Eco Friendly Holi celebrated at GJIMT

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Mohali, February 28 2018

Gian Jyoti Insitute of Management and technology, Phase -2 Mohali  celebrated Holi at its campus. Students were encouraged to celebrate dry holi and were encouraged to create awareness amongst the young generation to save water and teach the same to the residents . A special session was also conducted for students to learn to prepare organic colours, and encouraged  them to use  these colours rather than chemicals. Colors were traditionally made of Neem, Kumkum, Haldi, Bilva, and other medicinal herbs prescribed by Āyurvedic. Students after applying eco-friendly Gulals on each other danced with joy and enthusiasm.

Students celebrate Holi in the Institute premises.

Rattan Group celebrates Holi with Flowers

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Mohali, February 28 2018

Rattan Group of institutes sector -78 celebrated Holi with Flowers instead of synthetic colours, fancy pichkaris with a great joy and enthusiasm. The flowers were mixed with herbal colours, students made a lot of fun by smearing flowers on each other. Students also danced on the tunes of famous Holi numbers. Meanwhile, the students were also given knowledge of colors of different things. They were also told that like many other festivals in India, Holi also signifies a victory of good over evil. Teachers also informed the students about the precautions to be taken while playing Holi. Later, students were encouraged to use herbal colours and flowers at home also to prevent any mishappening.

Students celebrate Holi with flowers in the Institute.

Street play on "Bullying" enacted by students of Saupin's School

Students enact play at sector -17 plaza in Chandigarh.

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Chandigarh, February 28 2018

A street play written and directed by students Neha and Siddharth Kaushal highlighted a very sensitive issue of 'Bullying'. Enacted at plaza in sector 17, Chandigarh, the power packed performance of the students of Saupin's-32 school left the audience spellbound.
It was a satire on those who think that they have a right to bully others and also take pride in bullying. The play ended on a powerful monologue which stunned the public and left them thinking about this grave social issue.
The street play showcased how students are bullied in schools, medical colleges and even adults are bullied in offices. The public was made aware of the life threatening consequences of bullying.

Smiling Kiddies introduced to "Black Colour" in Innovative Way

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Zirakpur, February 28 2018

Students doing the activities in the school premises. 

Smiling Kiddies Play Way School Celebrated ‘Black Colour Day’with enthusiasm. Kiddies came in Black colour attires. They were introduced to the Black Colour through different black colour object’s. Kiddies enjoyed art and craft activities and had great fun. They made beautiful angry birds and cats in craft. Some kiddies did ‘Thumb Painting’ in spider as a group activity.

Students show the art and craft made by them in the school premises.

Pan India Startup League organized at Aryans Group

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Chandigarh, February 27, 2018

Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh in association with Millionminds under the patronage of Startup India (A Govt. of India’s initiative) organized a pan India “The Startup League” for the students to showcase Startup Idea Hunt show at its Campus.

Alokesh Choudhury, Founder, Sporophyte Merchandising Pvt Ltd; Atul Gupta, Co-Founder and Chief Mentor, RedAlkemi, Pugmarks were the speakers and judges on the occasion. Prof. B.S Sidhu, Director, Aryans Group presided over the function.

A student of Aryans shares her innovative idea during the League.

Students of various departments of Aryans participated in the league and showcased their innovative ideas on various projects.

Nitu Shukla , Nidhi Jaswal, Ayushi, Manisha of  CSE 6^th semester who described Clothing Design Software stood first; Sabreena, Riyaz, Yawar, Mariam, Ishtiak of Civil 4th Semester bagged 2^nd position for Aryans Safety Helmet; Kajal of ECE 4^th semester stood 3^rd for Aryans Life Saving Glove. These students would now get chance to take their start up ideas and projects to higher level.

Students during the interactive session.

