Design Thinking Assignment 

 Challenge 

 I had the privilege of studying at one of the best B - schools in India . In the first few months of my stay at   the college campus , I realized a big environment challenge at the campus . All the professors in the   college used to be given small plastic water bottles during lectures . I found two main issues here : 

 Plastic waste issue : With so many professors , and so many lectures happening on a daily basis , the   number of water bottles being used and thrown daily was huge . 

 Water wastage issue : Some water used to get wasted when half / even - lesser - at - times consumed water   bottles were left behind by professors . 

 Selection 

 Tool - Storytelling 

 Storytelling is a very powerful tool . It helps to get a clear idea of what issues or challenges people face ,   and when it ’s directly from the horse ’s mouth , there ’s nothing better than that . 

 I selected this tool because I thought the best way to understand the problem and get feedback was   from user who were actually involved in the usage of these plastic bottles – college admins who   approved and bought them , peons who maintained the inventory and finally professors who consumed   them . 

 Application 

 I spoke to many of the different categories of people mentioned above , to know how these plastic   bottles were being used in the college campus , since when they were being used , the number of bottles   being used by one person on average on a daily basis , what according to the users were their   advantages and disadvantages , what they did of the half consumed bottles , what issues they would face   if they were not given these bottles , why they did n’t carry their own water bottles , on what occasions   they used such bottles outside of college , what could be a probable alternative to these bottles , to what   degree and why they thought this was a problem in the first place , etc . Users shared their experiences   and viewpoints whole heartedly . Thus storytelling proved to be an excellent tool for this challenge . 

 Insight 

 The insight gained was that most users did n’t think too much about this issue before it was pointed out   to them . Though there were some who did think about it , they did n’t think it was so serious . They were   alarmed when they were shown the actual data related to the hazards caused by such plastic bottles .   Also , because the users were not being charged for it , the half consumed bottles were mostly forgotten   about . They did n’t carry their own bottles since they were given a convenient option of these bottles by   the college . Also , some users were worried about hygiene , they were happy with the existing bottles   because they considered these sealed bottles safe . Drinking from sources like taps or earthen or steel   pots , or even coolers seemed like a health worry for some . Going to the water coolers every time they   felt thirsty during lectures was another challenge . 

 Approach 

 An alternative approach to these plastic bottles that was given and even implemented was , keeping   clean glass jugs and two glasses on a clean tray in every classroom . The glasses were changed after every   lecture . Since the water was kept in clean , crystal clear glass jugs , to a large extent it reduced the fear   that the water might not be safe for consumption . Since the glasses were replaced after every lecture ,   one more fear was reduced . Professors who felt thirsty during lectures poured only the required   quantity of water in the glass , so water wastage too was eliminated . Thus , the use of hundreds of   thousands of environment hazardous plastic bottles at the institute was stopped . Water wastage was   also drastically reduced . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Design Thinking Assignment 

 Challenge 

 I had the privilege of studying at one of the best B - schools in India . In the first few months of my stay at   the college campus , I realized a big environment challenge at the campus . All the professors in the   college used to be given small plastic water bottles during lectures . I found two main issues here : 

 Plastic waste issue : With so many professors , and so many lectures happening on a daily basis , the   number of water bottles being used and thrown daily was huge . 

 Water wastage issue : Some water used to get wasted when half / even - lesser - at - times consumed water   bottles were left behind by professors . 

 Selection 

 Tool - Storytelling 

 Storytelling is a very powerful tool . It helps to get a clear idea of what issues or challenges people face ,   and when it ’s directly from the horse ’s mouth , there ’s nothing better than that . 

 I selected this tool because I thought the best way to understand the problem and get feedback was   from user who were actually involved in the usage of these plastic bottles – college admins who   approved and bought them , peons who maintained the inventory and finally professors who consumed   them . 

 Application 

 I spoke to many of the different categories of people mentioned above , to know how these plastic   bottles were being used in the college campus , since when they were being used , the number of bottles   being used by one person on average on a daily basis , what according to the users were their   advantages and disadvantages , what they did of the half consumed bottles , what issues they would face   if they were not given these bottles , why they did n’t carry their own water bottles , on what occasions   they used such bottles outside of college , what could be a probable alternative to these bottles , to what   degree and why they thought this was a problem in the first place , etc . Users shared their experiences   and viewpoints whole heartedly . Thus storytelling proved to be an excellent tool for this challenge . 

 Insight 

 The insight gained was that most users did n’t think too much about this issue before it was pointed out   to them . Though there were some who did think about it , they did n’t think it was so serious . They were   alarmed when they were shown the actual data related to the hazards caused by such plastic bottles .   Also , because the users were not being charged for it , the half consumed bottles were mostly forgotten   about . They did n’t carry their own bottles since they were given a convenient option of these bottles by   the college . Also , some users were worried about hygiene , they were happy with the existing bottles   because they considered these sealed bottles safe . Drinking from sources like taps or earthen or steel   pots , or even coolers seemed like a health worry for some . Going to the water coolers every time they   felt thirsty during lectures was another challenge . 

 Approach 

 An alternative approach to these plastic bottles that was given and even implemented was , keeping   clean glass jugs and two glasses on a clean tray in every classroom . The glasses were changed after every   lecture . Since the water was kept in clean , crystal clear glass jugs , to a large extent it reduced the fear   that the water might not be safe for consumption . Since the glasses were replaced after every lecture ,   one more fear was reduced . Professors who felt thirsty during lectures poured only the required   quantity of water in the glass , so water wastage too was eliminated . Thus , the use of hundreds of   thousands of environment hazardous plastic bottles at the institute was stopped . Water wastage was   also drastically reduced .
### Output: 