Sunday, March 27, 2011

Tagore Mahotsav - Delhi Region

Rabindranath Tagore was a great Nobel laureate poet, writer, philosopher and the ambassador of Indian culture to the rest of the world. He was the most prominent figure in the cultural world of Indian subcontinent and the first Asian person to be awarded with the Nobel Prize. Even though he was mainly known as a poet, his multifaceted talent showered upon different branches of art, such as, novels, short stories, dramas, articles, essays, painting etc. And his songs, popularly known as Rabindrasangeet, have an eternal appeal and are permanently placed in the heart of the Bengalis. He was a social reformer, patriot and above all, a great humanitarian and philosopher. The national anthems of India and Bangladesh are taken from his composition.
To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and to pay tribute to Tagore the greatest cultural ambassador of India, Tagore Mahotsav was organized by KVS. The aim of the project was to discover Rabindranath Tagore as a poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, thespian, educationist, spiritualist, philosopher, cultural relativist, orator, composer, song-writer, singer and artist.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan organized essay writing, book review, PowerPoint presentations and skit competitions to promote better understanding of Tagore on ThinkQuest for students from Class 3 to12. The event got an overwhelming participation from schools of Delhi Region.
A workshop for all the teacher administrators of Delhi Region was organized at KV JNU on 11-1-2011. The workshop was inaugurated by Education Officers Mrs Nilam Katara, Mr A.K.Katiyar and Mr. R.K. Middha. The venue Principal Mr. S. M. Garg welcomed the Education Officers and Dr. A. K. Sharma, Course director gave a brief overview of the workshop. Mrs Nilam Katara motivated the participants to participate in Tagore Mahotsav and create online Projects on ThinkQuest.


The workshop commenced with sessions by coordinators, Dr. A.K. Sharma, Principal, Gole Market and Mrs Anubhuti Mehta, Principal, KV sec 2, RK Puram, New Delhi. Thereafter Interactive sessions were conducted by the resource persons, Ms Isha Bhatia, PGT Computer Science, KV Pitampura and Mrs Sangeeta Shukramani, PRT, KV No.3 Delhi Cantt. The participants were briefed about the events for Tagore Mahotsav and Project Based learning. They also started Projects on Tagore Mahotsav for their respective schools.
During the post lunch session Hon’ble Assistant Commissioner Sh. V. K. Srivastava interacted with the participants and discussed the problems of teachers related to ICT.

This initiative of KVS provided a platform for students to express their creativity. The students innovatively gave poetic form to the short stories of Tagore. The sketches made by them for the PowerPoint presentation Group C reflect their artistic talent.
Mr. A.K. Katiyar, Education Officer, KVS ( Delhi Region) was the overall in charge of the Tagore Mahotsav. Dr. A.K. Sharma, Principal, KV Gole Market , Mrs Anubhuti Mehta, Principal, KV Sec 2, RK Puram and Mrs Sangeeta Shukramani, PRT, KV No.3, Delhi Cantt were the regional coordinators.

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