25thJanuary, 2017
Utthan Lab Activity : 68thRepublic day Celebration
25thJanuary, 2017 activity of Utthan Lab, a CSR initiative of ITS, Ghaziabad was a an advance celebration of the 68thRepublic Day of India which included a Speech Competition ‘Hum Bharat Ke Log’ and a Drawing Competition on MS Paint. The celebration got special with the encouraging presence of honourable Director General, ITS, Ghaziabad Dr. A. K. Puri and Dr. Anita Mathew, Professor, HR.
Volunteers of the day – Konika Tyagi, Lavi Gupta, Pulkit Varshney, Rajat Gupta, Shruti Khandelwal, Abhishek Chaudhary, Bikram Parajuli, Lokesh Kumar, Rashmi Yadav, Sumit Kumar, Tanu Verma, Abhishek Kumar, Monika Gupta, Aanchal Grover, Manoj Kumar Sharma and Arpit Jaikant started the day with the brief on the day’s importance, activities and the competitions.
The first session of the day was on ‘Our Republic Day’ during which the key terms – republic, democracy, constitution were elaborated with examples. The Utthan children were also told about the process of formation of our Constitution, the drafting committee of Constitution and the date when it came into force. The preamble of the constitution of India was read and repeated in Hindi and English with sufficient elaboration of the significance of important words in it.
The Second session of the day was on Computer Skills. The children were taken to Computer Lab 1 and Lab 2 where the task for them was to prepare a painting on Republic Day 2017 on MS Paint. 22 Children did it perfectly who were felicitated with the attractive prizes.
The third and the last session of the day was a Speech Competition with the theme of ‘Hum Bharat Ke Log’ in which the children had to speak on the uniqueness, strengths, and weaknesses of Indian people. The little children came out with thought-provoking ideas and expressions.
First, Second and Third Prize winners in Speech Competition were felicitate with the huge wall clocks by hon’ble Director General Dr. A.K. Puri while the First, Second and Third Prize winners of the Painting Competition were appreciated with the Milton water bottles by Dr. Anita Mathew. 24 other participants were also given attractive prizes for their best efforts. Dr. Puri blessed and motivated the Utthan Children with his short and informal address. He also shared with them the mantras for developing confidence and overall personality. Dr. Anita Mathew made the day special for the children by bringing two delicious cakes for them which were cut and relished by the children.
Replica of the national flag and the packets of cream biscuits were given to all the children. Dr. Gopal Krishna Dwivedi guided and accompanied the volunteers as the faculty coordinator of Utthan Lab.