Global Citizen Leaders in The Making
WeSchool students offered a research fellowship by Carleton University to team up with Canadian students from School of Industrial Design and local corporate in finding solutions to infra/environmental issues in Canada
Mumbai, July 3rd, 2014: Sagar Deshmukh (PGDM-Rural Management) and Parag Patil (PGDM -Business Design), young MBAs from WeSchool have received an international scholarship from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. This well deserved opportunity came as a result of their active participation and contribution during 'Interdesign 2014 Mumbai' workshop on 'Humanising a Metropolis' hosted with ICSID (International Council for Societies of International Design)– where WeSchool students had participated with global designers to solve the infrastructural problems of the city of Mumbai. Prof Thomas Garvi, Director, Carleton School of Industrial Design, a participant of Interdesign 2014 Mumbai workshop, was so impressed by the contribution made by the students that he made sure that the scholarship was offered to them. These students are pursuing a 6 week internship at the Carleton campus in Ottawa, where the University will host them for a joint design/business project with a corporate sponsorship. They will be working along with the students of Carleton School of Industrial Design in the design studio under the mentorship of expert faculty from WeSchool as well as Carleton University and some of the corporates for which they will undertake projects are:
Teron International Building Technologies (http://www.teron.ca/)
DW Product Development (http://www.dwcanada.com/)
Gibson Product Design (http://www.gibsonproduct.com/)
Macadamian (http://www.macadamian.com/)
Accompanying the WeSchool duo are Kritesh Jangir, Priya Kothadiya and Agnes Thomas, students pursuing MBA from iFEEL (Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship and Leadership) who have also bagged this opportunity to participate in the International experience at Carleton University. (iFEEL, an AICTE approved Bschool, is located in the pristine hills near Lonavala). The students have participated in the MIT MEDIA LAB Design Innovation workshop, Interdesign 2014 and India Sweden Innovation Accelerator organised by WeSchool in the earlier part of this year.
Sagar Deshmukh and Parag Patil will be working on the theme "Zero Waste Household" for M/s Teron International Building Technologies to design prototypes of different products/services to address various infrastructural/environmental issues. Apart from the project work, corporate visits, a tour to Montreal and McGill University and recreational trips to adventure spots like the Poisson Blanc regional park and Algonquin Provincial park are also planned for the team during their 6 weeks stay at the Carleton campus.
While extending his good wishes to the team on the commencement of their journey, Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool said “We are in an era where the world needs young citizen leaders who will not only strive for personal success as corporate heads or entrepreneurs but also for making the society a better place. WeSchool has been striving to create an ecosystem that encourages people to incorporate design thinking in action and our AAA approach (AAA - Acquisition, Application and Assimilation of knowledge) emphasizes that students learn through application of acquired knowledge and delve deeper to make meaning of the knowledge acquired and experience by understanding one's goals and responsibilities towards business, relationships and society. As WeSchool joins hands with Carleton University on this venture, this journey will change the lenses of the participants, and they will come up with scalable design solutions with a distinct and strong social concern embedded in its core philosophy. Let us Co-create a vision community to build the future of this wonderful nation and globe for a great tomorrow.”
About WeSchool
Established in 1977, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) features among the premier Business Schools in India. Run by charitable Trust S.P. Mandali, Pune, all across the state of Maharashtra, WeSchool is ranked 15th out of 150 institutes in India as per the Annual Times B-School 2014 survey. The same survey has also ranked WeSchool as 7th best institute in the West zone and among the top 10 institutes recognized for providing exposure to latest developments in the corporate sector & management practices, quality of internships and emphasis laid on personality development.
WeSchool's goal is to use the power of the amalgamation of design and management thinking and truly redesign the way education can make a meaningful difference to students and society that is visible through actions and outcome.
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WeSchool students offered a research fellowship by Carleton University to team up with Canadian students from School of Industrial Design and local corporate in finding solutions to infra/environmental issues in Canada
Mumbai, July 3rd, 2014: Sagar Deshmukh (PGDM-Rural Management) and Parag Patil (PGDM -Business Design), young MBAs from WeSchool have received an international scholarship from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. This well deserved opportunity came as a result of their active participation and contribution during 'Interdesign 2014 Mumbai' workshop on 'Humanising a Metropolis' hosted with ICSID (International Council for Societies of International Design)– where WeSchool students had participated with global designers to solve the infrastructural problems of the city of Mumbai. Prof Thomas Garvi, Director, Carleton School of Industrial Design, a participant of Interdesign 2014 Mumbai workshop, was so impressed by the contribution made by the students that he made sure that the scholarship was offered to them. These students are pursuing a 6 week internship at the Carleton campus in Ottawa, where the University will host them for a joint design/business project with a corporate sponsorship. They will be working along with the students of Carleton School of Industrial Design in the design studio under the mentorship of expert faculty from WeSchool as well as Carleton University and some of the corporates for which they will undertake projects are:
Teron International Building Technologies (http://www.teron.ca/)
DW Product Development (http://www.dwcanada.com/)
Gibson Product Design (http://www.gibsonproduct.com/)
Macadamian (http://www.macadamian.com/)
Accompanying the WeSchool duo are Kritesh Jangir, Priya Kothadiya and Agnes Thomas, students pursuing MBA from iFEEL (Institute for Future Education, Entrepreneurship and Leadership) who have also bagged this opportunity to participate in the International experience at Carleton University. (iFEEL, an AICTE approved Bschool, is located in the pristine hills near Lonavala). The students have participated in the MIT MEDIA LAB Design Innovation workshop, Interdesign 2014 and India Sweden Innovation Accelerator organised by WeSchool in the earlier part of this year.
Sagar Deshmukh and Parag Patil will be working on the theme "Zero Waste Household" for M/s Teron International Building Technologies to design prototypes of different products/services to address various infrastructural/environmental issues. Apart from the project work, corporate visits, a tour to Montreal and McGill University and recreational trips to adventure spots like the Poisson Blanc regional park and Algonquin Provincial park are also planned for the team during their 6 weeks stay at the Carleton campus.
While extending his good wishes to the team on the commencement of their journey, Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool said “We are in an era where the world needs young citizen leaders who will not only strive for personal success as corporate heads or entrepreneurs but also for making the society a better place. WeSchool has been striving to create an ecosystem that encourages people to incorporate design thinking in action and our AAA approach (AAA - Acquisition, Application and Assimilation of knowledge) emphasizes that students learn through application of acquired knowledge and delve deeper to make meaning of the knowledge acquired and experience by understanding one's goals and responsibilities towards business, relationships and society. As WeSchool joins hands with Carleton University on this venture, this journey will change the lenses of the participants, and they will come up with scalable design solutions with a distinct and strong social concern embedded in its core philosophy. Let us Co-create a vision community to build the future of this wonderful nation and globe for a great tomorrow.”
About WeSchool
Established in 1977, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) features among the premier Business Schools in India. Run by charitable Trust S.P. Mandali, Pune, all across the state of Maharashtra, WeSchool is ranked 15th out of 150 institutes in India as per the Annual Times B-School 2014 survey. The same survey has also ranked WeSchool as 7th best institute in the West zone and among the top 10 institutes recognized for providing exposure to latest developments in the corporate sector & management practices, quality of internships and emphasis laid on personality development.
WeSchool's goal is to use the power of the amalgamation of design and management thinking and truly redesign the way education can make a meaningful difference to students and society that is visible through actions and outcome.
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