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January to December 2009 |
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‘My
City My History’ for
school children
INTACH in collaboration
with FOX History &
Entertainment Channel
launched on 17
November 2009, an
innovative school
engagement programme,
‘My City My History’ for
school children. This
programme encourages
school children to write
about lesser-known
historical treasures in
their respective cities
and send it for the
national competition.
This programme has been
designed by HECS to
encourage students to
learn a lot more about
their city and its
heritage.FOX History
& Entertainment will
film the five winning
essays and the children
will an get opportunity
to represent their city
and its history. All
other participants will
receive certificates of
participation and merit
based awards.
As part of the programme,
HECS invited 25 Chapters
to organize heritage
walks for school
children across 25
cities in India. The
programme was
inaugurated in Delhi
with walks that took
place at Mehrauli
Village Settlement,
Nizamuddin Village and
surrounding and at
Humayun’s Tomb. The
Mehrauli village walk
was with renowned
historian, Mr.
Charles Lewis and
Dr. Swapna Liddle,
INTACH Co-Convener,
Delhi Chapter. At
Humayun’s tomb Ratish
Nanda a well known
architect also gave his
inputs.
Walks have been
highly successful in the
cities with the help of
the Convenors including
Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar,
Kolkata, Chennai,
Mumbai, Pondicherry,
Goa, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad, Aurangabad,
Pune, Lucknow, Bhopal,
Hazaribagh, Gwalior,
Warangal, Vishakapatnam,
Gurgaon, Dehra Dun. All
the walks received media
coverage and was
appreciated by schools.
The entries would
be judged by a jury in
the month of January
2010 |
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Mumbai
Teacher Training
Workshop
A two day teacher
training workshop on
Heritage Awareness was
held at Pragnya Bodhini
High School, Gorgaon
(East), Mumbai-400063 on
10-11 December 2009. 20
teachers from 12 schools
attended the workshop.
The introductory session
was chaired by the Mrs.
Asha Sheth, Vice
Chairman INTACH &
Chairman of Vasant J
Sheth Memorial
Foundation, & Dr. Joan
Dias, Programme
Co-ordinator with Heras
Institute of Indian
History and Culture, St.
Xavier’s College Campus,
Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai.
Mrs. Asha Sheth gave the
welcome address in which
she sensitized the issue
of heritage conservation
and saving the local
heritage. She also
showed her concern about
imparting the issue of
saving local heritage in
the city.
Dr. Joan Dias, talked
about how the concept of
local history came into
existence? How did it
actually take shape and
formation of Bombay
Local History Society.
In her presentation she
also focused on the
local heritage issues in
the city of Mumbai.
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The teachers were taken
to the Kanheri Caves
which shares its
vicinity with the Sanjay
Gandhi National Park.
Rajashree, a botanist,
explained the botanical
importance of few plants
in the surrounding. The
visit in the Kanheri
Caves was guided by
Prof. Anita Rane, head
of Ancient Indian
Culture at St. Xavier’s
College, Mumbai. She
explained them the
historical and social
aspects of the caves.
The workshop concluded
with the distribution of
certificate of
participation to the
teachers by Dr. Preeta
Nilesh, Historian,
Reader cum Lecturer, V.
G. Vaze College of Arts,
Science & Commerce,
Mulund. |
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CINE
ART- INTACH - PVR Nest
Project with Delhi
Schools
The culmination of the
Cine Art Programme was
witnessed by more than
1000 people including
principals of various
schools, teachers,
children and parents at
PVR Priya on 12th
November 2009. Smt.
Shiela Dikshit, Hon’ble
Chief Minister of NCT of
Delhi, graced the event
by being the Chief
Guest.
Smt. Dikshit unveiled
CineArt Diary 2010 which
showcases the work,
paintings as well as
short-films of Cine
Artists. |
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Philosophy for Children
For the first time in
India the Philosophy for
children programme was
introduced. This
training programme has
become popular in 30
countries around the
world and is a technique
used to develop enquiry
based learning amongst
the teacher and student
community. A two day
workshop for Delhi
School Teachers was
organized at INTACH on
9-10th November 2009. 20
Teachers participated in
the workshop. The course
focused on the theory
and practice and
provided teachers with
sufficient understanding
of P4C to start
practicing in their own
schools.
