Enactus SRCC Recruitment 2015

As we anxiously entered the campus on our first day of college, we could see an aura circumscribing some of our seniors. They wore grey polos with yellow collars that proudly said – Enactus, Shri Ram College of Commerce. A few others did tell us when we inquired – “Yes, these people, you know, the Enactus types”. This summer, as freshers started to flock the corridors and classrooms of our college, Enactus was the glorified students’ society that we wanted to be a part of. 

We followed what the poster on the college notice board said “Orientation. Date : 28 July 2015. Venue: Room -1, 2, 3”. The orientation was a perfect place to garner knowledge about the fundaments and functioning of this society. What stuck out the most in the presentation was not only the concept of social entrepreneurship but also the profound impact it had on the lives of the volunteers as well as of the targeted communities. The high magnitude of success attained by the projects undertaken by the college was inspiring as it is essentially student driven.

The recruitment process acted like a sieve with people being eliminated in every subsequent round. The online application form was followed by a very argumentative group discussion on various political and societal issues plaguing the nation.

After a long and nervous wait, the list of candidates who had qualified for the personal interview came out. We had to wait for around a fortnight for our personal interviews to commence. Most of us entered the tutorial rooms with bated breath and cold feet. The candidates then had to address a problem which is prevalent in the society and how their business models could help in combating that. This provided us with a good platform to put on our thinking caps and delve deeper in today's world – that isn’t as magical as it appears if viewed through the lens of corporate media. The personal interview was indeed a challenging one which tested multifarious skills such as pragmatic implementation of the theoretical knowledge, on the spot thinking and logical reasoning.

 Finally, the results were out and we checked the website with the heart of someone anticipating something important. We were elated as our eyes scanned the list of selected candidates followed by “Congratulations!” Some of us woke up to a message telling us that we had been inducted into the society, which indeed made it a morning worth calling good.

I believe the entire recruitment process was a fair one which provided an equal opportunity to everyone seeking to be a part of the society and our seniors worked really hard as they guided and encouraged us through the process.

One of us even wrote a verse to convey his thoughts on getting inducted:
“I had given my best,
Up to them was the rest.
A boiling mixture of professionalism,
Hard work and idealism
A trying test of our skill,
A grilling check on our will.
After a comprehensive analysis of integrity,
VeniVidi Vici!”

In the end

40 were chosen out of 700,


To be a part of the Enactus kindred!

Written by Arpit Khemka, Keshav Damani,Ilakshi and Meghna Jayaraj.
Edited by Rai Sengupta.