SATARK

SATARK, The Consumer Club of P.G.D.A.V. College, was launched in 2011 and is a constituent of Consumers Forum, a non -profit organization registered in 1980, under Government of India society’s registration act, 1860. Consumer awareness is a nugget. Many consumers are avid buying new products but they are not aware that they can be deluded. Satark looks forward to spreading consumer awareness among people that is an understanding by an individual about their rights as a consumer, concerning available products. The concept contains four categories namely safety, choice, information and the right to be heard.

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SATARK NEWSLETTER

REPORT 2020-21

KSS on CPA 2019

Bryant H. McGill once stated that ," We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed".

Nowadays there are a large number of consumers who get exploited in one way or the other. Satark - The Consumer Awareness Club of PGDAV College conducted its first Knowledge Sharing Session, putting a light on this issue, for the session 2020-2021 on 3rd September 2020 at 5:00 pm. This session was conducted by Pratibha Singh - The Vice President of Satark, on the topic - "Consumer Protection Act". It was a very informative session. She made everybody aware about how does this Act empower customers. She also informed about the pecuniary jurisdiction, penalties for false and misleading advertisements , CCPA and other important rules and regulations. The whole Satark team of faculty teachers , office bearers, executives and members contributed to make it more knowledgeable. This session was then ended with clarification of doubts by Pratibha Singh. It was a great session that helped everyone to update their knowledge and become more satark.

SATARK MEMBERS ATTEND OUTREACH PROGRAM BY TRAI

“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.”

So, to grab the golden opportunity provided by TRAI Regional Office, Jaipur, we attended the Online Consumer Outreach Program conducted on 18th September, 2020 from 11:30-1:30 PM. The session was held on Airmeet with the agenda to build a good rapport and understanding among the service providers, consumers and Consumer Advocacy Group for coordinated development of the services. Around 10 members and faculty of Satark represented The Consumer Forum in the aforementioned. The session turned out to be extremely informative as the speakers provided the attendees with some real-life hacks to be aware consumers like information regarding various apps and contact numbers to tackle daily problems faced by us. They acceptably presented with the help of various PPTs and videos for better understanding. We extend heartfelt gratitude to The Consumer Forum for providing us with this amazing opportunity which was not theoretical but also provided us with approaches to do away with our daily life problems.

FACULTY TEAM 2019-20

Founding Member- Dr Vandana Agrawal

Advisor- Dr Anuradha Gupta

Convener- Ms Sakshi Verma

Members- Ms Nisha Goel, Ms Megha Madal, Ms RVS Chuimila

STUDENTS TEAM

President- Tanya Kashyap

Vice Presidents- Neha Bhatia & Pratibha Singh

Secretaries- Manish Mittal & Preeti Deepa Dash

Treasurer- Rohit Das

Executive Team

Content Heads- Divya & Nomeesha

Pr Heads- Vanshika & Shifa

Executive Members- Mansi & Meghna

REPORT FOR 2019-20

To enkindle young minds and instigate awareness, the club organizes various events, conducts numerous workshops, awareness programmes and competitions to promote consumer responsibilities and protection of consumer interests. Following are some of the initiatives that Satark took in the last session in order to fulfil its objectives-

Poster making competition on the topic ‘NO PLASTIC IS FANTASTIC’
Online meme making competition on topics serving consumer interest with an overwhelming number of 100 entries
Three knowledge sharing sessions on Consumer Protection Act, Quality Assurance Marks and the process of filing consumer complaints respectively
E-Waste collection drive
Inter-College ‘Best out of e-waste’ competition
Kavyanjali: The Online Poetry Writing Competition on the topic ‘ Dharti ki ab yahi pukar, plastic mukt karo har haal’ with 120 entries from students across and beyond the Delhi University circuit
Stall in the annual fest, ‘Aaghaz: The Onset of Nirvana 2020’
Outreach program in the form of a play in a school to enlighten the young minds about adulteration and fraudulent in online shopping
Annual newsletter ‘Satark Times’ aimed at giving a better insight into our activities and inculcating consumer awareness
Our weekly blog and Instagram age where we post ‘consumer updates’ every Monday

Not only in the last session but Satark has been giving its best to serve its purpose. It will always strive to strengthen the future generations to create an aware and vigilant society of prudent individuals.

FACULTY TEAM 2019-20

Founding Member- Dr Vandana Agrawal

Advisor- Dr Anuradha Gupta

Convener- Ms Sakshi Verma

Members- Ms Nisha Goel, Dr Ritu Tanwar, Ms Megha Madal, Ms RVS Chuimila

REPORT FOR 2018-19

2017-18 has been a great and successfull year for the club. With the guidance of club’s Advisor, Dr Vandana Agrawal and Convener, Ms Sakshi Verma and dynamic team of students, the club organised several events. It kicked off with lively and interactive Knowldege Sharing Session, where Dr Sheetal Kapoor from Kamala Nehru College spoke on “GST and its impact on Consumers” on 8th September, 2017.

On 25th September,2017 a quiz was held on Consumer Protection Act, GST and other basic consumer- related questions. Objective was to test the knowledge of students regarding the topics. A total of 40 people participated. Pragya Pandey emerged victorious and Sayash Aloney was the runner up.

A T-Shirt painting competition on “e-waste”. was held on 27th September, 2017. A total of 12 teams partipated. Yogeshwer Bajaj was selected as the winner followed by the team of

Niharika Kamboj and Anushree Basak as first runner up. The second runner up position was shared by Divya Aggarwal And Vinson Mathew Issac.

The club conducts E-Waste collection drive every year. This year after conducting awareness, the collection drive was held on 11th, 12th and 13th of October. It was a great success due to the combined effort of the Core members, the Faculty members and the team. Approximately 50 kgs of e-waste was collected which was disposed with e-parisara in the month of December 2017.

In January 2018, cover page designing competition was held. The theme was E-commerec on the lines of theme of World’s Consumer Rights Day 2018. Total of fourteen entries were received and Utsavi and Gunjan of B.com(H) III year were selected as the winners followed by Yogeshwar Bajaj.

An inter-college online photography competition was organised in the month of January 2018. Total 14 entries were received through which the creative young minds shared the cultural impact on consumer behaviour through their lens.

On 16^th Feb 2018, our members Ibtesham and Ekta made a presentation on “Consumer Protection Act: What it is and what it should be” where they discussed the current CPA and the proposed one. Such KSS enables peer learning as well as gives members chance to develop their communication skills.

On 22^nd February an inter-college debate was organised on the topic of 'Online transactions are safer’. Total 14 teams from different colleges participated and the event was judged by Dr. Shuchi Pahuja and Ms. Monika Saini, Professors Department of Commerce, PGDAV College. Tanvi Tharija and Madhur Mahajan from ARSD college were selected as the best team by the judges and Anshika Adhlakha and Arnima Ailawadhi were the runner ups. Pragya Pandey was awarded as the best speaker and Utkarsh Rastogi was selected as the best interjector.

Our students researched on ‘Energy Drinks:Reality or Myth’. The team made presentation which was followed by an open house discussion on 22^nd Feb 2018 from 1-2 p.m. Dr. Jayashree Gupta and Ms. Geeta Kumar from Consumers India were the Chief Guests. After presentation, the guests further enlightened the audience on the topic followed by interactive session with them.

FACULTY TEAM 2018-19

Advisor- Dr Vandana Agrawal

Convener- Ms Sakshi Verma

Members- Ms Nisha Goel, Dr Aparna Datt