The pre-nurture division of the Kota coaching institutes continues proving to be the stepping stone to inculcate 'Competitive Aptitude' in students to excel in the tough engineering and medical examinations like the AIPMT, IIT-JEE.
Parva Mehta of Allen Career Institute, Kota secured the 7th All India Rank in the AIPMT this year, but he has been a student of the pre-nurture division of the institute before cracking the medical entrance. There are huge numbers of students, like Parva, studying in the pre-nurture division of various coaching institutes of Kota. Most of these students belong from 6th to class 10th. They attempt examinations like Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), National Talent Search Examinations, International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) and others competitive exams.
Head of the Pre-nurture Division, Allen Career Institute, Kota, Amit Gupta told that Pre-nurture division instills a competitive attitude in the school students. "It nurtures skills of who utilize this in their post 12th standard entrance examinations like IIT-JEE, AIPMT," he said. Even parents of several pre-nurture students who are nonresidents of the city, stay with them in Kota for the benefit of their kids. Head of the Pre-foundation Career Care Programme (PCCP) of Resonance Eduventures Private Limited, Nilesh Gupta said that pre-nurture division strengthens basics of the student and also ensures their overall grooming. He said that students enrolled in their PCCP division in Kota later succeed in KVPY, NTSE and other examinations.
Yash Gupta, who got selected in the International Junior Science Olympiad, said that Pre-nurture coaching benefited him immensely. He now has a clear goal towards which he will work.
Shailendra Maheshwari, Director, Career Point Institute informs that their institute has established an integrated Residential School-cum-coaching campus 'Gurukul' in Kota where students from class 7th to 12th standard are not only nurtured for the competitive examinations but also in their school education. These students later also appear for the JEE and the AIPMT.
'Talk Show' experts from different sections of Kota have arrived with several kinds of suggestions and remedies to the problem of coaching students' suicides in Kota. Eliminating loneliness of students by asking them to study in groups, providing affection to the students, stress management, dissemination of information about career options and parent counselling were cited as the key aspects in checking student suicides.
Under the joint aegis of the Rotary
Club Kota and Junior Chamber International Kota, the 'Talk Show' on the issue
of coaching students' suicide was recently held in Kota. Experts from the field
of coaching institutes, Industry, Police department, Medical department,
psychiatrists, psychologists and others attended the symposium. Renowned panellists
like Director of Allen Career Institute, Kota, Govind Maheshwari, Chairman and
Managing Director, Career Point Institute, Kota, Pramod Maheshwari, Director,
Bansal Classes, Sameer Bansal, Director, Motion IIT, Nitin Vijay and Director,
Vibrant Academy, Nitin Jain expressed their views regarding the issue.
Pramod Maheshwari said that the
person having suicidal tendency considers his life waste and it's the feeling
of inferiority that kills him rather than tension. "Students should be informed
about other career options and importance of life than anything else", he said.
Nitin Jain said that study about suicides needs
to be conducted in Kota with the help of NGO's for detailed analysis of student
suicides causes and their
Govind Maheshwari said that students
arrive in Kota with lot of expectations for success while their prestige and
money remains at stake. He said that only study is not the main cause of
students' suicides all the time as there are other reasons as well. He asked to
develop virtue of competitiveness and values in students for checking such
mishaps. Speaking on the occasion, Editor of Hindi vernacular, Dainik Bhaskar,
Vijay Singh Chauhan said that the government is not concerned about the issue
of students' suicides despite recovering Rs 120 Crores of taxes from Kota
Coaching. He cited study stress, love affair, inferiority complex and tension
as the key reasons for students' suicide. Author and also a former Student counsellor,
Dr. Surbhi Goyal said that the person committing suicides gives some kind of
indication prior to the act so there is need to understand such signal. "Teachers,
parents and friends play an important role in identifying such indications",
she said. She stressed on timely counselling and inclusion of Yoga/Meditation
as important remedies to the problem. President of JCI, Kota, Mahaveer Chordia,
Media Coordinator, Pankaj Laddha and others were present at the symposium.
