The topics for both debate and creative writing were announced just an hour prior to the commencement of the event.

Category A consisting of Grade XI and XII students spoke on ‘Nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is a threat to the environment.’ Category B comprising Grade IX and X pupils expressed their views on ‘Reality shows do more harm than good.’ Category C – Grade VII and VIII battled it out on whether ‘Mobiles should be allowed in education institutions.’ This young lot took up the gauntlet and were the soul of the event.

The Creative Writing competition saw the young brains expressing their creativity on the following topics – ‘Indian democracy is famous for criminalisation of politics’, ‘You have decided to give several hours each month to improve your community. What is the one thing you will do and why?’, ‘Trees, clean water, animals – choose one resource and explain why it needs to be saved.’

There was an esteemed panel of judges present – Dr. Gaurav Raj Bhagat – Assistant Professor at Barkatullah University, Mrs. Sabina Jamshed – HOD Humanities at Eastern Public School and Mr. Mahendra Joshi – Human Resource Training Manager at SIRT.

The debaters spoke with great confidence and put forth brilliant arguments defending their stands. Sagar Public School emerged victorious in Category A; Delhi Public School bagged the Best Team trophy in Category B.

Category C saw the host school Billabong High walk away with the Best Team trophy. Aahna Rajan of Billabong High was adjudged the Best Speaker for the motion and Yashweer Kharb was declared Best Speaker against the motion.

Seven schools took part in this unconventional competition, where students learn the importance and necessity on thinking on their feet.

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Sneha, who found the Simerations show too ‘filmi’, crowned Beat Breakers from Chinai College as the winners along with the second runners up from NK College.

Actress Sneha Upadhyay on Jury of Sydenham College’s Simsree annual fest Simerations 2013

This mesmerizing model was born in Howrah (near Kolkata) and was a studious conservative middle class family geek till she participated in the Bhawanipur College Fest and her entire life changed!

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Speaking on the occasion Mrs. Sunitha Vidyakar, Chairperson of MALA said, the 9 bags of rice was procured valuing Rs 30,000/ was generated out of Coockery Competition MALA conducts every year.

It is the members of Freemasonry and their families, friends who turn out in huge numbers each make MALA Cookery Competition indirectly contributed for this charity program, she informed.

Adding further she stated that Devnar School for the Blind is doing a great job, Devnar’ is a combination of two words DEV (God) and NAR (Man), highlighting the fact that there is God in every man. If the entire humanity is the family of God, the visually challenged children are special members in it, She lauded the efforts of Devnar Foundation for the cause of blind.

Dr. A. Saibaba Goud thanked the members of MALA and Freemasons for their gesture.

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The finalized 6 candidates passed two levels of interviews and assessment. The final level will be with the HR at their company office.

Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited, Bhopal branch selected fresh candidates for their Health Insurance Marketing sector and proposed Sales Manager position to the candidates.

Ajay Khare, Director, Career College of Management, said, “The students were looking enthusiastic towards the campus drive, they all looked excited and prepared for the interviews. “

Prof Pradeep Jain, Group Director, Career College graced the occasion with their presence, they motivated and congratulated the selected candidates.

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The 3rd season was announced by Debabrata Mukherjee, Vice President – Coca-Cola India and South West Asia, along with Vivek B Singh, Jt. Managing Director, Procam International, Saba Karim, Chief Mentor & Former International Cricketer, Prof. Ratnakar Shetty and others

The occasion was also used to introduce to the media the three Coca-Cola Cricket Stars – Shivam Chauhan (Delhi), Vikas Dixit (Delhi) and Pranjul Puri (Indore), the most talented of the players from the second season, who spent a fruitful four weeks training under former Somerset cricketer Thomas ‘Tom’ Webley at the famous Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood, Hertfordshire.

This trip to UK was the first step in the mentoring and development of the three players as part of the commitment on behalf of Coca-Cola India and Procam International. The three players were in the UK from June 9 to July 5, 2013, training and playing matches almost every alternate day.

The Coca-Cola Cricket Cup is an Inter-school grass root level cricket initiative to discover budding cricketing talent in the country. The program is open to all young cricketers in the age group of 12-16 years. The tournament will be played across 10 states in over 70 districts involving more than 12,500 young players from more than 850 schools.

