Socially Useful Productive Work

Working with the rural community towards its development is a central part of the curriculum.

Students worked with two villages, Damat and Badwal, each with their own peculiar problems. The students applied their management principles and ideas to bring about social change in whatever small way they could - getting drinking water connections, adult literacy classes, the empowerment of women, recreation for children, basic health care and even addressing the problem of widespread alcoholism in one of the villages.

The second batch of students worked with The Academy of Development Sciences, an NGO, in the village of Kashele. Some ground-breaking work was done here in the area of grain banks and the use of tribal knowledge and skills. AICAR's students helped in areas as diverse as streamlining work procedure to branding and promoting some of the products.

Students were sent to villages in Maharashtra to study the drinking water situation and the habits of villagers in relation to drinking water. This was done for a manufacturer who wanted to market inexpensive water purification systems for villages.

The students from AICAR Business School also worked with Kotak Education Foundation (KEF). Kotak Education Foundation is a philanthropic organization formed by Mr. Uday Kotak, Kotak Group. KEF is an NGO based in Mumbai helping underprivileged students and youth in and around Mumbai and Raigad through education and livelihood programmes. As part of the project the students worked with KEF to conducted surveys on low-income group. The project also involved studying the Corporate & Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of top fifty companies in India.

The students from AICAR Business School worked with Eureka Forbes Institute of Environment for increasing awareness about water & energy conservation. The project involved setting kiosks across Mumbai to educate the people about the importance of water and energy conservation.