Sameer Bansal said that parents are
imposing their expectations on their kids which is creating pressure on the
students. "The batch system and scoring in tests are also main reasons for
building pressure on students", he alleged. Nitin Vijay said that students
should create friend groups to reduce such pressure. Students feel pressure due
to financial expenditure in coaching and parents' expectations increases it.
Professor, Psychiatry Department,
Government Medical College Kota, Dr. Devendra Vijayvargiya said that there is
need for establishment of Stress Management Cell in the coaching institutes of
Kota for curbing the problem of stress among students in which educated and
trained counsellors remain present.
Bhagwat Singh Hingad, Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Kota said that there are crimes committed with and by
coaching students in Kota. He said that soon a helpline for the coaching
students will be started.
Some other persons present at the symposium
gave suggestions of reducing hostel fees and also giving affectionate
environment to the students in the hostel and rented accommodations for
tackling stress.
Art of Living' started off its special session in Kota, for stress management and concentration enhancement among students enrolled for coaching.
International Trainer of the Art of Living, Swami Paramtej and Media Incharge of Art of Living, Kota, Yogendra Harsora informed that the stress, depression and suicides among students have witnessed an upward trend, which is why The Art of Living decided to impart the knowledge of 'Sudarshan Kriya' techniques to the coaching students of Kota. He said that Sudarshan Kriya is a Rhythmic breathing activity which helps in reducing stress and depression in students. "The students can not only reduce their stress but also improve their concentration ability and brain development through Sudarshan Kriya," he added. Swami Paramtej revealed that Sudarshan Kriya also helps in keeping habits like drug abuse at bay in students. "Art of Living today organized its free introductory session for the coaching students in Kota for which around 60 students participated," he said.
A complete 6-day long course of Sudarshan Kriya techniques will also be conducted in Kota especially for the coaching students from tomorrow till 26th September at concessional course fees, he said. He added that several students have enrolled themselves for the session in Kota.
He added that Art of Living imparts training of Sudarshan Kriya techniques to the students in IIT's of the country and even International Institutions like Oxford University, Stanford University and Education institutions in around 152 countries around the globe.
Registrations for the CP
Star and Allen Champ, meant for meritorious and academically brilliant
students, have begun. Career Point Institute of Kota has announced CP STAR (Career
Point Scholarship Test for Admission and Reward) for meritorious and needy students of
class 6th to 12th and 12th pass.
Career Point's Directors Om Maheshwari, Pramod Maheshwari, Naval Maheshwari and
Shailendra Maheshwari have unveiled the poster and booklet of CP STAR and
officially launched the event.
On this occasion Career Point's Director Om Maheshwari said that
"Since 2009, we are conducting this examination for worthy and financially deprived
students to help them in fulfilling their dreams. This year, apart from Cash
Prize, Free coaching and Free Hostel facility, some motivational awards shall
also be awarded like Laptop, Mobile Phones, I-pad and Watches. Last year, more
than 4.5 lacs students had taken the examination and more than 16 thousand were
benefitted."
This year, more than 18000 students of class 6th to 12th and 12th pass will be awarded with total cash
prize of more than 1 crore and scholarships worth more than 36 crores. 50
students will get the opportunity to take free coaching and 130 students will
get free hostel facility with us. Further, every class topper of each school
shall be entitled to attend 4 days in Champions camp, to experience academic
excellence through various workshops and seminars for future competitive exams.
Selected students shall also be awarded with Science Proficiency Certificate by
Career Point University. All the students of class 7th to 12th pass who secure first rank at All
India Level shall be entitled to get cash prize of Rs.10 thousand to Rs.1 lac
along with free coaching and hostel facility. In addition first ranker in each
category shall be awarded with Laptop, second ranker with Smartphone, third
ranker with i-pad and 4th to
10th rankers with
watches as motivational awards.
