It is very important for government to set a framework for recognizing the value of volunteering rather contribution of achievement for life. It is volunteering that adds value to nation building. I have put across 7 pain points and how our ecosystem can co-exist in a more productive manner in nation building.

1. Redefining Volunteering
by
Developing ownership though Empowered delegation
Prepared by,
Sunil K R
Email: sunilramarao@outlook.com, Ph: +919895559601
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2. What is Volunteering?
• Is it charity write-off?
• Is it time spend for a needy?
• Is it value in the co-existence?
• Is it known or explored?
• Is it an individual, group, or
system-based effort?
• Is it one time, recurring,
repetitive, random?
• Is it teaching?
• Is it organized or managed ?
• Is it effective?
• Is it different ?
• Is it a consistent engagement?
• Is it with any purpose?
• Is it proactive?
• Is it independent ?
• Is it dynamic ?
• Is it knowledge sharing?
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3. Vision –Volunteering Organisations & Individuals
• Align with government polices & NGOs for their schemes to make.
• The implementation of the initiatives more efficient
• Standards development for best practices
• Templates Development for reuse
• Develop Metrics to assess and evaluate the issues in the process that impact the
outcomes of the schemes scientifically.
• Develop mechanisms at all levels of the government and NGO organisation for the
portfolio of initiatives to be implemented.
• Make Opportunities of practices for Volunteers by developing the
ecosystem to benefit the holistic development of quality of life in a Lifecyle.
• Provide platform for co-existence to support one another without
restricting the will to support a sacred cause for volunteerism.
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4. Wheel of Volunteering (Strides & Givebacks)
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Infancy
School
College
Work
Family
Leaders
Retire
Need Care

5. 7- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Government school lack innovation, infrastructure, to provide sustenance of student's success with
quality assurance. Students lack initiatives and are limited to NCC, Scouts etc. to Motivate students with
activities to develop habits to create a healthy body and environment.
2. Students Alumni return to campus to share experiences for their happiness out of the euphoria of getting
connected with old environment need to be replaced with sharing of industrial experience for the
knowledge sharing in colleges resulting in quality elevation of students.
3. Today's family have very less time after employment work with kids and extended families to develop
values. Alternate committed models need to be realized for the same.
4. Leaders look for opportunities which are commercially viable and lack the initiative to co-ordinate with
government to start ecosystems of development by sharing costs.
5. The retired from employment try to find venues to connect, smile and value add experiences in their life.
6. The students are limited to express empathy to people outside the family in general.
7. Climate change needs thinking beyond inheritance of goods, relationships, luxury and information is a
reality.
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7 life’s stage selected- 1 pain point in 1 stage
Implements=> Transformation of Man, Family, Organisation, State, Nation, & World

6. Wheel of Volunteering (Strides & Givebacks)
School
Infancy
College
Work
Family
LeadersRetire
Care
Volunteering
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7. 1- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain : Government school lack innovation, infrastructure, to provide
sustenance of student's success with quality assurance. Students lack
initiatives and are limited to NCC, Scouts etc. to Motivate students with
activities to develop habits to create a healthy body and environment
2. Objective: College students to coach, train the school students.
3. Initiative: College students to coach, train and mentor for subjects and
examinations. Introduce Project Management – Courseware
4. Outcome: The school students to becomes successful. - motivate higher
education, create awareness of awards, develop consistency of exams
success. Development of Nations Quality baseline of knowledge.
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8. 7 Activities of Volunteers: Initiative 1
College students to coach, train
and mentor the school students
1. To share PM courseware
2. to becomes successful.
3. motivate higher education.
4. create awareness of awards.
5. develop consistency of exams
success.
• Academic Forums shall
1. Develop Resource kits
2. Adopt govt schools - students
3. Conduct student assessment
4. Recommend Volunteers
5. Assign College Volunteers
6. Teach Students
7. Report SuccessFactors.
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9. 2- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain : Students Alumni return to campus to share experiences for their happiness
out of the euphoria of getting connected with old environment need to be
replaced with sharing of industrial experience for the knowledge sharing in
colleges resulting in quality elevation of students.
2. Objective: To make the students Employable, To develop Skills as resources.
3. Initiative: Bridging the working leadership population in all industries towards the
colleges
1. for exchange of experience and expertise for making students employable, and
2. development of student pilots in industry organizations.
3. Internships,
4. Knowledge sharing using workshops and webinars
4. Outcome: Create knowledge cells – with value contribution which can be skill
development in the schools and colleges.
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10. 7- Opportunities of Volunteers – Initiative 2
Employed / Entrepreneurs to share
industrial experience for the knowledge
sharing in colleges.
1. Also create knowledge cells with
value contribution which can be
skill development in the schools and
colleges.
2. Identify local industries and service
organizations and the services that
can support locally.
3. Colleges to identify and allocate
resource and space and business
model for the skill development.