Winners of the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup will be awarded a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh, while the runners-up would get Rs. 70,000/-. 24 talented players selected from the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup – Inter-State Challenge will get a chance to attend a week long ‘Coaching Clinic’ under the guidance of Cricket India Academy. Post the week long coaching, the final Coca-Cola India team will be selected and given an opportunity to prove their mettle by participating in a competitive tournament against an invited International U-16 team from other cricket playing nations

The winning schools at each stage of the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup stand to win significant prize money. The total purse for this tournament amounts to INR 10 lakh, besides awards and gifts as gratification. While all the teams reaching the pre-quarter-finals stage of the Intra-State championship will be presented with T-shirts and caps, the members of the teams that make the semi-finals will be presented with cricket kitbags. There will also be man of the match awards for each match from the pre-quarter-final stage onwards.

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The increasing pace of social change has led to ever-increasing pressures on those tasked with policing it, and has brought with it a plethora of stresses, making it increasingly challenging for police personnel to function to the best of their abilities – but not anymore. It should not be a cause for surprise if one now sees the Agra Police functioning even more efficiently and effectively than before – because they now have a distinct advantage over many other police forces.

In a unique initiative aimed at enabling police officers and personnel to better manage their professional requirements and optimise their productivity, the National School of Leadership, Pune, India’s first institute focused exclusively on leadership education, in collaboration with the Gates ETH Foundation, conducted a workshop on AXELL – National School of Leadership’s Quantum Physics-driven model of personal and professional leadership. The programme is designed by Prof. Chinmoy Sarkar and was conducted by renowned life coach and motivational speaker, Col. Aalok Sood.

Speaking on the development, Shalabh Mathur, Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, said, “In the conduct of its duties, the Agra Police takes pride in being thoroughly professional and highly efficient – and this programme is a part our deep commitment to the service, by making every effort possible to enable ourselves to innovate further on how we function. The AXELL workshop has been highly beneficial in this regard, as it has given us great insights into how we can manage the stresses associated with a policeman’s duties, and to keep ourselves motivated to function at our peak capacities.”

Speaking on his interactions with the participating personnel, Col. Aalok Sood remarked, “It is very easy to believe that policemen are trained for and equipped to handle the work that they do – and as such, we end up ignoring the fact that they are human beings just like us, with the same virtues and limitations. It is therefore essential to assist these men and women in leading their lives and careers in the most fulfilling manner, as they rightly deserve. The workshop has been an eye-opener to me in understanding the nature of duties that the police force is responsible for, and it has been a great experience interacting with the police personnel present for the workshop.”

Dr. Satasuryaa, Chairman of NSL claimed, “The National School of Leadership takes national development as its core responsibility. We would keep innovating such scientifically guided models for many more to benefit from. Any organization with national interest wishing to nurture their leadership skills can reach out to us. We are there to stand by them in making a difference.”

The workshop focused on many stress management techniques that the police personnel could adopt with ease, as well as many means and methods for self-motivation, which could help them enhance their professional skills as well as their personal outlook to their duties. The session was highly interactive, with discussions on multiple topics such as Human Emotional Drivers, Keys to the Human Behaviour, Human Psychological Make-Up, Responsibility and Contribution, and Optimising Potential, among many others.

NSL’s AXELL is a model designed through extensive research into quantum mechanics by eminent scientist in quantum mechanics, Prof. Chinmoy Sarkar, who is also Dean at the National School of Leadership. The research was conducted and proven at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, and is aimed at optimizing efficiencies across levels for individuals and organizations alike. This research was funded by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

The workshop was inaugurated by Shalabh Mathur, SSP, along with the office bearers of Gates ETH Foundation, Anshum Anand and Ambrish Pathak.

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Samparks are a series of workshops, events, lectures and qualifiers that are held at cities across India in aneffort to bring Shaastra closer to everyone. With a Sampark in Kerala for the second time, a strong participation from the brightest minds across the state is expected.The Kochi edition of the Shaastra Sampark will be held from 9:00AM to 5:00PM from 27th to 28thSeptember in association with Takshak ’13 at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Ernakulam.

