On
the eve of Children’s day, an event was organized jointly by AIF and Everest
Edusys and Solutions Private Limited at IIT Madras Research Park auditorium on
13th November 2013 to showcase the best Digital Story Telling (DST)
projects and honour the students for their creativity. Shri. Vikram Kapur IAS, Commissioner,
Corporation of Chennai distributed the prizes to the students who won in the Children’s
competitions conducted by American India Foundation and EESPL. Best DSTs on
topics like Save Water, Personal Hygiene were screened.
American
India Foundation and Everest Edusys and Solutions Private Limited joined hands
to reach the QED Science Exhibit Centric Learning Experience and the Digital
Equalizer Program’s Techno Pedagogy experience to Chennai Corporation schools.
The MoU between these organizations was shared by Mr.Krishna Srinivasan,
Founder Chairman of EESPL and Mr.Baskaran State Program Manager, Tamil Nadu,
American India Foundation , in the presence of the Commissioner, Corporation of
Chennai, Shri. Vikram Kapur, IAS.
The
American India Foundation, implementing its Digital Equalizer Program in 67 corporation
schools of Chennai and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, of which 40 are with Chennai
Corporation, would implement this initiative of the QED and thereby form the
science clubs in all the 67 the schools in the first phase to promote critical
thinking through interactive experience and scientific temperament using the Do
It Yourself (DIY) exhibits.
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