SAP 2021-22

The Swachhta Action Plan Committee (Sanitation and Hygiene Unit), St. Xavier’s College Jaipur in collaboration with Unicharm India and Global Hunt Foundation organized an Interactive Session on “Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management” on 14th May 2021. The resource person for the session was Mrs. Nitya Chaudhary, CSR Executive, Unicharm India. Keeping in view the objective of spreading awareness regarding sanitation and hygiene, the unit organized this lecture for all the female students, faculty members and staff of the college. 

Sanitation and Hygiene Unit: SAP in collaboration with The Covid-19 Awareness Committee, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur organized the first webinar of COVID-19 AWARENESS WEBINAR SERIES on 4th June 2021, under the aegis of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). The topic of discussion was “Learning from the Second Wave of Covid-19: Some Important Key Takeaways for Future Preparation”. The webinar was conducted on Zoom and was live streamed on YouTube.

The webinar aimed at increasing awareness of the participants in respect of health complications that arise as implications of Covid-19 and to understand the new variant of COVID-19 virus, and learning from the second wave, we tend to seek the best ways to prepare ourselves in a better way to fight the third wave of the pandemic. The esteemed resource persons for the discussion were Dr. Hema Singh, Consultant, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Metro MAS Hospital, Jaipur; Dr. Rajat Bhargava, Associate professor, Gastroenterology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur; Dr. Nishtha Singh, Executive Director and Consultant, Asthma Bhawan Jaipur; and Dr. Raghav Shah, Consultant & Director, Dept. of Psychiatry & Deaddiction, Rajasthan Hospital, Jaipur. 

SAP committee and Eco-Friendly club St. Xavier’s College Jaipur celebrated “International No Plastic Day” on 3rd July 2021. In the presence of Rev Fr Dr Arokya Swamy Sj, Rev Fr. Sherry Gorge and other dignitaries, PLEDGE to avoid single use plastic had been taken by all the staff members of college. To make our surrounding a better place to live we must avoid the use of single-use plastic and use alternates that are decomposable.   

The Swachhta Action Plan Committee, in collaboration with MGNCRE-MHRD and SBM-G, GoR organized a seven-day workshop from 24 to 31 August 2021 on Swachhta Action Plan. The objectives of the workshop were to understand the concepts and challenges of rural sanitation, the policies and guidelines of GOI and state governments on rural sanitation, discussing the Swachhta Action Plan and its implementation aspects and understanding the sanitation technologies. The Chief Guest for the Inaugural was Sh. Vishwa Mohan Sharma, IAS (Director, Swachh Bharat Mission-G, GoR) and the Guest of Honour was Sh. Parag Choudhary, Additional OIC, SBM-G, GoR. Eminent personalities and resource persons addressed different sessions on issues pertaining to rural health, hygiene, cleanliness and awareness.

Institutional Social Responsibility and Extension Activities Cell (ISREA)/Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell (UBA), Life-Skill Enhancement (LSE) & 'Aanandam Cell and Swachhta Action Plan Committee (SAP) of St Xavier's College-Jaipur organized an orientation program at 12:15 PM on 20 September 2021 through a virtual platform The  program aims to strengthen students' thinking skills, social skills, personal self–management skills, and emotional skills, which will help them actively engage in college and other areas of society. The main aim was to orient students towards social commitments and explore how to make their country clean, green, and self-reliant. 

The program left students in high spirits and vigour. They were enthusiastic that they are an eminent part of these cells and committees.