04/02/2019
Volunteer Voice!
Priyanka Manchanda, Assistant Vice President expresses, "I have always made one thing explicit that Sahyog has been like a 'doobte ko tinke ka sahaara for me'. It has been not only a confidence booster for me but it has also acted like an anchor point in my career path. I joined Sahyog during my emotional turmoil and days of finding my identity after leaving school and joining college. Like most students, I was struggling to become someone more than a Roll Number and Sahyog gave me this platform to relive and explore myself. From soon having a name and the satisfaction of lastly doing something productive, it is now years to my association with Sahyog. From being a volunteer to being the Activity Head within 2 months of joining and working for 22 months straight and then being the Senior Activity Head for approximately an year, I have loved most of my involvement. I am currently the Assistant Vice President and the designation sounds exciting. More than the designation, the added responsibility has given me a chance again to work on my worth and the value addition that Sahyog has done!
Personal benefits are never ending! I have got stronger bonds, enormous confidence, knowledge, sense of self-worth, identity, network and connections, love and recognition from my social circle including my faculty.
Talking about the academic and professional benefits, mentions of Sahyog have helped me grab interesting internship opportunities and perform various roles. In the middle of 2018, I knew my broader career interest and Sahyog helped me narrow it down to Training and Development. With a lot of workshop conductions for school students and prepping the volunteers to present, I somewhere discovered my interest and skills in the area. Along with this, my experience has helped me survive many practicals and theory papers most of the times! I would have been somewhere because of Sahyog too but doubt about the beauty of the other place. The grass is greener on my side, definitely!"