Csr project report to manmad

CSR P ro jec t : ST. XAVIER’S BOARDING, MANMAD

XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

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HEEMANISH MIDDE and JAYSHREE SAVLA


St. Xavier’s College Campus, 5, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai – 400 001 Tel: 91 – 22 – 6522 1909/11, Fax: 91 – 22 – 2265 0607

E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.ximr.com

CSR Project

ST. XAVIER’S BOARDING, MANMAD



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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank especially Bro. Edwin Rodrigues

who has been instrumental in completion of this project and

for generously sharing the available data and for his

encouragement and patience throughout the duration of this

project. We are also grateful to Fr. Maurice Henriques and

Fr. Nazareth Gonsalves for their valuable support.

We would also like to thank Fr. Paul Vaz, S.J., who was the

initial instigator and early on provided advice and

encouragement and Dr. Prof. K.N. Vaidyanathan for his

constant support and inputs, Prof Macario for his Guidelines

on the project.

Heemanish Midde

Jayshree Savla



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INDEX

About Manmad 4

Objectives 5

Boarding

Activities and Observations 6

Inferences 10

Problems 11

Recommendations 11

Walk the talk with bro. Edwin 12

Socio economic study

Socio economic study 13

Inference 18

Recommendations 18

Learning 19

List of tables

Students performance in Aptitude test 20

Boarding facilities 21

SEC Questionnaire 22

St Xavier’s Boarding Questionnaire 24



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ABOUT MANMAD

Manmad is a city in Nashik district in the Indian state of

Maharashtra. It is the third largest town in Nashik district.

It is very bigger in area as well as in population but still it

is not a taluka place.

Manmad houses offices of Food Corporation of India,

Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil. There is also a Sikh

Gurudwara, which is the third Gurudwara to be constructed

in India. Manmad is also one of the largest markets for

onion producing farmers after Lasalgaon.

Manmad is a major junction on Indian railways. It has the

Central Railway Engineering workshop, which constructs

and maintains railway bridges for central railways.

Many of the farmers from nearby villages sell their farm

produce in Manmad to wholesale traders, who in turn sell it

in Mumbai.

As of 2001 India census, Manmad had a population of

72,412. Males constitute 51% of the population and

females 49%. Manmad has an average literacy rate of

75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male

literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 69%. In Manmad,

13% of the population is under 6 years of age.



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OBJECTIVE

SCHOOL Focus

Objective: Development and matching of skills

Skills: Physical/Numerical/Equipment handling/Computer

skills, etc.

� Take these skills to the Corporate OR gain information

directly from the companies, about the skills they are

looking for (for Corporate Team)

� If skill absent, suggest attributes of the skill, that the

companies are looking for, so that an effective training

program may be tailored, based on your

recommendations.

SOCIO ECONOMIC CULTURE Focus

Objective: Consumer behavior research

On the life of these people, would generally revolve

around. Their perception on education and city life



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DAY 1, 09/02/2008, Saturday

PRE – INTRODUCTION (12.00am – 1.00pm)

Younger Children playing marbles, elder ones working on

the fields

POST – LUNCH SESSION

Introduction to each other (2.00pm – 2.30pm)

Well mannered, well postured introduction, Std.5 to std.8

more attentive than std.9, but obedient. Were helping if

anyone got stuck in their conversation

Games (2.30pm– 4.00pm)

� Crane and crow: Very disciplined (everyone moved

one at a time), No one cheated, no chaos

� Fashion designing from scrap: Excellent team-work,

all gave 100% effort; team mates listened to their

leader, no chaos, assignment completed before time,

no sign of nervousness

� Family game: Attentive, honest

EVENING SESSION

Std.9 and Std.9 10 interview (4.00pm – 5.00pm)

On field observation (5.00pm – 5.30pm)

Passionate about work, unity, devotion to work, obedient

(at the ring of bell everyone assembles), kids not working

– play marbles

ACTIVITIES

AND OBSERVATIONS



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SUPPER TIME (5.30pm – 6.30pm)

