Student Interactive Session organized by Prerna Cell
A special student interactive session was organized by the Prerna cell, NSS, IIT Roorkee on Wednesday, 2.10.2013, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. This was an attempt by the students of IIT-R ,Prerna Cell to promote knowledge among the children about our two great national leaders, Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
             The session began with a quiz round with questions related to the two great freedom fighters. Around fifty students participated in the event with great ardency. This general knowledge test involved a highly active participation of all the kids as small prizes and chocolates proved to be incentives. It was followed by an eassy-writing competition, in which the children were asked to write an essay on Gandhiji, which they did with great enthusiasm. The event coordinator Abhishek Chaurasia ( Secretary of Prerna Cell ), then delivered a short description of Gandhiji’s life to foster a sense of pride and inspiration and patriotism among our young generation. First and Second prizes were given to the children for their outstanding performances.

On the whole, the session turned out to be a great success to spread knowledge about our freedom

fighters as well as to instill a sense of national pride on this auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

Movie Screening at Telliwala : NSS Pragati

Movie Screening at Telliwala : NSS Pragati

Moulding a child’s mind through ways that interest him, in order to motivate him to work for the society can be served. With this principle as the backbone, NSS, Pragati Cell conducted a movie screening at New Sophia School in the Telliwala village on the 2^nd October, 2013. This is the same school where the cell performs its activities.

The movie, ‘I am Kalam’ was screened before a receptive audience consisting of about a hundred students and some of their teachers. The numbers met easily, if they did not exceed the expectation of the organizers. The movie that was screened focuses on the story of an underprivileged boy who gets inspired to achieve greatness in life while watching Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, being interviewed on television. The rest of the movie narrates an inspiring tale of how he approaches his achievement. The day for the screening was well chosen because Gandhi Jayanti created a nationalistic atmosphere which added gravity to the message behind the movie.

The students felt inspired by the way of living of the Father of Our Nation as well as the Missile man of the country. Their involvement could be easily seen by the cheering that took place during the screening. Once the movie was over, the students enquiringly put up questions relating to Gandhiji, his ideology and its relevance in the today’s world. It was astounding to watch such young minds put up some really thought provoking questions. Sweets were distributed amongst the students who took part in the discussion to further increase their inquisition.

The event came to an end with all the participants felling motivated towards self-achievement and service to the society. Hence, the movie screening served its purpose of creating the will to achieve amongst the children which is essential for the development of the nation!