To commemorate 50 years of Goa’s Liberation, JCI St. Inez organised a Child Art competition for school children in four different categories; namely Pre-Primary, Primary, Middle and Secondary school. The competition, held on the occasion of Republic Day, was sponsored by ‘Viva Goa’, Goa’s first Lifestyle magazine .
The Art competition is an annual Republic Day feature of JCI St. Inez and has been held at the Children’s Park, Campal every year for the past 10 years. This year, the event was held to celebrate ‘Goa’ and ‘Goan Asmitai’ on the completion of 50 years of Goa’s freedom from colonial rule. The competition was based on themes to promote Goa’s culture, its identity, heritage and people. Children from near as well as far off schools came and participated with a lot of fervor, zeal and excitement. Some excellent portraits of eminent Goans like Remo Fernandes, Mario Miranda, M. Boyer, Alexyz, T. B. Cunha; Goan Heritage structures like the ‘Basilica of Bom Jesus’, Goan Freedom struggle, etc were drawn by the young budding child artists. Around 400 children participated in all. Games, bouncy castles, etc were also arranged to entertain the children and refreshments were served. Certificates were awarded to all the participants. The Prize Distribution was later held at the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Hall, Panaji, on Sunday, January 29. GCCI President Manguirish Pai Raikar, Chief Guest Tony Dias(Deputy Director of Customs), JCI India Zone XI President Vikesh Assotikar and Zone XI Vice President Mithun Bondre distributed the prizes in the presence of JCI St. Inez organizing committee members namely Raimundo Fernandes(President), Paresh Sakhardande(Secretary), Sandeep Heble, Siddharth Sakhardande, Shekhar Dhume, Gautam Shankardas, Rupesh Golatkar and Uma Sakahrdande(Past Presidents), coordinator Gaurish Naik and others. Following are the competition Prize Winners: Pre-Primary: 1st- Neil Vaz, 2nd- Riya Velingkar, 3rd- Purval Naik Consolation - Shreem Chourey, Prashvet Surjuse, Krishna Gupta, Rahul Pandya, Rishab Talwadker and Simran Fernandes. Primary: 1st- Sharon Rodrigues, 2nd- Ayush Naik, 3rd- Saeel Pai Kane Consolation - Ashish Rath, Lekhraj Surlakar, Manish Prajapati, Vineet Priolkar, Manisha Dharwatkar and Arya Bandiwadekar. Middle School: 1st- Lancio Moraes, 2nd- Vineet Aigal, 3rd- Pauras Narvekar Consolation - Nitin Narvekar, Shikha Dessai, Prabhav Gonker, Aaron Fernandes and Brigida Oliveira. Secondary School: 1st- Bhargav Nalkar, 2nd- Eunisha Kundaikar, 3rd- Leeann Britto Consolation - Aishwarya Rath, Shivam Kalangutkar, Sachin Tuyekar, Mayur Deshpande, Mehtab Khan and Shrinivas Pai Kane. Photographs available at: Prize Winning drawings & other competition pics http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3146981631941.155777.1187066172&type=1&l=051c0543e6 Prize Distribution http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3152367406582.155869.1187066172&type=1&l=7042f9b280 yours sincerely Sandeep Heble JCI St. Inez 9326129171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------