VRUKSHA SAMPADA 2.0

On July 11th 2021, Enlightening lives celebrated Vruksha Sampada 2.0. Amidst the pandemic the first step towards serenity is achieved by planting a plant. Plants are the source of our energy, they are the source of the beauty in this world and are considered as the quarantine buddies. We the team of Enlightening lives came up with an initiative to plant trees. Planting a sapling gives us happiness, but we made it more fun by adding the present generation tint i.e. “Vruksha Sampada 2.0”. 

Many students and young children participated in Vruksha Sampada 2.0 and motivated others to do so. Plants are our best friends and in order to inculcate the value of plants in young minds Enlightening Lives conducts Vruksha Sampada every year. This year Vruksha Sampada 2.0 ended with a bang! 

                                                                 

INSTAANVESH

    INSTAANVESH

    On 20^th May 2021 Team Enlightening Lives hosted the first virtual contest INSTA-ANVESH 2k21. This one of a kind, event was magnificently organized by the team for our ecstatic freshmen. This enriching contest not only invoked intellect and creativity in them but also acted as a bridge from their academics. INSTAANVESH is a treasure hunt completely planned on Instagram. Our freshmen were challenged to unfold the clues and reach the treasure, by the end of the contest, they were not only competitive but also brain-stormed their instincts to win the contest,

    The winners of Instaanvesh were absolutely appreciated and were gifted with a sweet surprise. They were given handmade portraits of their pictures wonderfully crafted by Vignesh vemula, a passionate artist. The portraits gifted to them will be cherished as a memory for a lifetime. Enlightening Lives showcased that nothing can stop ideas and enthusiasm if we can make things happen. All our freshers made Instaanvesh a huge success and will be remembered as the first-ever virtual challenge that created an impact among the students.

ELONG…-Got Us Along!

                                                                                                Covid-19 has jeopardized our lives and honestly, all of us got quite used to the lockdown too, which has become the “new normal” for over a year now.

                           Me and hundred’s of other students like me joined BTech with many expectations, new vibes and too much excitement to which covid has undoubtedly blinked all of our dreams.

Though we whiled away time by binge-watching shows and trying hands in never before explored fields, there was definitely a void of missing the cult BTech life..fests, classes, clubs and “seniors”.

Just as the quarantine blues were getting on our nerves, then came in “Enlightening Lives” as a gateway to the boring Saturday afternoon.” Elong EL along with you”, was the first of its kind of virtual event conducted by team EL for us, juniors. It was a super fun virtual tour! The who’s-who’s of El were introduced and the coolest president, Suchitra Akka spoke about her fond memories with EL. Mehul anna captivated us with his super amazing mashup cover and that was when we realized what all we were missing at BVRIT!. Next up was “Fun Bouts” the fun rounds of quiz. The questions were quite interesting and we juniors jumped into the competitive spirit to answer them.

The fun interaction and getting to know about college life beyond academics was enthralling. Kudos to the entire team for pulling up such a fantastic event and keeping us all engaged.. this was a sweet gesture by our seniors and a sweet welcome to the BVRIT family.

I’m really proud of what the EL team has been doing in this pandemic by reaching farther boundaries! It’s really inspiring to see what students can do and how they can actually create an impact on other’s lives with such limited resources.             

          I was quite happy that my lockdown Saturday wasn’t as regular as another lockdown
days and definitely we are looking forward to such fun sessions and wish to meet you guys in person!

- Kudari Shreya

     

Stranger Things

 

As the year started to wind up and with Christmas around the corner, here’s what Enlightening Lives did.

Christmas is a celebration of giving and sharing. Keeping this in mind we tried to emphasise this motto and organised an event. A week before Christmas i.e on the 19th of December, a fundraising event was organised. As a part of this, participants were asked to donate one hundred and ninety-nine rupees and wait for a surprise Christmas gift and a positive note from a stranger(who is also a participant in the event). Certainly, the concept excites a lot of students and as soon as the posters and registration links were released, students enrolled in good numbers and generously donated for welfare activities and received their Christmas gifts and special notes from a stranger. The year 2020 was indeed full of hurdles and difficulties. But at  Enlightening Lives, we helped a few throughout the year and did our part in reaching out to those in need. We pledged to continue the help for years to come.

Diwali in your words

On the 9th of November, on the occasion of Diwali, Enlightening Lives wanted to light up every home with happiness and joy and hence it organized an event. Participants in this event were asked to write to us what this festival meant to them and received very creative and beautiful pieces of writing describing the importance of this festival. 

The stories we got painted a beautiful picture of the festival in the reader's mind. Each of the participants donated a minimum of fifty rupees to take part in the contest. Even though people couldn't meet up physically, this paved a new way for students to express their thoughts while parallelly helping someone. The funds raised were used for the welfare of the needy. Surely the donations made lit up somebody’s home this Diwali

Never Retreat

On the 30th of August, Enlightening Lives donated a sum to a needy man... Ramulu, a 63-year-old man was fighting for his life after being met with an accident on the 30th of August. He got admitted to a hospital in Nizamabad, he was diagnosed with a clot in the brain and the major issue was his ribs were seriously injured making it difficult for him to breathe and was on ventilator support. Doctors of that hospital were demanding huge amounts of money for his treatment. His son Sanjeev was unable to afford such an amount of money for his father's survival and then when he approached Enlightening Lives for help. The core team held a meeting and decided to donate from the organization’s treasure. This decision was taken understanding the seriousness and urgency of the situation. Sadly, Ramulu did not survive despite undergoing surgery. 

Saving a Life!

 On the 21st of August 2020, Enlightening lives started a fundraising campaign, intending to save a life. Here is its briefing. Praveen is a 22-year B.Tech undergraduate from KITS Warangal, who was fighting his life with cancer. He was undergoing chemotherapy. His bone marrow was also to be transplanted and one other typical cancer treatment. All of these cost around Twenty Lakh Rupees. Praveen’s family were in a situation where they weren’t able to afford this. They were able to collect around 5 Lakh Rupees through a crowdfunding organization. Enlightening Lives decided to contribute its part in saving Praveen’s life. A campaign was started and funds began to flow in. With the tireless effort of Enlightening Live’s Core and its volunteers, within no time Enlightening Lives donated a life-saving amount to help Praveen. Enlightening Lives promised any further help to Praveen and his family. We consider this campaign as one of the pleasing and worthy donations Enlightening Lives made.