Bangalore

Darsana Bangalore Chapter has 115 members, with a large portion employed in the IT sector. Chapter activities were coordinated with a chapter committee of 20 people and 3 permanent invitees. Some of the initiatives undertaken by the Bangalore chapter include:

Members of the Bangalore chapter played a significant role in ensuring the success of IGNITE 2023 and were actively involved in the 2024 program.

Darsana Fund collection: Members of the Bangalore chapter have contributed to the Darsana Fund. Fund collection for the current year is ongoing, and chapter members are actively participating.

BCES (Biju Cherian Endowment Scholarship) Program:  Bangalore Chapter manages back-end activities for candidate selection, including application form management, shortlisting, and interview scheduling.

Support To Society: With the objective of supporting the community we are in, a School at Kolar Gold Fields that requires our intervention was visited by Com. Arunan, Vineeth VS and Sathian in June 2022. This School has Pre-Primary, Primary and Secondary classes. The students are from poor backgrounds. They are the children of daily wagers of the area. The school is supported by the CPM for its operation. The number of teachers is less than the number of the classes/divisions. The salary for the teachers is very low and is not paid regularly. There is no support up to 7th standard from the government, and the school is managed with the meagre fees of Rs.200/ month received from students. Bangalore chapter started the support for the school in Nov-2022. Initially, we set up a library and sports equipment for the children. Major support provided on an ongoing basis is the salary for two teachers (12000/-), textbooks and notebooks for students during the start of the academic year, awards to students for sports and arts competitions, etc. Our team provides guidance on improving the quality of teaching as well. Also, with support from the US chapter, we are providing egg supplements to all primary school children. We have conducted three visits during the year to discuss the progress, conduct workshops and attend the Award Ceremony.

For more information, read https://darsana.makanerp.com/activity_details/kolar-gold-fields-kgf

Darsana Website: The Bangalore chapter is responsible for maintaining the updates on the Darsana website.

Engaging activities for members: We arranged 3 catch-up meetings at Indira Nagar, Cubbon Park, and Koramangala. The meet-up at Koramangala was intended for members from 2015-2023. We had a good turnout, with many members attending. In addition, we held an online meeting for the same group to connect with new members. We also organized a Badminton Tournament near Krishnarajapuram, which was attended by 12 members and their families.

South Bangalore members catch up: We arranged a breakfast catch up on 20th October 2024, Sunday for South Bangalore members at Kairali restaurant near Sarjapura circle.We had a good time with 12 people, including family members.

Fun Events:

Darsana Online Chess Competition: The Darsana-wide chess tournament was held on 1st June 2024, with 28 members and family members participating. Reyhan Aniz (son of Aniz) from the Bangalore chapter secured first place. JithinKrishna (son of Jyothikrishna from the UAE chapter) secured second place, and Amal Raj from the 2022 batch from the Cochin chapter secured third place. Among the junior participants, Jonathon (son of Jeeson from the 2006 batch) earned the highest points.

Badminton Tournament: Bangalore chapter organized a Badminton Tournament on May 26, 2024. Fifteen people, including family members, participated in the event.

Political Activism: Our members participate in major events conducted by the Bangalore secular forum. In the past, we have organized programs like anti-CAA protest seminars etc.

Programs conducted in the previous years

Fun Events: 

Chess Tournament conducted in Jul- 2023: More than 40 Darsana members and family participated. Babu George (1989 batch) won the 1st prize. Fahad (son of Latheef 1991) secured second place, and Sooryakiran (2021 batch) secured third place.

Euro Cup prediction Contest: The prediction contest winners were: Deego and Sathian.

Caption Contest: “AdikkurippuMalsaram” was conducted among chapter members on 17th November 2021. The Winners were Asif Ramthan and Biju K.

Com. Vineeth PS and Com. Jeeson organised the contest.

Film-Based Fun Quiz: A filmi fun quiz, “70 MM Cinema Pranth Quiz'' was Organized for the whole Darsana family. There was an encouraging response to the program. It was hosted by Sindhu P R and organized with the support of Comrades Vineeth P S and Jeeson. The Winners were Kiran (Palakkad Chapter 2009), Sudhish( Bangalore Chapter – 2002), Deego ( Bangalore Chapter – 2010)

Darsana Job Portal: The main objective of the portal is to help Darsana members to find a job or to move to better roles and jobs. The portal provides a single platform to pool all the job requirements known to Darsana members across the globe. Com. Krishnakumar inaugurated the job portal on 8th January 2022. It was well received initially, and our members have put up several job openings. Gradually, the use of the portal showed a downtrend. In the coming year, we must brainstorm and take corrective actions to re-energise the platform. The job portal was designed and realized under the leadership of Com. Ajith Prasad, Com. Jose Varghese and Com. Arjun K P

Career Explorer Talk: An online expert panel discussion was conducted to guide engineering students in choosing their career paths after completing their Degrees. This was open to all Engineering students across Kerala. It was planned as a series of sessions to cover all the engineering branches. The first in this series, “Career Paths in IT”, was conducted on 22 Jan 2022. The Panelists were Com. Mukundan Annamalai, Com. ArunanThayyil and Com. Dinesh I. The other sessions planned in the series were put on hold as the student crowd's participation was not as high as expected. An analysis following the first session indicated that student communities, in general, are not giving priority to such webinars.

Com. Mukundan Annamalai conducted two talks with the students on the NSSCE campus. The students received these talks well.

The talks were: “Future of Information Technology” on 27th Oct 2021 and “A Typical Day in a Large IT Organization” on 26th Nov 2021