Educational Alliances

Educational Alliances

Smile Foundation has tied up with many reputed national and international educational institutes and involves them in the development process. With the idea to ‘catch them young’, Smile Foundation senstizes youth, the future decision makers about the plight of underprivileged children and the widening gap between haves’ and have-nots’. The Foundation motivates the youth to take a small step in the direction of addressing the issue.

Smile Foundation has tied up with many reputed national and international educational institutes and involves them in the development process. With the idea to ‘catch them young’, Smile Foundation senstizes youth, the future decision makers about the plight of underprivileged children and the widening gap between haves’ and have-nots’. The Foundation motivates the youth to take a small step in the direction of addressing the issue.

Students and administration of many national and international institutes have already joined hands with Smile Foundation. A few among them include San Francisco State University, Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Management, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, International Management Institute etc.

International Management Institute
International Management Institute (IMI) located in Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi was established in 1981 in collaboration with IMI Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne). IMI is India’s first corporate sponsored Business School.
The Institute received UNDP assistance for promoting internationally oriented management education. Besides this, it has also various other international linkages with bodies like World Bank, UNDP, ILO, UNCTAD, Asian Productivity Organization etc.
IMI is one of the empanelled Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, for special Commonwealth Assistance Programme under which the Institute gets the executive MBA students from various Afro – Asian countries for its 15 months Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management.

The corporate world in India, public, private, multinational companies, international consulting firms and other organisations have employed its alumni who are rightly called the Achievers.

The Management programmes are designed to enable a selective number of young professionals who have been judged to have high potential to reach responsible positions in industry. The programmes at IMI foster integrative capabilities with cross-functional programme modules that synthesize a number of specialised disciplines into unified learning experience.

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The International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi has designed the curriculum of the Smile Twin e-Learning Programme (STeP) meant for the underprivileged adolescents. The course has been designed keeping the industry inputs in view and has been customised according to trade needs.

Tata Institute of Social Sciences
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936, as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. Its establishment was the result of the decision of the Trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust to accept Dr. Clifford Manshardt's vision of a post-graduate school of social work of national stature that would engage in a continuous study of Indian social issues and problems, and impart education in social work to meet the emerging need for trained human resources.

In 1944, the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was recognised as a Deemed University by the Government of India (GoI). Since then, the TISS has been expanding continuously in terms of educational programmes and infrastructure. While responding to the changing needs of the social and educational system in the country, the Institute has gone far beyond the initial concern of social work education.

Since its inception in 1936, the TISS has consistently worked for the promotion of sustainable, equitable and participatory development, social welfare and social justice through value-based professional education in social work, human resources management, health administration, hospital administration, disaster management and other human service professions, social research and dissemination of socially relevant knowledge, social intervention through training and field action projects, contribution to social and welfare policy and programme formulation at the state, national and international levels and professional response to natural and human-made disasters, through relief, rehabilitation and disaster management.
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Smile Foundation has started an annual scholarship programme for post graduate students of TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai for research in social work. The scholarships will be given to 10 most meritorious students every year starting from the 2008-09 session. The scholarship programme is a token endeavour in nurturing the best talents for the development sector by becoming a partner in the legacy of TISS.

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow is located amidst serene surroundings at Prabandh Nagar, about 21 km from Lucknow Railway Station and 31 km from Lucknow Airport.
From a modest beginning in 1984, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) has now grown into a fully integrated global management school fostering and nurturing leaders capable of making a difference in the management of corporate and non-sectors.

This global business school offers Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM), Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness Management (PGPABM), Post Graduate Programme in Business Management for Working Managers (WMP), International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) and Management Development Programmes (MDPs).
The Institute stands tall on the foundation of an excellent, committed and deeply knowledgeable faculty and has innovative and unique pedagogical tools and an eclectic and diverse student community that has a burning desire to make new paths of its own.
The Institute inculcates human values and professional ethics in the students, which help them, make decisions and create a path that is good not only for them, but also are for the society, nation and the world as a whole.
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The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) has joined hands with Smile Foundation to sensitize the privileged mass and involve them in the development process. As a part of the process, Smile Foundation was specially invited to be a part of MANFEST 09, IIM-L’s annual fest. Smile children were part of the IIM fests and had a nice time with IIM students.

