This PowerPoint documents the community service initiatives that I've taken up since the summer of 2014.

1. Community Service
Initiatives

2. Presentation Overview
Introducti
on
• My background
• Why Computers?
• Influential Organisations that I’ve worked with
Dharma
Bharathi
Mission
• Introduction to the Dharma Bharathi Mission
• Computer Awareness Programme for Underprivileged Children
Vidya
• Introduction to Vidya
• Women Empowerment Programme
Conclusi
on
• Future Plans for these Projects

3. My Background
 Having had the privilege of studying in esteemed institutes
such as Campion and BD Somani International School, I
have been able to greatly develop my interests and I have
developed a great passion for Computers.
 Computers have always fascinated me and over the past few
years I’ve been able to effectively pursue my passion and
share it with others.

4. Why Computers?
 The importance of computers in today’s world is growing
rapidly and knowledge of computers will soon be of great
importance and will be integral in improving job prospects for
people.
 Nowadays, most of the tasks performed are performed
electronically and to be able to perform such tasks, a
knowledge of computers is essential.

5. Influential organisations that I’ve
worked with
 The Dharma Bharathi Mission
 Vidya

6. Introduction to Dharma Bharathi
Mission
 The mission of the Dharma Bharathi Mission is economic,
social and moral freedoms of India beginning with freedom
from the dehumanizing hunger, oppressive caste system,
and cancer of corruption.
 The main strategy being employed is ‘Education –
Employment – Empowerment’
 The motto of the organisation is to ‘Give till it hurts’.

7. Computers Awareness Programme
for Underprivileged Children
 Along with the help of the esteemed Non-Governmental
Organisation, the Dharma Bharathi Mission, I pioneered a
computer awareness programme for underprivileged
children.
 I initiated this project in the summer of 2014, before
beginning the 11th grade and this project is still ongoing.

8. Computers Awareness Programme
for Underprivileged Children
 I teach children studying at Colaba Municipal School,
Mumbai, India, Computers every Saturday morning for
around one hour.
 Over the past one year, I have taught the children skills such
as creating paintings, using notepad, using Microsoft Office
for basic everyday activites, etc.

9. Introduction to Vidya
 Vidya’s mission is educating and empowering the less
privileged through integrated methods and initiating and
implementing progressive social change.
 Vidya believes in an integrated approach to empowerment
and education and they help communities by helping their
most vulnerable members– their youth, women and children–
and designing programs in a way that empowering one
empowers the other.

10. Women Empowerment
Programme
 In collaboration with Vidya, to address our mutual goal of
women empowerment, I launched a Women Empowerment
Computers programme.
 I initiated this programme in the month of July, 2015 and this
programme is currently ongoing.

11. Women Empowerment
Programme
 Every Saturday afternoon, I teach women who work as
domestic helpers basic computer functions such as surfing
the internet, using emails, creating documents and artwork.
 I believe that educating these women about computers will
improve their job prospects and help them become
independent and support themselves.

12. Future Plans for these Projects
 To ensure the continuity of these programmes, I have co-
opted a couple of juniors into these programmes who will
take it further.
 I have two juniors who work with me on the Computer
Awareness Programme for the Underprivileged Children and
I know that these two juniors will do a good job and carry this
programme forward.
 Similarly, there are two juniors working with me on the
Women Empowerment Programme and they are extremely
capable and will be able to take this programme forward.