NAME – Raghav Bashambhu
DEPARTMENT – Department of Mathematics
YEAR AND COURSE – 2nd year, 5 yr. Integrated MSc. in Statistics and Informatics.
HALL – Meghnad Saha Hall of Residence
STANDING FOR THE POST OF – General Secretary, Social and Cultural
PROFILE –
1. School captain in 10th and 12th classes and organised various events at the school level.
Also participated and won in Debates, Quizzes, Dance and Swimming Competitions.
2. A member of English Technology Dramatics Society.
3. Associate Publicity Member of Spring Fest 2009. Represented Spring Fest in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.
4. Represented Meghnad Saha Hall of Residence in Inter-hall events viz. Hindi Dramatics, Bengali Dramatics, Choreography, Swimming, Athletics and Open IIT and Foundation Day Debate.
5. Core Organizing Team Member of Spring Fest 2010.
- Played a role in Sponsorship Deals worth Rs. 7.58 lakhs.
- Publicized Spring Fest in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Kolkata and Rourkela and was instrumental in bringing Quality and Quantity Participation from these regions.
- Contributed to the Planning and Execution of Grand Preludio in SF 2010.
- Involved in the planning of Inquizzitive – Collection of 5 quizzes in SF 2010.
- Worked dedicatedly and efficiently as an Accommodation attaché during SF 2010 while co-ordinating with a team comprising of 1 venue head, 2 co-members and a team of 30 volunteers and successfully accommodated all participants.
- Contributed to Vaani – SF’s online newsletter and the Souvenir of SF 2010.
PROPOSALS –
1. To inculcate social motivation and to have expert judgement, I propose to invite judges from NGO’s.
- Received confirmation from NGO’s like SOS Children Village, CINI India, C.R.Y. and Greenpeace.
- NGO’s willing to invite the winners to perform along with them to promote social causes.
- Implementation to be done in Open IIT Dramatics on a pilot basis.
2. To publicize Spring Fest in-house and externally on a much larger scale, I propose this idea of launching Spring Fest Merchandize.
- Starting from T-shirts, it will be extended to a wide variety of accessories like Sweat-shirts, Key-chains, Bags, Chocolates, etc.
3. To propagate the notion of the rich Social and Cultural life at IIT Kharagpur and to provide an incentive to the students who strive hard to perform brilliantly in various events and productions in spite of rigorous academic schedule, I propose to record them and then the ones which make the podium finish will be sent to the television channels requesting to telecast them.
- Received confirmations from Doordarshan, Gyan Darshan, ETV Bangla.
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Excellent idea on merchandising. Looks like 3 good candidates and 1 idiot. Lets see who gets voted
Nice work in the SOP man…. good luck