Shailendra Maheshwari, Director (Academics), Career Point said
that the pattern of the exam shall be multiple choice questions with two
sections; scholastic aptitude and mental ability. For class 6th to 10th, scholastic section will have questions
of Science, Math and Social Studies and class 11th to 12th pass, Physics, Chemistry, Math or
Biology. Second section will contain questions of mental ability as per the
respective class. Students of class 12th pass from commerce and agriculture
stream will also be allowed to take the examination for the first time. The
test paper will be of 240 marks with 60 questions each of 4 marks. The test
dates are 26th Sept,
10thOct, 31st Oct
& 1st Nov in
different parts of the nation.
All those students who qualify second round of NTSE, Olympiad
and KVPY are entitled for Rs 1 lac as cash prize, free coaching and hostel
facility through nomination without taking the test. They will be given direct
entry called STAR Entry.
While registrations have also commenced for the ALLEN Champ
2016, Allen Institute has launched ALLEN Champ program's 3rd Edition to Honour the students of
classes 5th to 12th as National Champions.
According to Brajesh Maheshwari, Director, ALLEN Champ is
India's most unique honouring & Mentoring program through which the academically
brilliant students studying in classes 5th to 12th will be honoured for their International,
National and State level academic achievements.
He also said that each class topper in ALLEN Champ will be given
a cash reward of Rs 1.5 Lakh. The Top 10 rank holders in every class will be
rewarded by Eminent Personalities during a National Level Honouring Ceremony,
with exciting Prizes ranging from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 21 Thousand cash, Gold
& Silver medals, monthly scholarships, trophies and certificates. Along
with the top 10 students in every class, their parents & schools will also
be honoured. Also, each student clearing the Nomination & Verification
Process will be awarded with Silver Medal and Certificate.
How a Champion will be selected?
Apart from performance in prestigious National/ International
Examinations, Events, Olympiads, etc, the students will also be analysed for
their academic knowledge, aptitude, skills, exposure and language proficiency.
Thereafter, 10 best students from each class will be shortlisted and invited
for the Champion's Day where they will compete in a final round of activity for
their final Ranking.
A student of Resonance Eduventures, Kota, has won the Bronze medal in the 9th International Earth Science Olympiad, held in Brazil from 13 to 20 September 2015. Kushagra Jain won the bronze medal in both individual and team activities.
The International Earth Science Olympiad is conducted by the International Geological Society in three rounds. 20 students were selected for the second round and evaluated at the camp. Of these, 4 were selected for the third and final round. This year, two of these 4 students were from Resonance.
The head of the Prefoundation Career Care Program (PCCP) at Resonance, Nilesh Gupta, said that special classes were held for Kushagra by expert faculty, as the PCCP conducts regular workshops for such exams for their students as well as others.
Jaswant Gembali, a student of Allen Career Institute Kota, preparing for the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), has won the OLX Ideathon 2015 Award for his innovative idea on the Swacch Bharat Mission. The Ideathon ran a campaign under the theme 'My Country My Idea', where Jaswant's idea was selected amongst the 10 best ideas for the Swacch Bharat Mission. He received the award from tennis star Sania Mirza at an award function in Gurgaon earlier this month.
Nearly 30,000 students of 8th - 12th classes from 100 schools across 10 cities in India participated in the contest, generating 550 ideas. The jury which selected the winners comprised movie director Sudhir Mishra, environmentalist Sunita Narayan, tennis star Sania Mirza and Irvinipreet Singh Anand of OLX.
Jaswant, who is from Jeypore in Odisha, got the idea to convert vegetable market waste into manure after visiting the vegetable market in Mahavir Nagar, Kota. This will help keep the market clean and also help increase the earnings of vegetable vendors. "Vendors can collect the waste from the market while closing their shops every evening, and transform it into manure", said Jaswant. "They can also sell the manure in the market, and get some extra money as well," he stated. He continued that vendors can drop all their garbage in a common bin which the local municipal body can collect at the end of the day to convert into manure. Garbage collection will help keep the city clean, and the manure will help boost agricultural production.
