1. Welcome to
Wipro earthian 2015

2. Wipro earthian is... Wipro's Sustainability Education Programme for
meaningful sustainability education
exposure to multiple perspectives
focus on interconnectedness
holistic sustainability education
engagement over a sustained period
for teachers and students

3. Knowing Wipro earthian : reach in 5 years
Participation
Submissions 3000+
Strong reach of close to 50,000 institutions & 1 lakh+ students in 4 years
Engagement – close to 95,000

4. Some of the winning teams of past years
Gyan Mandir Delhi
IIT Delhi
Sardar Patel Vidyalay, Delhi
Purv Madhyamik Vidyalay, Bibipur, Lucknow, UP
IIM – Indore
IIM Shillong
Rachana School Ahmedabad
Anand Niketan, Sewagram, Wardha, Maharashtra
XLRI, Jamshedpur
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
Sri Kumarans Children’ Home, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Prakriya Green Wisdom School, Bangalore
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Eroor, Kerala
NIT, Trichy
IIM Kozhikode
SCHOOLS
COLLEGES

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A program with a difference:
Cash award of Rs.1,00,000/- for the top 10 schools in the country as decided by the internal and external jury
Mr. Azim Premji gives away the awards to the top 10 school teams. Certificates for all participating schools
Three years continuous engagement programme with winning institutions
Continued committment with support from recognised and reputed partners organisations
One school can form several teams and submit multiple entries. Unique opportunity-engage its teachers and students in sustainability education
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6. Schools get to choose from 2 themes
Biodiversity is a new theme introduced this year
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7. Water Activity : Booklet Structure
Activities –
Part A, Part A electives & Part B
Part A and Part B are compulsory
Activity is in four parts:
Objective, Instructions, Toolkit and reflections
Scoring parameters –
Part A = 40%, Part A electives = 20 % & Part B = 40%

8. Biodiversity activity : Booklet structure ...
Part A – Understanding biodiversity in our environment (40%)
Compulsory activities – Environment as shared space, Biodiversity among leaves, Leaf munchers, Biodiversity and changes in environment and What have we learnt?
Elective activities – Build your own terranium, Freshwater aquarium and Interview (20%)
Part B – The world of biodiversity (40%)
Compulsory activities – The world of biodiversity and Opening the world of biodiversity
Activities – Objective, Instructions, Toolkit and reflections

9. Role of Teachers Role of teachers –
Teachers must play a supervisory role. Provide guidance, connect the activities, facilitate discussions, encourage interactions, build connections with disciplines
Sources of Information –
Sources of information could be resource books, experts, local nursery, Internet, Newspapers and also teachers.
Primary and Secondary information –
First hand and second hand information.
How much time will be needed –
Ideally, Part A activities and documentation would take each team about 6 weeks, with approximately 2-3 hours per week for a team of 5 students.

10. Useful Specific pointers...
Part A – Story telling, Poems, Drawings, Illustrations, Photographs, Videos, Data charts, Graphs and other innovative means could be used but one should loose focus of the core task.
Part A elective activities - Complete only one of the three elective
Part B - Part B requires a different approach from Part A. The purpose of Part B is to connect what you learn about biodiversity in Part A to the larger context and to other domains.

11. Evaluation parameters...
Genuineness displayed in documentation, observations recorded, data provided and other evidences of carrying out the activity sincerely
Creativity and diversity in documentation
Sense of understanding displayed in documentation
Display of interconnectedness between activities
Drawing interconnections between issues
Understanding of sustainability
Understanding, thought and presentation of diverse perspectives to issues raised in Part B

12. A special treat for the first 100!

13. Last Date for submissions – October 31st
Get started!
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Register
Step 1
Submit
Step 2
Get Shortlisted
Step 3
Win !
Step 4
Last Date for submissions – October 31st
10 Winning school teams. 10 awards of Rs for each institution
Trophy for the institution and certificates for the team members
A Continuous engagement in the area of sustainability and education with students and the winning institutes for next few years
Awards Ceremony in Bangalore. Receive your awards from Mr. Azim Premji!

14. Introduction to the College program
Wipro earthian - A sustainability education program

15. How to participate! For more details visit

16. Read the problem statement & share your design for an urban system – Pick a topic!
Read the problem statements on these 3 topics and share your
suggestion of a better system design!
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17. A Wipro earthian 2015 special!
Last Date for submissions – October 31st
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18. Continuous Engagement Program
Wipro earthian
internship
Business School Sustainability
Symposium
For students from winning institutes, earthian offers a diverse and unique range of sustainability related internship opportunities that can be undertaken for a period of two months. These internships are offered in partnership with our highly reputed partner organizations who are domain specialists in sustainability and related areas. It is a great opportunity to engage with students and expose them to interesting paradigms, schools of thought, innovations and specializations in the sustainability arena
As a part of our long term vision to further sustainability education in India, WIPRO and IIMB have embarked on a broad collaboration of which am integral part is the curation of national forum of leading Business Schools from across the country on the topic of `Symposium on Advancing Sustainability Research and Education´ This forum will also act as a platform for Business school faculty to share their learning experiences in sustainability.
As a part of our long term vision to further sustainability education in India, we are planning a forum of key engineering colleges´ This forum will also act as a platform for faculty to share their learning experiences in sustainability
Engineering Colleges
Symposium
Strategic intervention in college student driven events
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19. Walking The Talk : Wipro earthian interns
Meet Tejaswini Halthore
“ Wipro earthian internship
was a life changing experience!”
BMNIT institute of Technology, Bangalore
One of the winning teams of Wipro earthian 2014
Wipro earthian intern 2014
Internship with the project in KMTR.
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20. Get started!
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Register
Step 1
Submit
Step 2
Get Shortlisted
Step 3
Win !
Step 4
10 Winning colleges. 10 awards of Rs each ( shared by students & institution)
Trophy for the institution and certificates for the team members
A Continuous engagement in the area of sustainability and education with students and the winning institutes for next few years
Awards Ceremony in Bangalore. Receive your awards from Mr. Azim Premji!

21. Look out for the Wipro earthian 2015 poster in your campus!
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22. Last Date for submissions – October 31st
Thank you
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