Dr. Nanjundaswamy, retired chief medical officer, National Aerospace Laboratories was our chief guest. He was accompanied by his wife, Sri. Sathyaprasad, Sri. Nagaraj (social worker) and Dr. Vasudeva (grologist) among others. Children displayed drills and patriotic plays.
In view of a state govt. declared holiday tomorrow, the main part of the festival worshipping goddess of wealth “Lakshmi” was carried out today. Highlights of the day included chants, prayers, talk on the importance of the day and distribution of sweets.
Hobli Level Sports Meet was conducted at Sarjapur with about 25 schools participating. As in earlier years, our Primary Students have made us proud by winning in several events. Yashaswini of 6th was declared ‘Individual Champion’ of the meet. Thanks to the efforts of our Sports Teacher Mr. Venkatesh and our sports loving Head Master Mr. Sujay, for their efforts in preparing students for the meet.
Results
Girls Relay Running : 1st Place
Group Events
Bringing Entrepreneurial experience to rural young children is the motto of this volunteering activity being carried out by Mr. Gokul Subramanianm and Priya. This program is a sequel to an earlier program of facilitating interaction among urban and rural children by the same team. Some of the ideas are
About 30 sixth and seventh grade children of Anjana Vidya Kendra school are currently guided by Gokul in the weekend sessions (forenoon of every Saturday).
The Development of Corporate Citizenship (DOCC) is an innovative initiative of SPJIMR, Mumbai, that aims to inculcate social sensitivity in its students through a 2-week internship with an NPO. During this course of time, the participants are expected to understand issues plaguing the NPO and come with business inputs and managerial insights to help the NPO solve the problems.
DOCC focuses on solutions to issues pertaining to diverse heads such as Microfinance, Infrastructure development, Health, education management and income generation for women empowerment. The participants are expected to perform critical analysis of the issues at hand. The process of interacting with the rural poor and the experience of working on the field in an unstructured environment ensures that social development happens in tandem.
Eight students worked on the four following projects as full time volunteers :
