The ceremony was jointly inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Sanjoo Dadroo, National Director, Love Care Foundation, Delhi; Guest of Honour Ms. Reema Malhotra, Director, School Projects, LCF, Delhi; Dr. Sapna Rakesh, Director Management and Dr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Director IT. 

The ceremony started with the welcome address by Dr. Sapna Rakesh, Director Management, who congratulated the awardees saying that the institute feels proud for having such dedicated and generous CSR volunteers. Dr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Director IT said that sparing time for CSR activities is not easy for the students who have so many assignments to complete. Still they contributed two years of hard-work and dedication which is amazing and praiseworthy both. He blessed the awardees and wished them great successes in future as well. 

Honourable Chief Guest of the occasion Mr. Sanjoo Dadroo, National Director, Love Care Foundation, Delhi expressed his pleasure for being a part of such an important celebration and congratulated the awardees. He also expressed hope for further great CSR initiatives through ITS-LCF mutual efforts. 

Guest of Honour Ms. Reema Malhotra, Director, School Projects, LCF, elaborated the working of LCF and the future projects and said that through this crucial tie-up, the real help and care will reach the needy in time. 

The event was memorable for two significant reasons – One of which was the signing of MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) between ITS and LCF. Dr. Sapna Rakesh and Mr. Sanjoo Dadroo signed up the MOU and exchanged copies with happiness and hopes. Now both the organizations will work together for the betterment of the poor, the helpless, the down-trodden and the needy. 

Second and the most important segment of the event was the felicitation of CSR volunteers who toiled all these two years, day and night for making the lives of the poors livable. These volunteers played crucial roles in ‘Parivartan’, ‘Utthan’ and other CSR activities like blanket distribution and awareness programmes. Mr. Sher Singh Chouhan of MBA got the Best CSR Volunteer-2016 Award along with a trophy and certificate of appreciation. Ms. Akansha Saxen of MBA got the Outstanding CSR Volunteer Award with a trophy and certificate. Similarly, Mr. Ankur Agarwal of PGDM got the Most Reliable CSR Volunteer Award, Ms. Kanika Goel of MCA got the Most Dedicated CSR Volunteer Award and Mr. Pushpank Kaushik of MCA bagged the Star CSR Award, trophies and the certificates. 

Efforts and contributions of seven more volunteers were recognized and appreciated by presenting them the certificates. They were Naman Bhatnagar (MBA), Ayush Agarwal (MBA), Sumit Arora (MBA), Ujjwal Kumar (MBA), Abhay Jain (MBA), Mohit Jain (MBA) and Ujjwal Raj (MCA). 

The joy and satisfaction of the felicitated volunteers was worth notice. They expressed their gratitude for having got the chance of doing something noble for the unprivileged and under-privileged segments of the society. Utthan Lab children were also present during the ceremony who witnessed the felicitation of their loving mentors, the volunteers. Dr. Gopal Krishna Dwivedi convened the programme and anchored the ceremony as the faculty coordinator of CSR Activities.