Amity International Olympiad

The Eighth Edition Made Olympians Rise And Shine Intellectually

AICE

Stuti Kalra, GT Network

Amity Institute for Competitive Examinations organised its 8th Amity International Olympiad for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology from May 20 -25, 2019 at Amity University, Noida. The Olympiad, an initiative of Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF, aims to make Amity a global platform of holistic learning and intellectual growth for fostering scientific temperament and learning. 
The seven day gala festival of Science and Mathematics was inaugurated with the traditional lamp lighting ceremony by the esteemed dignitaries, in the likes of Dr Gurinder Singh, group vice chancellor, Amity University;
Dr SV Eswaran, visiting scientist, UNESCO DPT & advisor, AICE and Meenakshi Rawal,
director, AICE.
Students from Amitasha, Amity’s school for less privileged girl children, chanted shlokas and presented a welcome song. The Olympiad attended by more than 250 intellectual learners and their mentors from nations like Turkey, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Turkmenistan, Oman, UAE and Tajikistan was declared open by Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF. Over 150 students from different nations and more than 100 students from different schools of Delhi / NCR participated in the olympiad. The highlights of the event were the first ever participation by students from Amitasha, and the presence of Russia as an observer team represented by Fyodor Anatolyevich Rozovskiy, head, Russian Culture Centre, New Delhi.
First of its kind, the olympiad is a week-long residential programme, where students from all across the world assemble at Amity to learn and undertake rigorous tests, experiments, analysis, reasoning, brainstorming, evaluations, etc, conducted by experts. The final exam comprises both theory and practical and is at par with the toughest examinations in the world. Its questions are meticulously designed by a team of eminent academicians, scientists, engineers and education experts. The teams were also taken for sightseeing in Delhi and an excursion tour to Agra on May 24, 2019 after the rigorous olympiads were over.
The olympiad came to a grand closure with a valedictory ceremony held on May 25, 2019. The event was graced by the presence of Dr Poornima Rupal, director, Indo French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research, as the chief guest and Jalolov Mirzosharif Asomudinovich, charge d’affaires, Tajikistan as the special guest. The winners of the competition were felicitated with medals and certificates by Chairperson, who in her address, also blessed the winners heartily and inspired them to be perseverant in life. She expressed her immense happiness and heartfelt delight at the fact that eight students from Amitasha who participated in the olympiad for the first time brought home silver and bronze medals.
The event also witnessed arbitrators, advisors, jury members and team members being felicitated for their core contributions in making Amity International Olympiad a phenomenal success. The gala ceremony came to an end with a mellifluous song performance by a student from Tajikistan and an elegant march past, followed by a team photo shoot session of the students and the representatives from various different nations.

For the future

AIES &  AIETSM

A  national workshop on World Environment Day was organised on June 4, 2019 at AUUP Noida by AIES and AIETSM, based on the theme ‘Conserving Green Earth and Blue Oceans for Sustainability’. The workshop commemorated ‘World Environment Day’ (June 5) and ‘World Ocean Day’ (June 8).
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Tanu Jindal, director, AIETSM & AIES spoke on the issue of water contamination with special reference to the rivers Hindon, Ghaggar and Yamuna. Dr Jitender Kumar (IFS), secretary, NITI Aayog, talked about the need for environment friendly infrastructures
Later the magazine ‘Amity Environmental Education and  Research Jan-Dec 2018’ was released and the ‘Green plantation drive’ was launched.

One for the teachers

National Conference On Teacher Development

AIBAS

Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences (AIBAS) organised a one day national conference on the topic ‘Professional Development of Teachers: Innovative Paradigms And Practices’ on March 5, 2019. The conference saw Adarsh Kumar, executive director, FDDI as the honourable guest and keynote speaker. Dr DS Rathore, advisor, Dept of Sanskrit; Prof (Dr) Ranjana Bhatia, acting director, AIPS and Dr Alka Mudggal, head, AIE and participants from several universities were also in attendance.
The event commenced with a Saraswati vandana, performed by the students of AIBAS followed by lighting of lamp by the guests. The conference started with an address by Dr Harsh Kumar Tyagi, HoI, AIBAS, where he spoke about the professional development of teachers. His speech concluded by apprising the audience on the need to develop and integrate philosophy and psychology in technical knowledge.
The highlight of the event was the speech by Dr Adarsh Kumar who began his address with a Sanskrit shloka in remembrance of old teachers. He also explained the significance of ‘Gurus’. He concluded by saying that the stature of teacher is that of God and bonding with teachers is very important. 
The seminar proceeded with two technical sessions: ‘Emerging Avenues for professional development of educators’ and ‘Innovative paradigm shifts in teaching learning process’ respectively. 26 paper presenters from different universities like Central University of Kerala, Delhi University, etc, spoke at length on the various innovative teaching practices and professional growth of teachers.
The conference succeeded in providing a platform for enhancing respect, unity and love towards teaching profession.