sheer innocence, trying to pluck
a string or two of the guitar and snatching the mike to sing in their own unbeatable
way. After the performance, the students also interacted with the faculty and the
children of AFA, which they definitely felt was quite a learning experience. Each
moment was savoured watching the kids running around, playing their silly pranks on
each other and brimming with innocence. Their feelings, expressions and smiles were
well captured by Ms. Anjali Sinha, IMI's Corporate Communications' personnel's
camera. With the serving of snacks, the function came to a close. At the time of
departure the International Management Institute's students were gifted with items
crafted by the unsung angels. However, the students felt that they were gifted more
with the children's love and warmth more than anything else. The children taught
them something extremely important, "they made us realize that there are some things
in life which hold more worth than anything else, and this is the least we could do
to try to live up to that worth. We left the boundary of Open Door with a desire to
associate ourselves with the kids in whatever way we can, and we look forward to
visit them often. Indeed, it's an honor for us."

Web Site = http://www.imi.edu

Contact Details = International Management Institute (IMI)
B-10, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi. India
www.imi.edu

Ms. Anjali Sinha
(Exec. Corporate Comm.s, IMI)
anjalisinha@imi.edu