Alokesh Choudhury while addressing the students, said that the league is happening across 40 cities in India, with 400+ colleges Engaging 50,000+ Students with the involvement of industry bodies and speakers from Startup Ecosystem to recognize, highlight and honour the efforts of young and budding tricity Youth and Entrepreneurs who ingeniously developed Applications used by a large number of Societies.

Atul Gupta(right), Co-Founder and Chief Mentor, RedAlkemi, Pugmarks interact with students.

Addressing the gathering, Atul Gupta said that each student passing out of the institutes are well-versed and employable and suggested that institutes should focus on job oriented subjects, entrepreneurship and avenues and resources related professions so the passed out students should be job providers and not just job seekers.

AKSIPS 45 organised Pre Primary Stage Show ‘Our Winsome World’

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Chandigarh, February 26 2018

A spectacular stage show ‘Our Winsome World’ marked the Annual Day celebrations of the Pre-primary wing of AKSIPS-45 wherein Mr. Dinesh Tundwal, writer-director and producer, presided over the function as the chief guest. Chairman NEDT, Dr. B.N.S. Walia and Executive Director, AKSIPS Group of Smart Schools, Mr. Jasdeep Kalra were also present during the function. 

Students enact during the show at AKSIPS Chandigarh.

The Programme commenced with the ceremonial lamp lighting by the chief guest, Mr. Dinesh Tundwal, The Administrator, AKSIPS Group of Smart Schools, Mr. Sidhant and The Vice Principal Mrs. Pamila Kaur. Mr. Jasdeep Kalra, Executive Director AKSIPS Group of Smart Schools formally welcomed the chief guest and the august gathering. Director-principal AKSIPS-45, Dr. Jasmine Kalra introduced the programme to the audience.

The show “Our Winsome World” through brilliant script, marvelous acting and stupendous dances showcased the origin of the Planet Earth, its fascinating countries and cultures. Orchestra by the confident junior school band, playing guitar, bongo, flute, xylophone, Mirracus, Duff, Congo and Casio was a sight to behold. Tiny narrators and enthusiastic actors carried the show very well.

'Green Day' to encourage Healthy Diet organised at The Holy Wonder School

Children during the activity in the school premises.

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Mohali, February 26 2018

In order to inculcate good eating habits among the tiny tots of pre-primary section and to raise their interest towards green leafy vegetables, The Holy Wonder Smart School organised 'Green Day' on its premises. 'Go Green for Life' was the theme of today’s activity. Every kid dressed up in different shades of green and were quite excited about this fun filled activity. Different events, such as colouring, and printing using vegetables were organised in the classes.

Kids, with the help of class-teachers, prepared charts conveying the message “Eat Healthy to Stay Healthy”. Later, the kids relished the green food and fruits brought by them in their lunch boxes as well. Teachers also motivated the students to eat green vegetables and fruits. They were told about the importance of eating healthy food and were advised to stay away from junk food.

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Spring Meadows School Zirakpur celebrate its Annual Day

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Zirakpur, February 25, 2018

The first annual day function of Spring Meadows school meticulously showcased the years activities to the parents and guests followed by ceremonial function. The show involved all the school students in spectacular performances enriched with rich music, costume, dance and mime. The narrative enacted by the students awakens each individual to take the lead, start a new beginning and build a bright future with life full of fragrance and colours.

Students perform during Annual day function at Spring Meadows School Zirakpur.

Healthy Baby Show organised at The British School Panchkula

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Panchkula, February 24 2018

Children during Healthy Baby show at The British School in Panchkula.

