The Proud IISM Volunteer Training Team for 38th National Games Uttarakhand 2025. 💪

As IISM collaborated with National Games Uttarakhand this year as a volunteer training partner 🤝, a dedicated team of sports professionals, who are also IISM alumni, went to Uttarakhand to provide comprehensive training to the volunteers 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️. They conducted online training 💻 for the 30k general volunteers and on-field training for 3000 selected volunteers by visiting 11 key locations in Uttarakhand 📍, aiming for responsible volunteerism in the grand event.

As the 38th National Games Uttarakhand 2025 commences today, the experiential learning program for volunteering training has also drawn a successful circle.

The initiative of volunteering training for the National Games Uttarakhand, in collaboration with IISM, was designed to ensure effective volunteerism in the grand event.

The training program consisted of both online and offline sessions 💻. While the online offered invaluable insights to 30k general volunteers about the roles & responsibilities 🧑‍🏫, the offline training program provided a preview of real-time responsibilities during the event to selected 3000 game volunteers & several sports-specific volunteers 🏅.

A team of sports professionals (trainers) from IISM visited around 11 places (Dehradun, Haldwani, Rudrapur, Bhimtal, Tehri, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Pithoragarh, Almora, Khatima, Tanakpur) across the Uttarakhand State to execute the entire training program smoothly.

With this comprehensive training, the volunteers are all set to create an excellent experience for athletes, officials, and spectators, representing their states in the event.

Experiential Learning Elevated Volunteer Training for the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand.

The State of Uttarakhand has launched an Experiential Learning Program 📖 for the first time in the history of National Games, in collaboration with IISM, Mumbai 🤝, as the Official Volunteer Training partner for the 38th National Games.

This initiative is designed to ensure that volunteers effectively represent their state while managing various responsibilities during the mega event 🏅.

Before commencing the physical training program 💪 for selected volunteers, the online training program 💻 was conducted to evaluate and enhance the capabilities of the aspiring volunteers, providing insights into the roles & responsibilities of a volunteer.

The National Games Organizing Committee envisions not only executing the event smoothly but also prioritizing excellent experiences for athletes, officials, and spectators, maintaining facilities with international standards. 🏟️

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Date:24th January 2016

Article By:   Bharadwaj   

Day 1 :

With a big enthusiasm we had our way to ThoughtWorks for the 1st day sessions

So EERF was on its way with Bharadwaj, Shilpa, Rajashree, Bhanu, Vijay, Karthik, Tejaswini, Akhil Ponnam, Gnanadeep, Kumari.

Before session we went around ThoughtWorks which had really interesting points to know and share, we got to know how Thought Work's journey happened and a lot by their wall posts.

Coming to sessions,we had our first session by Syed Anwar about open hardware it was a good interaction then we had coffee break and a session by Shilpa after it on hacking .

Then we had lunch with all glugs with lot of fun and played Table Tennis, Cricket, Football, Carrom, Chess etc and a nice meet up with all.

Then we had python session by Ranjith Raj and Viswanath and small assignments too which went superb and then a coffee break .

In which we had a separate glug meet on fund raising event and puzzle given to all by Ranjith Raj . We spent a lot of time but couldn't come up with answer. Then a small entertainment program by Kishan Raval (drums) and other funny movements. After that we continued session on Python and tasks. After session we had dinner and returned to Swecha had a meet by all who stayed back and spend lot of time on knowing about  each personal goals, future plans and personal life experiences.

After that we had a long drive around Gachibowli till 3:00 AM and slept after having a cup of tea.

Volunteers involved:

Bharadwaj

Tejaswini

VIjay Babu

Bhanu Prakash

Karthik Reddy

Rajashree

Mary Shilpa

Rahul