The project, conceptualized and developed by a Bangalore-based social innovator of Assam, is being sponsored by an entrepreneur. The two best projects offering innovative solutions will be rewarded as an initiative to inspire the young and curious minds.
Digital Desk: Cotton University and New
Guwahati Adarsha High School today kick started an innovative mentorship
program called Project Springboard, sponsored by Leap and Scale Foundation, Pune
that will engage with Clean Guwahati, Safe Guwahati and Wellness and Health of
the Youth as themes of this social and community initiative by students.
This can be seen as a new dawn of
public/private partnership of two educational institutions (an HEI and a school)
coming together to offer solutions to our urban, civic and social
problems.
The project, conceptualized and
developed by a Bangalore-based social innovator of Assam, is being sponsored by
an entrepreneur. The two best projects offering innovative solutions will be
rewarded as an initiative to
inspire the young and curious minds.
Cotton University’s collaboration with Adarsha
High School stands as a role model for experiential learning and an ideal
platform for students to research, interact and ideate for the greater good of
society and towards linking socially responsible institutions with the
community. It will also provide holistic perspectives to students who can think
innovatively while developing societal consciousness and responsibility.
This initiative by both institutions
will have postgraduate Mentors and High School Mentees teaching and learning
under the supervision of six faculty advisors from Cotton University and
coordinated by a team of senior faculty of the institution.
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