Sat together to eat, cracked jokes on each other on the

activities during the day, everyone took them in a healthy

way, disciplined and systematic, no chaos at the serving

place, meal was enjoyed even though it was bhakri, dal

and onions, no fuss or complaints about food on less salt,

all openly invited us for supper, washed their own utensils

POST SUPPER SESSION

Reviewing of photos (7.00pm – 8.00pm)

All sat in an organized manner (height wise), only people

wanting photos talked when required, others kept quite, all

matured to take decision on selecting photographs, all

laughed and enjoyed the photos but fast to settle,

everyone attentive, no gossiping

Movie: Daha vi Fa (8.00pm – 10.30pm)

No fuss or chaos when movie got stuck, made no

interruptions in between (for loo or getting warm clothes)

DAY 2, 10/02/2008, Sunday

DRAWING TEST (8.30am – 9.30am)

Shared stationary, silent, completed in time, sat in one

place throughout, no fuss in absence of light

VISITS

Girl’s boarding (10.00am – 11.00am)

Girls did not shy away, greeted us well, and appeared to

be more serious and studious than boys, clothes cleaner

and neater than boys



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Hospital (11.00am – 11.30am)

People believe that medicine gives by sister have

miraculous powers, 10% visiting people are affected with

HIV Aids, and charges are less therefore affordable,

nursing college opening shortly

Panewadi Village (Samadhan’s and Nitin’s house)

(11.30am – 3.00pm)

Family members initially shy, very hospitable, very

considerate, quite, not very well to do, still server us a

very lavished lunch

While photographing both males and females were

standing far apart in group photo, could be culture coz

elders were around

Offered Jayshree Rs. 100, probably coz of culture

EVENING SESSION

On reaching Hostel

Children still playing marbles, few working on broken pipe

Aptitude test (Test: 4.30 – 5.30 Discussion: up to 6.45)

Std 5, 6 and 7 eager to know on what’s going on, except 3

all attempted to solve/try till the end, eager to know the

right answers,

Discussed answers, had lot of doubts, questioned on the

method, we went wrong and they corrected us

Games (6.45pm – 9.00pm)

� Page folding race: Obedient, discipline, eager to

know the rules of the game but were patient, played

enthusiastically, good team support, cheering for each

other, encouraged each other



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� Dog and the bone: We didn’t knew the game rules

properly, they told us about it

� Distribution of pens and thank you note: Happily

accepted pens and replied “thank you”, 4 students

gave thank you notes to us

� Antakshari: Healthy competition, no informal fights,

all sang together

� Dance: Very excited to learn about the dance session,

obedient, disciplined and organized, invited us to dance

DAY 3, 11/02/2008, Monday

REGULAR TIME TABLE

Exercise (5.50am – 6.15am)

Exercise done by one std. 9 student, others follow

Study time (6.15am – 7.30am)

Took interview for std. 8, others probably studying

Pre school preparation (7.30am – 9.15am)

Wash their own clothes, all follow the time table strictly,

breakfast

SCHOOL

Assembly (9.15am – 10.00am)

School starts with assembly, visited to be computer lab,

library, went through school magazine

Recess (11.10am – 11.20am)

Tea with Fr. Nazareth and others, discussed current

situation of school and performance of std. 10 students

Lecture (3.25pm – 4.00pm)

Attended a lecture given to std 3, no benches, very

enthusiastic, a want to learn, disciplined except few at the

corner, boys more active, scared of teacher



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INFERENCES The children

� Are Disciplined and systematic

� Are Obedient

� Have an Urge to learn

� Are Hard working

� Have Excellent in team work

� Are Enthusiastic and passionate about work

� Have a Good presence of mind

� Have poor knowledge of English as language

� Play marbles in free time

� Have no computer knowledge

INFERENCES FROM APTITUDE TEST

� Good in communication in Marathi but very weak in

English.

� Good in GK which shows they are updated with

what’s going on around.

� Few average in mathematics, others weak.

� Majority has above average logic.



