Firoz.T.Totanawala The Bangalore Metro Reporter GO GREEN ON A DAY OUT

By Firoz.T.Totanawala 

 The Bangalore Metro Reporter 

 GO GREEN ON A DAY OUT 

 Well, what do you do when it’s your Day out? Obviously, anything that would entertain you. But, the GTS team of Synopsys I EDA Pvt. Ltd. had an innovative and novel idea. On the regular Team Offsite day, they planned for a green initiative and decided to plant trees and contribute to the cause of environment. 

 Friday, 13th of May, 2011, was the teams offsite day. Headed by the GTS team Director Mr. Manjunath Haritsa, 40 members of the Synopsys GTS team, planted 100 saplings in the campus of a school named MSB Educational Institute, situated in CK Palya. 

 While planning for this novel idea, the team had first contacted Miss Janet of “Trees for Free’ foundation. “Trees for Free” is a foundation that provide trees to you free of cost with charging only the basic amount incurred in delivering the trees to you. Miss Janet provided them with 100 saplings and Tree guards and also helped them in arranging the digging of the pits at the location. 

 The team reached the location at 10 in the morning and they were welcomed by the school staff. A brief introduction about the programme was given followed by Vote of Thanks and refreshments after which the team members began the plantations. They put the required red soil, manure and water to the planted sapling and installed the tree guards. The whole program was over by about 12: 30pm the expenses of which were contributed by the team members. Thereafter, the team proceeded to their day off activity.