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REPORT OF EVALUATION OF TAGORE MAHOTSAV OF AHMEDABAD REGION

On 14 February 2011, Regional Evaluation for Tagore Mahotsav competition was organized in K.V EME BARODA .Evaluation process  starts at 9.00 a.m .Four judges were invited from Non-.KV schools (Bright day and Navrachana ) for evaluation of different entries. First of all, Introduction about Tagore Mahotsav was given by Regional co-ordinator Dr. Gunjan Gaur. After the introduction all the judges and Regional coordinators were welcomed by Mrs  Sangeeta Arora,  Regional coordinator by presenting a bouquet and Evaluation folders. After welcome, Education officer Shri B,A,Rangasri , briefed the Judges and the Regional coordinator about the evaluation process and assign the work to different judges. Judges in English were  1) Ms Kumkum 2) Ms Bindu Mathew and for Hindi were 1) Dr Sushila Ahuja 2) Ms Dhillon Darshan.

Four judges along with regional coordinators Dr Gunjan, Mrs Sangeeta Arora ,Mr Rakesh Kumar  and Education Officer Shri B.A Rangasri evaluates the different  entries. Nearly 40 entries were registered in each category A,B,C including Hindi. Evaluation process completed by 6.00 p.m .It was really a great experience for all. Result of different categories  are as follows:

GROUP	ENGLISH	HINDI
A-ESSAY WRITING	Name of student: Kum. Neha Yadav Class: XI A Vidyalaya: KV No.3, AFS,Makarpura, Vadodara(Guj.) Topic of essay- Tagore: A Renaissance Man	Name of students : Nandeshwar Raj Bharati Class: X B Vidyalaya:KV No.3,AF-II,Jamnagar (Gujarat) Topic: Tagore: A Citizen of his Country and of the Universe (Hindi)
B-BOOK REVIEW	Name of the student: Kum. Kritikka Kumar Class: VIII D Vidyalaya: KV EME Baroda Book reviewed:Gitanjali	Name of the student: Mas. Hitendra Mishra Class: VII Vidyalaya: KV AFS Makarpura,Baroda Book reviewed:Gitanjali
C-POWER POINT	Name of student:Prabhat Kumar Patro Class:V  Vidyalaya:KV NO.3,AF-II,Jamnagar Title of short story: Cabulliwala (English)	Name of student:Sanchita Bhattacharya Class:IV A  Vidyalaya:KV NO.3,AF-II,Jamnagar Title of short story: Cabulliwala (Hindi)
D- VIDEO SKIT	K.V DWARKA

  By :

  Mrs SANGEETA ARORA

  KV EME BARODA

  REGIONAL COORDINATOR

 (AHMEDABAD REGION).

REPORT OF KVS HYDERABAD REGION

A very rare and exuberant opportunity was given to the students of KVS to pay homage to the legendary, charismatic figure and noble laureate Sri Rabindranath Tagore.

The response was overwhelming and more than 65% of the Vidyalayas in Hyderabad Region participated in the competition under the aegis Sri S Selvaraj, Assistant Commissioner and Sri Sambanna, E.O, KVS. Hyderabad Region. The judicious judgment was done at KV Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam under the guidance of Regional co-ordinator ,Smt. Radha Mahalakshmi. Principal KV Steel Plant, Vishakapatnam. This project gave an opportunity not only to the students but also to the teachers to have an insight into the great patriot and celebrity, Sri Rabindranath Tagore who was the greatest ambassador of Indian Culture and Heritage of all times. 

Smt Radhamahalakshmi, Regional Co-Ordinator, brought about awareness in the Principals of Hyderabad Region in the Principal’s Conference. Since then there was hectic preparation with in the region by all schools. All the schools of KVS  Hyderabad Region took it up on war footing. Despite the busy schedules, the teachers and the students got involved in research and collection of data on Tagore with competitive spirit. Students started posting queries to all Regional Co-Coordinators of Group A, B and C as and when they got entangled in the uploading of information on Tagore. Besides being serious about the project, children thoroughly enjoyed getting an insight into Tagore. This in fact inculcated reading habit in many students who were stuck to television and  computer games in  these days.

The teachers also were exhilarated as this brought about a change in their mundane routine. This brought about relaxation from their regular/ routine life as the topic was so interesting on our gurudev. It dispelled the misconception that class room learning is only true learning and a child can never learn by any other means. This project proved that on line digital projects can make a difference and child can learn at ease, at his own pace, at leisure as per his interest.

Apart from the essays, book reviews, powerpoint   presentations, KV,Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam had the privilege of preparing a skit on Cabuliwallah. The extraordinary talents of the students were brought to the fore depicting Tagore’s idea that “the most important lesson that man can learn from his life is not that there is pain in this world, but that it depends upon him to turn it into good account, that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.”