4. Seek grants / vocational training.
• Employable skill development
initiative at colleges
1. Industry to create awareness of skill/
application of what they do
2. Industry to Create a demo setup
3. Setup a training / production unit,
Setup repair / services unit
4. Empower students with incentives
5. Qualified outputs with QA and QC to
get rewards and awards
6. Students to skills ready for
employment / entrepreneurship
7. Larger initiatives – seminar/ webinars
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11. 3- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain : Today's family have very less time after employment with
kids and extended families limiting holistic development
2. Objective: Reduce Stress levels with quality interactions
3. Initiative: [a category for family member to be created like
academy forum for membership] Family to share fun
experiences, Canvas
4. Outcome: Instill Values, ethics, thoughtful ness, kindness,
compassion, empathy in the community.
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12. 7- Opportunities of Volunteers – Initiative 3
Family to share experiences
related to
1. Values
2. Ethics
3. Compassion
4. Empathy
5. Quality of Life
6. Thoughtfulness
7. Kindness in the community
• Conduct Events from community
for
1. Story Telling
2. Dramas & Skit
3. Jokes & Riddles
4. Cartoon & Painting
5. Poems & Songs
6. Folk & Classical art forms
7. Quizzing
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13. 4- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain : Leaders look for opportunities which are commercially viable and
lack the initiative to co-ordinate with government to start ecosystems of
development by sharing costs.
2. Objective: Leaders to find active participants in initiatives to develop
solutions that increase rural productivity of resources.
3. Initiative: Leaders can provide opportunities to do projects, incubate talent
in innovation, provide exposure to develop case studies. Leaders mentor
professions for cross functional learning through volunteering.
4. Outcome: Exposure of Man, agriculture, business sense, rural
development, Technology through volunteer, monitoring, mentoring
initiatives.
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14. 7- Opportunities of Volunteers – Initiative 4
Leaders to find active participants in
initiatives to develop solutions
1. That increase rural productivity of
resources – man, agriculture, land
2. Delegated rural empowerment
3. Volunteer through monitoring &
mentoring initiatives.
1. Development of Rural Technology
parks
2. Make in India program
3. Smart Cities, Startup Missions
4. Enable Entrepreneurships C-class
shops, Cartwheel shops, food
counters, Service Desks, Help Desk
5. Enable service fulfillment. Vehicles
/Bikes/ Cycles etc.
6. Community kitchen for the poor
and all ( meal for 1 and sponsor 1)
7. Enabling traditional skills ( Fishing,
coir, cane, coconut, ).
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15. 5- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain : The retired from employment try to find venues to
connect, smile and value add experiences in their life.
2. Objective: To create retired from employment to actively
participate in activities.
3. Initiative: To encourage, co-ordinate opportunities for the
retired and experienced people. [new segment for Occupation
retired but not from profession like academic forum]
4. Outcome: Teaching for children development at school &
colleges, and monitoring, mentoring initiatives organizations.
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16. 7- Opportunities of Volunteers – Initiative 5
The retired from employment to
actively participate with
1. teaching for children
development at school &
colleges, and monitoring,
mentoring initiatives
organizations. .
• Provide
1. To identify and catalogue.
2. Teaching assistance
3. Student knowledge Assessment
4. Subjective coaching
5. Exam preparation –mentoring
6. Exam ready assessment
7. Exam Coaching
8. Career counselling
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17. 6- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain: The students are limited to express empathy to people
outside the family in general.
2. Objective: Develop the young ( school, college, working) to
support create smile for palliative & other care who are not a
part of the family.
3. Initiative:
1. To form community heath groups and develop community initiatives.
Know your neighborhood.
4. Outcome: To encourage a time to support families for health
monitoring, services monitoring – food supply, shopping,
reading newspaper, singing songs, playing instruments, etc..
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18. 7- Opportunities of Volunteers – Initiative 6
1. Develop the young ( school,
college, working) to support
create smile for palliative care
who are not a part of the
family.
2. To encourage a time to
support families for health
monitoring, services
monitoring – food supply,
reading newspaper, singing
songs, playing instruments,
etc..
1. Identify volunteers.
2. Record volunteer calendar.
3. Catalogue Volunteer services.
4. Make volunteer services
available.
5. Accept Volunteer request.
6. Perform volunteer Request.
7. Feedback and ratings.
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19. 7- Pain Points in the Eco-System
1. Pain: Climate change needs thinking beyond inheritance of
goods, relationships, luxury and information is a reality.
2. Objective: Motivate students with activities to develop
habits to create a healthy body and environment.
3. Initiative:
1. Plant trees, home kitchen garden, develop garden resource not in
use.
2. (vanamahotsav)
4. Outcome: A better place to live and make the next born
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20. 7- Opportunities of Volunteers – Initiative 7
Motivate students with activities to
develop habits to create a healthy
body and environment-
1.Plant trees
2.Home kitchen garden
3.Develop garden resource not in use
4.Yoga
• Volunteers Initiatives of
1. State Compensatory Afforestation
Fund
2. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
3. Ministry of Environment, Forest,
and Climate Change - courses for
biodiversity conservationists and
para-taxonomists
4. Urban local bodies and Panchayati
Raj institution- State Program
Management Groups (SPMGs)
5. Say no to plastics
6. Kitchen garden development under
councilors
7. Conduct of Yoga class for
communities.