Sania Mirza described Jaswant's idea as a 'Game Changer Idea' while handing over the award.
Jaswant has also written 5 novels including 'Nature Fuller', 'Stop It Police', and 'True Determination of Your Behavior'. He wants to research on the brain after joining a medical college.
Allen Career Institute, Kota, director Naveen Maheshwari said that Allen motivated students like Jaswant to participate in such competitions, and they were happy that Jaswant's success made everyone proud.
Wearing slippers in his hands instead of his legs, a polio-infected student from Bihar has utilised his coaching in Kota to success, and is now studying in NIT Arunachal Pradesh.
Deepak Singh, originally from a village in the Paliganj region of Patna district (Bihar), has defied all odds to reach a place people like him rarely reach. His mother passed away immediately after his birth, and he was struck with polio when just 4 months old. His father, Rampukar Singh, started playing a dual role of mother & father to him. Deepak went to the local school and studied in the Hindi medium till class 8. "There would be no electricity at home due to poverty, and I would have to study outdoors," he recalls. Later, he went to the Paliganj school for higher classes. His father encouraged him and helped him through his struggles. He also ensured that Deepak was admitted in Allen Career Institute in Kota, to prepare for the JEE.
"I would wear chappals on my hands as otherwise they would bleed after walking," he reminisces. His friends, Mayank Kumar & Avinash Shankar, encouraged him throughout this time. Their trust in him paid off after he scored an All India Rank of 1200, in the Disabled category. He has joined NIT Arunachal Pradesh, where he will study Chemical Engineering.
Allen Career Institute, Kota, Director Naveen Maheshwari said, "Deepak, despite his disabilities, has achieved the successes students who are physically normal are unable to achieve." The institute provided a fee rebate of 75% to Deepak for his coaching, and has also awarded him a scholarship of Rs. 1,500 per month for the four years of his engineering degree.
Allen Career Institute of Kota has set a National Record as 'India's Largest Educational (Coaching) Institute', which has been certified by the Limca Book of Records. The Certificate, issued by Vijaya Ghose, Editor, Limca Book of Records, states "National Record: Allen Career Institute, which is the largest educational (coaching) institute (by student strength) at a single location, enrolled 66,504 students in its Classroom Programme at Kota City, Rajasthan in August 2014."
These 66,504 students were enrolled at Allen's 14 campuses spread across Kota City. Allen Career Institute's Director Rajesh Maheshwari stated that in total, Allen had enrolled 79,160 students in Kota and another 9 centres across India. He continued, "I'm feeling immense pride at the moment. It is only because of the trust that parents, students across the country and citizens of Kota have placed in us that we have been able to achieve this honour. We are thankful to each and every individual for their continuous support."
The current record will be showcased in the Education chapter of the Limca Book of Records in its 2016 edition. However, Allen is set to break its own record in the coming season as they have already enrolled over 76,000 students at their campuses in Kota city alone, for their 2015-16 session.
A group of 18 school teachers from Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) visited Kota city on a 3-day tour. Major RK Thakur, of the 58 Rajasthan Rifles regiment, Indian Army, who accompanied them, stated that these teachers were on a Goodwill Tour of New Delhi & Kota to let them know of the development of youth in the other parts of the country. The visitors, who teach in the 10th - 12th classes in government schools in the Ramband District of J&K, also met students of Allen Career Institute, who are preparing for their engineering and medical entrance examinations.
One teacher, Balweer Singh from Rajauri, compared the peaceful environment in Kota with his village in J&K. Another teacher, Kewal Krishna, of Mandeen Village, mentioned that although their students had to study under trees, they could not roam alone in the villages. Due to this, they would send their students to Kota for better education.
Some students from J&K were also happy to meet teachers from their home state. A student, Shah Shoaib, said that his father, Dr. Riyaz Ahmed, had sent him to Kota from their home in Pulgam to prepare for medical entrance exams, as he was getting a proper educational atmosphere here in Kota.