The pencil sketches and paintings on Tagore added to the connoisseur’s eyes on think quest platform. Each student expressed their love towards  GURUDEV in different ways.

While on the job as judge for group –A ,Smt. A Sujatha Devi, PGT(English), KV Steel Plant Visakhapatnam said that endeavor on the part of the students and teachers made it evident that techonology has seeped into the blood stream of every one and once people start using it, it becomes an addiction. She was very happy about this exercise that they had undergone as she got a rare opportunity to once again enjoy Tegore’s works.

Ms. Soujanya Singh, judge  & PGT(Eng.), KV 2, Nausanabagh, Visakhapatnam spoke on this occasion. She was overjoyed at the response of the students and their involvement in such a challenging project.

 Mr. Ravi Kumar, Regional co-ordinator Group-B & TGT(W.E), KV, ONGC, Rajmundry and Dr. Tyaga Raj, Regional co-ordinator Group-C KV 2, Sri Vijaya Nagar said that it gave them great satisfaction to act as Co-ordinators  in guiding the teachers who strived hard to evaluate the entries.

             This project enabled students to use technology and enrich their potential by expressing their creative talent  .The work shop on THINKQUEST judgement enhanced the appreciation and love for Tagore which has become a household name now. Thanks to KVS and Think Quest. Indeed ‘Oracle’ through Think Quest opened the treasury of  the ‘Pandora’s Box’-to give an insight into Rabindranath Tagore as the true ‘Renaissance Man’. Let us hope that many more such opportunities will be created for us to pay our respect to such great leaders.

Mrs.RADHA MAHALASHMI

PRINCIPAL ,KV VSP

REGIONAL CO-ORDINATOR

Group -B judges

group-A  judges

group-c judges

Tagore Mahotsava at Jaipur Region

“Death is not extinguishing the light;

it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come...”

Thus begins the essay of our Regional Winner Sayani Majumder. Tagore Mahotsava Celebration was indeed lighting of a lamp in our academic calendar. The Mahotsava was launched on 15 December, which was also our KVS Foundation Day. Circulars were sent to all the 57 KVs about the Mahotsava. It was taken as a part of CCA. All the schools planned their strategies to celebrate the Mahotsava. Competitions were launched at four levels- Group A- Essay Writing (Classes IX to XII), Group B- Book Review (Classes VI to VIII), Group C- PowerPoint Presentation on Tagore’s Short Stories (Classes III to V) and Group D- Skit on Tagore’s play.

The regional co-coordinators were at help. For the Essay Competition, Ms. Ratna Pathak, TGT English, KV 1 AFS, Jodhpur, for the Book Review, Mr. Gulshan Hans, PGT CS, KV 3 Jaipur, for PowerPoint, Mr. R K Gupta, PGT Maths, KV 2 Kota, and the skit was taken up by the Regional Office itself. Seven schools were nominated to give their entries on skit.

There were hundreds of entries at the school level as the competition was taken as a part of the formative assessment. At the regional level 34 schools participated with a total of 57 entries- 32 in English and 25 in Hindi. There were 57 entries for the Book Review and 46 entries for the PowerPoint on Tagore’s Story. The winners at the Regional Level are yet to be awarded by the Regional office. They are eagerly waiting for their awards.

The KVS (RO), Jaipur, has played a pivotal role in such good participation by the Vidyalayas. There had been constant reminders and guidelines instructing the schools about the rules, deadlines, etc. Not only this, The RO was also keen on taking such projects as a part of regular academic calendar. Though there was not much pomp and show (as we believe in working silently- Tagore’s ideology), there was certainly a quality in our work.

The evaluation was done at the schools of the Regional Coordinators. The Essays were judged at KV 1 (AFS) Jodhpur, the Book Reviews at KV 3, Jaipur and the PowerPoints at KV 2, Kota. The guidance of Mr. H C Chawla, EO and Ms. Sandhya Rastogi, AC, had been the driving force throughout.

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.

Tagore Mahotsav–Regional Evaluation Dehradun Region

“Dare to Dream, Conspire to Contest, Perspire to Create and Respire to Inspire...”

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it…….

Tagore Mahotsav – Regional Evaluation Dehradun Region was held at KV OFD Dehradun on the 15^th February 2011.

    The inaugural ceremony was graced by the magnificent presence of the Guest of Honour Mr. J M Rawat Assistant Commissioner Dehradun Region.

   The dynamic Education Officer Mr. N S Rana was the Officer In charge of Tagore Mahotsav–Dehradun Region. Mr. S C Jakhmola, Ms. Narmada Rai & Mrs. Poonam Nangia were the deputed Regional Coordinators.

