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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ITIHAAS Annual Summit 2011

ITIHAAS SUMMIT FOR LEADERS IN HERITAGE EDUCATION 2011

"KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST AND CURRICULUM OF TOMORROW"

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE

PRESS RELEASE

http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/education/2011092999243.htm

ITIHAAS ANVESHAN 2011: SHATAK KO SALAAM

                       GRAND FINALE OF THE ANNUAL ITIHAAS WRITERS' FORUM 2011

A REPORT

The ITIHAAS Young Writers’ Forum was launched in year 2010 with the objective of providing the students a platform to document and exhibit our disappearing oral traditions and local history.

This year the theme was ‘Shatak Ko Salaam’ (a salute to hundred). The response was overwhelming with participation from over 131 schools who worked in teams under the able supervision of their mentors in respective categories.

Cheshta       Classes IV and V

Utsaah         Classes VI and VII

Jumbish       Classes VIII and IX

Udgaar        Classes X and XI

July 22, 2011

Teen Murti Auditorium

                                                                                                  

For the ANVESHAN Felicitation Ceremony, twenty eight finalist schools were invited and the awards for the meritorious entries were given away by the Chief Guest Mrs. Gursharan Kaur (Wife of the Prime Minister of India).

Dr. Gautam Sengupta (Director General, ASI) presided over the event as Guest of Honour. He spoke to the children, answered their questions and shared his views on issues like cultural prejudice and the need to value heritage.

Also present at the occasion was Prof. Mridula Mukherjee (Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library) who in her address emphasized on importance of organizations who are making our collective heritage accessible to the youth in a creative way.  

The programme began with activities for the participants. While categories Cheshta and Utsaah hunted for treasures hidden all over the legendary Teen Murti Bhawan, Jumbish and Udgaar painted their views on ‘Me And My Heritage’ on tiles. All of them, despite being from schools from all over the country, became friends as they discovered what they shared in common- love for heritage and traditions.

Mr. Rajdeep Pathak (Programme Executive, GSDS) was the compare for the event. After making an introductory speech on ANVESHAN 2011, he announced the winners.

Sarthak Malhotra, a student of class XI who has been walking with ITIHAAS for the last five years spoke about his experience with ITIHAAS.

Some participants also shared their journey of working with peers and mentors on their projects.

Smita Vats (Founder Director, ITIHAAS) made a brief presentation on ITIHAAS’s work to the audience.

Prashant Gautam, another student turned ITIHAAS volunteer gave the vote of thanks.

While reading the projects submitted by the children, the judges knew that they were in a difficult position as all the projects were so well done and deserved recognition. Each work showed ingenuity in creativity, thorough research and keenness for the hidden story.

We are grateful to the NMML for supporting the programme.  

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ITIHAAS Khel Khilone

 ITIHAAS launches ITIHAAS Khel Khilone

"When I was a child I had the freedom to make my own toys out of trifles and create my own games from my imagination. In my happiness my playmates had their full share; in fact the complete enjoyment of my games depended on their participation in them. One day, in this paradise of our childhood, entered a temptation from the market world of the adult. A toy bought from an English shop was given to one of our companions; it was perfect, big and wonderfully life like. He became proud of the toy and less mindful of the game; he kept that expensive thing well away from us, glorying in his exclusive possession of it, feeling superior to his playmates whose toys were cheap.

I am sure if he could have used the modern language of history he would have said that he was more civilized than ourselves to the extent of his owning that ridiculously perfect toy. One thing he failed to realize in his excitement- a fact which at the moment seemed to him insignificant- that this temptation obscured something a great deal more perfect then his toy, the revelation of the perfect child.  The toy merely expressed his wealth, but not his creative spirit, not the child's generous joy in his play, his open invitation to all who were compeers to his play-world."

 -- Rabindranath Tagore, Civilization and Progress

"बचपन में मुझे छोटी मोती बेकार चीजों से अपनी कल्पना से अपने लिए खिलोने और खेल बनाने की आज़ादी थी. मेरे उल्लास में मेरे दोस्त साथ ही नहीं होते, बल्कि उन स्वनिर्मित खेलों में उनका साथ ही मेरे उल्लास को पूर्ण बनाता. और फिर एक दिन, व्ययास्क बाजारी दुनिया की एक लालच आ गई हमारे बचपन के स्वर्ग में.  अंग्रेजी दूकान से ख़रीदा हुआ एक विदेशी खिलौना हमारे एक साथी को थमा दिया गया.  वो अदभुत  था, विशाल, कमाल का मनो सजीव हो! उसको उस खिलोने पर गर्व होने लगा, और वह खेल में कम रूचि लेने लगा. वो खिलोने वह हमसे दूर छिपाके रखता, उसके अनन्य अधिकार पर घमंड करता, सस्ते खिलोनो से खेलने वाले साथियों से अपने को श्रेष्ठ समझता..

मुझे यकीन है की आधुनिक इतिहास की  जुबां में वो हमसे अधिक सभ्य कहलाया जाएगा सिर्फ इसलिए की उसके पास एक हास्यापद उत्तम खिलौना था! वह अपनी उत्तेजना में यहाँ नहीं समझ सका- एक तथ्य जो उस समय उसको तुच्छ लगा- की इस लोभ ने इससे भी अधिक उत्तम खिलौना छिपा लाया था, सृजन एक उत्तम बचपन का!

खिलोने केवल उसकी शोहरत को दर्शाता, उसकी सृजनात्म को नहीं, खेल में और खेल की दुनिया में साथियो को दी गए उदार निमंत्रण में उसके प्रचुर उल्लास को नहीं!  ,,

रबिन्द्रनाथ ठाकुर, सभ्यता और उन्नति

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Note: Opinion(s) above are author's own and ITIHAAS as an organization may not subscribe to them, in word or in action. Comments and feedback solicited.

http://www.swaraj.org/tagorecivilization.htm

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Anveshan 2011- Shatak ko Salaam

Anveshan 2010 Report:
110 schools from all over the city participated in the Writers’ Forum, ANVESHAN 2010. 20 schools were shortlisted for the final round. The entries were judged by subject experts and educationists. Criteria of grading was:

Creativity
Originality
Teamwork
Resources Used
Presentation
AND “Masterstrokes”

Finally, the entries which left an indelible impression on the judges were announced winners in respective categories.