The traditional methods in education such as single discipline research, has encountered a bottle

neck and made it difficult for students to succeed in many academic and technical programmes.
Therefore, to overcome this problem and to achieve a breakthrough, there is a need for research
involving more than one discipline. In order to reconstruct the education process to promote
equality and cultural pluralism, a universally accepted approach, interdisciplinary projects have been
introduced as a potential tool for promoting learning and fostering positive interpersonal
relationships among diverse group of students. And this interdisciplinary project initiative is termed
as My India.

My India, the initiative taken by Aurora’s Degree and PG College is to sensitize the students for the
protection of our environment and society. This initiative is being derived from three main principles
that are followed by the college. Concentrate, Collaborate and Contribute.

Objectives
• To promote collaborative work amongst students and emphasize the importance of
cooperation and social skills

• To develop attitudes and skills related to cooperation in a solution oriented team

• To give an opportunity to the students, a greater degree of responsibility for own

development and learning

• To develop among the students “the Approach” to be taken for solving the problem in a
team, where the team members have different background and various angles or ideas for
understanding the problem

• To enhance their creative flair through interpretation and presentation

As part of this initiative the college concentrates on four burning issues.

• Global Warming
• Afforestation
• Anti-Plastic Drive
• Potable drinking water

This project will be done by the students in groups. A group would consist of four members from
different streams (B.Sc and B.Com). The project groups can collaborate with Government
Organizations, NGOs, International organizations and corporate foundations to take up the projects.
This contributes to the environment, and the society implementing the best green practices and
initiatives where we leverage/influence the environmental bent of mind of our students.

Projects under the above mentioned four issues:

• Global warming – Under this issue the project can concentrate on energy conservation,
reduction in fuel usage, turning off electrical appliances when not in use and green
environmental issues etc.

• Afforestation – Planting of trees, less paper usage campaign can be some of the projects
under this issue.

• Anti-Plastic Drive – Distribution of jute bags, cloth bags, educating dangers of plastic
consumption, promotion of biodegradable plastic technologies etc

• Potable drinking water- Provision of clean and protected community water units, save
water campaign, educating carcinogenic effects of drinking water.

Every student would have to experience either a rural part of the country or the slum area in the city
to experience the problem or find solutions, meet and interact with people working in the four
focused areas. This can be a tour for their My India project. And this is termed as Experience India