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Nagpur Kendra
Baldarbar-2023 – the Mega Children’s Drama Festival was organised by Nagpur Kendra at Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Auditorium, Civil Lines, Nagpur, from December 11–15, 2023. During this festival, about 600 students from 32 schools (State and CBSE) of Nagpur and areas adjoining Nagpur participated. The competition was spread over five days, with six to seven plays every day showcasing issues on varied topics. The Concluding Function of Prize Distribution was held on December 15, 2023, wherein Cash Prizes, Mementos and Certificates were presented to the winners and participating schools.
The Drama Festival was inaugurated on December 11, 2023, at the hands of Dr. Abhijeet Chaudhari, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, and the Chief Guest for the Prize Distribution Ceremony on December 15, 2023, was Brigadier Sunil V. Gaopande (Retd.)
The plays were judged by renowned artists Smt. Deepali Ghonge, Shri Sarang Maste and Shri Abhay Balde, while Shri Samir Pandit gave his valuable guidance in making the event a success.
All Bhavan’s Schools also made their mark in various categories viz. Sound Effects, Lighting, Direction, Script Writing, Best Set, Acting (Female) and Acting (Male). Bhavan’s B.P. Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, Nagpur, won an Award for Notable Performance (Lakshvedhi Ekankika) for their play ‘Pappu Ki Shaadi’.
The efforts made by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in creating awareness through the plays among the masses about problems being faced and the solutions to tide over them, was largely applauded by the viewers.
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For the session 2022-23, Miss Manashree Ashtekar of Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Ashti, Nagpur was honoured with the prestigious Kulapati Munshi Best Student Award at the hands of Hon’ble Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh on December 24, 2023. She received a Cash Prize of Rs 10000/-, a Medal and a Certificate for this stupendous achievement.
Versatile Manashree Ashtekar has always been an academically outstanding, sincere and obedient student of the school since Class 1 and earned many accolades to her credit. She was the School Topper and Third City Topper with 99.20% in AISSE Examination conducted by the CBSE for Class 10 students. She was also the recipient of C. Subramaniam Award and Pranlal Devkaran Nanjee (PDN) Award given for Excellence in Character and Harmonious Behaviour. Besides academics, she participated in various Interschool, National and International Level Competitions, Workshops and Seminars. To name a few, she participated in the CBSE Adolescent Summit 2022 organised in New Delhi, Odyssey International English Literary Festival in City Montessori School, Lucknow, Global Theatre Festival in Cuttack, Odisha, attended the Katha Utsav (Writers’ Workshop) for three years in New Delhi and many more. She has also received Scout and Guide Rajyapal Puraskar.
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Reflections International, a competition of History, Civics, Legal Studies and Psychology, was organised by City Montessori School, Lucknow, where the students of Bhavan’s Civil Lines emerged ‘Overall Champions’. In all, 10 international, 34 national and 21 local schools participated in the event. Team BVM, CL, gave an exemplary performance and won the overall championship. They bagged the First Prize in Endeavour (Community Service) and Leadership Legacy, Second Prize in Pain to Power and Sculpting Ideas and Third Prize in Astra Grace. The team comprised of Saumya Lakhanpal, Yashasvi Saboo, Rudrani Chandurkar, Shivalee Tiwari, Anika Sharma, Urvi Bhoyar, Madhura Dani and Yashika Jaipuriya. The school received the coveted trophies, certificates and medals.
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Mast. Devansh Dhoka of Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Ashti, scripted history in the annals of BVM, Ashti, by securing 99.40 per cent in AISSE-2023 and by achieving Nagpur City Topper and Regional Topper Position in Pune Region. He has added yet another feather in his cap by becoming the Topper among Bhavan’s Schools all over India. For this stupendous success, Mast. Devansh Dhoka was felicitated by Shri Shreehari Aney, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Trustee, Mumbai, in the presence of Hon’ble Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh, and Trustee, Vice President, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, in an inaugural function at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines Auditorium on July 6, 2023. He was honoured with a Cash Prize of Rs. 5000, a Certificate and a Bouquet.
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Bhavan's Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Koradi, Nagpur School, organised a four days' workshop for Std. IX students on Robotics which was conducted by 'Maxenia Product School' sponsored by IEEE VNIT Student Branch and IEEE Bombay Section Joint chapter of PELS-IES from March 27 to 29 and March 31, March 2023 (four days).
The aim of the workshop was to arouse the interest of students towards the emerging field of Robotics in order to face the challenges of the modern world and to provide them a hands-on experience in the creation of manual robots which will help them in the future.
Shri S Uday Shankar and Miss Shivani Madhusoodhanan, Embedded Engineers, guided students throughout the session of four days and helped them create small machines on their own.
