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About Me

Bio

UPES Srijan Social Internships

S.M.I.L.E Bathinda NGO

Student Assessment by NGO

Weekly Learnings

Experience

Acknowledgement

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Name: Mohd. Ayan
Course: B.Tech Applied Petroleum Engineering, Upstream
SAP ID: 500096080
Roll No.: R870221112
LinkedIn ID: LinkedIn|Mohd Ayan

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Hey Visitor!

My name is Mohd. Ayan, pursuing B.Tech in Applied Petroleum Engineering, Upstream.

Following the path of self-made quote

Explorer By Heart,
Visionary By Mind

I'm a budding social enthusiast and currently serving as the Lead Changemaker & Super Leader under Srijan Social Internship'22.

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Srijan Social Internships is a program launched by UPES with the idea to make students aware of the social issues in India.

Under this, a student is required to go through 6-8 weeks of long social internship with a social sector organization.

Through these internships, students come face to face with social development challenges that India is facing.

This exposure helps students build empathy and develop valuable leadership skills.

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S.M.I.L.E (Support Me I Love Education) is focused on children's welfare activities aimed at all-round development of the children, especially for the poor, helpless & weaker sections.

It is also engaged in working for the welfare of underprivileged children in the field of Education, Healthcare & Livelihood.

The aim of S.M.I.L.E is to provide elementary education to all those tiny tots (the smiles) who cannot afford such.

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Week-1 (June 1 - June 5)

Week-2 (June 6 - June 12)

Week-3 (June 13 - June 19)

Week-4 (June 20 - June 26)

Week-5 (June 27 - July 3)

Week-6 (July 4 - July 10)

Week-7 (July 11 - July 17)

Week-8 (July 18 - July 24)

Week-9 (July 25 - July 31)

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Introductory Session

This was the very first week of the internship where I got introduced to all the NGO Mentor & Interns.

The meeting started with the formal introductions of everyone where an amazing thing came out to be that most of the interns interning at this NGO were from my residential city,

"The Jhumka City of India - Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh"

After the series of introductions, everyone was asked about his/her vision which he/she see for this social internship. As I have already been a volunteer at some NGOs in the past, so my vision was clear to contribute to my best for the welfare of society so that no one remains unequal and should enjoy every basic need.

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We were assigned our very first task to prepare an Individual SWOT Analysis by briefly explaining our personal Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats.

In the succeeding meetings, the SWOT of each intern was discussed and NGO Mentor told the scope of improvement in preparing such professional analysis.

This activity was done so that we can analyze what are our weaknesses & threats which we usually hide by showcasing our strengths & achievements.

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The second task assigned to all the interns in a group was to make a detailed report/presentation of a school building to be constructed using bamboo for students of the age group 4-15 years.

For the same, following contents were to be displayed in the presentation so that an elaborated understanding can be made by going through the document:

Basic Model of School Building

Required Bamboo for School Building

Cemented Floor and Carpeting

Roof of School

Furniture

Electrification

Gates (Main Gate & Room Gates)

Fencing

Material Cost

Labour Cost

So, we divided each stuff amongst us for collaborative work and to get it done fast as we were given a very short deadline for its completion.

I as a Group Leader of the NGO along with my fellow Co-Group Leader took a few unofficial meetings for dividing the work and to supervise.

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Review of Task-2

The second week started with reviewing the presentation by the NGO Mentor which was prepared by all the interns on "Project Bamboo School Building".

The NGO Mentor asked each of us about our contribution to the making of the presentation and asked us to explain the slides which are prepared by every individual.

After reviewing and discussing it, he appreciated all the interns for completing it within the deadline and even told us how it could have been more improvised.

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The Third Task assigned to us individually was to make an Educational Video on any basic topic for the age group of 4-15 years by watching which, they can learn something new and get some outcome out of it.

The video was supposed to be made from scratch, original and plagiarism from YouTube and other sources was restricted.

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This week no new task was assigned as we were given the time to make the video.

I & my Co- Group Leader took regular meetings with the Interns on the following agendas:

First meet under Week-3 was held to discuss the topics which each of us will take. Every topic was supposed to be different from the other, basic and unique.

Next meet was conducted to decide the video editing software which can be opted for the trimming and basic editing of the video.

Every intern told their opinions concluding which Canva was taken as the primary software for making the video and adding graphics, transitions in it as Canva is easy to use.

For having a good hand over Canva, we requested Ms. Aakriti Khandelwal (fellow intern) to take a workshop on "How to use Canva".

The last meeting of Week-3 was held for fixing up the issue of Voice Over as the NGO Mentor directed us to add our voice over mandatorily in the video.

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This week was a follow-up of the task assigned under Week-2 of Educational Video Making.

Some of the interns were changing their topic as they were facing difficulties with the prvious topic they chose so a meeting was conducted by the Group Leaders to finalise the topics and to discuss the topics with each other.
After the topics were finalized, they were sent to the NGO Mentor.

Further, a meeting was called on June 23 by the Group Leaders for reviewing some of the videos which were made by few interns so that those who were still figuring out the way to start can get an idea.

Last meeting of Week-3 was taken on June 25 by the Group Leaders for announcing that the sample videos will be reviewed in the next week and all have to submit it by the weekend. Few interns had some doubts which were cleared and everyone was now set to prepare the sample video.

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Review of Sample Videos

The week started by having a meeting on June 27 where the sample educational videos of all the interns were played through screen sharing and interns discussed on how someone's video can be improved.

After this particular meeting, our NGO Mentor was supposed to review the sample videos, so we tried our best to showcase something productive after days of hard work.

The next meeting was conducted by the NGO Mentor for reviewing all the sample videos. He asked us to screen share the videos one by one and saw every video minutely. He even told us a few parameters and technicalities which were absent in the videos.

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In the last week where the NGO Mentor gave review over each and every video, we got an idea where the video can be improved and what all edits can make it more attractive.

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This week was a follow-up to the educational video task where all the interns screen-shared their videos and showed them to the NGO Mentor. He was well impressed with our work, dedication and amount of time we gave so that the children can get some takeaways from the video which can contribute at least a little to their future.

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This was the last week of the internship when the NGO Mentor took a meeting with all the interns for sharing his experience with us and listening to our takeaways & learnings. Each intern was satisfied with whatever best they were able to do in the past 2 months. I promised my mentor to visit S.M.I.L.E at least once in the near future so as to spend some time with the S.M.I.L.E family.

It was overall a happy ending of the internship but not from society. Sir motivated us to contribute every time whenever and in whatever way it is possible.

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This week, I & my Co-Group Leader hosted a meeting where we told all the interns about the reports, essays & Daily Reflection Report they are supposed to update and accomplish so as to officially mark the internship as completed.
We explained and made them understand the value of reports and the impact that can create to their life.

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I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Arun Kumar, Ms. Shivani Yadav (Social Internship Officers) and the whole UPES Career Services Department for their endless support and for making the process of the Srijan Social Internship such beautiful.

I would also like to thank Mr. Amrit Pal Singh, NGO Mentor of S.M.I.L.E Bathinda for giving us this opportunity to intern at S.M.I.L.E and for guiding and supporting us all through the internship and for making this journey of social internship, a memorable one.