Dear readers,

Hello!

This newsletter begins with a somber note. Spring is here and yet we seem to be

experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. We do need to be taking better care

of our environment. Use only what is necessary and share more is the mantra to

adopt.

And from this note, we move on to celebrations. Our athletes have done us proud

yet again. In the recent special winter Olympics, our athletes returned victorious

with 73 medals. Competing against 2700 athletes from 107 countries, the Indian

athletes won 37 gold, 10 silver and 26 bronze medals. A total of 89 athletes

represented India in Alpine skiing, snow boarding, snow shoeing, figure skating,

speed skating, floor hockey, floor ball (and unified floor ball), at the mega event

hosted by Austria. What an incredible achievement! We couldn’t be prouder. I

hope all of us do our part in recognising and celebrating our players.

In cricket as well, with the recent test victory over Australia in the Border-Gavaskar

series, India has now won series against every test-playing nation in the world.

India defeated Australia by eight wickets to take the four-Test series by two to

one. A young team led by a young captain and a seasoned coach displayed

perfect teamwork. We are exhilarated.

This newsletter continues in this vein of celebration, as you will find out!

Read on, happy readers!

Aditi Mehta,

Editor

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

DESH APNAYEN NEWSLETTER20th Issue, March 2017

THE DESH APNAYEN AWARDS, 2016-2017

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THE J.B. PETIT HIGH SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI

Ms. Benaifer P. Kutar - Principal, Ms. Navaz Cooper - HOD along with the students of J.B. Petit High School pleasantly received their Desh Apnayen School Award from Mr. Nilesh Shah, Head Private Equity Investments, Enam Holdings and Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.

THE CATHEDRAL AND JOHN CONNON SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI

Ms. D. Bhattacharya - Headmistress, Ms. Ritu Pasricha - HOD and students of The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, celebrate their Desh Apnayen School Award victory. The award is presented by Mr. Nilesh Shah, Head - Private Equity Investments, Enam Holdings and Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.

THE J.B. PETIT HIGH SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI

Ms. Benaifer P. Kutar - Principal | Ms. Navaz Cooper - HOD

THE CATHEDRAL AND JOHN CONNON SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAIMs. D. Bhattacharya - Headmistress | Ms. Ritu Pasricha - HOD

CAMPION SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI

Mr. Paul Machado - Principal | Ms. Jennifer Fernandes - Supervisor

ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL (S.S.C.), MAZAGAON, MUMBAI

Fr. Jude Fernandes S.J. - Principal | Ms. Gulnaz Khan - Coordinator

CITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, OSHIWARA, MUMBAI

Ms. Maharukh Kadodwalla - Principal | Ms. E�e Mathias - HOD

CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, THAKUR COMPLEX KANDIVLI, MUMBAI

Ms. Sona Mattoo Dhingra - Principal Ms. Reshma Shah - Supervisor | Ms. Jahanvi Sampat - Coordinator

PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHANDUP, MUMBAI

Ms. Suma Das - Principal | Ms. Erica James - Supervisor

JBCN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL , BORIVALI, MUMBAI

Ms. Debika Chatterjee - Principal | Ms. Snehlata Alphonso - HOD

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSAL SCHOOL, GOREGAON WEST, MUMBAI

Ms. Shalini Jaiswal - Principal Ms. Jinal Thaker - Supervisor | Ms. Pratima Tiwari - Supervisor

HVB GLOBAL ACADEMY, MARINE DRIVE, MUMBAI

Dr. Chandrakanta Pathak - Principal Ms. Madhumita Acharjee - V Principal | Ms. Shulagna Banerjee - V Principal

DESH APNAYEN SCHOOL AWARD WINNERS

CAMPION SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI

Mr. Paul Machado - Principal, Ms. Jennifer Fernandes - Supervisor and students of the Campion School, Mumbai are thrilled with their Desh Apnayen School Award win. The award is presented by Mr. Nilesh Shah, Head - Private Equity Investments, Enam Holdings and Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.

ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL (S.S.C.) MAZAGAON, MUMBAI

Students and teachers of St. Mary’s High School, SSC in Mazgaon are elated to receive their Desh Apnayen School award. Special thanks to Fr. Jude Fernandes S.J.- Principal and Ms. Gulnaz Khan - Coordinator for all their diligent e�orts.

HVB GLOBAL ACADEMY, MARINE DRIVE, MUMBAI

Shri Vallabh Bhanshali, philanthropist and founder of Desh Apnayen and ENAM felicitated the children and teachers of HVB Global Academy with their Desh Apnayen School Award. Dr. Chandrakanta Pathak - Principal and Vice Principals Ms. Madhumita Acharjee and Ms.Shulagna Banerjee were delighted along with the students.

CITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, OSHIWARA, MUMBAI

Before receiving their award, children of City International School, Oshiwara put up a wonderful performance. Ms. Maharukh Kadodwalla - Principal, Ms. E�e Mathias - HOD and students were thrilled to receive their Desh Apnayen School award from Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.

CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, THAKUR COMPLEX KANDIVLI, MUMBAI

Children’s Academy, Kandivali, also received this special award. We congratulate Principal Ms. Sona Mattoo Dhingra, Ms. Reshma Shah - Supervisor, Ms. Jahanvi Sampat - Coordinator along with all their motivated and hardworking teachers and students.

PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHANDUP, MUMBAI

Ms. Suma Das - Principal, Ms. Erica James - Supervisor along with the spirited students of Pawar Public School, Bhandup, delightfully receiving their award from Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSAL SCHOOL, GOREGAON WEST, MUMBAI

Students of St. John's Universal School, Goregaon put up a special act at the Award receiving ceremony. Ms. Shalini Jaiswal - Principal and Ms. Jinal Thaker – Supervisor accepted the award on the school’s behalf from Ms. Komal Shah – Chief

JBCN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BORIVALI, MUMBAI

Ms. Debika Chatterjee - Principal and Ms. Snehlata Alphonso - HOD along with the students and teachers of JBCN International School, Borivali, were thrilled to receive this wonderful award from Mr. Nilesh Shah, Head Private Equity Investments, Enam Holdings and Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation.

A list of all awardees is as follows:

1. The Desh Apnayen School Award: recognising the best contributing school, principal, teachers and students.

This award was given to school for promoting citizenship education and democratic values in a school by using Desh Apnayen’s civics classroom resources, citizenship club activities and community engagement programs successfully.

2. The Desh Apnayen Champion Teacher Award: recognising e�orts of outstanding teachers to make citizenship education gain prominence in schools.

This award is given to the teachers for their outstanding contributions in making the citizenship education successful. They do so by guiding and inspiring the students to work cohesively in interesting citizenship activities and community engagement projects.

Not to be left behind, 10-15 students from each school under both the categories received Star Student Citizen certificates for demonstrating empathetic thinking, good citizenship behavior, values and for active participation in civic engagement projects.

The awards were presented in two categories:

In the two years of our existence, we have made remarkable strides. We have partnered with over 120 schools and impacted lacs of children. Here is a snapshot of our journey so far:

Partnered with 120+ elite and government-aided schools across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane. Engaged over 150,000 students with quality citizenship education with quality content of videos, audios, PPTs, application based worksheets, case studies, simulations, debates, quizzes, role plays, drama. This content is currently used in CBSE, ICSE, MH State board schools. Conducted over 88 teacher training workshops in partner schools. Inspired children and schools to take up Citizenship Club activities ranging from cleanliness drive, recycling, police interaction, RTI plea, mock elections, BMC, MUN, etc. Engaged users across variety of online and social platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, newsletter, WhatsApp and emails. The schools access content through our website, specially created for the same. Developed and showcased inspiring stories and positive content through our own blogs and newsletters, widely accessed by our stakeholders.