The Director of Allen Career Institute, Kota, Naveen Maheshwari, said that the group of visitors, both teachers & armymen, were impressed with the Kota City & its philosophy of education which believes in bringing everyone together. 'Students from J&K not only study here, but they also pray & offer Namaaz here in Kota, as well as celebrate festivals like Eid, with everyone else,' he stated.
Author and filmmaker Pankaj Dubey launched his second novel, 'Ishqiyapa',
at Career Point Institute and Maharishi Arvind College, Kota. He also held
interactive sessions with the students of these institutes. Ishqiyapa is a love
story based on the changing conduct of youngsters during the period from the
post-globalization era to today's digital age. It was launched in Mumbai
earlier this month.
When asked why he chose Kota for a launch, Dubey stated that Kota is a centre
where students from across the country arrive to study for their engineering
& medical entrance exams. This made it an important location for reaching
out to readers. 'Even though my readers are not confined to Kota, students are
key readers for me as they refresh themselves from their tiring study schedules
through reading such books,' he said. Pramod Maheshwari, Chairman and Executive
Officer of Career Point Group said that young authors like Dubey are idols for
the coaching city of Kota while Director of Maharishi Arvind Group, Sanjay
Parashar, said that book reading can develop student's intellect and lead to their
brain development.
Originally from Jharkhand, 37 year old Dubey has also made two short
films, and also has worked as a screenplay supervisor for Hindi films 'Ghanchakkar'
& 'Chauranga'. Dubey told PaGaLGuY that his debut novel, 'What a Loser'
(English) / 'Loser Kahin Ka' (Hindi) was a bestseller, published by Penguin
Publishers, who have published his current novel too. A story of an identity
crisis of a youngster coming from a small town to a metro to fulfil his father's
dream, Dubey also plans to make a film based on his first novel. 'I would
probably be the first filmmaker in the history of Indian cinema to make a film
based on his own novel, as usually filmmakers make films based on novels of other
authors', he claimed. 'I want to reach out to not only the literate who read my
books, but also to those who have a right to get entertained through the medium
of cinema,' he said.
Over 15,000 students from across India appeared for STaRT (Student Talent Reward Test) of Resonance Institute, Kota on 27th September 2015. Of these, around 3,300 students appeared from Kota itself.
RK Verma, MD, Resonance Eduventures Pvt. Ltd., Kota, mentioned that STaRT has been conducted since the last 4 years. "This year was the fifth edition of the nationwide exam, which was conducted at 85 centres in 76 cities across India," he stated.
This year, the written test was two hours long, whose results are expected on 12th October 2015. Based on the results, a Champions Camp will be held for the top scorers from 26th Oct to 1st Nov. Included in the prizes for the toppers are tours of NASA (USA), CERN & ESA (Europe), Science Centre (Singapore), laptops, tablets, mobile phones etc. Resonance will also be giving awards based on the past performances of participating students at the award ceremony to be held on 1st Nov. 2015.
Allen Career Institute's Tallentex 2016 was held on Sunday October 4, 2015. Over 76,000 students participated in the exam in 255 centres across 137 cities of 10 states in India. Students of classes 5th to 11th participated in the two hour test. Over 14,000 students from Kota and 6,500 from Jaipur participated in the test.
The second phase of the test, for another 12 states where the exam was not conducted in the first phase, will be held on October 18, 2015. Brajesh Maheshwari, Director, Allen Career Institute, said "The results of the two phases will be announced on November 7, 2015. The 2,200 top rankers in the test will be given prizes worth total Rs. 1.25 crore and scholarships up to 90% from Allen Career Institute."
A 'Success Power Session' will also be held for the toppers at Kota, where a workshop will be held to help them prepare for competitive exams like JEE, AIPMT, KVPY, NTSE and other National and International Olympiads.
Seven students from Allen Career institute - 6 from Kota and 1 from Bhilwara - have been selected for the state level round of the national Bal Shree Honour competition.
