ANVESHAN 2012

                                               

                                ITIHAAS- Anveshan 2012

‘Sepia to Colour’

Every year, ITIHAAS organizes ANVESHAN – The ITIHAAS ‘Young Writers’ Forum’, where students document their local traditions and heritage. This time the theme was ‘Sepia to Colour’. Students from over 250 schools across the country as well as outside India submitted their projects. Shortlisted teams and regional winning teams attended the finals held at the Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi on 11th October 2012.

Anveshan is the occasion when ITIHAAS takes a break from telling stories and waits for our young learners – to narrate those that define their existence and reconnect them to their roots. All students showcased their energies, creativity, love for their heritage and eagerness to protect it. 

Mr. Vikram Doraiswami, Joint Secretary SAARC marked his presence as the Guest of Honour and felicitated the Regional winners and Delhi winners. The winners from Delhi were as follows:

Cheshta          Sri Venketeswara International School- Dwarka

                                    Birla Vidya Niketan & R. S. Junior Modern School

Utsaah            Montfort School- Ashok Vihar

                                    Venketeshwar Global School- Rohini & Modern Academy- Indirapuram

Jumbish         Modern School- Vasant Vihar & DAV Public School- Sreshtha Vihar

                                    Delhi Public School- Gurgaon & DAV Public School- Vasant Kunj

Udgaar           Cambridge School- Indirapuram & Delhi Public School – Rohini

                                    Modern Vidya Niketan – Faridabad & Venkateshwar International School- Dwarka

Regional Winners were: St. Joseph’s Convent, Bhopal and Zydus School of Excellence – Ahmedabad in category Cheshta; Tagore Public School- Jaipur and Zydus School of Excellence – Ahmedabad in category Utsaah; PSBB Learning Academy- Bangalore and campion School- Bhopal for category Jumbish and Indus World School, Mandi and St. Joseph’s Convent, Bhopal for category Udgaar. Amongst the entries from Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Lahore College of Art and Science (Lahore) won in the international category.  

Our esteemed judges Feisal Alkazi, Varsha Das and Anupa Lal admitted that it was most challenging to compare all the work done as each project had its unique masterstrokes.

“All the projects that we have received describe the journey of each learner who was involved in the project. We acknowledge sincere efforts put in by students, parents and mentors which is far superior to work done with professional involvement” said Shivani, Director ITIHAAS Resource Centre.     

The audience also participated in the event by preparing a song. ITIHAAS team put up a performance which was a narration of shifting of Mughal capital and a conversation between Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusro, with language being of essence.

“We want children to know their heritage and past which resides in diverse people and places. They should not remain tourists in their own city. Young Writers’ Forum is an attempt to give our learners a chance to find out the stories and the past of their city and people. We are glad to see their curiosity to learn about their past” said Smita Vats, Founder Director, ITIHAAS.  

The ceremony concluded with a vote of thanks to the Ministry of Culture, the ASI, embassies of Pakistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka and Mentors for their enthusiastic support.

ANVESHAN promises to be back next year with an equally exciting theme!!

Sri Lanka High Commission's recommendation for ITIHAAS Young Writers' Forum, ANVESHAN 2012

ITIHAAS Summer Workshop

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ITIHAAS ANVESHAN 2012: SEPIA TO COLOUR

ANVESHAN 2012    SEPIA TO COLOUR

SEVEN SAARC NATIONS 

&

SEVEN CITIES OF INDIA 

COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE ANVESHAN'S THIRD YEAR

With this year’s theme, ‘Sepia to Colour’, ANVESHAN 2012 calls upon students to document change, as they understand it.

With ITIHAAS children develop the knack to pick the best from the past and weave it into the future they are steadily building for themselves.

Change may not necessarily be tangible. Participants talk about the changing course of a tradition, a profession or a way of life, incorporating histories specific to an individual, community or region through their projects.

There are 4 categories (detailed in the Participation Guidelines)

i)                   Cheshta  (Classes III, IV & V) – Out of my window: The changes we see

ii)                 Utsaah    (Classes VI & VII) – Leisure time: The changes we see

iii)               Jumbish (Classes VIII & IX) – Professions: The changes we see

iv)               Udgaar   (Classes X & XI) – Landscapes: The changes we see

                                                                                                                      

This year, Anveshan brings together the seven cities of Delhi, seven cities across India and the seven SAARC countries, as they throw light on the kaleidoscopic changes that heritage in these regions has undergone.

The other cities apart from Delhi where Anveshan 2012 goes are Gwalior, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Dehradun-Mussoorie. ITIHAAS will organize regional finals in each of these six cities.

Delhi will host the Grand Finale in mid-October, where all the winners in the category ‘Udgaar’ (senior-most) from the six cities will be invited.  At this event, the India-SAARC winners for each category will be declared.

ITIHAAS Resource Centre:: Someone from ITIHAAS will contact you as soon as we receive your registration form. Detailed guidelines will be dispatched to you immediately and Team ANVESHAN will be available to guide you through phones and email.

D

ates to reckon

Last date for Submitting the Registration form: 7^th May, 2012

Projects must reach us by: 14^th August, 2012

Shortlisted projects declared by: 15^th September, 2012

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if your school has not received intimation, or for MORE DETAILS, WRITE TO US AT: 

itihaasw@gmail.com 

anveshan@itihaas.asia

or give us a call at 011-23320547

WORLD HERITAGE DAY

CELEBRATING

WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2012

With ASI and ITIHAAS

An inclusive programme for children with Disabilities.

18^th April, 2012

Purana Quila, New Delhi

To take our commitment to Heritage Education forward, ITIHAAS organized a special study tour for 500 children with disability on the World Heritage Day, 2012. This was the first ever such visit of the Purana Quila organized by The Archaeological Survey of India and ITIHAAS.

ITIHAAS, an educational trust active in the area of heritage education and working with school students since 2004, conducted a study tour of the Purana Quila for children with special needs. This was the first such Heritage Education programme in the country which reached out to the Hearing impaired, those with Visual impairment, autistic children as well as those with special needs. Nine students from Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri participated as ITIHAAS volunteers and helped in group movement and activities. The study tour brought alive the dead past for these children by making them active participants in taking our heritage forward.

 The program began with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by senior ASI officials, Dr. Gautam Sengupta, Director-General (ASI), Mr. Mohammed K.K., Regional Director (North Zone), Dr. D.N. Dimri, Superintending Archaeologist (Delhi Circle) and Ms Smita Vats (Founder-Director, ITIHAAS). Address by the guests was followed by a song, composed and sung by one of the ASI officials from Mysore.

 The event ended with the children getting certificates of appreciation from the ASI, study material and worksheets by ITIHAAS and refreshments. The children enjoyed the programme thoroughly and it was equally appreciated by their teachers, guardians and facilitators.

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