To celebrate our schools, teachers and students, to whom we owe our momentum and success, we presented the Desh Apnayen awards last month. These awards felicitate a few select schools for their outstanding contributions towards promoting citizenship education and civic participation. We set up a panel of to select and recognize the most contributing schools, teachers and students for their support our movement from apathy to ownership.

Our broad judging criteria was as follows:

Number of citizenship club activities carried out by the schoolQuality of the execution of citizenship club activitiesLevel of social impact made on students and communityContribution to the neighbourhood

PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, DOMBIVALI

Ms. Ishita Chowdhury - Principal | Ms. Manjari Srivastava - HOD

PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIVALI, MUMBAI

Dr. Madhura Phadke - Principal | Ms. Anupama Dube - Head Mistress

ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL, ANUSHAKTI NAGAR, MUMBAI

Mr. Madan Rao - Principal

CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, ASHOK NAGAR KANDIVALI, MUMBAI

Ms. Sheela Mallya - Principal | Ms. Sudha Shetty - HOD

Ms. Sheetal Sharma Patwa - Coordinator

MUKUL MADHAV VIDYALAYA, RATNAGIRI

Ms. Moonika Ratanparaj - Principal

UNIVERSAL HIGH SCHOOL, THANE

Ms. Syamali Chowdhury - Principal | Ms. Sylvia Soans - Coordinator

GURUKUL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, GHATKOPAR, MUMBAI

Dr. Daizye Kulkarni - Principal Coordinator

Ms. Kamna Arora - Principal | Mr. N.C. Kurne - Principal

Ms. Minal Mishra - Head Mistress | Ms. Neela Mehar - Head Mistress

DESH APNAYEN CHAMPION TEACHER AWARD WINNERS

PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, DOMBIVALI

Ms. Manjari Srivastava, HOD - Pawar Public School, Dombivali received the Desh Apnayen Champion Teacher award from Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen in the gracious presence of the principal Ms. Ishita Chowdhury. Thanks for mentoring the energetic young minds!

PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIVALI, MUMBAI

Ms. Anupama Dube, Headmistress received the award from Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen in the kind presence of Dr. Madhura Phadke, Principal - Pawar Public School, Chandivali. We appreciate their meticulous e�orts in promoting the citizenship education and civic engagement.

ATOMIC ENERGY CENTRAL SCHOOL, ANUSHAKTI NAGAR, MUMBAI

Mr. Madan Rao, Principal - Atomic Energy Central School pleasingly received the award from Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen.

CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, ASHOK NAGAR KANDIVALI, MUMBAI

Ms. Sudha Shetty - HOD and Ms. Sheetal Sharma Patwa, Coordinator received the Desh Apnayen Champion teacher award from Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen in the benevolent presence of Ms. Sheela Mallya, Principal - Children's Academy, Kandivali.

GURUKUL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, GHATKOPAR, MUMBAI

Dr. Daizye  Kulkarni - Principal Co-ordinator, Gurukul Educational Institutions, Ms. Kamna Arora - Principal, Shri D. J. Doshi High School, Mr. N.C. Kurne -   Principal, V.S. Gurukul Technical High School, Ms. Minal Mishra - H.M., Rushikul Gurukul High School, Ms. Neela Mehar - H.M.,  V.C. Gurukul High School received their Desh Apnayen Champion Teacher awards from Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen.

MUKUL MADHAV VIDYALAYA, RATNAGIRI

Ms. Moonika Ratanparaj, Mukul Madhav Vidyalaya, received the Desh Apnayen Champion Teacher Award for her enthusiastic e�orts in making the Desh Apnayen School program a grand success in her school.

UNIVERSAL HIGH SCHOOL, THANE

Ms. Sylvia Soans, Coordinator was thrilled to receive her award from Ms. Komal Shah - Chief Operating O�cer, Desh Apnayen in the gracious presence of Ms. Syamali Chowdhury Principal - Universal High School, Thane.