Marking an end to the academic year, the Enactus India National Competition 2015 provided Enactus teams from different parts of the country a platform to present their respective projects and analyse their social, economic and environmental impacts before a panel of esteemed judges.
This was an experience which most of our seniors at Enactus SRCC spoke very fondly of. Their faces would light up with joy every time they spoke about some funny anecdote from the ‘Nationals’ in the previous year- their faces glowing with pride thinking about the kind of impact that they've been able to create with all the hard work that went into it. And as that time of the year drew near again, there was excitement in the air, as Enactus SRCC geared up to present Project Kayakalp and Project Sattva, and put forward the work of an entire academic year.
Work started at the end of May with separate teams being formed to design the structure of the presentation and scripts for the two projects. Regular visits to our communities in Shadipur, West Delhi and Karnal, Haryana took place with the aim of collecting video testimonials of the community members, who were more than just willing to co-operate. The technical team began to burn the midnight oil and turned nocturnal by the end of nearly two months. Come July and auditions for speaking at the Nationals were in full swing, with the four selected speakers being subjected to numerous restrictions ranging from the consumption of aerated drinks and getting drenched in the rain to sleeping on time every night. Soon, rigorous practices began and a non-member would have been surprised to find the speakers in different parts of college, which was otherwise relatively deserted during the vacations, spouting out lines that spoke of ‘puppetry’ and ‘dairy supply chain’. The days followed a regular pattern that included speaking with the presentation, adding slides and removing content, feverish editing, cups of hot chai, brief breaks and emotional briefing sessions.
And before we knew, the Nationals were upon us.
Wearing sharp suits, we were at the doorstep of The Leela Ambience, Gurgaon, brimming with excitement and slight nervousness. Once registered, we all got down to work. The speakers were conducting final practices, the technical team got busy sorting the audio and video, some of us got engrossed in deciding the league which we shall be in and others strategized to watch and analyse the presentations of the other Enactus teams.
It was time for the competition to begin. Our faces glowed with pride on watching the flashback video of the Enactus World Cup 2014. The panel discussion among distinguished personalities was a learning curve.
After a tantalizing wait of two hours, it was time for the speakers from Enactus Shri Ram College Commerce to present. Our projects, the passion of our communities, being presented in front of eminent judges, filled our hearts with pride and our eyes with tears. We were thoroughly inspired by the path-breaking projects of our contemporaries from across the nation who displayed their projects with equal fervour and enthusiasm. At the end of an excruciating day, it was time to click photographs, savour the experience and head back to prepare for another challenging day ahead.
On day 2, nervousness overpowered excitement as we anxiously waited for the results of our opening round. As soon as the name Shri Ram College of Commerce was called out, we leaped with joy and celebrated our achievement. However, we were back to work soon, strategizing our league selection, checking the audio and video and practicing for the final time. Our presentation in the final round was one of a kind; the words of the presenters reverberated in our hearts and enabled us to reflect upon our actions that have transformed lives of communities in need.
We felt proud to have finished as semi-finalists of the competition. We were also awarded the ‘Walmart Women Economic Initiative’ this year. We hope to strengthen our endeavours in the correct direction incorporating the constructive feedback we gathered from eminent judges, faculty members and other team members. Those two days gave us memories and bonds to cherish for a lifetime.
Every year, the entire Enactus family comes together to celebrate the spirit of Enactus and to take a pledge to alleviate and uplift more lives. We feel our victory lies in the happiness of our communities, our power in the strong ties between the team members and the motivation in the trust of our business partners.
We all see opportunities in what others see problems; we all see entrepreneurs in what others see broken individuals; we all see progress in what others see retrogression and we all see victory in what others see competition because in the end #WeAllWin.
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