It was Sam who created a Facebook page, inviting many to join him in a silent protest march screaming for justice to the Delhi gang rape victim. Many turned up for the march. Later, some of them kept in touch with each other and thought about forming an organisation for social service as well as for fighting against such social evils like the Delhi incident. Thus, Gopika of S N College and Sam of Mar Ivanios College along with many others started an organisation which was initially called ‘We Are One’. Since they had to register as an NGO, they decided to come up with the name ‘Ekta’, which itself means unity. Sam, Gopika, Sreejith, Biju, Pran, Vignesh, Aswathi, Binji, Jefrin, Ashik, Bony, and Malavika - all college going students from different colleges are the active permanent members of Ekta. Others from outside the campuses with a social mindset are also welcome.

Ekta’s logo evolved after a lot of discussions and it was Biju and Sreejith who came up with the present logo. After the silent march on December 31, they decided to conduct another event and visited Mother Teresa Convent, an orphanage where they distributed free food and sweets. It was followed by a blood donation camp held at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) for one week.