Beacons of change

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest that you reap but the seeds that you sow”-  Robert Louis Stevenson

As we moved around traversing the length of the our beautiful nation we met, interacted,mentored and learnt from the many inspiring individuals we met along the way. The journey so far instilled in us the belief of a greater tomorrow in the able hands of the young generation who are vehemently following their dreams with a courage unsurmountable. India has a huge expanse of fertile minds, minds who wish to do something and from which a tiny sapling of innovation can grow in a huge tree that can provide its shade and replenish the future. In this humdrum of daily life at times these fertile minds loses its gifts as it does not get the sunlight of encouragement and the sprinkling of sweet words of advice that can guide its path. Thus, one of our endeavour in this journey has been to harness these fertile minds and as we feel that this should be a regular pursuit we have sown fertile seeds in the form of mentors in every city who will be guiding and nurturing these minds.

Our local mentors

“No one knows what changes. big or small lie ahead, one thing is certain the journey is not yet over” and truly the journey is going on in all the cities we have been as our local mentors are  vehemently pursuing the journey of Mentor on Road in their cities and carrying out the task forward. Meet Mr. Vinayak Lokur, our dynamic mentor in the city of Belgaum. Mr. Vinayak has plans to visit Belgaum to understand further on infrastructure issue and the skill gap. The power of visual communication that is what Mr. Vinayak is pursuing as he proudly adorns the pristine white T shirt of Mentor on Road during the casual days in his office. Thus, when people enquire about Mentor on Road on seeing his t-shirt he goes on to explain the entire issues which Mentor on Road has touched upon in its journey.

Mr. Vinayak Lokur, Local Mentor at Belgaum

Similarly our mentor in Surat Mr. Ameet Shah has set up a task to visit Mandvi village on 15th June. Here he plans to visit ITI Mandvi, where he will be interacting with the student community and will help them understand about what are the skills that industries look for in the students. Through this he aims to bridge the skill gap between the students and the industry at large. In the same light in order to promote small scale industries and cottage industries he will be interacting with the locals at Mandvi and will be promoting handicrafts business as well. Food processing and the food industry has been our major crux of discussion in our journey of Mentor on Road across all cities which just goes on to show its importance in the national economy. Thus in his mentoring journey of Mandvi he plans to visits the farms and talk with the main doers the farmers so as to understand their pain points. Further to ensure government participation in industrial development which is our other major goal he plans to invite Mr. Prabhu Vasava, Member of Parliament as the chief guest in the interactive sessions.

Mr. Ameet Shah, Local Mentor of Surat

Hence, our hearts gleam with pride on seeing the mentors work day and night earnestly and we feel that the day is not far that the beautiful saplings of innovation, hard work and potential will arise from the soil of India.