JCI St. Inez commemorated the Centenary of Poet Bakibab Borkar by organizing a series of events for school children upto Std X on the theme of Goa’s legendary Poet, culminating in a Poetry Recital competition held at the Goa Museum Auditorium at Patto-Panaji. The prizes of all the events held during the Centenary programme were later distributed by noted Poet Shri Ramesh Veluskar along with the daughters of Poet Bakibab Borkar Bharati Borkar Heble and Mukta Agshikar, Club President Rupesh Golatkar, Event coordinator Sandeep Heble, JCI Zone XI President 2011 Jc Saiprasad Naik, Past Zone President Sadashiv Shirsat, Ajay Buva, Siddharth Sakhardande, Gautam Shankardas, Sachin Kurtikar and others. On the occasion, Artist/ Writer Naguesh Sardesai was presented the Outstanding Young Person Award, instituted in the memory of Poet Bakibab Borkar, for his contributions towards Art and culture in Goa.
Following are the Prize winners: Art: 1st - Gaurav Chatribin, 2nd - Aishwarya Rath, 3rd - Pauras Narvekar Consolation: Anjali Saini, Asmee Maruti Prabhu, Siya Kesarkar, Ranjit Vaigankar, Varun Khadpe, Dharmanand Rajan Acahrya, Sabina Sheikh and Rushabh Fasalkar. Essay: 1st - Laxmi Shetye, 2nd - Nurjahan K. Bagwan, 3rd - Gayatri V. S. Kudchadkar Consolation: Shilpa Gaonkar, Anuja Joshi and Akansha Sukhtancar. Poetry: 1st - Neha Sangodkar, 2nd - Shaswat Salgaonkar, 3rd - Shivam Borkar Consolation: Gandha Gharse, Samanta Araujo and Sujal Naik. Poetry Recital 1st – Devashri Kamat, 2nd – Niriksha Pai Kanae, 3rd – Rushabh Fasalkar Consolation: Shaswat Salgaoncar, Gandha Gharse and Sujal Naik. Event Photographs available at: http://tinyurl.com/paijana yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Event Coordinator, JCI St. Inez 9326129171