Around 500 children from various schools of tricity took part in different competitions during Healthy Baby show oraganised by The British School, Panchkula. Enthusiastic parents and their babies in age group of 1.6 to 3.6 years took part.
Tegh Singh was adjudged TBS Prince and Annabella Kapronova Aujla was crowned TBS Princess. Lavanya Singh was declared TBS Chubby Cheeks and Aayra Gulati was awarded TBS Charming Smile. Cute little tiny tots came on the stage in pretty dresses and captivated everyone. 
In the Fancy Dress Competition of ‘My Favourite Story Character’ Dhairya dressed as Pied Piper won the first prize. They happily recited rhymes and lines from the stories.
In Group A of Painting Competition Manit Gupta won the First prize and in Group B Amritpreet Kaur stood first.
A beautiful enactment of “Red Riding Hood” was carried out by the school children and educators and parent and child teams were engaged in theme craft. Daksh Khurana won the first prize and Riaan Saini bagged the second.
Children and adults thronged the carnival stalls with Fun games, Photo Booth, Karaoke, food and beverages. The school chairperson, Ms Urmila Sethi blessed everyone with her gracious presence and gave away the prizes.
The other results were Fancy Dress in which 2nd position was grabbed by Naamjot Kaur, and 3rd position was grabbwd by Gouransh Bali. In Group A Painting Competition 2nd and 3rd position was won by Tashya Sharma and Lakshita respectively while Gunjan Gupta and Arav Ashish stood 2nd and 3rd in Group B Painting Competition.

Lucky chance to grab Free Laptops and Tabs at Rose Festival Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, February 23 2018

Visitors would be able to get chance to win a lucky tab and laptop daily in the 3 days Rose festival organized by Municipal Corporation from 23-25^th February at Rose Garden, Sector-16, Chandigarh. The event is supported by Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh as an education partner.

In this lucky coupon contest which is being organized by Aryans Group, the visitors need to fill the free lucky coupon ticket at the entry gate by showing their ID proofs. The ticket counters would be installed at all the entry gates of the Rose garden.

The winners of the three days would get a chance to collect their lucky prizes on the stage from Kulwinder Billa, Gippy Grewal and Ankit Tiwari on 1st, 2nd and 3rd day respectively which would be announced on the stage at 8pm daily.

UT Administrator inaugurates 46th Edition of Rose Festival

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Chandigarh, February 23 2018

The 46th edition of Rose Festival was inaugurated by UT Administrator and Governor of Punjab VP Singh Badnore at Zakir Rose Garden in sector 16 of Chandigarh on Friday. MP Kirron Kher and UT Mayor Davesh Moudgil were also present during the opening of festival. After taking Guard of Honour from school students band, UT Administrator, MP and UT Mayor were welcomed by artists of North Zone Cultural Centre with their dance forms. Councillors and other officials of Municipal Corporation were also present on the occasion.

Artists from North Zone Cultural Centre near a rose bed on the inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Girls take a selfie while wearing floral hats on the inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Artists from North Zone Cultural Centre performs on the inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Artists from North Zone Cultural Centre during inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Artists from North Zone Cultural Centre performs during inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Artists from North Zone Cultural Centre performs during inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

School students wait for the chief guest to arrive during inaugural day of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore being welcomed by an artist during inauguration of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore releasing colourful balloons during inauguration of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Mayor Davesh Moudgil with MP Kirron Kher during inauguration of Rose Festival in Chandigarh.  Photo by Sumit Malhotra

Sports Day “Jaunty Juniors” celebrated at Saupin’s 32 Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, February 23 2018

The "Jaunty Juniors" of the pre-primary wing of Saupin's School 32 celebrated their Sports Day with much aplomb. The tiny tots showcased excellent coordination, zeal and sportsmanship. Parents were delighted to see the mirthful faces of their wards. The colourful bonanza added to the hues of the Spring Season.

Children participates in various sports races and competition during sports day celebrations at Saupin's 32 School in Chandigarh.