The workshop was
organized in
collaboration with Open
Futures, Helen Hamlyn
Trust, SAPERE U.K and
INTACH. After the
registration, the
teachers were given a
brief introduction about
the INTACH and the
various activities
undertaken in the field
of heritage and heritage
education.
Jane Yates was the
resource person for the
2 day workshop. In the
Session 1 she gave an
introduction to P4C and
talked about its
relevance in the present
day. The course is
relevant to colleagues
interested in teaching &
learning strategies,
thinking skills,
including critical
thinking, emotional
literacy, values
education, citizenship
education, including
global citizenship,
assessment for learning
etc. In the Enquiry
session the participants
read a story or studied
a stimulus and decided
on a philosophic
question to discuss in
the group. Topics like
‘Can learning be fun?’,
‘Bias and prejudice’ led
to lively discussions
amongst the teachers.
Each participant was
asked to do one enquiry
in their schools and to
send their report to
HECS so that it can be
sent to Sapare for
certification for
completion of Level I.
HECS plans to hold a
follow up section in
January 2010 to meet
with participants and
evaluate this enquiry
based learning method
and the response of
their students. |
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Workshop-Caring for Art
Objects
HECS in collaboration
with INTACH Art
Conservation Centre
organized half day
workshop for 20 Schools
from Delhi on 23rd, 26th
and 29th October 2009 on
art conservation. The
resource persons were
Smita Singh, Sr.
Conservator, Joyoti Roy,
Sr. Conservator and
Amita Soni Tongaria,
Conservator, INTACH ICCI
DelhiWith an
introduction to
Heritage, the
conservators spoke about
Art Heritage and its
importance and why one
needs to preserve it.
Taking about different
kinds of art objects
they emphasized on their
causes of deterioration
like aging, light,
temperature, humidity/
moisture, environmental
pollution, insects and
microorganism, human
action was explained.
These causes may cause
rapid decay to the art
objects under highly
adverse conditions.
With emphasis on
paper and photographs,
their process of making
was explained, the
causes of deterioration
and how it can be
prevented by proper
storing which was
followed by practical
with children in which
tear mending, making
photograph corners and
starch paste was
undertaken.
In Do’s and Don’ts on
safe keep of paper,
paper documents and
photographs were
explained like which
tapes and adhesives
should not be used,
importance of using
traditional insecticides
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Srinagar Teacher
Training Workshop by
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
in Collaboration with
INTACH
A two day teacher
training workshop on
Heritage Awareness was
held at DIET Head
Quarters in Srinagar.10
DIET personnel and
teachers 2 from 2
schools attended the
workshop.
An interactive group
activity was taken up
i.e. making of a
newspaper front page
based on heritage icons
and issues of Kashmir
various issues were
taken up such as Kangri,
Woodwork, Carpet, Chinar
etc. Group presentation
was followed by group
discussion by Feisal
Alkazi. A presentation
was made by Ms Datt on
INTACH and its heritage
clubs.
A field visit was
conducted at the Design
Centre where the
participants interacted
with the craftsmen. The
museum section of the
Crafts Centre was
interpreted by Mr Salim
Beg INTACH Convenor,
Jammu and
Kashmir.Individual
reactions to the crafts
centre was taken up
which included what did
I feel, what did I learn
and what is the
additional information I
would need.
In the post lunch
session the calendar of
events for the year was
discussed and teachers
were asked to
participate and
encourage children to
give in entries for the
yearly activities and
the Young INTACH
newsletters. The
workshop concluded with
a thank you note by
Feisal Alkazi,Shweta
Verma,Priti Jain and
Urfana Amin. |
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Bijapur, Dharwad and
Bangalore Teacher
Training Workshops
Various workshops were
held in state of
Karnataka at Bijapur,
Dharwad and Bangalore in
Kannada by the Bijapur
Chapter from 9th
September 2009 to 17th
September 2009. 120
Heritage Clubs was
formed after the series
of workshop.
The first workshop (from
9th September 2009) was
held at Bijapur. 48
teachers from Bagalkot,
Bellary and Bijapur with
three nodal officers
attended the workshop.
