Enactus JMI bagged the first position in the Enactus Global Race for Climate Action, USA

‘Project Shrimati’, the flagship project of Enactus Jamia Millia Islamia, emerged as the global champion by securing the first rank in the ‘2022 Race for Climate Action Impact’, on 3rd November at the Enactus World Cup 2022 held in Puerto Rico, USA.

Enactus is the world’s largest experiential learning platform dedicated to creating a better world while developing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators. The Enactus network of global business, academic and student leaders are unified by the vision—to create a better, more sustainable world. Nearly 37,470 students associated with Enactus are entrepreneurial, values-driven social innovators across 2,064 campuses in 33 countries, positively impacting the lives of 11.6 million people each year.

Innovators, creators, global citizens, and business, student and academic leaders from around the globe were welcomed at Enactus World Cup 2022, given their efforts in taking action to change the world for good. The teams under Enactus India, including Enactus JMI virtually represented their respective universities through their innovative projects from Gurugram. The primary presenters of Project Shrimati were 4 students from Jamia Millia Islamia namely, Gaurav Chakraborty (Dept. of Economics), Manal Siddiqui (Dept. of Chemistry), Maham Kamal (Dept. of English) and Izeen Fatima (Dept. of Psychology).

‘Project Shrimati’ is an initiative by Enactus Jamia Millia Islamia, which aims to tackle the prevalent problems in our country such as unemployment, plastic pollution, menstrual hygiene and sanitary waste disposal while also uplifting and empowering the women of our society by providing them with financial stability through employment. The project manufactures reusable, eco-friendly sanitary pads to combat the numerous environmental problems associated with the widespread disposal of plastic waste along with raising awareness of menstrual health and hygiene through awareness campaigns and distribution drives.

In its latest achievement, Project Shrimati has expanded its influence in Southern India, as a new production unit of the project is under development in Goa in collaboration with Axzora Group and Ethernet Xpress. As of now, Enactus JMI, through Project Shrimati, has been successful in motivating 2750 women and girls to switch to our reusable Shrimati Pads, thus reducing 14.575 metric tons of CO2 emissions.

The Race for Climate Action is a competition that aims to identify and mobilize Enactus teams that work to address the climate crisis. Alongside Project Shrimati, the chosen top 5 finalists from a field of 90 entries and 16 countries, included Project Nawah (Dyal Singh College, India), Zaraat (Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, India), Swabun (Ramjas College), and BettaCoal (University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria). Justifying their motto of “Social Diligence”, Enactus JMI has represented Jamia Millia Islamia and the country by emerging as global champions.

Report by: Syed Ilham Jafri for TJR.