   The following eminent Principals of KVs of D’dun Region were nominated as the judges for the competitions by Honorable E O Mr. N S Rana…… Mrs. Lalima Verma, Mr. Y Bhardwaj, Mrs. M B Chaturvedi, Mr. T P Gaur, Mr. P K Tamta,  Dr. Anshum Sharma,  Dr. Charu Sharma & Ms. Minaxi Jain.

   Mrs. Anuradha Ahuja PGT formally welcomed the august gathering.

   Mr. N S Rana EO gave introduction of Tagore Mahotsav & its objectives.

   Honourable AC Mr. J M Rawat gave his blessings & good wishes on the occasion. He appreciated the endeavor of the participating students & the Vidyalayas.

   Thereafter Regional Coordinator Mrs. Poonam Nangia highlighted the Evaluation Guidelines to the worthy team of judges.

   Regional Coordinator Mr. S C Jakhmola then distributed the groups for evaluation to the judges.

   The judges then got busy evaluating the online entries of various groups. It was a unique experience for all as it was the maiden online endeavor of KVS which required proactive involvement of Educators and also involves the endless efforts of the participating students.

   After the judgement we all broke for a sumptuous lunch. Post lunch we all assembled for the declaration of results.

   The regal presence of our Assistant Commissioner Mr. J M Rawat for the inauguration as well as the declaration of results made the entire event very grand. He declared the results and congratulated the winners and the participants for their endeavor.

   Mr. T P Gaur the venue Principal gave away the vote of thanks.

The entire program was a well organized event.  One could sense the excitement, joy & positive energy generated by the charismatic presence of our Assistant Commissioner Mr. J M Rawat & education Officer Mr. N S Rana throughout the day in spite of their very demanding schedule.

Poonam Nangia  PRT

(Regional Coordinator)

KV-2, SOI, HBK

Dehradun

A Specimen of Gurudev's Painting

 Facets of Tagore

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A musical video depicting Gurudev Tagore's genius as an artist...
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Tagore: The Author

KVS : The Tagore Mahotsav (Ahmedabad Region)

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(1.) EDUCATION OFFICER SHRI B.A.RANGASRI EXPLAINING ABOUT THE EVALUATION 
PROCESS,(2.) DR. GUNJAN GAUR REGIONAL COORDINATOR INTRODUCING DIFFERENT 
COMPETITIONS TO JUDGES, (3.)  MRS SANGEETA ARORA REGIONAL COORDINATOR WELCOMING
THE JUDGES OF THE DAY 4 .JUDGES BUSY IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS, (5.)  REGIONAL 
COORDINATORS MR RAKESH KUMAR AND MRS SANGEETA ARORA VIEWING THE ENTRIES.
& (6.) TEAM OF 4 JUDGES AND REGIONAL COORDINATORS ALONG WITH THE 
EDUCATION OFFICER SHRI B.A.RANGASRI 

Sangeeta Arora / On 14 February 2011 regional evaluation for Tagore Mahotsav competition was organized in K.V EME BARODA .Evaluation process  starts at 9.00 a.m .Four judges were invited from Non-.KV schools for evaluation of different entries. First of all, Introduction about Tagore Mahotsav was given by Regional co-ordinator Dr. Gunjan Gaur. After the introduction all the judges and Regional coordinators were welcomed by Mrs  Sangeeta Arora  Regional coordinator by presenting a bouquet and Evaluation folders. After welcome, Education officer Shri B,A,Rangasri , briefed the Judges and the Regional coordinator about the evaluation process and assign the work to different judges. Judges in English were  1) Ms Kumkum 2) Ms Bindu Mathew and for Hindi were 1) Dr Sushila Ahuja 2) Ms Dhillon Darshan.

Four judges along with regional coordinators Dr Gunjan, Mrs Sangeeta Arora ,Mr Rakesh Kumar  and Education Officer Shri B.A Rangasri evaluates the different entries. Nearly 40 entries were registered in each category A,B,C including Hindi. Evaluation process completed by 6.00 p.m .It was really a great experience for all. Result of different categories  are as follows:

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A Journey of Art, Culture and Brotherhood...

The Indian government commissioned the Sanskriti Express, a special five-coach train (dedicated to a field of dance, music,literature and art...)to showcase Tagore’s works.

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 A Video

                                                         A Quote by Gurudev

 

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RESULT “ TAGORE MAHOTSAV” CHANDIGARH REGION

Report of Mumbai Region

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan took an excellent initiative this year to make Rabindranath Tagore ,a Literary genius familiar to the current generation of school goers .This initiative has succeded in creating a platform, where the students could express themselves ,through various Essays, Book reviews and Powerpoint presentations,and skits .Although the task was hurrculean , it undoubtedly succeeded in bringing Tagore closer to the teaching fraternity and student community who could understand ,appreciate and enrich themselves with the eternal works of Tagore and made Tagore a household name .In Mumbai region about 50 % of the schools took part in the festivities where projects were created at the school level for active participation by students from Class 3 to Class 12.