Sampark Kochi has the following events lined up.

Roboceana – A perfect mix of entertainment and technology, Roboceana was a huge hit among the crowds in its inaugural year, at Shaastra 2013. The workshop is aimed at providing the participants with skills of basicelectronics, hydrodynamics and a tinge of robotics, that will help their battleships stay afloat and defeat the enemy to become the master of the waves.

Aeromodelling Workshop – Aeromodelling Workshop gives amateurs a chance to learn to build a fully functional RC controlled trainer aircraft, designed by our experts, which can be easily assembled and built. Giving an insight into the design and fabrication of aero modelling, this one is a must attend for all aero enthusiasts.

RC Car Racing – The most entertaining event of the lot, which assures to give you that adrenaline rush and guarantees tochallenge your racing skills, RC Car racing is that crowdpullingevent you better not miss.

Quadrotor Demonstration – The Quadrotor, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), flies with four spinning blades, like a helicopter. A demonstration showing this engineering marvel hovering around is sure to leave one spellbound.

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Over 1300 students from ICSE schools across Tamil Nadu will take part in the championship which was inaugurated on the 19th of September ’13 and is on till the 30th of September at Stanes School, Coimbatore. Students from all parts of Tamil Nadu will compete in eight sporting disciplines namely – Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Athletics, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Hockey and Swimming – with the talented youngsters being adopted into a long term training program with an aim to prepare them for the 2018 Youth Olympics and other international events.

RESPECT 2013 brings students from across 11 regions in India to participate in a sporting extravaganza which will entail championships across eight sports events. SportsMentor, an organisation pioneering in providing scientific Sports Education programs for school children in India has tied up with the Association of Schools for Indian School Certificate (ASISC) for a five year period and the first edition of the Games with the national finals to be held in eight locations in November 2013.

SportsMentor’s flagship program, “The Balanced Report Card” (BRC) program is one such step in that direction. The BRC program is a sports education program designed for Indian school students by customizing aspects of sports physics, sports nutrition and sports physiology. It is developed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC ) founded AISTS ( International Academy of Sports Sciences and Technology), Lausanne, Switzerland.

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The summit is partnered Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

The mega event is supported by India Didactics Association, Worlddidac Association (Switzerland), British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA- UK), DIDACTA (Germany) which are the largest association in this segment in their respective countries. All these partner associations have been instrumental in continuously changing the face of global educational supplies & training industry.

The event is a global showcase of products & solutions that brings together the entire education and training fraternity on a single common platform thus creating synergies for further progress of the sector. The focus is on all levels of education from Primary level to Vocational Training and aims at addressing the current needs of the Indian education & training sector and thus facilitate in channelizing the reforms.

The event shall address various relevant topics like quality in education, importance of investing in technology and infrastructure, teachers training, teaching-learning resources, comprehensive curriculum, VET, academic & administrative governance structure & practices and optimal use of ICT for the same.

The exhibition shall have the presence of prominent Exhibitors from India and more than 15 countries to showcase latest & innovative education & training solutions, latest methodology, technology, contemporary educational advances & services that aid learning, teaching & skill improvement.

The event is supported by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), the Diamond Partner is Intel Technology, Technology Partner is Pearson Education and the Gold Partners are Extramarks Education, MEXUS and NComputing.

THE CONFERENCE – ASIAN SUMMIT ON EDUCATION & SKILLS

The much-awaited invitee-based annual conference, The Asian Summit on Education & Skills (ASES) 2013 shall take place concurrently, bringing together influential leaders and decision makers from across India and Asia, to create an unparalleled platform for exchange of dialogues on education & skill policy and implementation practices.

The summit will aim to discuss and deliberate on “Confronting Complexities for Effective Policy Implementation” and shall bring together the policy makers and eminent educationists from all over India and other Asian countries, on the same platform to share best practices, bridge the policy-implementation gap bringing in a broader understanding of needs and trends of the Education & Training industry.

The annual leadership conference of the India Didactics Association is partnered by Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India; supported by the British Council and British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA). The other Partners are Intel, Pearson, Texas Instruments and Higher Education Forum (HEF).

