Chinmaya Drishti

DRISHTI 24 DAKSHINAYANA
SRISHTI 2 JUNE 2020

urudev to children

“Nature is always pure. Only wants to bless you. If our values are low, we
start disturbing nature. Nature only echoes our actions and behavior.
Learn to love Nature.”

- Swami Chinmayananda

Message from Swami Swaroopananda
Global Head, Chinmaya Mission, World Wide.

Dear Educators,

Hari Om!

An Educator is indeed fortunate to be a recipient of love of so many students. Yet, at the same
time, being an educator means a great amount of responsibility. Especially, in these unusual times of the Corona
virus.
I congratulate all educators who are adapting to new ways of teaching and managing to engage and enrich the lives
of students, despite the challenges and demands. It is important to also give some thought to how these times may
be perceived by children. Let us not get eager to create a minute by minute schedule for them.
Children need assurance, need to feel loved and comforted and more so in these times. They may not completely
understand what is happening but can sense the subtle anxiety which we as elders feel. Just like us, the children are
experiencing something like this for the first time.
As the uncertainty continues, some behavioural issues could come up – protest, frustration, oppositional
behaviour. In a way this can be expected…after all, although the idea of being off from school for weeks sounds
awesome, they were probably picturing fun times like a summer break, not the reality of being ‘trapped’ at home
and not seeing their friends.
Thus, we must assure them that things shall be fine. Teach them to be cautious but remember their emotional well-
being is more important than academic skills. Let us create happy memories and also remember the Motto Pujya
Gurudev has given for Chinmaya Vidyalayas ‘Keep Smiling’.

Love,
Swami Swaroopananda

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INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT

Physical Development Children of classes 6 and 7 an open Music is everywhere and in all of us.
time on pronunciation.One student How we tap it and extract is up to us.
Different angle for learning acted as Suppandi, the famous
angles comic character, and the other The children of Thamaraipakkam
student performed as the master of tapped gently on the available objects
Practicing Yogic postures helps in Suppandi. They made the students like steel tumbler, plate, tiffinboxes,
keeping the body agile. The understand the pronunciation of pencil boxes etc to create sound
children of Class 5 VGN CV Avadi different words which have - patterns. Children in groups created
performed yoga asanas in groups in OUGH- in it. For instance, tough, their own pattern of rhythm using 3 or
the classroom to demonstrate though, plough, cough, thorough, more objects. Entire class was filled
various angles. Children performed bough etc. A fun way of learning with pleasant rhythms. Noisy learning
asanas to highlight angles. the right pronunciations. indeed!
Samakonasana – 180°, ardha
shirasasana – 90° trikonasana 45° Little Chefs Walk the talk
degrees etc. While the asanas
strengthened the leg muscles and The children of Class 1 of CV Children of Class 8 of VBCV
spine the children also learnt to Pallavur were involved in cleaning, Jamshedpur took a bright morning
apply angles in real life. cutting, mixing of vegetables and walk to a lush green park in the Telco
adding of spice and salt with a lot of Colony. As they walked they inspired
Yummy activities peanuts. It was a fun activity which others by distributing pamphlets
kept the children engaged in the showing the benefits of walking. It was
Students of CV Tripunithura were preparation. First time, children a colorful sight of wonder for the
introduced different tastes like opted to eat the salad with joy. public as children walked carrying with
sweet, spicy, tangy, sour using them multicolored charts and placards.
different food items like lemon, Dengue, Dengue, Go away!
salt, sugar, tamarind, chilly etc., Pack a tooth brush
Students were excited when they Children of CV Pallavur discussed
literally tasted the items to get a on not just the qualities of virus and At CV New Delhi, Lkg students had
first-hand experience of the tastes. anti-virus bodies but also researched to bring their tooth brushes to School
Innovative indeed! and shared the ways in which for a day in July, as part of the tooth
Ayurveda cured the impact of brushing activity in the class.
In one of the morning assembly, Viruses. Little ones actually learnt a Children learnt in detail the correct
children were taken by surprise to lot of tips on how to prevent Dengue way to brush their teeth. Important
see Prime Minister Sri Narendra with home remedies. lesson actually!
Modi addressing on fitness. Later
they realized it was a student who Managers of Time The class III students of the School
had dressed up as the Hon'ble Prime gave a surprise to the teachers by
Minister. Great technique to attract Students of Hari Hara Vidyalaya greeting the teachers in Japanese.
the attention indeed! Thamaraipakkam were guided to
create a schedule for themselves to 10 steps towards hygiene
Take a deep breadth… manage their time. They created and
maintained a time log individually Principal of CV Kasaragod,
The students of class 7 of CV SSS and presented the same in class. With demonstrated the systematic 10 steps
Virugambakkam, measured the the help of their teacher they made it for cleaning hands to the students. I am
chest size of their peers during more effective. The regular late sure it will be handy for the children
inhalation and exhalation. They comers to school, shared their reason now, during the Covid-19 time.
understood the increase and for it and discussed self-corrective
decrease in the size of the chest measures. This involvement also Two inspired students of class VI,
during expansion and contraction educated the parents on the need to started an initiative towards cleanliness.
respectively. Learning becomes manage time. Great way to reach They literally went to all classes to
exciting and long lasting when out to the families. collect the waste papers, chocolate
such experiences are provided. wrappers etc. to ensure cleanliness in
the campus. That's leading by
example!