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Bhavan's Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Koradi, Nagpur, organised a Guest Lecture on 'Adolescence Education' on February 16, 2023, under Peace Foundation, which was attended by students of Std. VII and VIII.
Dr. Neha V Bhargava (MS DNB Gynaecology) and Dr. Vivek Shivhare (MBBS MD Paediatrics) were the resource persons. The lecture gave a subjective and thorough knowledge about adolescence. Some of the points covered were, how excess energy should be channelised properly, how selecting peers can play a crucial role at this age and more importantly, not to bully or tease anybody. Anxiety, depression and addiction to harmful things can drastically affect one's health mentally and physically, resulting in poor academic performances.
The resource person further elaborated that the focus of the students should be on balanced diet, regular exercise/playing, studying, sleeping time, etc. so that they use their high energy to improve their overall personality. They told students to open up on these topics with someone they are close to and who can direct and guide them in the right direction. They summarised by saying not to blindly follow the trends that are shown in the media as these are shown just for entertainment.
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'Ashirvachanam'-”This programme was organised to bless the students of Std X in the premises of Bhavan's B. P. Vidya Mandir, Koradi, Nagpur and also to make them ethical, commendable and admirable citizens of tomorrow.
Shri. Amitesh Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Nagpur City, was the Chief Guest at the 'Ashirvachanam Ceremony to bless and bid adieu to the outgoing students of Std. X. In his speech, he conveyed the message to the students that academics is one part of life, but it is the character that truly reveals one's personality because it is one's character, integrity and ethics that nurture and shape one's personality. He further stated that the 'Ashirvachanam' ceremony creates a sense of bonding, a sense of responsibility in the students towards the country. He congratulated and wished good luck to the students for their exams.
To bless the students for their future life, an exhortation from the 'Taittiriya Upanishad' was read out, which was repeated by the students. Students holding lamps lit up the map of India to pay their respect towards the motherland and pledged to conduct themselves in accordance with high ethics and morals.
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Bhavan's B.P. Vidya Mandir, Koradi organised an extremely interesting and informative Inter School Declamation Competition of the Central Board of Secondary Education on February 23, 2023. The topic was 'India's Presidency in G-20 (Exploring Indonesia with India)'. Speakers from 26 renowned schools of Nagpur participated. The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Pankaj Chande, Kendra Committee Member, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Nagpur Kendra, while Dr. Urmila Dabir and Sri Monish Thorat were the esteemed judges of the competition.
The young orators presented their views on G-20 as an intergovernmental forum which plays an important role in solving major economic crises.
The event concluded with the Prize Distribution Ceremony, where Atharva Kilche of Bhavan's B.P. Vidya Mandir, Trimurti Nagar clinched the first position. Naman Dharmani of Bhavan's B.P. Vidya Mandir, Koradi was first runner-up while Avani Sonkusare of Sandipani School, Hazaripahad, was second runner-up.
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In the poem recitation competition, students of Std. IX presented the poems of eminent Indian writers, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu and Vikram Seth, for which 31 students came up with their presentations. All the participants recited the poems with great fondness and zeal.
In the poem recitation competition for Std. IX, Mast. Siddharth Chavan and Miss. Ketki Thawkar secured the first position. The second place was bagged by Miss. Kalyani Joshi and in the third position was Miss. Kavya Chourasia and Miss. Dhwani Gurnaney.
Smt. Manisha Mishra, Smt. Sujita Mukherjee and Smt. Ginzy Cherian were the judges who applauded the performances of the participants and provided guidance to improve the students' oratory skills. They appreciated the participants' confidence, gestures and expressions. The event of Intra School Elocution & Poem Recitation Competition was successfully conducted by Ms. Riddhi and Ms. Prissha of Std XI.
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The Kulapati Munshi Memorial Intra School Elocution Competition was held on February 8, 2023. The objective of this activity was to generate and develop a sensibility towards rhythm, phonetic awareness, self-expression and to enhance the sense of correct intonation in order to make children more expressive, confident and spontaneous in their way of speaking.
The topic chosen for the elocution competition was -œTime Management: A Major Challenge faced by the Youth of India- for Std. XI, wherein seven participants expressed their anticipation of the given topic. The participants left no stone unturned in their effort to win the competition. Students were judged on parameters like confidence, voice modulation, memorisation and overall presentation. Elucidating the importance of body language in public speaking, the results were declared immediately. In the elocution competition for Std. XI, Mast. Kabir Desai secured the first place. The second position was secured by Mast. Aauyush Tomar and the third, by Ms. Bhumika Pande and Ms. Neha Kulkarni.
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