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Students on a unique mission

Staff Reporter

COIMBATORE: Students from around ten engineering colleges in the city have got together for a different purpose. Taking a slight detour from their strictly academic schedules, they have formed a group to serve society.

Better society

"Our motto is to help the Government to make a better society," say Anmol Vij, an Information Technology student at Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology and Karthick Loganathan, a mechanical engineering student at Coimbatore Institute of Technology.

"The difference between us and non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) is that they do the work of the Government. We only help the Government in executing their projects," they say.

Bilingual board

The Students' League 2020, as they call themselves, formally inaugurated their group by installing a bilingual bus schedule board at Saibaba Colony.

"These are little things we could do to make the lives of the public better," says Anmol. The project cost nearly Rs.5,000 raised by the members themselves.

The next in the line is `Project Theresa' through which the League will impart English education and sessions on personality development to students in Government schools.

"The level of English education in Government schools is not up to the mark and students would benefit greatly from extra coaching we aim to provide," says Karthick.

Creating awareness on various schemes announced by the Government and helping students, (especially the disabled among them) to utilise the benefits offered by the Government are their goals.

Awareness

Spreading awareness on the need to preserve the environment is also on their agenda.

As part of their `Project Green City," they plan to plant and maintain at least 50 saplings. The saplings would be provided to them by the Tamil Nadu Forest College.

They also plan to eventually involve school students in some of their activities.

"There is little sense in carrying out awareness rallies and speaking about the projects. We look at translating our ideas into action," says Karthick.

For more details about The Students' League 2020, visit www.or2020.com.

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