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Mental Development of the school by jointly providing with one condition. The answers to the
all the necessary support to her! questions should be the dates of the
Thanks Giving to doctors Great gesture indeed! calendar. The students of Class 6 of
CV Vaduthala prepared a calendar
Children of Pushpalata Matriculation Intellectual Development sheet for the month of August and
School, spoke about the dedicated pasted the questions under that date
efforts and service of Doctors in the HOT in assembly which is the answer to the question.
morning assembly, as part of Two advantages. Firstly student
Doctors Day celebration. Looks like CV SLR Rajapalayam, as a practice making questions, that certainly
the school had a vision of the has children presenting HOT requires skills. Secondly, the problem
services to be rendered doctors questions in the assembly on every should give the answers as the dates of
during the COVID-19. Wednesday. the calendar. No two answers should
be the same!!
The LKG students had a session to Meet daily
on good and bad touch. Children Science in assembly
were taken by surprise since the Staff meetings by principals are not
session was conducted by a Police uncommon but starting the day with In GVK CV Nellore, the Tuesday
Head Constable from Tirunelveli. one every day? Yes, it happens in CV assemblies include facts on science in
Good Cop!! Kunnumpuram daily, immediately everyday life during the “Did you
after assembly. Not just instructions know” time.
Fun welcome.. and information. Every day, one
teacher delivers a positive thought Innovators of Avadi
To stop the addiction to Mobile during the meeting.
phones a Vidyalaya organized a very Children of Class 4 at VGN CV
useful workshop for the parents on Abacus out of bindis Avadi brought materials like toy
Mobile addiction. Lessons need to cars, magnets, articles made out of
start with the adults indeed! Students in CV Tripunithura used iron. Using the properties of
bindis and created an abacus magnets, they made a moving
Baby's day out counting board in their scrap book. sparkling car, a board game, mock
Soon the scrap books became traffic signal and a crane. Magnets
The children of LKG at Pushpalata attractive abacus boards! attract iron and children are
Matriculation School were taken on a attracted to innovations.
walk through the market, wished the Products die too!
shopkeepers and interacted with them. Spiritual Development
A novel way to explore the world Students of Harihara Vidyalaya
outside and sensitising the senses! Thamaraipakkam collected data on My Gurudev
manufacturing and expiry date of
You are not alone.. different products like food items, 'Know my Gurudev' is an initiative by
toiletry items, medicines etc. The the CV Thrissur wherein one student
Groups of students of class 6 of CV students understood that the narrates an interesting anecdote from
SSS Virugambakkam were asked to durability of one product differs the life of our Pujya Gurudev once a
act as lame, blind, injured and dumb from that of another according to week in the assembly. This happens
persons. Other children were given the purpose, utilization and need. through out the year.
the duty of helping them and leading Learning for the adults too.
them on the designated paths. The Children will now remind parents Colourful Likita japa
children were thus sensitized to be to check the dates of manufacturing
empathetic towards different kinds of and expiry of products. In CIRS, all children are guided to
people deprived of physical write likita japa. They keep two
impairments in the society. That's tricky!! colour pens/ pencils with them.
Writing Japa helps in building up
Adopting a senior citizen All teachers keep posing questions to focus. They need to focus on the
the students normally. An opportunity name as they write. But when they
The class 10 children CV Naruva- to create problems in Mathematics find their mind getting distracted,
-moodu, helped in taking care of a
bedridden lady in the neighborhood

