On the occasion of World Environment Day, voluntary organisation Eklavya on Friday launched its second Pitara, the one-stop store for books and children toys, at the Regional Science Centre. Eklavya has been working in the education and publication sector for more than three decades. The Pitara was inaugurated by senior artistes Shobha Ghare, Devilal Patidar, Project coordinator of the Regional Science Centre Prabal Rai and other artists associated with Bharat Bhawan. The artists present on the occasion were Shobha Ghare, Devilal Patidar, Hemant Rao, Akshat Charaate, Satish Dhoke shared their art on the canvas on the theme of environment.
The occasion also witnessed the launch of the book ‘Kankaal ka Kamaal’ published by Eklavya Publication by the hands of Prabal Rai from the Regional Science Centre and Shobha Ghare. The author, Anu Gupta shared her experiences while she was writing this book. With an objective of producing and providing teaching and learning material of the best quality, Eklavya’s Pitara was introduced in 2001. Pitara has its chain across many cities in India. We not only provide education-related material but also organise various academic activities at the centre on regular basis. Eklavya Pitara in association with the Regional Science Centre plans to regularly organise such academic activities.
Eklavya’s multilingual programme also participated with its more than 60 children from their two out-of school centres at Ishwar nagar and at Habibia Government School. These children had the rare chance of visiting the Regional Science Centre including seeing the planetarium and other exhibits.