Dr Geeta Bali, Vice
Chancellor of Karnataka
Women University
inaugurated the
workshop. Sjri Aswath
Narain of Karnataka
Chapter presided over
the function. Smt
Sandhya Patil, Sr
Assistant Director
Public instructions
Bangalore was the first
chief guest. While
inaugurating the
workshop Dr Geeta Bali
said that heritage
education is very much
necessary in school
curriculum and she is
thinking to include this
in University level
also.
On 10th September 2009,
30 teachers and two
nodal officers from
Dharwad and Karwar
District attended the
workshop at Dharwad. It
was inaugurated by Smt
Shikha IAS CEO ZP, Shri
Bhaskar Bhat, DDPI,
Dharwad was the chief
guest.
On 17th September 2009,
45 teachers and three
nodal officers attended
the workshop at
Bangalore. Shri
V.M.Umakant KES, Officer
in-charge of
implementing heritage
education in Karnataka
inaugurated the
workshop.
All the workshops
started with pre-test
followed a brief
introduction about
INTACH and various
activities being
undertaken by the
Chapter from time to
time by Dr Kolhar
Kulkarni, Convenor
Bijapur Chapter. With an
audio-visual
presentation an
understanding about
heritage and its
importance was
highlighted. After the
group activities and its
presentation post
workshop questionnaires
were filled by the
teachers. |
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Warangal Teacher
Training Workshop
A two day teacher
training workshop on
Heritage Awareness was
held at New Science PG
College, Warangal. 45
teachers from 27 schools
attended the workshop.
The methodology adopted
was a practical and
interactive one for the
participants-through
field trips, a nature
walk, museum visit,
slide shows by resource
persons, talks,
discussions and group
activities.The
introductory session was
chaired by Mr. BVP Rao,
IAS (Retd.) formerly
with United Nations
Organization, Professor
M Pandu Ranga Rao,
Convenor, INTACH
Warangal Chapter, Sri
Laxma Reddy, District
Educational Officer and
Shreedhar Rao, Heritage
Education Coordinator,
Warangal Chapter. Mr.
BVP Rao spoke importance
of heritage education
and children being the
torch bearer and
messengers for spreading
heritage message.
Professor M Pandu Ranga
Rao highlighted the need
for heritage clubs in
High School.
With an introduction
to INTACH, an
introduction to heritage
and heritage education
was given by Ms. Datt.
In the post lunch
session, an ice-breaker,
game was played with the
teachers on famous love
pairs, followed by an
introduction and
discussion on the
Teacher Training Kit
took place. The
teachers were taken to
the thousand pillars
temples to expose
teachers about the built
heritage and the great
contributions of
Kakatiyas in the field
of technology and to
Warangal Fort for the
site visit. The
distribution of
certificate of
participation to the
teachers was done by Sh.
S. Rajaiah hon’ble MP
(Lok Sabha), Warangal.
In the post lunch
session, a time-line
game was played and
individual group
presentation took place. |
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Enamel
Workshop for School
Students
Enameling is the art of
using enamel (powder
mixed in water) painted
over metal. It is
exposed to high temp
(800 degrees) in a kiln,
which melts the powder
and gives it an
everlasting life along
with the brilliance of
colours. Enamel powder
is a blend of silica,
lead, soda or potash and
borax tinted with metal
oxides to give bright
colours.
A three day exhibition
cum workshop was
organized by the
Enamelist Society, Delhi
from 5th – 7th October
2009 at INTACH. A
workshop for 12 students
from St Mary’s School,
Jamia and LSR was
organized on 7th
October.
The workshop gave
exposure to this ancient
technique for the
students. The artist
Vasan Shah took the
students through several
rounds of painting on
small copper plates and
firing them in his small
kiln. It was interesting
to see how fire changed
work of art and what
immerged too was so
unexpected. |
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Udaipur
Teacher Training
Workshop
A two day teacher
training workshop on
Heritage Awareness was
held at Udaipur on
14th-15th September
2009. 23 teachers from
18 schools comprising of
3-4 rural schools
attended the workshop.
The resource persons
included Padmabhushan Dr
Jagat Mehta, IFS, Shri
C.P. Vyas, IAS, Shri
S.L. Kumawat, Founder
Alok Sanathan, Mr. S.K.
Verma, Convenor Udaipur
Chapter, Mr Sushil
Kumar, Co-Convenor,
Udaipur Chapter, Dr
Pradeep Kumawat,
Principal Alok Sanathan,
Dr O.S. Rathore, Dr
Lalit Pandey, Ms.