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they need to change the colour of the Testing the grandparents Indic system of learning
pen/ pencil. Thus, they will see in a
day how many times the mind is Indian Culture is replete with rituals Pushpalata Matriculation school had
going away from the name of the and practices. The students of Classes invited Dr. RadhaKrishnan Pillai to
Lord and work towards achieving 5 & 6 of VBCV Jamshedpur read up address the senior students on
complete focus. Interesting tip, even the book 'Why do we' and created an Chanakya in the Class Room.
adults should try!! in-depth questionnaire for grand-
-parents to answer. The questions Civic Pulse
Thursdays for Guru aradhana were well interwoven to highlight the
traditional practices that existed in On the 9th of November 2019, when
The Students CV Hindupur get an our country. Gave an insight not just Ayodhya verdict was resolved in the
opportunity to tune to Gurudev into the cultural heritage but also the Supreme Court, CIRS had invited
regularly, since Br. Srivasta current standards of practices. Dr. Promod Kumar from the Amrita
Chaitanya conducts a Gurudev University to address the senior
Paduka Puja every Thursday. Wedding at School children on the complete history of the
Ayodhya verdict and children were
Om Namo Narayana! The school was decorated. Children appraised on the current news with a
were dressed in colours. Yes, for the lot of statistics.
The assembly in CV Koramangala wedding of Lord Ram and Mother
has included super brain yoga daily Sita. Students of class VI from CV Empowering teachers
and chanting of Vishnu sahasranama Tirupunithura depicted the wedding
in the assembly once a week. scene in the school during the In CV Koramangala, all teachers get to
Ramayana Month. hoist the National Flag in turn during
Hands in mud assembly. They also address the
Instagram for the school? students with an inspiring message.
The senior students of CV
Bistupur, Jamshedpur got an CV Kasaragod on its School Joining hands with the Govt.
experience to play with mud to Instagram page called “Chinmaya
make Ganesh idol out of it. Eco Capture” updates all the important After the fit India Movement launched
friendly Ganesha idols were made cultural events of the school with by the Govt of India, Students of grade
in good numbers. pictures. Digital awareness indeed! 10 of CV CBSE Vadavalli decided not
to come to school by cars and buses but
A - for aspiration Patriotism to only come by their cycles. Multiple
benefits, Physical Fitness, friendly to
The children of CV Vaduthala have Panchayati Raj Diwas environment and lots of fun too.
devised a technique to attach a value
to each and every alphabet. During Children of VBCV, tried to showcase Universal Outlook
the KG assembly one alphabet the role of Panchayats as an integral
attached with one value is taken up. and inseparable part of Indian Drop Drip
And that value is explained through government. A mock gram panchayat
stories. It is no longer A for apple election was conducted among the Students of GVK CV Nellore started
but it is Afor aspiration now. students of Class 6. drip water irrigation system with used
plastics bottles by tying them to the
Indian Culture History or Mysery? trees. The project resulted in
reduction of water consumption and
Assurance to protect Students of CV Anna Nagar were reusing the waste plastic bottles
exposed to a powerful lecture by which would have otherwise added to
The students of NV CV Shegaon, Dr. Raj Vedam on the strange the pollution.
on the day of Raksha Bandan, tied paradoxes in Indian History. The
rakhi to their friends, teachers and session unveiled many facts on Every drop counts
also to the tress giving them the Aryan invasion and migration theory.
assurance that they will be 480 of CV SSS Virugambakkam
protected. Touching gesture indeed! students led by 50 teachers walked into
the streets in teams of 10, to reach out to

