A PROJECT REPORT ON

Community Engagement

Waste Management System

Puliyamparai, Gudalur

Carried out during

23.02.2015 to 27.02.2015
Report Submitted
In partial fulfilment of the requirements
For the award of the degree
Of
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore
(An autonomous institution affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Under the guidance of
Mr.R.Vinayagasundaram
By
Balamurugan M (14MBA002)

Rajkumar T (14MBA065)

Sabarish Gangadharan S (14MBA064)

Ramya R (14MBA080)

Yeshvanth Guru S (14MBA031)

Sivaranjani (14MBA085)

Preethi Jyotsna K (14MBA082)

Shanthosh G (14MBA022)

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
Certified that this project report titled Community Engagement Project,
Women Empowerment carried out during 23.02.2015 to 27.02.2015 is the
bonafide team work of following students,

Balamurugan M (14MBA063)
Sabarish Gangadharan S (14MBA064)
Rajkumar T (14MBA065)
Yeshvanth Guru S (14MBA031)
Ramya R (14MBA080)
Preethi Jyotsna K (14MBA082)
Sivaranjani (14MBA085)
Shanthosh G (14MBA022)

who carried out the project under my supervision. Certified further that to the
best of my knowledge, the work reported herein does not form part of any other
project report or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award was
conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.
Mr.R.Vinayagasundaram
Professor
KCT-BS
Submitted for CEP project Viva-Voce examination held on 30.03.2015

Examiner 1

Examiner 2

DECLARATION
We, hereby declare that this project report entitled as, Community
Engagement Project - Awareness of sustainable life, carried out during
February 23 to 27, 2015 was undertaken for academic purpose and
submitted to Anna University in partial fulfilment of requirement for the award
of degree of Master of Business Administration. The project report is the record
of the original work done under the guidance of Mr.R.Vinayagasundaram,
KCT-BS during the academic year 2014-2015. We, also declare hereby, that the
information given in this report is correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief.

Place: Coimbatore
Date:

Team Members
Balamurugan M (14MBA063)
Sabarish Gangadharan S (14MBA064)
Rajkumar T (14MBA065)
Yeshvanth Guru (14MBA031)
Ramya R (14MBA080)
Preethi Jyotsna (14MBA082)
Sivaranjani (14MBA085)
Shanthosh G (14MBA022)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We express our sincere and heart-felt gratitude to our Late Arutchelvar

Dr.N.Mahalingam and the Management of Kumaraguru College of
Technology Business School, for their Direction.
We record our indebtedness with happiness to our Director, Dr. Vijila
Kennedy for the guidance and sustained encouragement for the successful
completion of this project.
We wish to express our deep sense of gratitude to our Project Guide
Mr.R.Vinayagasundaram, KCT-Business School, for her guidance and moral
support throughout the project duration from its inception to completion and for
making our project a success.
We thank Mr.Prasad, SAVE THE GLOBE - NGO for his valuable
guidance and motivation to complete our project successfully
We also extend our gratitude to all our faculty members and our beloved
parents for their moral support in helping us for successful completion of this
project.

CONTENTS
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CHAPTER NO

TITLE

PAGE NO

Introd

uction

O
verview -Partnering NGO

P
roject Framework
P

roject Details

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Project Impact

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Pe
rsonal Experience &
Learning
Concl
uding Remarks

CHAPTER 1
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INTRODUCTION

PROJECT OVERVIEW
Our project is mainly focussed on creating a sustainable way of recycling the
degradable wastes into organic manures and pesticides. Our team implemented
this project in Puliyamparai Village, Gudalur town, Nilgiris for 5 days.

We

organized an awareness camp which emphasizes on recycling waste, through

distribution of 2 dust bins for each family, and guided the villagers on
segregation of wastes and recycling the degradable ones, through hands-on
training in Vermicomposting methods.
OBJECTIVE
The main objective of our community engagement project is to create
awareness about the ill effects of daily wastes on environment and providing a
sustainable solution to this problem by recycling the degradable wastes into
organic pesticides and manures, which can be used as an alternative source for
chemical fertilizers, which enriches the soils fertility and longevity, thus
safeguarding our soil for our future generations.
NEED FOR THE PROJECT
Our project was implemented in a rural village where people had no idea
how to dispose the daily wastes in an environment-friendly way, and it is very
essential for every village to be clean of garbage, since agricultural lands in the
village get mostly affected through littering.