Welcome Group Graduate School of Hotel Administration
Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) located in India’s first University town Manipal was established in October 1986 was the first Indian Hotel Management Institute listed by The Council of Hotel, Restaurant Institutional Education (CHRIE). In the academic year 2003-2004, the institute was transferred to Manipal University.
In August 1987, the Foundation joined the Welcom group, the hotels division of ITC Ltd. (a corporate sector organization). Welcom group is a hotel chain having linkage with Starwood Company of USA. WGSHA’s training and development activities are recognized by the International Hotel Association, Paris. From July 2003 it has become a constituent college of Manipal University.
WGSHA alumni are leaders in the hospitality industry and have been placed in reputed hotel chains like Taj, Leela, Holiday Inn, Le Meridian and Welcomgroup hotels, and airlines like KLM, British Airways, Gulf Air, Singapore Airlines, and travel agencies like Thomas Cook and many more organisations like Citibank, Blue Dart Couriers, GE Capital and International Services.

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Smile Foundation was a part of Welcome Group Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal’s grandest charity fund raiser annual fest HOPE (Help Our People Exist) 09’ in the university town of Manipal, Karnataka. Smile Foundation was the charity partner of HOPE 09’. The carnival saw the presence of more than 3,000 youth from across all colleges in the university town of Manipal. Some of the events at HOPE 09’ were Vouge (Fashion show), Battle of the Rhythm Gods (DJ Competition), Feet of Flames (dance competition) and a rock show etc.

HOPE 409’ aimed at mobilizing more people to collectively work for a greater cause and be a part of the development process. The partnership of Smile Foundation with WGSHA will ensure utilization of funds towards child education and welfare projects in and around Manipal.

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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was set up in 1963 by the Government of India as an autonomous organisation to help professionalise the country's foreign trade management and increase exports by developing human resources; generating, analysing and disseminating data; and conducting research. Today it is one of India's most prestigious business schools.

The Institute's portfolio of long-term programmes is diverse, catering to the requirements of aspiring International Business executives as well as mid-career professionals.

IIFT has, over the years, undertaken path-breaking research studies with organisations like WTO, World Bank, UNCTAD and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. The Institute has also trained more than 40,000 business professionals across 30 countries in various facets of international business and trade policy via its Management Development Programmes.

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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has tied up with Smile Foundation for an internship programme for its students. Every year students from IIFT come for internship to Smile Foundation. The students are a part of Smile Foundation’s research projects and have also helped Smile Foundation in marketing and

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San Francisco State University

About San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University enrolls the largest number of international students at any comprehensive university in the U.S., and ranks second among U.S. universities for the number of students who study abroad for an academic year. With a diverse range of students from almost every state and nearly 100 countries, the University community is a perfect setting for learning to succeed in a pluralistic society and global economy.
Ever since it was established in 1899 as a teacher-training school, SF State has been known for its commitment to excellent teaching. SF State awards bachelor's degrees in 115 areas, master's in 95, and a doctorate in educational leadership.
SF State's motto is Experientia Docet -- Experience Teaches. Here students apply their talents and classroom learning to real-world challenges through community-service learning, credit-earning internships, and participation with community-focused centers and institutes that adress issues relating to health, education, the environment, business, child care and undeserved communities.
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As part of this endeavour, the San Francisco State University is making a short film on Smile Foundation. A 25 member team comprising students and professors from San Francisco State University came to India for the shoot. The crew lead by Prof. Dr. Vinay Shrivastava and Prof Dr. Betsy J. Blosser of the Dept. of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University was in India from June 14 to July 9, 2009 and visited many Smile project centres for the shoot. The university bore all the cost as well as expertise required for the film which will be ready by September.

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