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every house in the streets of significance. Realising and Digitally yours…
Chinmaya Nagar. They conducted a appreciating this fact CV
survey on 'water scarcity issues' Tripunithura organized a special A new software was developed by the
faced by the residents of Chinmaya programme on wellness of Mothers. IT department of CV Bokaro for
Nagar, and issued pamphlets on A specialist in maternal and child keeping track of syllabus running in
simple water saving techniques and health and a national trainer, a different classes. LAN messenger was
offered effective ways to manage professor of Yoga addressed the installed in all the important areas
the water scarcity problems faced invited mothers. Mothers gained including staffroom for smooth
by the residents. knowledge on the role of yoga in the communication in the school. Teachers
maintenance of reproductive health. were trained to use the software and
Parents time to learn They also learned the yoga were given basic troubleshooting tips.
techniques that will reduce stress Kudos to the IT Department of the
CV Anna Nagar organized a talk by and strain in daily life. Vidyalaya.
the Commissioner of Police, Chennai
to address the parents on the Invitation to birds Daddies are special
importance of following traffic rules.
All rules need to be followed by The children of NTPC CV Unchahar CV New Delhi, celebrated Father's
adults and gets demonstrated to went all out to collect waste Day in the month of August, in a
Children. materials like different types of novel way. Daddys’ of the kids of
boxes and bottles. These were hung classes I and II had the experience of
Quiz drive for the transport drivers in different locations and filled with flying kites with their children in the
rice and other grains which birds school campus. That must have been
A Workshop on road safety, traffic could feed on. It served the purpose a real fun for the fathers and the kids.
rules and accident preventive of both recycling waste and reaching
measures was conducted for the out to other living beings. Human chain for Guruji
bus drivers and cleaners of Sri City
CV. This was followed by a quiz No to toffees Students of GVK CV Nellore
and it was a new experience for the formed a human chain to offer
drivers and cleaners to participate The Vidyalaya campus of CV greetings for Guruji on 30th of June
and win prizes. Thrissur continues to remain 'Plastic 2019. It was a touching scene with
Free'. Students celebrate their children lying on the ground to make
Inspiring oneself birthdays without distributing toffees “Happy Birthday to Guruji.”
as the plastic waste generated
The children of Class 9 CV Pallavur through the wrappers is alarming.
learnt about the famous personalities They use newspapers to cover their
who have reached great heights notebooks and textbooks and they
breaking boundaries in spite of many bring only cloth or paper bags to
hurdles. They created an album school. The entire school has
individually on the personality they collectively pledged to preserve our
had chosen. resources in the best possible manner.

Reminder to Moms

Mothers take care of the entire family

and their wellbeing is of prime

WELCOME TO CHINMAYA FAMILY

Muthaiya Alagappa Chinmaya Vidyalaya MHSS, Kottaiyur, Karaikudi
Our new Vision Schools:
1.Mahatma Global Gateway School, Madurai
2.Kannamal National School, Palladam
3.VRS & VJ Residential School, Bachupalli, Hyderabad

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8th Chinmaya Hari Seva Camp Dec 23rd – 25th 2019 at Rourkela

CCMT Education cell for the first time organised a Hari Seva Camp
in Odisha with the support of Smt Sharmishta, Principal CV
Chhend Colony Rourkela and Poojya Swami Kevalananda. 81
Students from 6 Chinmaya Vidyalaya's participated. Poojya Swami
Kevalananda took sessions and shared his practical experience of
running different projects in remote villages under CORD banner.
Mr. Aswini Kumar Pradhan (Sr. Executive Assistant) & Miss Tanuja
Mishra (Primary in-charge) were the camp co-ordinators. Poojya
Swami Nirliptananda, Acharya, Chinmaya Mission, Rourkela.
Sri Ramakanta Panda, Br.Anoop Chaitanya and Brni.Prativa Chaitanya took inspiring sessions highlighting the
importance of seva attitude in Children.

Children were guided in groups into making 200 paper bags of different sizes which were donated to CM Rourkela,
they made 100 brooms and donated to CV Chhend Colony, made Teaching aids to teach alphabets, numbers, different
concepts of English and maths and donated to schools in the neighbouring slums and also took up Cleaning &
Gardening in the CV Chhend Colony premises. Swami Kevalanandaji guided the participants on an awareness rally
educating the people in a village of Lathikata on 'Swachhata and Health'. There was a street play by students on
“Swachhata” which was very well received by the villagers. Students distributed nail cutters, napkins, soap and biscuits
packets to all villagers & children gathered there.