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PROBLEMS

� Poor library facilities

� Hygiene not up to mark

� Week end time-table not productive

� Food facilities

� Scarcity of finance

RECOMMENDATIONS

� Library facilities to be provided

� Library facilities on weekends

� Charts with English scripts and Marathi translation

� Utilize play hours for productive games like cricket,

football etc rather than marbles



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Bro. Edwin has been assigned the task of St. Xavier’s

Boarding for one year. He put all his heart and soul to

make this place a beautiful home for the kids. He has

utilized the entire place in farming, gardens and planting

trees the proceeds of which is used for the welfare of the

boarders. He has best utilized all the unused old wood in

making benches for the children to sit and read. Basket

ball court is on its way. They are looking forward for

computer education center in school, the work of which

is in progress. They have planted around 200 trees in and

around the campus.

He has sorted out specific timings for food, study, work

and exercise that have helped the kids to stay healthy

mentally and physically. The food is very simple, healthy

and nutritious (Masoor Dal and Bulgar, Bhakri and Onion)

and the vegetables cultivated in the fields around.

He has encouraged the kids to participate in various

activities like sports and drama. He often organizes picnics

for the kids, this year they went to Saputara in Madhya

Pradest and Ankai Hills near by.

According to him the reason for the poor financial

conditions of the farmers is due to the absence of major

industries other than Indian oil and the railway yard which

provide very little and/or temporary employment. Hence

the only source of income is agriculture.

Walk the Talk with Bro. Edwin



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SOCIO–ECONOMIC STUDY

Banabai Katkade

Initially reluctant to speak to us but when said that it was

regarding her sons studies then she agreed. She is the

mother of Nitin. Their Financial condition is very poor. She

has sent her son to school so that he gets a better life.

They want to give the best to their son so he studies and

brings a better standard of living to his family. They think

high of education and are willing to shift but due to high

cost of living elsewhere they can’t think of it.

They earn their livelihood by breaking stones (Wakari)

which is a very unpredictable source of income. The money

is proportional to the work they do and hence all the family

members have to work. Their income is equal to their

expenses, hardly anything is saved. Many a times they

have borrowed at high interest rates to meet their daily

expenses. She wants that her son should not go through

the same hardships as they have gone through.

In her family only her younger brother in law is educated.

Since they have no agricultural land they are heavily

dependent on the work available, hence the source of

income is variable in nature.



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Abhay P. Nikalje

He is an auto driver and he repents that he lost the

opportunity to education that he had when he was young.

He could not complete his education till std. 10 coz he felt

that life was easy. He came from a well to do family,

money wasn’t an issue at that time and he owned a Maruti

omni and a big house, however as time passed by he spent

all the money. Today he has nothing but a small house a

hired auto rickshaw, wife, mother, two sons and a

daughter to look after. He repents that had he studied he

would have got a better job in a factory and would have

made a better living.

Today he makes his livelihood by driving an auto the

income of which is variable. He has to pay a daily rent of

Rs. 60, but what he earns is far less to meet his expenses.

He also has a debt for which he pays a monthly installment

of Rs.1200. All in all his income is equal to his expenses

and his saving is nil.

He had undergone a training session at Mysore for

counseling in HIV/AIDS, however there was no

requirements for counselors at the near by hospitals.

People suffering were averse and not willing to undergo

counseling. There is a new center for HIV/AIDS coming

nearby which could be of great importance to him as it

could be a fixed source of income for him. However he is

not very sure when the project would materialize. He is

also interested in moving to cities; however his variable

income doesn’t allow him to do that.



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More than anything he is more concerned about his

children’s education and does his level best to give them

all that is possible. In fact to make addition to his limited

needs he also participates in bands as a singer in “Bhajani

Mandals”, in church, at weddings etc.

Kamalbai Dashrath Sangale

Her family is a joint family consisting of husband, three

sons, one daughter and mother in law. The husband works

in the factory, their standard of living is average. The

family is dependent on him for livelihood. She does

farming in the fields around the house. The main crops

cultivated are bajra, maize, onions, groundnuts etc. but

bajra is only used for house hold consumption. The rest of

the produce is sold in the Manmad market. She also does

wakari and often goes to factories to stitch gunny bags for

onions. They have 3 cows and 2 goats.