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21. Consulting Services of Volunteering & Fund Raising
• Identify Management Techniques applicable in different
industries w.r.t Project Management- tool kits
• Prepare Project plan, templates.
• System Study- methods and approaches
• Train the Volunteers to conduct the activities as described in
the Plan using Project management tool kits- Cycle time,
fishbone, wbs, grant chart, Leadership, Pert schedule, Design
reviews, Trends, Cost reports, Common sense, earned value,
Cost plans ,
• Assign a mentor for the Volunteer.
• Co-ordinate and Execute requirements.
• Rotate volunteering activities with different techniques for
volunteer so that they will have a skillset developed which
can produce income while working individually.
• All academic forum internship in final year can generate
funds.
• Identify Organizations that don't use management
techniques-based reporting and projectized corrective
business actions.
• Offer Document with
• Activity list of the volunteer,
• Co-operation required from Org
• Permission to perform activity
• Template of report submitted
• Monitored by Mentor
• This activity can be subscribed services of the organisation.
Including the cost + motivational cost of the volunteer.
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22. Complete Volunteer - Holistic Development
Entrepreneurship development
• Initiative-Activity
• Ideating
• Creation of scope of Volunteering
• Finding stake holders
• Creating proposals / business plans
• Creating plans
• Forming Teams
• Performing Proof of Concept -Prototype
• Performing Pilot
• Enable Ecosystem with standards / Templates / for acceptance of proven methodologies.
• Collecting feedbacks for innovation to adapt
• Entrepreneurship development
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23. Future of Volunteering:
Sustained Benefits for an organisation
• Knowledge Organizations like NCERT, Project Management related institutes to co-exist
at all levels of education.
• Government to introduce a system for monitoring Volunteering activity for nation
building.
• Introduction of reward and recognition system for volunteering as equivalent to
monitoring academic marks as a qualification to volunteering as given to NCC , Scouts
etc. to be introduced by NCERT & Education Boards at center level and state level
• AICTE to Recommended List of Suggested Books in Engineering & Technology and Work
with university curriculum for Stream of project management and scope for PhD.
• Project Management can provide guidance of volunteering work for Education cell as in
the proposal for Education which can guide the syllabus initiatives of the government /
university with project portfolio analysis of subjects and students , employment, growth
of the nation
• Volunteering is only a beginning of sustainable development of nation.
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24. Team- ( Wheel of Volunteering): Beginning
1. Governing Committee : ( Wheel of Volunteering)
1. Will connect and make available the requirements for the leaders to develop strategy of execution for the leadership
2. We incubate each activity protype namely to collaborate, organize, manage, monitor, and see success.
3. Maintain a status monitoring and reporting team of all the volunteering activities and their status and publish the same for transparency.
4. Enable collaboration with the Government / Corporate / Industry associations / NGOs
5. Advisory to the Wheel of Volunteering
6. Improve the impact of vision of the Wheel of Volunteering.
2. Leaders:
1. will lead each of the stages 1-7 which naming has to be done.
2. One stage can have more than one leaders -stage who are collective responsible.
3. Associates
1. Will manage the cluster of the organisation implementation
2. One Cluster can have more than one Associate - region who are collective responsible.
4. Team:
1. Each activity will have 1 team Manager, A cluster will have multiple team members
2. One Team can have more than one Team Manager - region who are collective responsible
5. Supporting activity volunteers
1. Team will find the volunteers as per requirements for each activity execution.
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25. What Governments Can do to promote volunteering?
• Set up committee to co-ordinate volunteering at all 7 levels in the organisation
structure from – National – State- District – Blocks- Panchayat / municipality /
corporation – Wards.
• Empower students in school and college, professionals in work place with reward
system through the committees- sponsored or contributed by the infrastructure
setup.
• All education boards to appreciate volunteering marks bestowed on students
while applying for the higher education.
• All employees to get a benefit of tax = Rs xx. Xx for y hours of volunteering as
recognized by the committee.
• The amount of give back will bring in much more productivity and increase in
knowledge build in the country
• Teachers in all levels of education can be a guide for of development of nation.
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26. Scaling Volunteers- initiatives & Collaborations
1. Finding organizations with similar interests for collaboration.
2. Catalogue Organizations and Volunteer interests.
3. Share opportunities.
4. Develop synergy.
5. Develop Cross program initiatives.
6. Conduct program.
7. Share success.
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27. Every Volunteer should
1. Register for volunteer at initiatives available
2. Perform Volunteer activities to his capability levels
3. Get his efforts verified to get reward of the PDU
4. Claim his / her PDU
5. Get Reward
6. Get Award
7. Be called again for Volunteering recognizing your efforts.
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28. Expectations-
Adoption of model /standard for volunteering
• Plans
• Test prototype
• Refine Models – Holding Organisation
• Scale – India
• Scale – International
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29. Volunteers Questions ?
• As we take our Strides , Do we Givebacks as much ?
• As we collaborate between stages, Do we co-create value for nation
building?
• Are the outcomes of Volunteering for the higher benefit of Humanity?
• Do you want to be a real Volunteers?
• Sunil K R
• Email: sunilramarao@outlook.com
• Mob: +919895559601
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