Living the change

Building Sustainable Solutions Through Cinema Our Environment And Future

AERC & AUUP

Rashi Garg, GT Network

Over 500 students from Amity Group of Schools and NCR Schools attended the second Science Film Festival* organised by Goethe Institute, held at Amity University, Noida on October 9, 2018.
The opportunity extended by
Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF under the aegis of Amity Educational Resource Centre (AERC) aimed at infusing scientific temperament in students through engaging platform of cinema.
The programme commenced with lamp lighting followed by opening address by Dr Leonard Emmerling, director programmes, South Asia, Goethe Institute and Chairperson. They spoke on issues of climate change, how it is affecting earth and the global responsibility for mitigation. And, also encouraged students to come up with ideas to overcome the problem of global food shortage.
Following it, Dr C M Nautiyal, an eminent educator, researcher, scientist and keynote speaker, spoke on global warming and its effect on agricultural sector. He also shared anecdotes with the students and exposed them to new ideas for a holistic approach in organising food revolution.
The highlight of the programme was, launch of Science film ‘Living the Change’ directed by Jordan Osmond and Antoinette Wilson screened for the students.
The film was part of this year’s festival theme ‘Food revolution’ showcasing real life instances from New Zealand to exemplify how each individual can bring a change in terms of ‘Food revolution’. It also brought to light how world is in the midst of environmental crisis and how agriculture is one of the biggest contributor in global warming.
The screening of the film was followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Dr C M Nautiyal with students from Kanton Schule Wettingen, Switzerland; Amitasha & Atulasha from AIS Noida and AGS Noida. The interaction sensitised the students on global warming and made them ponder on how even one degree increase in temperature can lead to doom.
Students were also shown a presentation highlighting achievements of Amity Group of Schools in the field of science at the national and international levels. Also, they were informed about the numerous activities undertaken under the aegis of Amity’s Children Science Foundation (ACSF) to inculcate scientific temperament in the students. The programme was also graced by the presence Dr Carl Jochen Dill, head, Educational Services, South Asia, Goethe Institute and Mrs Divya Chauhan, Chairperson ASFT, ASFA and ASPA. The festival concluded with a vote of thanks presented by Jyoti Arora, Director AERC.
*The festival will take place internationally in over 20 countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa from October 4- December 23, 2018.

ECOM Forum 2018

Enhancing Knowledge

AIS Saket

The 20th edition of  ECOM Forum, an inter school Economics and Commerce event was held on October 15, 2018. Students of Class XI-XII from schools of Delhi/NCR took part in three competitions held in the forum.
Economics Symposium: It was graced by Ms Pooja Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Humanity Foundation. Many current issues like trade war between US and China, changes in GST, increase in oil prices, rise of E commerce companies like Flipkart and Amazon and LIC taking over IDBI were discussed in the symposium. It was judged by Prof SK Laroiya, visiting professor, Research Methodology and Economics at Amity Business School, Noida and Prof OM Agarwal, visiting faculty at Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management.
Fintoons: A cartoon making competition on the topic ‘Trade wars - Boosting traders or busting trade?’ It was judged by Meenakshi Manna, an eminent freelance artist.
Biz Quiz: The quiz comprised two rounds based on the concepts of Economics and Business. In the preliminary round, six teams scored highest and qualified for the final round. The entire biz quiz was hosted by Chayan Dhall, Alumnus, AIS Saket pursuing Economics (H) from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College.
The winners of all the three rounds were felicitated with awards. In Economics Symposium (Speaker) competition, Vidhi Batra, AIS Noida and Ramsha Matin, AIS Vasundhara 6 won first and second position respectively. In Economics Symposium (Interjector) competition Pia Tripathi, AIS Noida bagged the  first position. Noor Sharma,  AIS Saket won first prize in Fintoons competition. Ashwath Chadha & Swetabh Changkakoti, AIS Saket won second position in Biz Quiz. The overall rolling trophy was  won by host school which was handed over to second runners up AIS Gur 46.
The forum was a perfect platform for the students to self evaluate their knowledge of business and economics.

Solar power to all

Workshop To Save Energy

AIS Vasundhara 6

Twenty four students from the school participated in ‘Solar Ambassadors Workshop’ held in  school ATL Lab* on October 2, 2018. The workshop, a flagship programme of IIT-Bombay and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy was organised under the aegis of Solar Urjaa through Localisation for Sustainability (SoULS) based on   the theme ‘Power to All’, including active interventions for providing clean, efficient, affordable and reliable energy access even to the last mile households. During the workshop, solar ambassadors acquired skills for recognising and testing various electrical components using multi-metre and soldering. They learnt to create affordable, reliable and efficient solar lamps which can be used by the students while studying.
*The school is one of the top 30 ATL schools of India, selected by Niti Ayog, to train the students about utilising solar energy and self assembling their own energy efficient solar study lamps.

Every drop counts

Senior Annual Day Gave Us All ‘Ek Soch’ To Save Water

AIS Gurugram 46

Water is the basis of life and students of this school have constantly strived to work towards creating awareness about water conservation. As a step ahead in same direction, the school celebrated its senior annual day on  theme ‘Ek Soch- Every drop counts’ on October 12, 2018. The occasion was graced by
Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF. Dr Rajshree Singh, IPS, IG State Crime Branch, Gurugram, was chief guest and Ranjana Jetley, VP, Media & Brand Communications, Invest India was special guest of honour on the occasion.
The event commenced with  lighting of lamp by Chairperson and esteemed guests. School Principal, Aarti Chopra presented annual report highlighting various academic, co-curricular and sports achievements of the school in various national and international competitions. This was followed by ‘Victory saga’ in which students were awarded with special awards for their achievements.
Following it, the cultural extravaganza began with mellifluous orchestra ‘Suramrit’ comprising 250 Amitians playing the fusion of Indo-Western music set to the tunes of Raag Bhairavi on different instruments. A special musical performance ‘Umang Tarang’ was presented by the students of Amitasha followed by a dance drama based on saving water. The occasion also saw students put a special exhibition titled ‘Tarangini,’ showcasing  heritage rivers like Indus and Mahanadi, Gond paintings and famous temples of Orissa and Chhattisgarh. Chairperson appreciated the social message interwoven in the enthralling performances by the students. The programme ended with rendition of school song and national anthem by one and all present on the occasion.

SPECIAL AWARDS
Award  Awardee
Late Baljit Shastri Shield for all round best student Keshav Maheshwari
Founder’s Cup for the academic topper Anshula Sardesai
Chairperson’s Appreciation award for outstanding achievements Nayesha Gandotra
Vedvati Vidyalankar Shield for Indian heritage and values Shreya Das Gupta
Dhananjay Mohan Cup for science creativity and innovation Padam Chopra
 Aryaman Agarwal
Europa India Foundation Cup for best achievement in sports Jasmine Siddhu