From what we observed, her husband appeared to be strict

Bhimraj Karvari Wadhavne

His family comprises of three sons, a brother and wife. He

is a farmer by occupation. The income earned is very low,

expenses are very high, however he manages to save. He

has debts created out of agriculture. He cultivates onions,

wheat, green chilies, brinjal and Bengal gram. Whatever is

produced is sold in Manmad and Yeola markets. The

availability of work is throughout the year but he feels that

agriculture commands hard work of 16 hours a day and he



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is tired of hard work. He is ready to work in city as well

relocate in the nearby cities. In fact he was a manager in a

small company near by but he was out of work due to its

closure. This is reason for his shift to farming.

During his spare time he goes to villages to meet his

relatives in the nearby villages. And he is also a member of

the “Swadhyay Parivar” which conducts “Satsang”

(religious songs and prayers)

He places a high importance to education which is why he

wants his son to study and move ahead in life so that he

doesn’t have to face the hardships as he does. He wants

him to complete graduation and find a job in factory rather

than doing agriculture.

He believes that a farmer is “Annadatta”. He feels that new

thoughts of the city should transcend to villages which

would bring in new thoughts and better way of life to

them.

Gorakh Dagdu Sangle

He is the son of Daulatram Dagdu Sangde but we find a

great difference in the perception between him and his

father. He completed his matriculation in Panewadi itself

but finds it’s difficult to get a permanent job in factories

nearby. Sometimes he gets temporary work in the factory

nearby for painting, repairs etc which usually takes place

in the months of January and March. His family comprises

of his father, mother, one brother and one sister. He is



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Hindu – Wanjari by caste. They celebrate all the Hindu

festivals. Marathi is their spoken language.

He could not perceive his further education coz of poor

financial condition. Whatever is earned is spent so there is

very little or no savings at all. Agriculture is carried out

with little water hence the crops grown are bajra, maize

since they require less water. Most of the produce is sold in

the Manmad market. They strongly believe in superstitions

this is evident from the following incidence, his elder sister

died of some illness they attribute the cause to black

magic.

Navnath Daulatram Sangade

His family comprises of his wife and his elder brothers

family. He is a farmer. Whatever is earned is spent, no

saving, huge debts (loss in onions). He did not pursue

further education because he didn’t take it seriously that

time. His brother works for railways and he is the bread

winner of the family. He tries to collect information on

latest advancements in agriculture. The major produce in

his field comprises of onion, bajra, ground nut, wheat and

maize. Most of the produce is sold in Manmad and

Nandgaon. He is aware of the bank systems and the

market. This year he had a bumper crop of onion which

usually fetches Rs. 700 – Rs. 800 per quintal. But this year

the rates were Rs. 150 – Rs. 160 per quintal. This led to

huge losses and in turn huge debts.



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INFERENCE

Even though the people here are educated if not up to std.

10, they dependent only on agriculture due to the absence

of major companies around. The farming here is

unorganized and unplanned which may lead to all the

farmers growing the same crop resulting in lower price for

the produce.

Their perspective towards education is very broad,

however due to poor financial conditions they cannot

pursue the same. They are very superstitious. There is no

discrimination on the basis of gender.

RECOMMENDATION

� Planned and organized farming

� Finding new markets with better prices

� Better governance

� Help of Panchayats for better co-ordination

� Better awareness through T.V and Radio

� Help from NGOs



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LEARNINGS

� Mumbai is not India

Being born and bought up in Mumbai, it was an eye

opening experience for us. It was like a new world for

us. The people their problems are so different. We

knew about these but it was the first time we

experienced it.

� Team building (students)

Their co-ordination is excellent, given any assignment,

they know whom to follow, or who will lead, no chaos

no fights.

� Working despite hardships (students & people)

Having so many problems especially financial, they

believe in moving forward. Students know why they are

staying is the boarding and they know what to do.

People send their kids to school coz they don’t want

their kids to fall in the same situation.

� High value for education

Financial crises are the only thing that is taking them

away from education. All have positive perception

about education.