The summit is followed by IDA Awards 2013 – Rewarding Contribution, Excellence & Achievement in the field of Education & Training.

The IDA Awards is an initiative to help improve the Education and Training System by facilitating communication and sharing of best practices within and among organisations. Celebrating and rewarding products and services that demonstrate excellence in Innovation, Implementation, Impact, Sustainability and Scalability in the field of education & training achieve this.

This year, parallel Live Workshops (powered by India Didactics Association) will be held at the Worlddidac India Exhibition, with the objective of empowering teachers & trainers on various advancements in the education & training sector

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The event themed as “Tomorrow is (Y)ours” drew over 300 women students from various colleges in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu. The full day event enthused the participants with various activities such as Poster Competition, Paper presentation, panel discussions, etc.

This is the first time in India where a professional forum such as eWIT is organizing a convention for students, that too for women students, who are aspiring to enter into IT/ITES industry upon graduation. Statistics show that while at the entry level the percentage of women employees in the IT/ITES is nearly 50%, reduces drastically to less than 10% at junior management level.

Kalyani Narayanan, President – eWIT and CEO, Easy Insurance India said “eWIT, by far is the only forum in India that actively works towards helping women working in the IT/ITES industry. Recently, our focus on enlisting women students by visiting academic institutions across Tamil Nadu has given a wider scope for us to reach the women students who aspire to enter the IT/ITES sector after graduation. The overwhelming response from various colleges has been very encouraging. Having seen the huge response from the student community, we plan to organize such events regularly aimed towards helping women students to equip themselves for a successful career in IT/ITES.”

The objective of the convention was to bring about a shift in the mindset of women students to think differently about, what career in IT/ITES should mean to them? The whole day activities of the convention were therefore focused towards imbibing a positive career approach in the IT/ITES sector among women. The students asked various questions related to IT/ITES industry to a panel of women working in various IT/ITES companies and got their answers first hand.

This convention was one of the initiatives of eWIT to empower women students to understand what it takes, as an IT/ITES professional, to sustain and succeed in the industry. Apparently, eWIT is the only forum in India that works exclusively towards empowering the women IT/ITES professionals in the form of workshops, networking events, panel discussions, etc. with the purpose of providing guidance and inspiration to them in addition to imparting knowledge on various aspects to succeed in the industry.

Mr. Ramaraj, Senior Advisor at Sequoia Capital delivered the keynote address followed by a panel discussion on the theme of the day “Tomorrow is (Y)Ours” involving Industry stalwarts representing large corporate such as HCL, TCS, Deloitte shared their thoughts with the audience giving an in depth perspective of the sector.

Ramaraj in his inaugural speech highlighted 3Cs to success – Consistency of purpose (set a goal for yourself), Curiosity to learn – be ahead of the curve and Cooperation – teamwork. He also emphasized students that they should “work with initiatives and not for incentives”.

Panel comprising of Ms.Parvati Karthik, HR, TCS, Mr.Shivram – Director, Deloitte Human Capital Services and Ms. Srimathi Shivashankar – Associate VP – Diversity & Sustainability, HCL emphasized that women should break the barrier to reach the top.

After the thought provoking speeches, prizes were given to the winners of the paper presentation contest & poster competitions at the valedictory function. Winners of the paper presentation contest conducted on the theme “ICT trends 2020” are as follows:

Divya Ravichandran, S.Nagammai & K.Nithya Devi from Tejaa Shakthi Institute of Technology for Women, Coimbatore bagged the first prize, R. Sujatha & P. Nivetha of SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore took the second spot and Bharathi Swetha representing Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy received the third prize.

Preethika & Priya darshini from Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai clinched the first prize in the poster competition conducted on the theme “Gadgets for communication in 2012”, followed by Nagammai & Nithya Devi from Tejaa Shakthi Institute of Technology for Women, Coimbatore took the second prize & the special mention for the efforts taken by Yugeeshwari & Blessy Roy of Tejaa Shakthi Institute of Technology for Women, Coimbatore.

The day has turned to be the most memorable & fun filled moment for the participants and many of them felt that they look forward for many such events in future that are informative & interesting.

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