GEOGRAPHICAL PROFILE OF THE PROJECT

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Puliyamparai village is located 7 Kms away from Gudalur town, Nilgiris

which is home for more than 250 families. The major occupation of people is
agriculture. It is located on a sloppy terrain where Tea, Paddy, Ginger, Plantain
and Spices are cultivated. Most of the farmers use chemical fertilisers in their
field and our project helped them to learn natural ways of farming

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

The scope of the project is to impart knowledge on effective utilization of
degradable wastes into organic manures, which helps to replace chemical
fertilizers, and also allocating a resource person, who will collect wastes,
converts and sells them to farmers at a lower price. Also, hands-on training has
been provided to farmers on vermicomposting techniques and its environmental
significance.

CHAPTER 2
OVERVIEW ABOUT THE PARTNERING NGO/ AGENCIES/
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
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DESCRIPTION OF THE NGO

Our project was supported by SAVE THE GLOBE, Indias first
leadership centered NGO, having expertise in conducting programmes on Youth
development, Community Wellness and Community development programmes.
INITIATIVES OF THE NGO
SAVE THE GLOBE helped us to identify resource persons who helped
during the distribution of bins and also extended their help through providing
earthworms at a subsidized price.
SOURCES OF FUNDING
Funding was made by us in team. We shared all the expenses in common.
NGO provided only moral support.
SOURCES OF PEOPLE RESOURCES AND VOLUNTEERS
Mr.Siriraj, Counsellor of Puliyamparai village helped us in getting in
touch with the locals and guided us in knowing the village. Also, the village
people were much enthusiastic in helping us during situations like banner rising
& bin distribution.
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
Our team was invited for a felicitation function at the end of 5th day
where our project was much appreciated by the Village Panchayat. We were
provided with certificates by the Counsellor as a vote of gratitude towards our
commitment on the villages welfare.
CHAPTER 3
PROJECT FRAMEWORK
FIVE DAY PLAN OF THE TEAM
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Day 1

Analysis of existing Waste management system in the village and

purchase of waste bins for distribution to people.

Day 2

Distribution of Bins and pamphlets that helps people to differentiate

biodegradable from non biodegradable waste.

Day 3

Distribution of Bins and pamphlets, assigning a resource person, who

will collect waste from each house, converts and sells it to farmers for a
lower price

Day 4

An event that demonstrates the villagers, the process of converting

biodegradable waste into natural manure through vermicomposting.

Day 5

A Video presentation on converting natural wastes into natural pesticides

using a technique called "Panjakavya", concluded by Farewell
Ceremony.

RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT

Dust Bins
African Nightcrawler Earthworm
Vermi compost sand
Pamphlets & Banners

200 nos
2 Kgs
2 Kgs

BUDGET
PARTICULARS

AMOUNT

Dust Bins

4000

Earthworm

1200
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Vermicompost sand

300

Pamphlets

500

Banners

500

Miscellaneous

500

TOTAL

7000

SOURCES OF FUNDING
Our team as a whole shared among us the expenses incurred during
implementation of this project. All expenses are equally shared without any
discrepancy.

DELIVERABLES OF THE PROJECT

The major beneficiaries of our project are the people of the village. They
learned how to segregate wastes into degradable and non-degradable and
converting them into organic manures

CHAPTER 4
PROJECT DETAILS
DAY SHEET: 1

DAY PLAN
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 To analyze the existing waste management system in the village.

To collect various details about the village like Population, occupation
and problems faced by the people
To purchase bins from the local market based on the needs identified
To safely transport and check the quality of bins to be distributed.
DELIVERABLES OF THE DAY
The first day was an initialisation session for our team where we were
able to identify the existing waste handling system and its effective utilization
by the people. We also got lot of inputs on it from the counsellor of the village,
which is authentic information
EXTERNAL PARTNER OF THE DAY
Mr.Siriraj, Counsellor of Puliyamparai village.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
We started our day by first meeting the counsellor at his residence and
collected inputs on the village administration and common details like
population, occupation, facilities in the village, and recent efforts by the
panchayat on implementing waste management system. Later, based on these
details, we purchased bins at a local shop

LEARNING OF THE DAY

We were able to identify the needs of the village and assess the
requirement of bins through the details collected from the locals.
CHALLENGES OF THE DAY

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 We had long negotiation in the price of the bins, and was successful at
buying it at a lower cost, since we ordered in bulk quantities
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY

DAY SHEET: 2

DAY PLAN
To supervise the learning session

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 To make them learn about stitching the kerchief, pillow covers, baby
dress
To get the feedback from the trainees for that day
To teach the students in the nearby school about computer literacy
DELIVERABLES OF THE DAY
We made the ladies to learn about the basics in stitching. We educated the
students in that panchayat school in computer literacy.
EXTERNAL PARTNER OF THE DAY
Head of the panchayat and his associated members.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
We conducted the tailoring class and we made the trainees to learn about
stitching kerchief, pillow covers and baby dresses. We supervised the learning
session and we analysed how the trainees are effectively utilizing the tailoring
class. We collected the feedback from the trainees about the session and we also
collected the feedback from the trainers about the trainees in the way of their
participation and interest. We also taught computer basics like paint and word to
the school students in that panchayat school in the afternoon.