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No Name of Student School Maths GK Comm. Logic Total

9 6 8 12 35

Std10

1 Siddhant Rajendra A. Ahire 46.86% 2 5 1 1 9

2 Dattu C. Kakad 59.59% 4 6 4 3 17

3 Ramsingh Arjun Yadav 48.20% 4 5 3 6 18

Std. 9

4 Sandeep B. Chavan 44.60% 1 5 4 6 16

5 Amol S. Shirode 48.81% 4 6 3 4 17

6 Shyam S. Bhide -- 2 3 5.5 1 11.5

7 Rishikesh B. Ahire -- 4 5 6.5 3 18.5

8 Ganesh P. Dalvi -- 1 5 5 1 12

9 Sandip Bhide 47.36% 0 5 6 5 16

Std 8

10 Dattu S. Sangde 31.88% 0 1 0 3 4

11 Swapnil S Jadhav 66.33% 2 5 5 4 16

12 Vikas Katkade 44.66% 2 3 2 3 10

13 Sandeep K. Yeole 45.55% 0 5 3 2 10

14 Rohit R. Hire 56.33% 0 4 5 3 12

15 Viraj R. Ahire 40.33% 4 3 3 2 12

16 Sagar V Kokane -- 0 5 1 0 6

17 Chetan K Sapata 57.00% 6 6 5 5 22

18 Kailash N Shinde 46.88% 2 4 5 2 13

19 Samadhan Sangle 35.88% 0 3 4 5 12

STUDENTS

PERFORMANCE

IN APTITUDE TEST



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BOARDING FACILITIES

� Rooms

� Office

� TV Room

� Guest Room

� Study room for std 10

� Brother’s Room

Boarding Master’s

Room

� Sahitya Room

� Trunk Room

� Storeroom

� Hall

� Furniture � Tables and Chairs

� Notice boards

� Lights and Fans � Steel and wooden

cupboards

� Dustbins

� Sewing Machine

� Cycles

� Fish tank � Gas Stove & Cylinder

� Syntax Tanks

� Trunks as lockers

� Trees � Banana

� Drumstick

� Coconut

� Guava

� 3 Gardens

� Bars for exercise

� Bathroom and toilet

� Quadrangle

� Appliances

� Telephone Cordless

Phone

� Weighing scale

� TV (Haier)

� Welding Machine

� Stabilizer, Inverter &

Meter

� Fridge � Water Purifier (Kenstar)

� Geyser

� Computer with Printer &

Scanner

� DVD Player

� Mike and Speakers

� 5 and 3 KW Motors

� Flour Mill

� Blacksmith’s Machine

� Kitchen

� Sheds

� Goat shed

� Rabbit Shed

� Chicken Shed

� Farming

� Maize

� Onions

� Cabbage

� Spinach

� Fenugreek

� Sports facilities

� Table tennis � Basket ball

� Cricket

� Football � Volleyball



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Name: _________________________________________

Composition of Family: Males______ Females______

Children_______ Total _______

Age of Working Members: __________________________

Income: Fixed / Variable

CULTURE

1. Religion & Caste:

2. Family Structure: Joint / Nuclear

3. Types of Houses: Pakka / Kaccha

4. Financial Status:

a. Income:

b. Savings:

c. Expenses:

d. Debts:

5. Food Habits:

6. Clothes:

7. Spare Time:

8. Festivals:

9. Cultural Groups:

10. Community Life:

11. Beliefs (Superstition):

12. Karta:

13. Languages:

14. Importance of Education:

15. Climate:

16. Position of Women:

SOCIO–ECONOMIC STUDY QUESTIONNAIRE



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TRADE

1. Occupation:

2. Aspirations:

3. Business Sense:

4. Openness to Relocate:

5. Skills:

6. Markets:

7. Source of Raw Material:

8. Mode of Payment:

9. Availability of Work:

10. Labor / Entrepreneur

11. Products (Awareness):

LEGAL STRUCTURE

1. Anti Social Activities:

2. Social Security:

3. Governance:

4. Political Awareness:

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Perception of city life:

2. Impact of Jesuit:

REMARKS:

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Name__________________________________________

Age: _______

Gender: Male / Female

Standard: 8th / 9th / 10th

Hailing from:

ACADEMICS

1. Academic Performance: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

2. Aptitude Score:

3. Communication skills: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

4. Computer proficiency: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

5. Extra Curricular Activities:

6. Physical Fitness: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

7. Favorite Subject:

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Aspiration:

2. Hobbies:

3. Television programs:

4. About Family:

REMARKS:

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XAVIER’S BOARDING QUESTIONNAIRE



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