Past Events

 Diffusion ’11

The Net Impact Club in partnership with the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED) at ISB and the Central University of Bihar conducted a 2-day workshop on skill-building for non-profits in Patna, Bihar. The workshop witnessed participation from 17 NGOs. Modules such as Organization Building, Governance and Metrics, Fund raising and Income Generation, Social Innovations and New Business Models, Negotiations, Strategic Marketing, Disaster Management, and Leveraging IT to Solve Development Issues, were covered. The purpose of the workshop is to instil entrepreneurial approaches in traditional non-profit organizations to enable them to scale effectively and achieve operational efficiency. This is the first time that the workshop was organized outside ISB. The long term vision of the club is to scale the idea and hold such workshops across India with the Net Impact Chapter at ISB acting as the facilitator.

 Pro- Bono Consulting

The Club recently closed the third and final round of the ISB Global Pro bono Consulting projects. Under this initiative a 3-5 member student team works on a critical project with a non-profit organization. The Club sourced 28 projects involving market entry plan, fund raising, operational efficiency, digital media marketing, human resource management, business plan review, etc. from 17 non-profit organizations working in sectors as diverse education, child nutrition, healthcare, microfinance, rural arts and crafts, agri-business, and alternate energy.

 Earth Hour

The Net Impact Club at ISB celebrated the Earth Hour on 23rd September. Members of the Music Club performed in the Atrium while the student community was urged to switch off lights for an hour. The event marked the culmination of "Save Energy" campaign that the Net Impact Club had been running over the past 45 days. As part of the campaign the Club in partnership with the Graduate Student Board launched a Inter-Student Village contest for saving electricity. This brought down the electricity consumption to quite an extent.

 Health Checkup Camp

The Net Impact Club along with the Net Impact Professional Chapter at Hyderabad organized a health check up camp at KARE School in Hyderabad. A team of 6 specialist doctors (students at ISB) visited the KARE School to perform a general health check up of around 350 children. The KARE School was started in the year 2000 to provide quality education to slum children. The camp revealed that 90% suffer from malnutrition and dental issues. The next phase of this intervention program will be to conduct a health awareness camp with the parents of affected children.

 The 3rd iDiya Challenge

iDiya, ISB’s Social Venture Idea Competition exclusively for working professionals, focusses on business ideas that create measurable social impact.The competition  was conceptualised by the Class of 2011 with the aim to stimulate, develop and facilitate high-impact, self-sustaining and scalable social enterprises in India.
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 22.07.2011 Blood Donation Camp

The Net Impact Club at the Indian School of Business (ISB) organized a voluntary blood donation camp in collaboration with the Red Cross Society, Hyderabad on July, 22nd 2011. The event was a huge success with 206 volunteers, including students, staff, faculty, spouses and alumni, donating blood. Red Cross will use the collected blood for Thalassemic children, who need regular blood transfusion. Dr. Komal Jagdish, who supervised the camp, was extremely delighted with the turnout.

There were quite a few volunteers donating blood for the first time. Soumya KS, a student of the Post Graduate Programme at ISB, said “I was initially a bit skeptical about donating blood. But seeing the response of the students, I realized this is my best chance to start and made up my mind to donate. I feel really proud of myself and will be a regular blood donor.” One of the key aspects of the event was the doctors’ amicable approach that provided assurance to students (especially first time donors) that donating blood is a safe and smooth process. Moreover, the general enthusiasm of the ISB community and the motivation of the doctors inspired them to donate. This Camp was Net Impact Club’s first initiative on campus for the year 2011.