Purnima Datt, Senior
Advisor, HECS and Ms.
Payal Joshi, Programme
Coordinator, HECS.
The workshop was
inaugurated by Mr.
Verma, Convenor INTACH,
Udaipur Chapter. Dr. O.
S. Rathore talked about
the rich culture of
Rajasthan which can be
seen starting from the
pre-historic to the
present day. An
introduction to Heritage
was given by Ms. Datt.
She spoke on the
importance of heritage
education and ignorance
of heritage awareness
among the youth today.
For the group activity
teachers were divided
into various groups of
5-6 teachers and were
asked to make a lesson
plan wherein the ideas
on heritage issues can
be integrated within the
set school curriculum
for their students.
Various innovate and
interesting topics were
taken by the teachers to
work upon.
After individual
group presentation of
their lesson plan,
certificates of
participation was given
to the teachers with a
promise that the ideas
exchanged will not be
restricted within the
closed group of
participants present
their. |
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FILMIT
INDIA
Filmit India, a project
sponsored by Helen
Hamlyn Trust was
initiated in 2008-09 in
12 schools in Delhi. 65
films were made by these
schools. It was so
successful that the
project is now been
implement in two more
cities, Kolkata and
Chennai respectively
along with Delhi
Schools.
Short films would be
made by the students to
be put up on the filmit
website -www.openfutures.com
and exchanged with
students of UK. These
films would be made on
various aspects of
Indian culture including
festivals, city, folk
lores, crafts etc.
Filmit Delhi
On 2nd September, a one
day workshop was
organized for teachers
and students of Delhi to
give them a project
update and to go through
the technical details.
The technical workshop
was attended by 20
teachers and around 30
students. The resource
persons included Mr Andy
Huntington of the Helen
Hamlyn Trust who
responded to all the
technical queries and
put forward the linkages
for second year. Dr
Punja gave an update on
the first year of the
project and Ms Datt
introduced the project
timeline and the themes
of the films. An
interactive discussion
took place with the
teachers followed by a
group activity.
Filmit
Kolkata
A content and
technical
workshop for
schools of
Kolkata was
organized on 3rd
September 2009
at Bingsha
Shatabdi which
was attended by
10 content
teachers and 5
technical
teachers as well
as by 20
students The
themes and
content of the
films were
agreed upon by
the teachers.
The workshop was
inaugurated by
Sr Cyril, winner
of UN award and
Padmashri. This
was followed by
an introduction
by the Kolkata
INTACH convenor
G MKapur.The
afternoon
technical
session was
conducted by
Andy Huntington.
Schools were
visited for
interacting with
the students and
installing the
software.
Filmit Chennai
A content and technical
workshop for schools of
Chennai was organized on
7th September 2009 at
Sri Sankara Vidyashramam
which was attended by 10
content teachers and 5
technical teachers as
well as by 22 students.
The themes and content
of the films were agreed
upon by the teachers.
The workshop was
inaugurated by the
principal of Sri Sankara
Vidyashramam. She also
received the award by Dr
Suresh, Convenor Chennai
for excellence as a
heritage club school.
The sessions were
fruitful and the
children were enthused
to make films. The
afternoon technical
session was conducted by
Andy Huntington. This
was followed by school
visits where the themes
of the films were
discussed and Mr
Huntington installed the
software. |
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Cine
Art in collaboration
with PVR, Moser Baer and
INTACH
Technical Workshop
for the CineArt
programme was held on
18th August, at INTACH,
Delhi. One teacher and 2
children from 20 schools
each took part in the
workshop. The workshop
was organized to
introduce children to
technical aspects
including editing films,
putting captions, sound,
music etc which would
help them to make short
films on the theme
Our World. Mr Goutam
Sarkar, from Modern
School, Barakhamba road,
was the technical expert
and Mr Gaurav from Canon
showcased how to handle
the camera. |
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Delhi
Teacher Training
Workshop
The follow up Teacher
Training Workshop for 30
teachers from 28 schools
from Delhi was held on
24th July 2009 at
INTACH, Delhi.The
workshop commenced with
a welcome address by Dr.
Shobita Punja, and
screening of the INTACH
Film which gave a brief
overview of INATCH’s
various divisions and
the projects undertaken
by each of them.
