Dear Readers,
India is amazing! In the melting pot of Mumbai one will find surprises on a daily basis. Today, our trusty bus decided to break down on the journey to our main sponsor Accenture. But luckily our Indian driver shined with excellent improvisation skills and repaired it quickly by himself.
The delegation was more than happy to finally be welcomed at the Accenture Mumbai office. Ms Khan, Java specialist and recently recruited employeee, took us by our hands and brought the Focus India team closer to the spirit and workplace of Accenture.. Accenture has given their hard working employees a workplace in harmony, by offering them an in-house gym, generous work bays, a comfortable dormitory as well as wellness facilities in a modern office complex. Furthermore, Accenture as technology solutions provider also supports a stimulating atmosphere by using state-of-the art technology such as video conference rooms and an innovation center.
The Focus India delegation were given a brief overview of Accenture. As well as employing more than 260,000 people in over 200 cities, Accentureoffers management consulting, technology solutions and business process outsourcing to their clients all around the world. Here we want to point out the six core values of Accenture:
- One global network
- Client value creation
- Integrity
- Stewardship
- The best people
- Respect for the individual
After her presentation, Ms Khan took us to witness a live video call meeting with a project team based in Bangalore who are working on a project called “Rhine”. The six participating project members, under the project management of Prabin, include Samit, Animesh, Rohit, Keeshana and Susandeep.
They explained to us their roles in this project. It was a fascinating interactive experience that gave us an insight into the world of modern project management in IT development.
Before Ms Khan rounded up the visit, Mr Aniruddha introduced us to the financial innovation center, where mostly banks and insurance companies are served accompanied by the highest security measurements.
In the afternoon our journey continued with a visit to Magic Bus, and it was wow!! speechless how young and ambitious slum children show the delegation how the Indian play their “tiki taka”(Spanish version of playing soccer). Magic Bus is an organization that works with children from poor families. They teach them through sport activities in social aspects as well as career planning and CV checks.
During a soccer game with a group of children, all of us joined in and had a lot of fun. There was an interactive and emotional session afterwards. It was a great experience to see how the leaders from Magic Bus work together with the children. The small gifts we gave them were very well appreciated. Not only will we take home their hearty smiles in our heart, but also the very positive impressions of how social work can help to change the world!
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