“Every life is a story; extraordinary stories of ordinary men and women. They work in small offices, study in ordinary schools and do very ordinary things, but their stories of love are far beyond our imagination. Fate twists their life and brings them to unexpected crossroads. What separates them from the pack is the choice they exercise. The grandmother at Ramban and the Irish girl at Rajasthan had one thing common: their choice. Ammi at Ladakh and the girl at Delhi had the same fate but different choices.

Stories inspire all of us. A routine life can be turned into extraordinary by making the right choice. This book is about all of us who have thousands of stories to be woven in future and the choices that we will make.”

As students, we are expected to create change in society. We are told to step up and fight against what we think is wrong. While it is every teacher, grandpa, inspirational speaker and 4t h grade debating topic’s duty to persuade us into believing that we need to bring about change ‘that we wish to see in the world’ (because everyone can?), there is undoubtedly some merit in taking our future in our own hands. In 2018, a group of students in Delhi lead by Simran Gulati from Hansraj College, Delhi University, took on this role with unbridled passion. The Delhi chapter under the parent organisation, Uddeshya India, started with a simple thought, ‘lets do something real’.
Uddeshya Delhi is a youth for youth organisation. The main issues it has taken up are mental health, women empowerment, social entrepreneurship, and substance abuse. It aims to give the youth of India the tools, skills and platform to become the future change-makes of the country. This will empower them, and allow them to create sustainable change. Each issue they take up is looked at from a fresh perspective creating unique events that impacts everyone who attends them in some way or another.
There are five teams who handle functioning of various aspects, such as Human Resources, Events and Operations, Research etc. With the hardworking heads of each team guiding the members, the environment created is extremely open and welcoming. Each person is encouraged to express their views and what they believe the organisation should take up. Not to mention, the heads and members are around the same age, allowing a sense of comfort and familiarity to envelop the entire working process. This results in a wonderful situation where people are working in a happy space for what they believe in, ensuring committed and passionate members. In this world of facades and complexities, Uddeshya Delhi allows a simple forum of expression and problem solving.
With the aim of change in mind, the students first addressed the grey, thundering and mostly ignored cloud above our heads – Mental Health Awareness. It organised fun events like Drum therapy and emotional events like the Share Project which became quite well- known amongst students. The Share Project involved three individuals who shared the stories of how they dealt with their mental health disorders- the good, bad and ugly parts of it. It provided a safe environment for many people to bring up what they were going through, leading to unburdened hearts and bittersweet memories. Their only complaint? It ended too soon. (Brownie point: They gave everyone brownies).
On Suicide Awareness Day, to increase accessibility, two experts on mental health participated in a Facebook Live session. They answered the questions of students watching the streaming and had a profound impact on them, leaving them a little wiser. The final event on mental health, Headspace, was an undoubted success, and was appreciated for its Slam Poetry, Human Library and distinguished panel discussion. Brilliant speakers from psychoanalysts to government officials working on substance abuse stimulated everyone’s
brains while the human library left everyone feeling lighter and happier. For many attendees it was a memorable day full of merriment.
Uddeshya’s flagship idea is that of Peer Educator Training Programme (PETP). The idea behind this is that you share your problems and concerns with members of the organisation, who strive to be your friends and thus give you advice not from a level of authority, but as someone who understands and empathises with your issues. The main assumption is that one is more inclined to listen to a friend rather than a figure of authority giving you orders and expecting you to follow them. The ‘Peer Educators’ are thoroughly trained to assume this role and to successfully deliver the PETP Module (which has been on various issues such as Sexual Harassment, AIDS awareness etc.) It organises orientations applying this initiative in all their events. The aforementioned modules were delivered by the various chapters of Uddeshya all over India, i.e. Mumbai, Nagpur, Chennai and Vellore. Uddeshya Delhi, in the coming weeks, and through intensive months-long research, has come up with its own module on Health. This will include sexual health, dietary health etc., and they are expected to deliver it in colleges and schools very soon.
Along with this, the organization has also maintained a blog on Medium.com, that contains various enlightening articles written by members from topics on women empowerment and mental health awareness to substance abuse.
It is very safe to say that Uddeshya Delhi has surpassed all expectations and done brilliant work in the past year. They have managed to do this despite their responsibilities as students, and will continue working hard and diligently. They regularly open up membership drives, so be sure to keep on a close watch on their Facebook and Instagram handles for more details. Uddeshya Delhi is living evidence of the fact that anyone can bring about some change, if that is what they truly want to do.