SHEWTA SINGH V B 
FIRST PRIZE AT REGIONAL LEVEL
 FOR HER PPT ON CABULLIWALLAH
IN HINDI.

DIVYANSHI BODDU III C
FIRST PRIZE AT REGIONAL LEVEL
 FOR HER PPT ON CABULLIWALLAH
 IN ENGLISH.

These regional winners did a commendable job by painting the story and supporting with text .

While some expressed themselves through paintings ,some were overwhelmed by his thoughts .

While the screen shorts above are just a glimpse of the actvities undertaken at the regional level, it was the involvement of the students in large numbers and the various technology tools they learnt while developing creative insights into Gurudevs work which is truly rewarding and speaks volumes of the success of the project in achieving the 21^st century skills .as one of the students wrote in his book review .

REVIEW:

Gitanjali could be described as the song offering to the divine. It resembles the poetry of

mysticism and Tagore’s reaction to his vision of reality. Gitanjali emphasis the divine

concept of Tagore. He believes God to be omnipotent and believes God to be present in

everyone. According to Tagore the divinity lies in nature.

His poems contain words of life which created a deep impact in my mind. Tagore’s

poem, “He is the innermost one, who awakens my being with… ” is one of those

poems which redefined my concept of God, in this poem Tagore has freed god from the

walls of temples. Tagore visualizes God to be his loving father and finds his symbol in

every corner of the nature ,”When I bring to you coloured toys my child, why there

is such a play of colours on clouds……….” is a poem that has made me to find life

in even dark grey clouds.

Tagore’s poem “The child who is decked with prince’s robes…… keep one shut off

from the heavenly dust of earth…” makes me sad about the chi ldren, the dear ones

of god who are separated from nature.

In poem, “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where

knowledge is free……. into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country

awake.” Tagore shows his sympathy towards poor who are kept away from the

attainment of knowledge and freedom, along with that he envisioned an India where

poor is empowered with light of knowledge. This is one of those poems which give birth

to a social worker in my mind.

Truly the beauty of “Gitanjali” fascinates me.

Our sincere Thanks to kendriya vidyalaya sangathan ,Assistant commissioner Mumbai region Sri PRL Gupta and Mrs Aruna Bhalla for their support and for this wonderful opportunity to learn and relearn .

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

Guwahati Region Report

KVS TAGORE MAHOTSAV: KVS GUWAHATI REGION

The Tagore Mahotsav was launched in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Guwahati Region with a meeting of the Coordinators of different events and The Assistant Commissioner and Education Officers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Guwahati Region and Principals of Guwahati city Vidyalayas on 19th December 2010 at the Regional Office. It was decided to conduct a One
Day workshop on Thinkquest at Kendriya Vidyalaya Khanapara on 04 January 2011.

 19 Thinkquest administrators of Kendriya Vidyalayas under KVS Guwahati Region attended the one day workshop held at Kendriya Vidyalaya
Khanapara on 4th January 2011. The workshop was conducted by the Coordinators of KVS Tagore Mahotsav for Guwahati Region. All information for participating in the KVS-Tagore Mahotsav was passed on and all technical queries were attended to.







21 Kendriya Vidyalayas participated in the KVS Tagore Mahotsav from KVS Guwahati Region.

Entries were received for Essays, Book reviews,
Powerpoint presentations and 10 minutes Video.

Monitoring of the progress was done by the coordinators and the KVS Regional Office Guwahati.

The evaluation of the entries was conducted at the KVS Regional Office Guwahati from 1st to 5th February 2011.

Shri Anutosh Deb, TGT (Art Education), K.V.Maligaon:Coordinator Book-Review,
Smt Zeenat F.Rashid, Primary Teacher, K.V.Maligaon: Coordinator-Power point presentations and

Shri Saptarshi Majumder, TGT (English), K.V. Jagiroad: Coordinator Essay, reviewed the online submission of the entries and compiled them for the Regional Level Evaluation.

The Regional Level evaluation was done by a panel of  judges comprising of:

Dr. Jaideep Das, Education Officer, KVS GR 

Shri K.L.Nagraju, Education Officer, KVS GR
ShriA.V.L.J Rao, Education Officer, KVS GR

Dr. Indrajit Singh, Principal, K.V.AFS Borjhar.
Smt Jayshree Dasbasu, Retired. Principal ,KVS




The evaluation was done following the criteria as circulated by Oracle Education Initiatives India, and was completed on 05 February 2011.

Kendriya Vidyalaya NFR Maligaon.
Vidyalaya level prize winners:

















Master Alankrit Dev Sarmah & Master Sourish Das Regional winners Powerpoint presentation after receiving the Vidyalaya level prizes from the Principal K.V.NFR Maligaon, Mr.R.N.Pandey.











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