The National Bal Shree Honour, an award project run by the Ministry of HRD, is undertaken by the Dept. of Education Research under NCERT, and is conducted by the National Bal Bhavan in 3 rounds. Bal Bhavan is an institution that aims to enhance children's creative potential by providing them with activities, opportunities and platforms to interact, experiment, create and perform as per their age, aptitude and ability. The top 80 students finally selected at the national level are honoured by the President of India with the Bal Shree trophy, certificates and scholarships.
The state level round will be held in New Delhi on November 2 - 3, 2015. Brajesh Maheshwari, director, Allen Career Institute, said, "16 students were selected in the District Level round, of which 7 are regular classroom students at Allen's Pre-Nurture & Career Foundation division (PNCF). Khushboo Gupta (class 7) and Rajani Garg (class 10) have been selected for Creative Art, Vrinda Celly (class 10) for Creative Writing, Abhinav Teotia (class 10) and Saksham Yagnik (class 9) for Creative Performance, and Ayushman Tripathi (class 9) and Vineet Dargar ( class 10 ) have been selected for Creative Scientific Innovation."
Amit Gupta, Head, Allen PNCF, mentioned that they offer courses for various competitive exams & Olympiads for students from 6th to 10th standards. They foster creative art, scientific innovation, competitive temperament, divergent thinking and sports competence through classroom contact programs and workshops. This is not the first time Allen students have succeeded at Bal Shree honours. Megha Gupta, Srishthi Asthana, Vaidehi Rakholia & Pranjal Pramod, all students of Allen, won the award in 2014.
Career Point Institute of Kota organised an event on Wednesday, 7th October, called "UDAAN 2015" to felicitate students of class 10th who have secured 10 CGPA (A1 Grades) in all subjects. Students from 21 schools in Kota participated in the event and more than 250 students were felicitated with a certificate of appreciation. Some students were also provided scholarships for coaching programmes at Career Point.
The
students were arranged and called in groups of alphabets and each group was
given a positive adjective like, A for Amazing, B for Brilliant, C for Candid,
D for Dashing and so on till Y. Students
of Global Public School and Career Point Gurukul performed various cultural
programs like Group Dance, Solo Song and Medley.
Career
Point's Academic Director, Shailendra Maheshwari said, "There are three basic
characteristics; positive attitude, hard work and love which will bring you
success in life." He gave examples from Edison's biography and stated that it
is the result of positive attitude and hard work that brought success to Edison
in discovery of a bulb, despite failing a 1000 times.
Students praised the coaching class and were grateful to be
felicitated among huge crowds. Divyatez Singh Sisodia, student of Global Public
School said,
"I am
thankful to Career Point for this great event and for the motivational speech by
Shailendra Sir."
Kshitiz Mittal, student of Sir Padampat Sighania
School said,
"I am not
directly associated with Career Point, and yet they felicitated me with a wonderful
Certificate of Appreciation."
Nearly
129 coaching institutes that dot the city of Kota have been demanding that the
Government of Rajasthan recognise them as 'junior colleges'. This however seems
to be stuck in a limbo, as the government doesn't have a mechanism/policy in
place to provide such recognition.
"Coaching
institutes have put forth their demand to the Government of Rajasthan to be
recognised as junior colleges. However, the State Education Department doesn't
have any policy even to recognise schools which teach the 11th and
12th standards as junior colleges. It is highly unlikely that our
demand will be met with." says Pramod Maheshwari, Managing Director and CEO of
Career Point.
The
system of coaching classes being recognised as junior colleges already exists
in quite a few states like Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. The
recognition of these coaching classes as junior colleges may be of immense
benefit to students and institutes both. For students, it will reduce the
burden of having to attend classes and school/junior colleges together, hence
easing out the hectic schedule that they have to follow daily. Coaching institutes
can tie up with the hostel facilities and get them regulated ensuring safe and
affordable accommodation. This can bring in some semblance of order in the highly
unorganised local market of hostel facilities and rented accommodations. Also
the financial burden caused by paying for both school and coaching will be
eased.
