Spring Fest At Kharagpur
Spring Fest, The True Spirit of Youth is the annual social and cultural fest of IIT Kharagpur and it is one of the largest college fests in the country, and the largest in Eastern India.
With a footfall and crowd of over 25,000 over a period of four days, Spring Fest is an extravaganza for the crowd not only at IIT Kharagpur but also the entire country.
This year, it is scheduled from 29th January - 1st February 2016. With the enthusiasm of the organising team and the palpable excitement in the air, this edition promises to be the biggest so far.
Isa Certificate For Ryan International School
The British Council’s International School Award (ISA) ceremony was recently organised in Mumbai. Amongst the august gathering of principals, teachers and mentors from numerous schools across the country and dignitaries like Ann Burgess, educational consultant, UK and Rittika Chanda Parruck, assistant director Schools at British Council, Ryan International School, Shahjahanpur was awarded the prestigious ISA certificate and trophy for its contribution in incorporating an international dimension to the day to day school curriculum.
It was a proud moment for the Ryan International Group of Institutions as one more school was added to the list of recipients of this prestigious ISA award. Sonal Pinto, director, Ryan Group received the Award from Burgess.
The credit goes to chairman, Dr AF Pinto and MD, Grace Pinto who have developed a well-knit team of academicians, professionals and mentors who are relentlessly working to introduce path breaking concepts.
Award Conferred
The Indian Institute of Human Rights (IIHR) conferred the prestigious 2015 Global Human Rights Protection Award at India International Centre, lodhi Road on Mamta V Bhatnagar, director-founder Principal of Manav Sthali School.
The certificate and the trophy was awarded to her by Dr Rahul Rai, director, IIHR and His Excellency Dr Sabit Subasic, Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina on the occasion of the 16th World Human Rights Congress organised by IIHR on December 10, 2015.
The award was conferred for her remarkable work in the promotion of human rights over the years through various initiatives and programmes.
Theatre Workshop By Iiad
The Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) organised a four-day theatre workshop for its students at its campus. The workshop was conducted by renowned theatre personality, entrepreneur, publisher and mentor Bharat Kapur.
The aim of the workshop was to work collaboratively to build and perform stories in groups. In addition, the workshop was also focused towards helping the participants learn how to use their strengths for the benefit of the team, build a performance together and express themselves effectively in public. The workshop helped to bring the inner hidden talent and develop the creative potential in the art of acting.
The Dean, Professor Usha Nehru Patel said: The workshop focused on providing professional edge, keeping aside all your fears of audience or camera and to prepare you for all three mediums of entertainment industry viz stage, television and film”.
International Conference
The KIIT Group of Colleges in association with the US based organisation Teach A Man To Fish organised its 9th annual international conference on financially sustainable education at its campus.
Business people, philanthropists, NGOs and inspirational educators from around the world came together for a unique conference on entrepreneurship and innovation in education.
The theme of the 2015 with title ‘Education that pays for itself’ was 21st Century Skills: Creating a Generation of Entrepreneurs and an emphasis was placed on integrating real-life, practical business education across the international school system.
Around 125 schools, over 20 countries across the world participated in the conference. Three hundred delegates attended this unique forum for learning, networking, inspiration and action.
Click Rights Initiative
CRY (Child Rights and You) launched its annual photo journalism initiative Click Rights across the capital city. It is an exhibition of perfectly captured pictures depicting health and nutrition challenges faced by children below the age group of five in the country. The exhibition, supported by DMRC (Delhi Metro rail Corporation), highlights issues of children under the age of 5 years and will be displayed across 12 metro stations in Delhi
The exhibition, which is in its fourth year, is a part of CRY’s Get Healthy campaign that will give 2,81,045 children a healthy start to their lives. A large number of the photographs have been contributed by children from CRY intervention areas, with training from CRY photography volunteers.
These children were given cameras to photograph the daily lives of their younger siblings. Many of the elder children had in fact never stepped into a school because they were entrusted to look after their younger siblings.
The photographs will be showcased across 12 metro stations — Shahdara, Kashmere Gate, Vishwavidyalaya, Chandni Chowk, Chawri Bazar, New Delhi, Rajiv Chowk, Uttam Nagar East, Janakpuri West, Anand Vihar ISBT, Mandi House, ITO.
The exhibition will be held till December 31, 2015.