Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Non-Resident Gujaratis are going to cheers at their homeland, Project Life organizes the daylong event



Gujaratis are the community with bravery in heart, penetration in mind and feeling of oneness in soul. NRG Centre of Project ‘Life’ is the one and only authorized centre of Saurashtra region of Non-Resident Gujarati Foundation (NRGF), of the Gujarat Government for NRGs spread across the globe. NRG Centre of Project ‘Life’ carries different activities for the visiting non-resident Gujaratis.
NRG Centre of Project ‘Life’ has organized a seminar called ‘Sadakal Gujarati’ (Gujarati Forever) on 23rd of March 2013, Saturday between 5:30 P.M. to 8 P.M. The seminar includes the lectures of prominent speakers and orators of Gujarat, viz. Ramesh Rawal (The well-known immigration lawyer and public speaker) and Dr. Kamal Parikh (Doctor of Medicine, author and thinker who has inspired many lives to be free from diseases by his series of lectures called- “How Not To Fall Sick?”). Well-known Educationist, Dr. Bhadrayu Vachchrajani (columnist, author and public speaker) will grace the event as the chief-guest. Along with this seminar Project ‘Life’ has organized two blood donation camp and Thalassaemia screening taste. The morning Blood Donation Camp will be at V.V.P. Engineering College between 7 A.M. to 11 A.M. and the afternoon blood donation camp and Thalassaemia Screening Camp will be held at Project ‘Life’ building between 4 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. The seminar will be organized at Project Life Building, Race Course, Ring Road, Rajkot during 5:30 P.M. to 8 P.M.
The event ‘Sadakal Gujarati’ jointly organized by Gujarat State Non-Resident Gujaratis’ Foundation and Rajkot NRG Centre, managed by Project ‘Life’. The organization invites you one and all to listen these prominent speakers on how the NRGs have brought pride to our nation India and motherland Gujarat and also take part in blood donation camp and Thalassaemia screening taste.

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Oath to spread science taken at Project ‘Life’



Project ‘Life’ welcomes innovative ideas for spreading science and scientific attitude in students. Following the same convention, Project ‘Life’ organized a workshop cum session of interaction with Mr. Anil Babber of Think Labs, Mumbai with the teachers’ fraternity of Rajkot at ‘Life’ building on 5th and 6th of March, 2013.
Under the Project ‘Life’ initiative Center for Excellence in Education, Primary School Infrastructure Development Programme in rural area is being carried out since 2001 and 53 schools have been dedicated until now. Moreover, for the holistic development of students, various programmes like Talent Hunt, Joy of Giving, scholarships etc are carried out throughout the year. Science on Wheels is the project initiated by Project ‘Life’ in the year 2009 with the aim to develop scientific mind-set and improve observational skills and to make children be equipped with activity-based science-learning and also to make teachers be equipped with newer ways of ’Learning by doing' to fortify the curricular concepts and to make schools be equipped with scientific instruments through the science kits. During the academic year 2012-13 Project ‘Life’ benefitted more than 55,000 students of 220 schools with its Science Kit.
‘Think Labs’ incepted in 2006 has grown from strength to strength and morphed into a dedicated provider of hands-on science and technology education in India.
‘Think LABS’ is motivating students towards science and re-inventing education in technology arena. In this effort of ‘Think Labs’, the active support of IIT Bombay and Seedfund have played a significant role in the activities.
Mr. Anil Babber shared different techniques to make the Science learning easy and effective during the session. The Education Department of Project ‘Life’ and the teachers of Rajkot and other centers enjoyed learning.
According to Salim Bloch, Assistant Manager Education, Project ‘Life’, “Teachers present here in the session, would disseminate knowledge of science to the students, with the techniques taught by Mr. Babber.”