LEARNING OF THE DAY

We came to know that the women we saw were quite fast in learning the
stitching

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CHALLENGES OF THE DAY

Some of them skipped some classes we found it difficult to make them
attend the classes correctly
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY
The trainees population got increased because of the impact of the
training and the learnings by the initial trainees

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DAY SHEET: 3
DAY PLAN

To check whether all the interested ladies are coming

To supervise the learning session
To get the feedback from the trainees for that day
To make them learn about the basics in stitching of blouse
To teach the students in the nearby school about computer literacy

DELIVERABLES OF THE DAY

We made the trainees to learn the stitching effectively and we educated
the students in computer literacy.
EXTERNAL PARTNER OF THE DAY
Head of the panchayat and his associated members.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
At first we took the attendance to check whether all the trainees are
attending the class. We supervised the learning. We checked how the trainees
are learning. We collected the feedback from the trainees and from the trainers
and we analysed the feedback to check whether the learning sessions are
completely utilized by the trainees. We taught word and PowerPoint under
computer literacy to the school students in the school in the afternoon.
LEARNING OF THE DAY
The students are curious in learning the basics in computer. And they
were surprised about using the computer

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CHALLENGES OF THE DAY

We felt really difficult to control the students in the school because of
their curiosity towards computer
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY
Because of the students interest the principal planned to approach his
immediate head for buying more computers for the student and planning
to provide net facility

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DAILY SHEET: 4
DAY PLAN
We had a plan of starting basic of cutting and stitching of blouse as they
were learnt with the base
We gave idea on self employment to the women
Computer basics for 8th standard students were scheduled
DELIVERABLES FOR THE DAY
Learners were very interested in learning and their curiosity made them
more soon
Students shown more interest in acquiring more knowledge in technology
updates
EXTERNAL PARTNER FOR THE DAY
Panchayat head and his associates
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
As per the plan we started with teaching the learners with cutting and
stitching of blouse. We have seen their interest in learning new skill and through
their own interest they stitched faster. Self employment motivation was also
been given to them. In school we taught the computer basics to 8th students. We
conveyed them importance and usage of computer in current world.
LEARNINGS OF THE DAY
Learners learnt basics of stitching the blouse
Students acquired the knowledge of using computer and its importance
We learnt to organise them and had an idea of teaching the students
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CHALLENGES OF THE DAY

We faced challenges in controlling the children in school
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY
We had a satisfaction of making students learn computer and guided the
women with their learning process.

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DAILY SHEET: 5
DAY PLAN
We planned to give full training on blouse stitching in morning section
In afternoon continue with cutting of chudithar
Microsoft word, paint and PowerPoint packages were planned to teach
for school students
DELIVERABLES FOR THE DAY
More students were interested in learning the basics of computer and they
asked us to teach more
Women were learnt with blouse stitching and cutting of chudithar
EXTERNAL PARTNER FOR THE DAY
Panchayat head and his associates
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
We have trained the women by learning the skill in better way. They
learnt to stitch blouse and chudithar basics. Detailed descriptions of these were
taught to them. Students were exposed to packages of Microsoft. They were
learnt to use word, paint, PowerPoint.
LEARNINGS OF THE DAY
Full knowledge of stitching the blouse was taught to them with interest
they learnt
Students were taught with Microsoft packages

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CHALLENGES OF THE DAY

Since the learners we taught to blouse stitching process in one day they
found it difficult to continue the process
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY
We made them to learn the whole process in one day and it gave them
confident in developing their skill and students were also interested in learning
new concepts. We were really excited in teaching them by bringing students in
future technology.

