Thursday, August 28, 2008

IT Pros Turn to Music for Charity

They come from various companies and working in a sector which is deemed as highly paid one. Yet, these young lot are not content with the routine job and looking for fulfilling their social responsibility. To fulfil their aim, they have turned to music. Formed as ‘K-SARA...MusicallYours’, the group is holding a musical event to help mentally retarded adults on 30 August.

About ten IT professionals will present a musical show on with the help of some professional artists. This is the first event by the group and has been compiled without any formal participation from their respective employers. In the context of talk regarding stress in the IT sector, the social cause seems the way out for them.
Saurabh Navangul, who is behind the group said, “I was a part of a musical group before called Octave. The group did some programs to help the earthquake victims in Gujrat in 2001. After I joined the IT sector, I felt a need to come forward to help unlucky ones in the society. Fortunately enough, people with similar thinking came along and the group got bigger.”

At present, the group consists of Abhijit Patil, Anjali Navangul, Bharamanna D. Chavan, Abhay Krishan Rastogi, Amruta Chaka, Roopa Iyer, Asmita Patil, Arpita Agarwal, Ramesh Raman, Dipti Dhote, Smita Tikekar, Kuhoo Gupta and Priyanaka Rawal. Their program, to be held at Ramkrishna More Auditorium in Chinchwad will consist of music ranging from classical Indian to Rock spread over three hours.

The proceeds of the event will go to Navkshitij, an organising dedicated to the work for mentally retarded adults. “We have done similar shows for other oganisinations in the past. But as a group this is our first show. As we are doing this on individual level, we like not to show our company’s names in it,” said the members of the group. To spice up the event, help from professional musicians have been sought.

When asked about the recent events indicating stress level in IT companies, the members said, “Stress exists in every field. By doing this work, we have found a way to overcame the stress level. It takes us at least two months to prepare us for the event. Even our weekends are spent in it. When people ask us how you find time to do so, we say time has to be kept aside.”

(K-SARA can be contacted at saurabhnavangul@wipro.com)


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1 comments:

  1. Now a days stress is a main factor & its everywhere. So instead of getting worried about the stress, just accept it & do as much as we can for ourselves & others.

    By creating a group & helping the society (specially unlucky people)is a great idea, to help ourselves & others.

    Good work guys... Nitin

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