Results of Various races are as follows:-

Race	Position 1	Position 2	Position 3
Chick Race(Nursery)	Karman	Aaryan and Shaurya	Siddan
Doremon Race (Nursery)	Yavin Gulati	Akshit Sharma	Aarav Pal
Funny Bunny Race (Nursery)	Aarna	Himakshi Uppal	Devina Uppal
Honey Bee Race (L.K.G)	Soumil Bansal	Harshit	Maheep Kaur
Drag the Ball Race (L.K.G)	Harshit Paliwal	Niharika Singh	Parth Mehra
Hurdle Race (L.K.G)	Maneet Trehan	Kavin Malik	Aradhya
Rescue Operation Race (L.K.G)	Somil Mahajan, Vardaan Chauhan, Bismanpreet Singh, Parbir Singh, Sukhman Singh, Teghveer , Shivansh Rajpal
Crab Race (U.K.G)	Shikha	Sparsh Singhal	Shivansh Badyal
Soldiers Race (U.K.G)	Saimann Verma	Gurniwaz Singh Sekhon	Atharv Gupta
Dragan Race (U.K.G)	Garvit, Mohammad Ahad, Kaskaran Singh Gill, Vrishank Sharma	Pulkit Sareen, Maulik Dhawan, Shivansh Sharma, Kanav Sharma	Abhinav Garg, Samarth Rana, Bhavesh Mauhi, Sambhav Kohli
Sorting Sense organs (U.K.G)	Amrit Singh	Anjali Verma	Kaashvi Chhabra
Germination Relay (U.K.G)	Keshav Goel, Madhav Sharma, Tarunjot Singh, Jaskamal Singh Khera

Graduation Ceremony held at Mount Carmel School, Chandigarh.

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Chandigarh, February 22 2018

A Graduation Ceremony for the students of Kinder Garten of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47-B,

Chandigarh, was held in the School premises. Around 115 students of the three sections of Class K.G. were awarded certificates on this occasion for having qualified for promotion from Pre-Primary Level to the Primary School Level. It was a Red Letter Day in the lives of these students and there was great enthusiasm among them as they felt honoured. From the Graduating students, Mysha Arya of Class The Amaryllis K.G. gave a welcome speech. The Class Teachers felicitated the students on the achievement made by them. The Directors, Principal crowned and presented Certificates to each student. The Directors spoke to the students to keep working hard, to be good and to uphold their teachers in high esteem. They also exhorted the students to be sincere and to diligently march onwards truthfully, to achieve their goals.

The Ceremony ended with a Vote of Thanks presented by Ekamjit Kaur, a student of The Camellia K.G. of the School. Overall it was a great day for the students of class K.G. and they thoroughly enjoyed putting on their Graduation Crowns.

Training on e-Waste for Government officials of Punjab and Haryana Government

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Chandigarh, February 21, 2018

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Chandigarh (NIELIT) organized a training programme on e-Waste for Government Officials at NIELIT, Sector 30-B, Chandigarh. The chief guest, Dr Manoj K Arora, Director, PEC University of Technology, inaugurated the event and spoke extensively about the problems of e-waste and its disposal. It was informed that about 1.5 million tons of e-waste was being produced in the country which was challenging the existing capacity for its safe disposal. 

Delegates during the training program in Chandigarh.

Dr M M Sharma, Executive Director, NIELIT Chandigarh thanked the Chief guest and also apprised the participating Govrenment officials about the hazards of e-Waste. He thanked the participants who underwent this training and hoped that such initiatives will help in spreading knowledge and techniques of safely disposing of e-Waste. Meenakshi  Gaur, Additional Director, NIELIT Chandigarh also shared her views on e-Waste Management and was keen on promoting such training programmes. Around 60 government officers of Punjab,  Haryana and Chandigarh  benefited from the training programme.

46th Edition of Rose Festival will kick start from 23rd February

Helicopter Joy Ride will be Centre of Attraction 

Renowned artists Kulwinder Billa, Gippy Grewal and Ankit Tiwari will perform during Cultural Evenings

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Chandigarh, February 21 2018

