To bring drive, excitement and positivity to the academic aspects of student life in NUS in a

manner that is beneficial to the society.

This will be done through:1. Creating a sustainable system that connects students with partners that can allow them to

develop their skills in a mutually beneficial manner.2. Ensuring that a platform to exchange, develop and implement ideas is created.

3. Harnessing the collective creativity and intellect of students in NUS to solve problems.

Our Vision

Introducing NUS Solutions, an avenue to effect meaningful change in

the community by utilizing the collective talents of NUS Students.

Executive Summary

NUS Solutions is a student initiated project that aims to help Non-Profit Organizations solve their problems and bring learn life relevance and impact into students’ learning in NUS. At the same time, it aims to help develop analytical and problem solving skills amongst students interested in the consulting for organizations.

This will be done by recruiting a group of student to identify and analyze the causes of problems that specific non-profits. Next, solutions t o t h e s e p ro b l e m s w i l l b e brainstormed and discussed with

the respective non-profits. Once a satisfactory solution is obtained, a course that requires students to build a similar solutions as a project for assessment purposes will be identified. Subsequently, the project that best meets the non-profit’s requirements will be handed over to the non-profit. For example, if it is found that an NGO does not have enough manpower to sustain its programs, we might conclude that the NGO does not have sufficient publicity. Hence, a recommendation might be to create an effective platform for online marketing. This could then be opened up to Communications and New Media

students, who can use their skills to create a website.

This will create a truly win-win situation for all as students can build their portfolio/resume while non-profits can gain invaluable resources to help them in their work.

ContentsOur Motivation 2 What we do 2How can you help us 3

Creating a dent in the universe.

"If you don’t like something, change it. If you think you can’t change it, change the way you think about it." -Bruce Barton

Our ProcessPre-Pilot ProjectBuilding partnerships:We hope to build a strong partnership with professors in NUS in order to get their advice on how to successfully link our vision with the operating realities of the universities.

Capacity Building:We also seek to develop our problem solving skills and knowledge of the constraints faced by a non-profit. We will seek advice from management consultants and social workers to help us with this.

Pilot Project(elaborated on the next page)

Post-Pilot Project

We will analyze the results from the pilot project and seek advice from NUS representatives about how to integrate the project into mainstream academics.

Our MotivationThe NeedEveryday, we see many students in NUS come to school without looking forward to it. We see people get excited over arranging their timetables such that they only have to come to school 3 or 4 days in a w e e k , a n d w e s e e p e o p l e complaining about what they feel are unproductive hours spent in the classroom.

This needs to change - and we want to do all we can to change it.

We be l i eve tha t coming to university should be an exciting experience, and an event that people look forward to. We believe that the things that we learn in the classroom can be immensely important, and that once students see the real life relevance and impact of what they are doing, they will be deeply engaged with their coursework.

Expected Outcomesa) Stimulating greater motivation

and drive among NUS Students about their coursework.

b) Fostering know-how amongst members of NUS Solutions about creating social change and about analyzing operations of organizations

c) Connecting team members with s o c i a l w o r k e r s , s o c i a l entrepreneurs and management consultants in Singapore

d) Ensuring a sustainable impact of recommendations on the NGO

Phased developmentPilot ProjectWe recognize that what we seek to achieve would require much thought and testing before it can be adopted on a large scale. As such, we intend to roll out a pilot project that en su re s t h a t we know t he operational and human problems that this project would entail and gives us ample time to fix them.

ProcessWe intend to roll out the pilot project in a organized, systematic manner in order to get to know our c o n s t r a i n t s , s t r e n g t h s a n d weaknesses better. A summary of our process can be found in the blue sidebar on this page.

Pilot Project: Operational Details

We seek to use the Define, Analyze, Implement and Review framework to organize our efforts. The details of these processes are shown in the diagram above.

The Implement step would require the support of NUS professors who are willing to slightly modify the specifications of the project components of the modules that they are teaching in order to help meet the NGOs requirements. Great care will be taken to ensure that the professors do not have to modify the requirements dramatically. Only a marginal change in the assessment specification will be required.

Contact Us

If you would like to be involved with NUS, would like to know more about the project or just want to talk to us, please do not hesitate to drop us an email at solutions.nus@gmail.com. Alternatively, give Rishabh a call or text message at 82674231 to know more about the project. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Pilot ProjectTimeline1. Finalize details about the operations aspects of the projectby January

2. Seek advice from professors in NUS about the feasibility of the projectby mid-February

3. Network with social entrepreneurs and management consultants to gain know-how about analyzing organizational problemsby mid-March

4. Create website and Social Networking arms to publicize the projectby end-March

5. Approach non-profits about involvement in projectby late June

6. Kickstart pilot projectby early August

Feedback appreciated!

We are deeply passionate about

this project and have a lot of

drive to see it through. We would

sincerely appreciate your advice

and feedback. Do take a few

minutes to let us know your

thoughts on the project! Thank

you!

Week 1 (DEFINE)• Interview people in the NGO and define their main problems

Week 2 (ANALYZE)• Analyze the problems and recommend solutions to NGO; tweak recommendations according to their feedback

Week 3 (IMPLEMENT)• Determine specific guidelines for the recommendations, and open them up to students for implementation

Week 4 (REVIEW)• Review the entire process (Week 1-3) and determine how it could have been improved.