An introduction to
Delhi’s heritage was
given by Dr. Swapna
Liddle. She talked about
what makes Delhi a
metropolitan city and
the capital of the
country. Ms. Niriti Vaid
gave little background
about Sanskriti Kendra
and the workshops which
can be organized for the
schools. Ms. Smita
Singh’s presentation
gave a background of
various workshops which
can be undertaken by
schools for learning
basic conservation
techniques.
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The calendar of
events for the
year was
discussed by Ms.
Purnima Datt and
teachers were
asked to
participate and
encourage
children to give
in entries for
the yearly
activities and
the young INTACH
newsletters. An
orientation to
the young INTACH
website was
given by Ms.
Payal Joshi.
The workshop
concluded with
the distribution
of certificate
to participating
teachers by Mr.
Yogendra Narain,
Member
Secretary,
INTACH. |
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Cine
Art PVR Moser Baer and
INTACH
Content Workshop for the
CineArt programme was
held on 6th August,
Hiroshima Day, at
Anadagram, Sanskriti
Pratishthan. One teacher
and 5 children from 20
schools each took part
in the workshop. The
workshop was organized
to introduce children to
content creation,
creativity and
interpretation which
would help them to make
short films on the theme
Our World.
Children were
divided into 5
groups. The
various
workshops
included-Movement
& Mime and
Poetry & Music
by Ashish Ghosh;
Script writing
by Feisal
Alkazi; Dance &
Drama by
Vishwakant
Singha and Art &
design by Jolly
Rohtagi.
The Technical
Workshop for the
same students
will be held on
20 August 2009,
wherein the
children will be
taught how to
the use the
camera and other
technical
details related
to film making. |
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Cuttack
Teacher Training
Workshopsps
The Cuttack Teacher
Training Workshop was
attended 43 teachers
from 18 DAV Schools from
Orissa and West Bengal
from 18th -19th July
2009.
Dr. H. K. Mohanty,
Regional Director East
Zone, DAV Schools was
the chief guest. Talking
about the importance of
social sciences. He said
that study of heritage
gives an opportunity to
discover oneself.
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Prof Kharabela
Mohanty, HOD
History, S.B.
Women’s College,
Cuttack talked
about the local
heritage issues.
Cuttack is the
only city in
which represents
cosmopolitan
Oriya culture-
Shaila Bala
Women’s College
(6th oldest
women’s
college),
Backley’s house,
Press (Cuttack
Mission Press),
Stuart-School
(Anglo-English
School),
Baramati Stadium
(earliest
stadium) etc.
Professor
Mohanty said
Globalization
implies being
contemporary, by
connecting
ourselves with
the past. Hence
we have to
develop a sense
of creating. |
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The site visit study was
done on the Barabati
Fort by Dr. Sushanta K.
Kar, Asst.
Archaeologist, ASI,
Bhubaneshwar Circle.
Certificates to the
participants were given
by the Dr. H. K.
Mohanty, Regional
Director East Zone, DAV
Schools. |
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Bhubaneshwar Teacher
Training Workshops
A two day teacher
training workshop was
held at Bhubaneshwar
16th-17th July 2009. 52
teachers from 32 schools
attended the workshop.
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The resource
persons who
talked about the
local heritage
issues included
Dr Ganeswar
Mishra, Retired
Professor of
English, Utkal
University, Dr
Bijay Kumar
Rath, Retired
Director of ASI,
Shri Ram N. Jena
and Shri A.B.
Tripathy,
Convenor of the
Orissa Chapter.
Konark, which is
a UNESCO World
Heritage. An
introduction to
Heritage was
given by Ms.
Dutt. She talked
about what makes
India a unique
country which
includes
mountains,
rivers, deserts,
people etc. One
gets to see so
much diversity
which is very
rare to see
anywhere else in
the world. |
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The site visit for the
teachers was conducted
at the State Museum,
Bhubaneshwar. The two
day workshop ended with
the distribution of
certificates to the
participants by Dr Sebak
Tripathy, SCERT. |
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Teacher
Training Workshop,
Madurai
INTACH's Madurai Chapter
conducted the Teacher
Training Programme for
25 teachers from 11
schools in Madurai on
27th June 2009 at
Thiagarajar Arts
College, Madurai.
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The orientation
to the workshop
was given by Dr.
