Nirvana Academy organised Prize distribution Function for hearing handicapped at J& K Samaj kalyan Kendra Jammu

Jammu, Oct. 24: Today on United Nations day, the hearing /Speech impaired students were distributed the prizes for painting competition in connection with the Celebration of International week for deaf with the theme “Equality for deaf” byShantmanu Sinha (Chief Guest)Divisional Commissioner Jammu in a simple and impressive function held at J& K Samaj Kalyan Kendra Secondary School Shahidi Chowk Jammu.

He was welcomed by the Children of the school along with the management of the Kendra.

The event was jointly organized by Nirvana academy Regd. Club, Disabled Care Foundation, Voice for Rights, Mindscape Educational and Environmental trust in collaboration with J& K Samaj Kalyan Kendra Secondary School Shahidi Chowk Jammu and was supported by Bharti Infratel Team Jammu.

The sapling of the Lakshmi Taru ( Simarous a glauca Scientific name) was also planted by chief Guest on the occasion. The significance of this tree is that it consumes highest amount of carbon dioxide and purify the environment and can help in reducing the heat.

As many as 81 students participated in the said competition under three different categories. The competition was adjudged by Sh. Bhushan Kesar a well renowned painter of the soil.

Under Category I among students from I –V class, Miss Sabhia secured first individual prize while Miss Sofia & Mr Ritesh Singh Bagged 2nd & 3rd prize respectively.

Under category from VI – VII , Miss Piya  secured first  prize while Miss Shikha  & Mr Pankaj Lakotra Bagged 2nd & 3rd prize respectively. Similarly under category from IX – XII, Miss Vishali Raina secured first  prize while Miss Raheela  & Sudha Verma Bagged 2nd & 3rd prize respectively.

The certificate of the participation was also distributed among the entire participant who participate in

painting and cultural activities on the day. Sh Bushan Kesar and Miss Paramjeet Kour were also honored on the occasion with token of gratitude.

Inderjeet Khajuria President of the J& K Kalyan Kendra while interacting on the occasion appraised authority about the functioning of the institution apart from the problems being faced by the them while running this non aided Ngo for welfare of these students.

Shantu Manu while interacting with the students with the help of sign language teacher assured of the all possible help to these divine souls of the gods who are doing so well inspite of constrains & hardships faced by them. He was highly impressed with immense talent & creativity of these children as shown by them in their paintings. He also urged upon to give such children more such opportunity so that their talents can be recognized in other fields.

 The prominent who were present on the occasion includes J K Vaid General secretary,K S Jamwal, Roshan Bhan Principal of the school, Ravi Puri, Umesh Sharma, Neeraj Sharma, Nishant Vaid  and parents of the childrens along with Mr. Ashutosh Bajaj, Gunjan Gughani, Varun Sharma and Abhay mani all from the Bharti Infratel team Jammu.