Calicut

The Darsana Calicut chapter has more than 100 members. Calicut chapter has taken up a few key initiatives and driven them to success. A few of them are:

Soft skill training for the final-year students: In collaboration with the Palakkad chapter, we conducted a soft skills training program for the final-year students of NSSCE on October 4, 2023.

Electronic Hardware Literacy Program at Gov.High School Nadakkaav: It is a program conceptualized by Darsana as a part of the PRISM program in the school and driving in collaboration with the students of IEEE chapter GEC Calicut to encourage electronic hardware literacy knowledge in high school students of Nadakkaav school.

Atal Tinkering Lab training: ATAL Tinkering Lab is a government-funded program aimed at nurturing innovation skills in school children. The Calicut chapter provided training to students at Gov. Ganapt High School, Feroke, in collaboration with the faculty of Farooq College, and is planning to extend its reach to other schools.

Adivaram House completion and handing over: As part of Darsana My home project the ninth house was constructed for KizhakkeyilAminathatha at Adivaram, Kozhikode. The house was constructed by the Darsana team with the financial support of KCSMW (Kerala Cultural Society of Metropolitan Washington DC). The construction was done by Com Rahul GK, a Darsana Kozhikode chapter Member. Babeesh, Aneesh and Gireesh monitored the project. With the involvement of CC, the construction was completed in October 2021, and the handing-over program was conducted on 24.10.21. Sri Linto Joseph, Hon’ble MLA, Thiruvambadi LAC handed over the key to Aminathatha.  The program was presided over by Adv AishakkuttySulthan, President, Puthuppadi Grama Panchayath.  Sri Anilkumar, KCS President and SmtBeenaTomy, President KCS Women’s wing joined the program online and conveyed their message. Many people's representatives, political representatives, Darsana members, KCS representatives and the public participated in the program. 

Student support program GEC Westhill: The Kozhikode chapter decided to extend support to weaker sections of Engineering students in GEC, Westhill to help them complete and pass the course. As a part of this program, a full-day workshop was conducted on 28.11.21 in an online platform for mentors. Dr Baiju Sasidharan, Professor, CET, Sri Sasi, Professor, CET, Sri Manoj, Professor, RIT led the classes and shared their experiences in conducting similar programs at their institutions. About 60 people participated in the two sessions.

Student support program at Mooppans tribal colony Kalpetta: To ensure the participation of children of tribal sections in Wayanad, a pilot program was planned along with the local SFI team. A study centre was set up at the colony by modifying a temporary shed, and new benches, desks, tables etc, have been provided. Additional coaching classes were conducted at this centre for 10th-grade students in the colony.  The program was started on 3.1.2022 and had enthusiastic participation from the children from the colony. 16 students from the colony attended the SSLC exams and successfully cleared it.