S. Suresh,
Convenor
INTACH’s Chennai
Chapter. Mr.
Manohar Devadoss
was the chief
guest of the
inauguration
session. Mr. K.
T. Gandhirajan,
an eminent art
historian,
presented
visuals of
prehistoric
paintings in the
sites around
Madurai.
Heritage Walk
headed by Mr. K.
T. Gandhirajan,
was organized on
28th June at
Kidaripatti.
More than 100
students from 5
schools -
Lakshmi School,
TV Sundaram HSS,
TVS Lakshmi,
Rotary Laharry
and Madurai
College HSS
along with their
teachers and
INTACH members. |
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Cine Art PVR Moser Baer
and INTACH
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On 24th May 2009, the
work of students done in
the two workshops-the
Art Appreciation
Workshop and the
Painting competition was
judged at multi-purpose
hall at INTACH. 100
students from 20 schools
in Delhi who would be
going to the phase II of
the Cineart Project were
selected. The judges
included Taposi Ghoshal
(designer and
illustrator), Jolly
Rohatgi (Artist and
Designer), Shobita Punja
(head, HECS, INTACH) and
Kartik Nair (Phil, JNU) |
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Workshop Winner
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INTACH
- PVR Nest Project with
Delhi Schools
PVR Nest in association
with INTACH launched
‘CINEART’ on Earth Day,
April 21st, 2009. This
is a new and exciting
initiative for children,
for we hope that through
them a happy and healthy
environment can be
created. This unique
project will bring over
1000 students from 20
Delhi schools together
to participate in
creative activities,
training in film making
and related arts. Each
school team will design,
create, direct and make
2 short films to be
shared with schools
around India.
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The program was
launched on
April 21st 2009,
to celebrate
Earth Day The
theme of the
programme was
OUR WORLD The
chief guest Mr
Vinod Nagpal,
eminent actor
and theater
artist launched
this programme
at PVR Priya,
Vasant Vihar in
front of 500
children. The
project is
divided into
four phases.
1000 students
from 20 schools
were invited.
The first and
the second phase
will help in
selecting
students who
will finally
make 3-5 minutes
short films on
the topic “Our
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In the Film Appreciation
workshop 500 students
from 20 schools in Delhi
witnessed 2 films ‘Live
and Let Live’ by
Children Films Society
of India and ‘Nanook
of the North’ a
famous film made in 1922
on the lives of the
Eskimos of the Canadian
Artic Region.
500 students from the
same 20 schools
participated in the
Painting Competition
held on April 24th 2009
at Mehrauli
Archaeological Park.
INTACH’s Delhi chapter
members took the
participating children
on the heritage walk of
the park before they
made posters and
paintings on the theme
OUR WORLD.
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Heritage Walk for students |
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Children Painting at Mehrauli
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After evaluation and
selection, a group of
120 selected students
will be chosen for the
film making workshops.
Five workshops on
acting, music, script
writing and dialogue,
costume designing and
make up, photography and
filming and finally
technical know-how will
be organized in July
2009 so that children
will be trained to make
their own films.
Painting, posters and
art work made by
children in these
workshops will be used
to make calendars,
diaries and posters for
wide distribution.
Film
Festival for Filmit
India
INTACH organized a
Filmit Festival in the
forenoon of the 29th of
January 2009 at India
Islamic Cultural Centre.
The festival was the
culmination of the pilot
project being carried
out by Heritage
Education and
Communication Division
(HECS) relating to film
making by students.
Ms Nandita Das,
Chief Guest, a well
known film actor and
director and guest of
Honor, Ms Lucy O
Rourke from the
Helen Hamlyn Trust and
Mr S.K. Misra,
Chairman INTACH graced
the occasion. Films made
by the students on the
themes of Festivals,
City, School and Family
were screened. The
students showed
remarkable expertise in
making these films and
their script, screen
play, music original
score and acting won
them accolades from
distinguished guests.
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Chief Guest Nandita Das |
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Children
Interacting at
the film
festival |
The festival was
attended by 300 students
and by 20 teachers from
different schools in
Delhi. The students
presented their self
composed songs and poems
on Delhi. This festival
showcased how much the
students enjoyed the
creative experience of
making films.
