By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong has embarked on creating world class management professionals, who are aware about their responsibilities towards the environment and society
Inspired by the Director, Prof. AK Dutta, the members of the ECoBiZ Club, IIM Shillong have come up with a noble initiative.
The students have placed bamboo-made bins at various places in the campus. There is a three-fold objective behind procuring these bins.
First, it would address the problems of waste disposal in the IIM Campus.
Secondly, unlike the plastic containers these would be environmentally friendly.
In addition, these bins would promote the cultivation and usage of bamboo which is found in large quantities in the North East.
Currently ten bins have been placed in the campus and there are plans to increase this number based on feasibility and requirement.
The bins have been designed by the members of the ECoBiZ Club using indigenous contraptions and have been manufactured by the Meghalaya Handloom and Handicraft Development Corporation.
The Club recently donated clothes to ‘Mercy Home’, a place for the underprivileged elderly. ‘Bethany society’ another reputed NGO of Meghalaya , received a generous donation of old books from the Club members and is using it to prepare Braille material for visually-impaired children.