Net impact delhi university has successfully hosted the Net Impact Drawdown Innovate workshop and now accepting responses for that. You just need to send an innovative way of implementing the following solutions of reducing impact of climate change having an entrepreneurial design.
The solutions are
1) Telepresence
2) waste to energy
3) food waste

You can choose any 1 of them. You can send your entries at [email protected] by 11.59 PM, 8th March, 2019.
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Your idea can help you become local winner I. E., winner of all entries received by NI DU and win the cash prize of 5 K.
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On 28th February,2019 the Society for Financial Literacy and Consumer Awareness (SOFICA) and Udyamita-The Entrepreneurship Cell of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University of Delhi organised their annual fest Tvesh 2.0- Where Creativity Meets Knowledge. The day began with the Inaugural Ceremony where in the Principal Dr. Man Mohan Kaur addressed the team audience with her words describing the meaning of Tvesh and the importance of the activities combining fun with knowledge. Along with that, college’s Vice Principal and Convenors acknowledged and appreciated the team for their efforts for making the day possible.

The events for the day included ‘Startup Mania-Battle of Wits’ , ‘Seek the Unseek’- Every task matters’ , ‘??Steps’, Entrepreneurial Bazaar KLOL- Khalsa Laugh Out Loud. KLOL was the main highlight of the fest as it was the the first ever Stand-up comedy competition organised in the college at such a huge platform with having two prominent personalities of the fraternity- Mr. Parvinder Singh and Mr. Jaspreet Singh as the guest for the day. The stage was set with their performances and was really enjoyed by the massive crowd at the college.
At last , the event was a huge success and was appreciated by each and everyone. All the team members were acknowledged and appreciated for their efforts in making the day worth remembering. We also thank our Convenors for showing immense support and being our backbone at all times.

Delhi hosted its first shortest marathon – Run2Care to raise awareness about different forms of disability on 24th February 2019 at DLF Place Saket. The run invited participants from Delhi/NCR to cover a distance of 999 meters in 45 minutes was organized by Startup Leadership Programme in association with Those In Need and In For The Cause. Amongst the 250 people who took part in the marathon, more than 50 of them were persons with disability. One of the participants mentioned, “The event helped us uncover different types of disabilities which we unknowingly ignored for so many years. And when we witnessed people with them, we were able to understand the challenges faced. The takeaway for me is perseverance. I saw a girl struggling to complete the race but did it anyway and she has become an inspiration for me.’’ – Shivpriya.

The main purpose of the event is to keep the running tradition alive and engage people who do not take part in long marathons, thus discussing with them the 21 kinds of disabilities under the Disability Act, 2016. The event also included various engaging activities like canvas painting, act by Clownselors and an eye opening performance by Asmita Theatre group. First three runners and the last three participants were awarded by with medals and certificates.
A parent, Aastha Chadha said,“It was a great event with a commendable team effort. Good to see so many lovely, smiling faces. These kind of events motivates and inspires. Good job team”.

Abhishek Saini, Co-founder, Those In Need added, “We were really amazed to see Garima, a six year old special girl child, who fell down during the run but refused to take the short cut and completed the run with the help of her parents. This was a great source of motivation for everyone.”
The biggest success of the event was that the team could bring together everyone on an equal platform whilst keeping the competitive spirit of a race, and of winning one alive.

“We saw courage, enthusiasm and the willingness to share stories in a public format. It was encouraging to meet a young lady with Parkinson’s who was participating to spread awareness on the condition. Running or any sports event becomes a medium to interact socially which has been missing from the lives of persons with disability. We look forward to partner on the next edition.” – Madhavi Gupta, Founder, In For The Cause. The event has set an example in the area of community sports that brought together people from all walks of life. It was the first, one of a kind inclusive, open to all sports event.

On 28th February,2019 Society for Financial Literacy and Consumer Awareness(SOFICA)
and Udyamita-The Entrepreneurship Cell of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University
of Delhi organised their annual fest Tvesh 2.0- Where Creativity Meets Knowledge.
The day began with the Inaugural Ceremony where in the Principal Dr. Man Mohan Kaur
addressed the team audience with her words describing the meaning of Tvesh and the
importance of the activities combining fun with knowledge. Along with that , college’s Vice
Principal and Convenors acknowledged and appreciated the team for their efforts for
making the day possible.
The events for the day included “Startup Mania-Battle of Wits” , “Seek the Unseek’n- Every
task matters” , ” FUN-Steps”, Entrepreneurial Bazaar KLOL- Khalsa Laugh Out Loud. KLOL was
the main highlight of the fest as it was the the first ever Stand-up comedy competition
organised in the college in such a huge platform with having two prominent personalities
of the fraternity- Mr. Parvinder Singh and Mr. Jaspreet Singh as the guest for the day. The
stage was set with their performances and was really enjoyed by the massive crowd at the
college.
At last , the event was a huge success and was appreciated by each and everyone. All the
team members were acknowledged and appreciated for their efforts in making the day a
worth remembering. We also thanks our Convenors for showing immense support and being
our backbone at all times.