Title of the Practice: Blood Donation
Promoting the same congenial spirit in the peer group Assuring the availability of any group of blood and their components to the needy To inculcate the concept of community service among the students To fulfill the social responsibility of the institution To Educate students about the importance of Blood donation
Organization of Blood Donation camp every year in the college. This practice is to render selfless service to the community and there by fulfill the dream of the visionary social reformer late Shri. Baliram Patil on whose name the college runs. He insisted that health and education should be right of every individual which the people of this region are deprived off. Hence, the practice is a step forward in the dream fulfillment of the legendary person and also discharging institutional social responsibility
The College has a very active Blood Donation club functioning under the leadership of NSS. It inspires the students to care for one another and promote community relationships. The functioning of the club is in such a way that the club identifies the blood group of students. After getting permission from students and their parents, a directory is maintained in the college that keeps a record of blood groups and the contact details of the donors. Genuine patients could approach the club and students with the compatible blood groups are deputed with the permission from their parents for donating blood. A register on the names of the deputed students is kept by the club. The students who donated blood were given certificates. The aim of the campaign is to highlight the key role of voluntary nonremunerated blood donation for strengthening social relationships and to boost the community participation towards a healthier society.
A leader can always be a doer. Similarly our President of the college Governing body, Principal, staff both teaching and non-teaching have donated blood profusely whenever required. They are role models. Through these kinds of healthy practices many students got enlightened about the importance of blood donation. The local hospitals or the needy persons through their approach contact our college desk when they are in need of blood.
The voluntary organizations and the volunteers of our college combat with the conceptualized minds of most students. Many students do not have the basic or clear thought about the importance and use of blood donations. They have their own pre-conceived notions about blood donating. If anyone donates blood, the quantum of blood in the body decreases; some donors will get high blood pressure because of the decrease of blood. It will take time for them to carry on their day to day regular domestic and habitual activities. There will be an increase in body weight. In many occasions the parents act negatively though their sons or daughters willingly come forward for blood donation. Students who have donated blood are given adequate nutritious food and sufficient rest. Even if they want to go home they are permitted. They are taken care by the college authorities in many ways.
Title of the Practice: No Vehicle Day
To promote use of bicycles and electric vehicles To raise environmental sensitivity and awareness among students about the vehicular pollution To create awareness about global warming caused by fossil fuel burn and its impact on Indian economy To take initiative to save conventional energy sources TTo reduce carbon emission and measure carbon footprint
The institution cannot totally forbid them to bring vehicles into the campus since public transport is not available from all places. So, one way to do something to avoid pollution is to motivate and convince them not to use their own vehicles for a day in a month and to find an alternative way to come to the college and thereby to make their contribution towards reducing pollution. The world is on the threshold of serious crisis of Global warming and Climate change. There is a need to spread awareness about the global warming and solution to reduce it. Being a higher educational institute, it is our moral responsibility to take steps towards reduction in global warming and to motivate the society to follow it.
It is observed that during the working hour of the college many students and most of the staff members use private vehicles like cars/bikes/scooters. Air pollution is a change in the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of air that causes adverse effects on humans and other organisms. The ultimate result is a significant alteration in the natural environment and/or ecosystem. No Vehicle Day in order to lessen the level of pollution in the air we comply two days in a month as No Vehicle day. College has declared that every second and fourth Monday of the month will be no vehicle day on the campus as part of best practice. This staff as well as used public transport and bicycles to travel to the college. The aim to reduce the dependency on automotive vehicle to bring down pollution levels. By practicing this, we save 100s ltrs petrol and diesel in 10 months of the academic years. The possibilities of road accidents are also lessened due to this practice
The institution’s efforts in motivating and convincing the students and the staff have been fruitful. They have extended full cooperation and have made the college campus vehicle free zone by not bringing the vehicles on every second and fourth Monday of the month.
Initially, it was a little difficult to convince everyone, particularly the students, since many questions were raised about the availability of alternative mode of transport. But gradually, they were taken into confidence and were made aware of the seriousness of the problem of pollution.