Students sign on the pledge board

An ambitious signature campaign was in progress. Hordes of students crowded over the massive flex displays set up in the academy portico, to give their support to the E-Week pledge. The displays itself were crammed with signatures, scribbles and good wishes.

Inside, an entrepreneur lecture session was on. Going by the questions posed to the speaker, noted entrepreneur Ashok Chandra Gupta, it was clear that I was sitting with an extremely focused lot.

The students increased the social relevance of E Week by mobilizing funds and clothes for patients of thalassemia, blind students and differently-abled children. In fact, they have added an entrepreneurial touch to the project by setting up makeshift shops in leading shopping malls to sell the artwork made by these children, through the week. I joined a few E cell members in their trip to Mahesh Drishtiheen Kalyana Kendra, a school for the blind, and it was heartening to see the students bond so well with the children.

India's future seems to be in good hands.

Students collect donations for differently-abled children

Students participating in the E Week celebrations