The 46^th Edition of Rose Festival will kick start from 23^rd February to 25^th February, 2018 at Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh.  While addressing the media persons, UT Mayor Davesh Moudgil and Jitender Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh said that the Rose Festival is an integral part of the cultural calendar of the India and is held every year in the 3^rd or 4^th week of February. The 46^thedition of the Rose Festival is being held from 23^rd February, 2018 to 25^th February, 2018 and it is being organized by the Municipal corporation, Chandigarh.Spread overan area of 40 acres, Rose Garden is having  829 verities of roses, over 1400 rose beds comprising of 42000 rose plants. The garden has been planned in such a manner that a walk through the garden is like reading a story. Rose Garden is one of the most frequently visited gardens of the city by both the domestic as well as foreign visitors.Mayor further said that this year various competitions will be organized ranging from best garden/roundabout/campus/parks maintained by RWA’s on M.O.U. basis, Rose Prince and Rose Princess Competition, Brass and Pipe Band Competition, On the Spot Painting Competition, Rose Quiz Competition, Folk Dance Competition, Photography Competition, Antakshri, Kite Flying Competition, Miss Rose & Mr. Rose, Newly Wed Couples, Floral Hat Display and Rose King & Rose Queen Competition (Senior Citizens) and Newlywed couple competition etc.

UT Mayor Davesh Moudgil(second from left) with other officials during press conference in Chandigarh.

He said that the Festival will also showcase a wide array of flowers by way of flower competitions in different categories. Moreover, last year a new event Helicopter Joy Ride was introduced and seeing huge response from Public this year also it will be held with same fan fare. Kite flying will also be a special event this time with professional fliers from Ahmedabad with Kites of different colours, sizes and shapes. There will also be a workshop on kite making. He further said that besides this, cultural evenings will also be organized during the Rose Festival in Rose Garden and Leisure Valley during which different renowned artists including Kulwinder Billa on 23^rd February, Gippy Grewal on 24^th February and Bollywood singer Ankit Tiwari will perform on 25^thFebruary. There will be daylong cultural performance also by the NZCC at the main stage in the Rose Garden and evening performances by renowned artists at the Leisure Valley.
Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Senior Deputy Mayor, Vinod Kumar Aggarwal, Deputy Mayor, Dr. Saurabh Mishra, IAS and Anil Kumar Garg, Additional Commissioners, Tejdeep Singh Saini, Joint Commissioner, Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer, N.P. Sharma, S.E. B&R and other concerned officers of MC and Tourism Department were present during the press conference. The Mayor said that people from the transgender community and special kids will be part of the Rose festival and they will be given special space and respect during all the events. He said that a Wi Fi zone will also be created by one of Sponsors during the festival and each visitor would be able to access free Wi Fi.

The programme schedule on all the three days will be as under:

Programmes Schedule for 23^rd February (Friday)

11.00 a.m. Inauguration of Rose Festival by the Chief Guest.

11.10 a.m. Brass & Pipe Band Competition

11.15 a.m. Flower Competition & Flower Hat Competition

11.25 a.m. Cultural Programme at main stage by various artists arranged by NZCC

12.30 p.m. Folk Dance Competition

3.30 p.m. Miss & Mr. Rose Competition

5.00 p.m. Cultural Evening (Old is Gold)

Programmes Schedule for 24^th February (Saturday)
7.00 a.m. “Morning Raga” by Swar Ragni Mestro Pandit Subhash Ghosh
9.00 a.m. Rose Prince & Princess competition
10.30 a.m. Photography Exhibition
10.35 a.m. Traditional Folk Dance
11.00 a.m. Kite Flying Competition
11.20 a.m. Traditional Folk Dance
11.30 a.m. Rose King & Rose Queen competition (Senior Citizen)
2.00 p.m. Roze Quiz
3.30 p.m. Magic show
4.30 p.m. Newlywed Couple Competition “Hum Tum”
Programmes Schedule for 25^th February (Sunday)
10.30 a.m. On the spot painting competition
10.40 a.m. Traditional Folk Dance
11.30 a.m. Antakshri
3.00 p.m. Closing Ceremony & Prize Distribution
3.10 p.m. Traditional Folk Dance
5.00 p.m. Cultural Evening (Punjabi Folk)