It
is not an impossible task for the Rajasthan Govt. to recognise the coaching
classes as junior colleges. While it has already been carried out in other
states, this policy can only be implemented better in a state with a coaching hub
like Kota. "The only reason why they may not be agreeing to this demand is
probably because the govt. would want to emphasize on school education as well,
instead of just coaching for competitive entrance exams. If they agree to this
move, it will be a win-win situation for both coaching classes and students."
says Ambarish Kumar Tiwari, Head IT at Bansal Classes Pvt. Ltd.
The
move to recognise the coaching classes as junior classes and combine the school
and private coaching as one has been successful in other states. It remains to
see how and if at all the Government of Rajasthan will take the initiative to
bring in the required changes. They are the toughest changes but with due
consideration to the benefit of students it may be worth the effort.
Kota's coaching students offers suggestions for Smart City initiative
A seminar inviting suggestions from the youth brigade of
the education city Kota was conducted in Allen Career Institute's Samyak campus,
at Kunhari, Kota by the consultants of Feedback Infra Ltd. who have been appointed
by the Municipal Corporation of Kota for the Smart City initiative. The
suggestions and solutions would be then proposed to the District Administration
and Municipal Corporation of Kota.
As per survey consultant Kartik Kumar, after being
shortlisted as one of India's 100 Smart Cities, Kota was further selected in
the 20 cities where more focus would be given on improving the basic facilities
and infrastructures in the first year. He suggested that students of the
education city should come forward, participate in the development of the city
and shall give their suggestions on the
website created for the same.
Kota doesn't' have any Mass Transport system at present.
Due to the lack of a proper system, students are charged huge rentals from Auto
Drivers. A student suggested that if the district administration intervenes and
sets up Auto Booths for every route, this problem may be resolved.
Another student voiced his opinion of how badly the
localities need dustbins, and due to their absence people throw garbage on the
road itself.
Government Hospitals lacking in cleanliness: According to
the students preparing for medical examinations, when asked about the health
facilities, they pointed towards the unhygienic conditions of the government
hospitals where the doctors themselves are not concerned about such issues. The
hospitals face frequent power cuts, lack in clean water and basic facilities.
Police careless with the rules: A student said that the local police itself
doesn't take care in following rules, many of them can be seen littering,
throwing their half smoked cigarettes on the road so that they don't miss
making any 'challans'.
A consultant suggested that like Jaipur, where CCTV
cameras have been installed on crossroads, the police officials are in constant
pressure of abiding by the rules. Similarly, the citizens should be more aware and
keep Kota clean and green, plan more trees in and around their houses and take
of their garbage.
Another student, who has been in Kota since the past 1.5
years, suggested "For a smarter city, citizens will have to become smart
themselves. They are like our guardians. In the institute, the teachers take
good care of students, but outside, in the colonies where we reside, we face
difficulties in everything from room rents to the food we are served in the
mess. They are always ahead in making money but never want to provide facilities."
Students also complained that the government must
continuously monitor the drinking water as they are facing a lot of health
issues in the absence of clean mineral water.
Resonance PCCP Student selected for Indian National Mathematics Olympiad
Gitanjit Medhi, a class 9 student of the Resonance PCCP Mumbai Study Centre, has been selected for the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (INMO) training Camp to be held in New Delhi in Feb 2016. He is one of only 3 students to be selected from Mumbai. Medhi expressed pleasure on his selection.
Mathematical Olympiads are annual school level mathematical problem solving contests, conducted by different organizations to identify, encourage, promote & nurture talent in mathematics at the state, regional, national & international levels. In India, the INMO is organized by the National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM) since 1988.
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has been conducting its own Mathematical Olympiad Programmes in two phases, Junior Mathematics Olympiad (JMO) & Regional Mathematics Olympiad (RMO), for the last 17 years. After screening students in JMO, the top 60-70 students of each region are trained and tested in the RMO, usually held during October to December in 25 regions across India. The top 30 students from the RMO participate in the INMO conducted by NBHM.
Resonance student Kartikeya tops State Science Seminar
Rajasthan.