This website
www.youngintach.org
was launched by Ms
Nandita Das, Actor and
Director on 29th Jan,
2009 in celebration of
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DVD on
Heritage and Harmony
This film series
Heritage and Harmony
aims at fostering an
understanding and
appreciation of the
diverse culture of
India, the many faiths
and the plurality of our
cultural expression be
it - architecture,
sculpture, paining etc.
The film is designed as
a teaching aid on how to
involve school children
in learning about the
rich local, tangible and
intangible heritage of
their city, so as to
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Holiday
Homework - Preparation
of
Worksheet ‘My World’
An interesting worksheet
has been made for
heritage clubs based on
the website and personal
research on the symbol
or icon of their city.
As this is a nation-wide
exercise it is hoped
that we would get a
response which is
diverse and colourful.
Strengthening of Intach
Chapters – Workshop of
Convenors on 17th April
2009
At the 25 years
Silver Jubilee
celebrations of INTACH
Convenors from north
India were invited to
develop heritage
education programmes.
The suggested activities
that would be funded by
INTACH are:
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Children’s heritage
education programme
- Rural
heritage skill
development workshop
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Citizenship training
and community based
programmes
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One of the successful
INTACH Chapter National
Heritage Awareness
programmes was conducted
by East Godavari
Chapter, Kakinada.
To create heritage
awareness amongst
children and the public
and to encourage rural
heritage they organized
the following.
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Elocution and
Painting Competition
for children in
English and Telugu.
More than 200
students from 100
schools
participated. The
theme was “The
Impact of Pollution
on People and
Heritage Structures”
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Kakinada
Heritage
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- A
meeting on ‘Global
Warming” for more
than 200 college
students, 100 School
children, INTACH
members and local
public was
organized.
Specialist from CII
Sohrabji Godrej
Green Business
Centre, Hyderabad,
Vice Chnacellor,
Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological
University and Prof.
Allam Appa Rao, was
the Chief Guest.
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Release
of the book ‘Heritage
Education in Asia’
On April 18th 2009,
World Heritage Day
The report on Heritage
Education in Asian
countries was released
by Mr John Stubbs, World
Monument Fund and Mr
S.K. Misra, Chairman
INTACH. This report is a
compilation of papers
presented on heritage
education at the Asian
Regional Cooperation
Conference, organized by
INTACH on 2nd-4th
December, 2008.
In the session on
Heritage Education there
were 8 participants from
abroad and 10 Indian
participants, and
several observers.
Principals and teachers
from various schools and
INTACH Conveners
attended the conference.
Over two intensive days
of discussions speakers
presented a stimulating
range of projects from
diverse venues across
India, Nepal, Malaysia,
Poland, Mongolia,
Bhutan, Indonesia and
the UK.
An Asian Heritage
Council was also
proposed at the
Conference which could
provide a useful forum
for further
collaboration in
heritage learning.
Several of the other
conference sessions
(which were on
conservation,
management, tourism,)
also touched on learning
skills and audience
development and civic
engagement.
Media
Workshop
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The workshop “Media
and Heritage” was
organized at INTACH
Multi Purpose Hall on
4th March, 2009. HECS
prepared a module for
the workshop for Media
on Heritage. The purpose
of this orientation
workshop was to acquaint
the media to the wider
meaning of heritage,
terms, references and
issues so as to enable
them to better cover
this specialized sector.
Mr. Yogendra Narain,
Member Secretary
welcomed 21 participants
from different media
houses and division
heads of INTACH
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attended the
workshop. An
introduction to
INTACH was given
by Mr. S.K.
Misra, Chairman,
on the role of
INTACH. Dr.
Shobita Punja,
Director
Heritage
Education and
Communication
Service gave an
audio visual
presentation on
What is Heritage?
Dr. Punja talked
about the
Constitution and
Article 51A
wherein it
states that it
is the duty of
Indian citizens
to protect and
improve the
natural
environment
including
forests, lakes,
rivers and
wildlife. It was
stressed that
the media could
play a vital
role in
generating mass
awareness and
sensitizing
people on their
role as
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The presentation was
followed by a lively
group discussion between
the participants and the
division heads on
various issues such as
community participation,
proper interpretation of
heritage sites and
signage, archaeological
and environmental impact
assessment of all
development projects
like the metro rail etc.
To generate public
awareness and sensitize
the reader various
suggestions and
recommendations were
made at the workshop.
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