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Truth​ ​being​ ​told,​ a
​ ​ d
​ ream​ ​would​ ​
prevail​ ​to​ ​be​ ​an​ ​impossibility,​ i ​ f​ ​
not​ ​acted​ ​upon.​ ​
One needs​ t ​ o​ w
​ ake​ ​up​ a
​ nd​ ​
take​ ​the​ s
​ tand​ t ​ hat​ n
​ eeds​ t ​ o​ ​be​ ​
taken.​ ​Enactus​ i ​ s​ a
​ ​ n
​ on-profit
community​ ​of​ ​students,​ ​
academics​ ​and​ b
​ usiness​ ​
leaders.​
At​ ​Enactus,​ ​they​ ​are​ a
​ ll
constantly​ ​engaged​ i ​ n​ m
​ aking​ ​
and​ ​presenting​ ​unique​ ​
ideations,​ ​coordinating,
collaborating​ ​and​ ​brainstorming​ ​
with​ ​other​ ​ideations​ a
​ nd​ ​
coming​ ​up​ ​with​ s
​ ustainable
business​ ​models​ f ​ or​ ​the​ g
​ rowth​ ​
of​ ​society​ a
​ s​ ​a​ w
​ hole.
Enactus​ ​DCAC​ h
​ as​ ​never​ ​
stepped​ ​back​ ​from​ ​any​ ​
opportunity.​ ​The​ ​young​ a
​ nd
motivated​ ​members​ ​of​ e
​ nactus​ ​
DCAC​ h
​ ave​ ​decided​ t ​ o​ ​make​ ​
human​ ​progress​ t ​ heir business.​
​ he​ ​young​ m
T
​ en​ a
​ re​ ​not​ j ​ ust​ ​
students​ ​but​ ​more​ a
​ ptly,​ t ​ hey​ ​
are​ ​huge​ ​bundles of​ e
​ nergy,​ ​
creativity​ ​and​ ​willingness​ ​to​ ​
bring​ ​change,​ t ​ ied​ ​together.
Putting​ ​together,​ c ​ orporate​ ​
social​ ​responsibility​ ​from​ ​
corporations​ ​and​ g
​ overnmental
backing​ ​from​ ​the​ c ​ entre,​ ​thé​ ​
Enactus​ D
​ CAC​ ​team​ h
​ as​ ​been​ ​
running​ ​two​ ​projects​ - ​
Project​ ​Adhikaar​ a
​ nd​ ​Project​ ​
Kaushal​ ​and​ ​made​ p
​ roject​ ​
Adarsh​ ​Gram​ ​sustainable,
with​ ​the​ ​help​ ​of​ ​self​ ​sufficient​ ​
and​ ​sista​ b
​ usiness​ m
​ odels​ ​
created​ ​over​ t ​ he​ g
​ uidelines
of​ ​social,​ e
​ nvironmental​ ​and​ ​
financial​ ​aspects.
Project​ ​Adhikaar,​ ​it​ p
​ roclaims​ ​
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women​ a
​ s​ ​the​ ​“Drivers​ ​for​ ​
change”.​ A
​ s​ ​the​ ​name suggests,​ ​
it​ p
​ rovides​ ​women​ ​with​ t ​ heir​ ​
Adhikaar,​ ​or​ ​what​ ​is​ ​rightfully​ ​
theirs.​ ​In​ ​a society​ ​that​ ​makes​ ​
mockery​ ​out​ ​of​ ​women​ a
​ nd​ ​
their​ d
​ riving,​ p
​ roject​ ​Adhikaar​ ​
has taken​ ​up​ ​the​ ​initiative​ ​to​ ​
fill​ ​up​ ​the​ t ​ ransportation​ ​sector​ ​
with​ w
​ omen​ ​drivers.
E-rickshaw​ d
​ riving,​ ​a​ ​job​ ​highly​ ​
occupied​ ​by​ ​male​ ​dominance​ ​is​ ​
being​ b
​ alanced​ o
​ ut by​ ​female​ ​
drivers​ ​because​ ​of​ ​project​ ​
Adhikaar.​ T
​ he​ ​project​ w
​ as​ ​
recognized​ a
​ nd promoted​ b
​ y​ ​
the​ ​honourable​ ​prime​ M
​ inister​ ​
in​ ​the​ ​stand​ ​up​ ​India​ ​event.​ ​It​ ​
is​ ​a​ p
​ roject that​ h
​ as​ ​a​ ​quantum​ ​
of​ b
​ enefits,​ ​to​