CHAPTER 5
PROJECT IMPACT
SOCIO/ ECONOMIC/ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE
PROJECT
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The core theme of our project is to create an impact on the society. And
thereby we have grouped various impacts depending upon the nature of the
project.
SOCIAL
From the concern of our contribution, we have thought the students of the
particular school about the computer literacy, which has created a good impact
on a social cause. The beneficiary from the training was up to the mark & we
were able to see that through the feedback which they gave to us. Im sure that
this would have created a social impact on the particular locality of students.
ECONOMIC
We are very confident that our project had a good economic impact
among the people on the particular location. The People of Pethanaikanur
village was less aware of the importance of the economic wealth of their family.
In order to bring out a difference in the particular village, we focused on this
area. All throughout the week, we have empowered the women by teaching the
skill of tailoring by highly trained professionals. To add up with, we have
contributed a tailoring machine to the particular panchayath which will really
make a difference in their life cycle.
The women from the village were initially going for wages on the daily basis,
but due to some circumstances they couldnt earn wages. So we took up an
initiative & made them to get used to this kind of self-employment ways. Just
immediate after this project we & also the people from the village felt that they
could earn a considerable amount of rupees at the end of the day. We felt that
we have met our objective to the best in terms of economic as concern.
THE PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
The project is sustainable in the way that we have imparted knowledge to
them about the Employability, We have provided them with the resource
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availability & they will be independent to some extent and its helps them to
spend a relaxed life with enough money for their family. We have made this
clear to the particular people and they are very keen about the work & future
use of this work which will never put them in the trouble. Recently, the
information given by the panchayath leader is that the project is effectively
running upon in the village. We hope that the sustainability of the project will
last for a long time.
FURTHER SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
We have provided the awareness about the Employability of the women
& the ways to get self-employed with the resources available within their
location. We have also taken some initiative from some small scale business for
sponsorship for equipping the people of the particular village with more number
of machines in future. We expect a good efficiency from this particular project
as of now.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE & LEARNINGS
1. ABINAYA.N
I had an Extra-ordinary experience from the past one week. I had learnt
how to approach & to deal with different people. The people were unaware of
what was actually happening in and around them. In spite of the resource
availability they were not broad minded to make use of it. We helped them to
understand the importance of the work and its benefits. Apart from project
prescriptive i felt satisfied that i have done something which is really benefited
for others.
2. ABERAMI.P.S
I had an experience that couldnt be experienced in words. Im shocked
when I enter into the village, I could see the unawareness of the people who
needs some input to make them live better. So I have contributed some of my
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knowledge to the needy people and the childrens of the village. I still couldnt
believe that a week has passed upon just like that, but from my heart I could say
that I have done some justice to my work & made a peer to get exposed to the
new things.
3. BALA SUBRAMANIAM.S.M
I had a different experience of being with rural people and understanding
their life style. In spite of various initiatives and schemes introduced by our
government, people of Pethanaikanur village panchayat are still not aware of the
standard of living and they didnt know the benefit they ripe out it. i am very
happy that i was the part of the team to impart the employment literacy to those
people, which is very essential for their livelihood. i not only have the
satisfaction of serving those people but i learned to be with people, interact with
them which will help me in my career.
4. RAHUL PRASANTH.G
I was having a very new experience for a week during cep. Before
educating the people I myself learnt various methods that could really bring out
a change in their life. Then I had had a good experience in interacting with
people. I felt very satisfied that i served the community. Apart from service i
learned various concepts related to my MBA. I felt very satisfied when
everyone in the village showed their interest in learning a new one.
5. ROOPAKUMAR.M
I had a wholesome experience for serving to the rural people for a week
for a social cause and the interest. The village people are very much interested
to know about for what reason we were approaching their village and they gave
very good response for our program and the cooperation given by them made
me feel comfort. This community engagement program helped me to learn how
to approach the people and know their employability skill and their involvement
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towards their job. I felt happy that i have contributed something to the
community and i am sure that this program will have the great impact for the
people in the village and this program will make a difference in each and every
one of their lives.
6. SURABI.C
A week at a Pethanaikanur- An experience which pulled my memory out
of the box. I thoroughly enjoyed the six days of the project. Apart from which I
have made things clear for the particular group of people for their welfare. I
really feel the risk involved in the Sustainability of any person when exposed to
a new environment. In spite of it, as a human I have done some worthy things
during the project. The level of understanding of the people was really to the
peak, but we have put ourselves in their shoes & taught them. I could say I have
made an impact in each & every one of them to whom I have met in the village.
Im hoping for the best in future.

CONCLUSION
An interesting project like CEP had given a good experience on the
field knowledge & also the behavioural aspect of the society. As MBA aspirants,
our roles should be into community engagement & not only as a project, rather
it should be a habit. If each one of us started to think like this, then in future it
would a huge revolution & will really Make a Difference.

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