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Resonance PCCP Udaipur student Kartikeya Sharma of class 10
has secured the first place in the 2015 State Science Seminar for school
students, held at SIERT Udaipur.
The seminar, on 'Harnessing Light: Possibilities &
Challenges', was organized by Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, in collaboration
with SIERT, Govt. of Rajasthan, earlier this month. The seminar is conducted at
district & state levels in all states and union territories in India, with
the state level winner representing the state at the National Level Seminar.
Kartikeya will represent Rajasthan at the National Level
Seminar, organized by the National Council of Science Museums (Ministry of
Culture, Govt. of India) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi later this year.
The top 9 students at the All-India level will receive
scholarships for one year and the top 3 students will also represent India at
international seminars.
In 2011-12, another Resonance student, Divyansh Ameta (currently
studying at IIT Delhi), was amongst the top 3 at the National Seminar and
represented India at an international seminar, where he was given an
opportunity to visit Nobel winner Marie Curie's lab in Paris, sponsored by the
Govt. of India.
Allen alumnus recites 70k digits of Pi, creates Guinness Record.
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Rajveer Singh Meena (26), a resident of Mohacha village, Sawai
Madhopur district, Rajasthan, entered the Guinness Book of World Records by
reciting 70,000 digits of the value of Pi, the mathematical constant that
starts with 3.14 and defines the ratio between a circle's circumference &
its diameter.
Rajveer is an alumnus of Allen Career Institute, where he
studied in 2007-08 and later completed his B. Tech in Biotechnology from
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT). Currently, he is preparing for his UPSC
examination.
Rajveer broke the previous record held by Lu Chao, of China,
who had recited 67,890 digits of the value of Pi in 24 hours & 7 minutes in
2005. He took only 9 hours, 27 minutes & 37 seconds for his recitation, while
blindfolded, making it the fastest recitation as well. The attempt took place
at an event, 'Most Pi Places Memorized', held at VIT, Vellore in March this
year. The record was achieved in the presence of 38 judges - 18 official
witnesses and 20 professors and representatives of the media, NGOs & other organizations,
claimed Rajveer.
At a ceremony held in VIT on 24th October,
Rajveer was awarded with the Guinness Book of World Records Certificate by the
Chancellor of VIT University, Dr. G. Vishwanathan, in the presence of C.
Rangarajan, ex-Governor, RBI & Debhasish Chatterjee, Executive Vice President,
Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Rajveer also holds the record for reciting the maximum
digits of the value of Pi at the India level, with the Limca Book of Records. He
also has two more records with Limca Book of Records under his belt: Memorizing
1,125 random digits in 1 hour in 2011, and memorizing 3,000 digits in 4 hours,
28 minutes & 23 seconds in 2012.
Brajesh Maheshwari, Director, Allen Career Institute, Kota, said
that it was a matter of pride for them that a boy from Rajasthan achieved the
feat of breaking an international record.
Resonance Eduventures Pvt. Ltd., Kota, distributed prizes
worth Rs. 1 crore to the 100+ toppers of its STaRT examination, at a ceremony
held at UIT AUidtorium in Kota.
RK Verma, MD, Resonance, called upon the students to learn
and build capacity to digest their own success and sustain it. "Students
shouldn't get egoistic about their success", he said. He further counselled
students that hard work always pays in life, teaching them new lessons, and
failures do not close roads for them, as there are always more options to
consider.
Topper Swaraj Nandi of Bhubaneswar, a class 7 student,
studies for 10 hours a day and wants to become a scientist in the future.
Second Ranker, Samiksha Das of Surat, said that she studied 3 hours daily, and
aims to crack the JEE. "Appearing for STaRT helped me gain experience, which
would be helpful in cracking major exams in the future.", she said.
STaRT was conducted on 27th September, 2015. Overall
approximately 15,000 students appeared for the exam at 85 centers in 77 cities
throughout the country. About 700 top students were declared winners, with 21
having secured Top-3 All India Ranks across 7 categories.
