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Chandigarh 08th November:-Enactus team of SSBUICET, Panjab University, Chandigarh bagged 2nd positionnationally in the prestigious Enactus Mahindra Competition 2017-18 grant. The teams have been awarded prize money of Rs. 1.5 lakhs and grant money of Rs. 50000/- for itsongoing project "Unnati", conveyed Prof. Seema Kapoor, Faculty Advisor of the team.
The team is presently working on two projects UNNATI and SAMBHAV targeting theunemployed youth and those at the bottom of the pyramid. Under project UNNATI, atotal of 97 students coming from five different villages adopted by PanjabUniversity under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan have successfully completed mobile handsetrepairing and computer hardware training. They have also cleared the government ledtest for the same and have been awarded the certificate approved by NSDC. Till nowaround 20 of them have already been employed in various sectors with a monthlyincome ranging from ₹8000 to ₹12000. The team is proud to announce thatout of thoseplaced, the majority is women.
In the near future, the team plans to create several entrepreneurs and increase the
reach of the project as told by team president, Taranpreet Singh. The team feelshonored and privileged to receive a platform by Enactus India and its President Farhan Pettiwala to serve the people and develop business skills side by side saidSheryl Sarna, Vice- President of Enactus SSBUICET.