Society Scenes 8212; Pune

Prized momentsVarsha Sahasrabuddhe, principal of Aksharnandan, an experimental Marathi medium school in Pune, has been selected as the re...

Prized moments
Varsha Sahasrabuddhe, principal of Aksharnandan, an experimental Marathi medium school in Pune, has been selected as the recipient of this year8217;s L G Gadre Award. The award is given by Maharashtra Seva Sangh, a renowned social organisation in Mulund to two teachers every year. The award Rs 12,500 and a memento will be presented at a ceremony on October 3 1999, at the Society hall in Mulund, Mumbai.

For a genuine cause
Lions Club of Poona Erandwana celebrated Teachers8217; Day by felicitating about 200 teachers from Mentally Retarded and Disabled Schools of Pune. The chief guest for the day was Lions district governor, Deepak Shah and Guests of Honour were Prof Dr Hiratai Adhyantaya, vice chancellor, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, J N Malaviya, consultant energy/environment conservation, Chandrahas Shetty, president of Lions Club of Poona Erandwana and Lion Balajith Shetty, district convenor 8211; environment. Hiratai emphasised the deeds of teachers serving the disabled and mentally retarded children and appreciated their dedication for the social cause.

An essay competition, quot;My idea of making Pune eco-friendlyquot; was also held for the teachers from various schools in Pune, coordinated by J N Malaviya an environmentalist from Pune. The response was spectacular as there were a total of 78 entries received from 72 schools. Briefing on the occasion, Malaviya said that the quality of essays definitely deserve a reading and should be shared with the Puneites and the particular topic was chosen, since conserving environment is the need of the hour and every citizen should owe moral responsibility towards it by changing their lifestyles.

The winners declared were:
Anita Wagle, Loyala School
Anagha Mane, S V Union High School
P S Mitra, K V No.1, Air Force School
Consolation prize winners were: Lalitha Rajamani, Ramp;DE English School
Sumedha Sanjeev Tole, Vijay Vallabh School
Yasmin Chowdhary, Anjuman Islam Peer Mohd. School.

Fanta Centrafest 8217;99
Fanta Centrafest was organised by the Rotaract Club of Pune Central on September 18 and 19 at the Alpa Bacchat Bhavan. The theme for the fest was quot;Happinessquot;. Around 18 schools and 1500 students participated. The opening ceremony took place at 8.30 am on September 18 and the chief guest was Rotary president Manjula Vishwanathan. Events like march past, western talentia, brainscan, jam were organised. The closing ceremony was held on September 19 and the chief guest was Madan Bajpai, general manager, Coke. The overall winners were St Vincent8217;s High School, Vikhe Patil Memorial School and The Army Public School. The project directors for Fanta Centrafest were Rotarian Jaya, Kushal and Jatin.

Refrain from all vices
Dr Kalayan Gangwal, the chief of Sarv Jeev Mangal8217;, decided to give the Ganesh festival a noble and wiser cause this year. A rally was held from Chaphekar chowk Chinchwad to Shirmant Dagdushet Halwai Ganpati, in the vyasan mukti desh bhakti8217; abuse of addictive substances theme, which was a success.

Around 125 youngsters participated in this rally and promised to refrain from all vices on the occasion of the festival. During the festival Gangawal also conducted lectures in various colleges and schools which gained popularity. Hoardings regarding the same were put up in the city.

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Protests were raised against the PCMC bullock cart race, for feeding liquor to the bullocks in order to increase their speed. This was a part of the Ganesh festival held recently.They were also against the ill treatment of the animals during the race.

In response to this protest Mayor Madhukar Pawle assured the members of the club that their demands would be met. Festivity combined with a noble cause was taken in good spirit!

Foreign scholarships for graduate women
Two scholarships, one for the US and the other for New Zealand, have been announced for women graduates for the year 2000-2001. The relevant information is available at University Women8217;s Association office opposite Vikhe Patil School, Gokhale Nagar between 10 am and 1 pm on all week days.

Management theory
quot;Discipline, integrity, creativity, loyalty and commitments are the basic qualities expected from management graduates by the industry,quot; said Arvind Sharma, managing director, Chaitra leo Burnett while addressing the students of Indian Institute of Modern Management IIMM. Responding to a query raised, he said that things not done in time is of no significant value notwithstanding whatever be the amount of creativity. He advised the students to pursue the those disciplines in which they are instinctively good at. quot;Don8217;t go in for money or status. Those will in any case follow provided you 8216;perform8217; efficiently and produce results,quot; he cautioned. He further added that globalisation has resulted in cut throat competitions and only those who strive hard to sail with whatever be the latest can survive. Sharma felt that there should be no censorship to advertisement. quot;We are now a liberal society. There should be self discipline on the part of the advertisers. They should be sensitive to human feelings, hesaid.

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Maj. Gen. S Krishnamurthy retd. director, Prof. Col A Balasubramanium, executive director, Gauri Malhotra and Koteshwara Rao, both corporate relations coordinators, welcomed the guests.