VIDYA

BANGALORE

MARCH-2018

March, the fag end of the academic year brings in so much joy and jubilation to us as we close

the year with the celebration of women, women hood and spirit of women. Women, who are

the makers, creators, movers and shakers of the society and bring in significant change, with

just being who they are and doing what they do.

Our deepest regards to Mali Foundation, Mrs. Rekha Rao, Semikron, AIG, SG, Broadcom, LDSG

and all our partners at VIDYA.

A day that celebrates just Her

Every day is women's day, but till realization dawns about her potential, her strength, her

calibre and her inherent skill to build society, community, country and the world, we have to

keep spreading awareness for making her the leader of change.

Hence an awareness drive led by Dr. Deepa Srivastava and Mrs. Rekha Srinivasan to sensitize

the society on the issues related to women through a silent rally was held at old Airport road,

Bangalore. The motorists slowed down, drivers dropped down their gears, pedestrians poised

for a few seconds to get a better look at the placards that reflected the spirit of the awareness

drive. Happy Women's Day!

The stage then shifted to our centres. At VIDYA Mali Foundation,

Marathahalli, the programme commenced with encouraging words of Mrs.

Deepa Srivastava and the ever inspiring message of Mrs. Rashmi Misra,

read out by the former.

Students shared their real life inspirations and role models, motivational quotes, and

presented a skit on "Empowerment of Women". Certificates for the graduating students were

given away on the occasion to make it even more memorable.

Our guests, Dr. Sushila urged the students to shed their

comfort zones, browse into the alien world, fit into it

and eventually become contributing citizens to the

same. Mrs. Madulika's line of thought was, "empower

the men to respect women", and the women not to be

"somebody's someone” but someone in their own right.

.Rekha Rao found her inspiration in each one of the

students present there. Mrs. Sashi opined that once a

woman is independent, she can face the adversities,

brave it, fight it, overcome it and consequently

stop it. She insisted them to earn and save and

stated that education is the only means of

empowerment .

A blood profiling camp succeeded by women related health talk by doctors of Medyog was held

for students; 61 young and old ladies attended the same.

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At South Bangalore, a week full of activities was organized, with talks on the importance of

physical and mental wellbeing of women by volunteers from Yoga Bharati and Anuradha

Gunashree . Mithan took a story telling session which sensitized the students to the challenges

faced by women in war torn Afghanistan. As the story unfolded, students learnt the art of

quilting and prepared 3 quilts by the end of the session. Competitions were held for them in the

art of Rangoli making, Cooking without fire and Just a minute Jam sessions. The students were

given certificates for Spoken English, Computers, Vastra and Vividha. They also performed a

skit on women empowerment.

Journey of entrepreneurship

A visit to Marriott for putting up a stall; creations by VIDYA girls for sale!

Hues and shades from Varna, designs from Vastra, creative crafts from Vividha, aroma and

flavors from Aahar were on display. Fresh faces from VIDYA vocational courses had a chance to

get a peek into the world of marketing and sales; the beginning of one of many

entrepreneurial journeys!

An entrepreneurial training session led by Mrs. Shoma Bhakre and Mrs. Harmeet featured the

essentials of starting up a business; how to select partners, work in groups, when to leap and

when to stay grounded! The duo posed questions to the students, received answers, recognized

their needs and deciphered their knowledge on their pursuing skill.

Soft skills to sculpt one's success

Facing an interview? Butterflies fluttering? Panic gripping and crushing?

No worries, here's Mrs. Gauri, leading a session for aspiring

professionals of VIDYA, Mali Foundation, Marathahalli students. She

gave tips on how to face an interview with ease and confidence; the

strict Dos and don'ts for success.

Life skills for a better life

"Heard melodies are sweet, those unheard are sweeter" remembered Keats, as life skill trainer,

Gunashree led her session at VIDYA Mali Foundation, Marathahalli on the power of

communication, spoken and otherwise. Positive language, good and kind words, articulating

hope and speaking the universal language of love were the highlights!

Thanks for your donations

We greatly appreciate the noteworthy deed of Spastics Society for having generously donated

note books for our students.

VIDYA@ I ran, Run for the Blind Marathon Whitefield.

A Marathon "Run for the Blind" was organized by Beeorganizd at Virginia Mall in association

with Sankara Eye Hospital. During this Marathon, the cycling event " 17 milestones for VIDYA"

was launched. It is a fundraising event where Aravind Dhamotharan along with other cyclists

will be cycling 2500+ kms to raise funds for the various programs of VIDYA in the month of June

2018. Thanks to Mrs Universe Shreya, the VIDYA brand ambassador for handing the T-shirts to

Aravind for the Cyclothon event. Dr. Deepa spoke about VIDYA and Ms Gauri wonderfully

coordinated for the event.

Plan and Proceed

The VIDYA institutional Plan meeting held at Chancery Pavilion not only gave an insight on the

strengths and shortcomings, merits and challenges of our programmes but was also a day to

unwind amidst our hectic schedules. A thorough planning for the next academic year was

detailed and a blue print created for better functioning of all departments.

Student of the month: Shwetha L, our student has successfully

carved a niche by becoming the weekend Computer faculty at VIDYA

Mali Foundation.

VIDYA on Social Media

A short training on Social Media was conducted by Varun for the staff of VIDYA Bangalore. It

gave team members an insight into giving daily updates on the happenings at the centres.

Beyond School Programme:

Assessments were conducted by Broadcom Lotus volunteers and VIDYA teachers

for scholarships to students of Bangalore East govt schools.

Summer camps at Arekere and Champakdhama govt schools were a big hit with craft activities,

science learning, fireless cooking and map reading.

Scholarship/ Buddy Program: The month of March witnessed a lot of interesting activities and events. Six students were part of AIG’s women’s day celebration and three participated in the awareness drive at old Airport road.

Broadcom, a supporter of VIDYA, donated 8 bicycles for our scholarship students.They are extremely thankful for the gift which will ease their commute from home to school. The results of the first PUC students are out and our students have cleared exams with a good pass percentage. Our UG third year students have completed the recent semester exams with an aggregate of above 70%. The results of II PUC students are expected in the month of May and admissions for the next year shall commence shortly. DO NOT GO WHERE THE PATH MAY LEAD GO INSTEAD WHERE THERE IS NO PATH AND LEAVE A TRAIL