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<div><span style="font-size: larger;">According to an S&P survey, more than 75% of Indian adults do not adequately understand basic financial concepts.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Financial illiteracy causes many people to become victims of predatory lending, subprime mortgages, fraud and high interest rates, potentially resulting in bad credit, bankruptcy or foreclosure.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Teaching financial education can help to instil the knowledge and confidence young people need to make informed financial decisions,in both day-to-day life as well as in entrepreneurial business/startup activities. It includes the knowledge of making appropriate decisions about finance such as investing, insurance, real estate, budgeting, retirement, tax planning, stock market etc.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 1:Conduct various Workshops on financial understanding for students.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 2:Incorporate Financial Education as an Open Elective for final year studentsOrganize workshops to guide young entrepreneurs on campus.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 3: Organize talks by experts who can address the importance on various domains of Financial Educationfinancial education and entrepreneurship.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 4: Sessions that emphasize on investing in the right way by conducting mock scenarios to experience real life situations.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 5: Organize workshops for interactive sessions where students working on can discuss case studies of various startups and industries and can work as a team to come up with innovative solutions to real world problems.</span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;"></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;"></span><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 6: Implement student subscription to regular business newsletters to teach keep them statutory practicesupdated.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>'''<span style="font-size:larger;">Strategy #3: “Creating a sustainable and a more eco friendly campus"- by Aniruddha Chhatre</span>'''</div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">The world has to change if it has to survive.Taking steps to improve the current environmental situation is important, even if those steps are small. And what better place to start, other than our very own campus,where so many able minded people can interact.Development comes from construction, ideas, innovation and strategies.We have decided to take a step towards the betterment of the campus ecosystem by making proper use of the waste that is generated. Another thing that prevails in most colleges is paper.Tons and tons of wood is used to make paper, and most of the time paper waste isn’t disposed in the right way.We have come up with a few efficient methods to improve this scenario, and by implementation of which the self sufficiency of our college can be increased.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 1: Use all the waste food produced in the canteens to make biogas.Around 30-40 kilograms of wet waste is produced in the college canteens, and this can be put in a biogas plant.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 2: Start a system of waste segregation where dry and wet waste is separated.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 3: Start a community fridge- All the food material that could be of use to others (water, extra food, etc) can be stored in a community fridge.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 4: Spread awareness among students on the importance of proper waste management.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 5: Encourage students to participate in competitions that are based on renewable energy projects which can in turn be a step towards a start up.</span></div><div><br/></div>

<div><span style="font-size:larger;">“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">—John Paul II</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Educational Institutions are a space for creative thinking, a source of inspiration, and a starting point for developing a sense of awareness and responsibility. The journey to that goal begins with educating students in a healthy and sustainable environment.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">The amount of paper we use during the semester- our class notes, assignments, tests, research papers etc. as well as the amount of plastic food and drink containers that are thrown away are enough for us to be called culprits that aggravate global warming.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Rather than letting those reusables and recyclables end up in the landfill, we want to make sure all these materials are disposed properly for future use and encourage students to make the campus eco-friendly.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 1:&nbsp;Conduct a brainstorming session for students to come up with innovative ideas to this problem statement.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 2: Encourage students to take up the initiative to lead a group of students to implement their idea to make the campus self sustainable, which will in turn enhance their leadership skills and develop a sense of responsibility towards the environment.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 3: Discuss this issue with the stakeholders and faculty members and come up with ideas and motivate the students and faculty to collaborate with each other.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:larger;"><br/></span></div>