CCMT Education Cell wishes to express gratitude to Swami Kevalananda, the other Swamijis, Brahmacharies of
Rourkela, Principals and Teachers of participating schools and volunteers of the camp. Kudos to Smt Sarmistha Kabi
Satpathy, Principal CV Chhend Colony for taking up the initiative on behalf of CCMT Eductaion cell and conducting
the event successfully.

9th Kel Milan, Football, organised by CCMT Education cell

The Annual Khel Milan, the Football tournament was hosted and conducted by the Chinmaya International
Residential School, Coimbatore. 450 Boys and girls participated from 34 Chinmaya Vidyalayas and Vision Schools.
Mr. K Ajith Kumar, Vice-Captain of Chennai city FC and Mr. Rajkumar Regional General Manager, Kasturi & Sons,
graced the grand opening ceremony of the event on 2nd December 2019. Smt. Rajeshwari Satish presented the
Welcome address and Smt. Shanti Krishnamurthy introduced the guests and briefed regarding the procedures. 103
Children from CV MHSS Vadavalli and CV RS Puram presented a colourful display on the theme a ' Rising India'.
The winners of the event were Boys of CV Tripunithura and Girls of CV Anna Nagar. The Runners up were Boys of
MA CV Karaikudi and Girls of CV MHSS Vadavalli. The Best Players award was won by Shruti from CV Anna
Nagar and Satish Kumar of MA CV Karaikudi and Srijith of CV Tripunithura. Krishna Shiva Priya of Sri City CV
and Sunil from CVAnna Nagar won the “Best Goal Keeper” award.

Winner CV Anna Nagar girls team Winner CV Tripunithura boys team
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Vision Award 2019 - 20

The Chinmaya Vision Programme is the back bone of all the Chinmaya Vidyalayas and is the distinct constituent that
makes all Vidyalayas, Schools with a Difference. The Education Cell not just supports and monitors schools with the
implementation of the CVP periodically but also motivates them by awarding the schools with a CVP award and CVP
certificate. The proud recipient of the prestigious CVP award for 2019-20 was Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya,
Jamshedpur and the Vision Certificate has been bestowed on the Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro and Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Vadavalli CBSE. We congratulate and appreciate the schools for translating Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji's
holistic vision of education enshrined in CVP into a tangible reality. His Holiness Swami Swaroopanandaji, Head
Chinmaya Mission, world-wide, presented the Vision Award to Smt. Mina Wilkhu, Principal of Vidya Bharati
Chinmaya in the presence of the managing committee members of the School on Jan 10, 2020 in Michael John
Auditorium, Jamshedpur. During the inauguration of the Gyan Yagna at Bokaro on the 15th January 2020, the Vision
certificate was handed over by Pujya Swami Swaroopananda, Global Head, Chinmaya Mission. Shri. Biswarup
Mukhopadhyay, President, Shri. Mahesh Tripathi, Secretary of the Vidyalaya managing committee and Shri. A.K.Jha,
Principal I/c, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro together received the honour. On the 20th December 2019, Mukhya Swami
Swaroopanandaji awarded the vision certificate to Smt. Radha Srikanth, the Principal of CV Vadavalli CBSE during the
Youth international camp at CIRS.

Vision Award Vision Certificate Vision Certificate
VB CV Jamshedpur CV Bokaro CV CBSE Vadavalli Coimbatore

Report on Saarasvata Goshti (CBSE)

A seminar for the Sanskrit and Hindi teachers was organised by CCMT Education
Cell, from 6 - 10 December 2019 at CIRS. 108 teachers from 50 Vidyalayas, 3
Vision Schools and Two Brahmacharinis from Trinidad attended the seminar. The
inaugural session was presided by Smt. Gauri Mahulikar Dean and Vice
Chancellor of Chinmaya Vishwa Vidhayapeet and Swami Ramakrishnananda, the
camp acharya. Smt. Gauri, Swami Ramakrishnananda & Swami Anukoolananda
the Resident Director of CIRS conducted inspiring sessions for the delegates. The
seminar also included eminent speakers like Sri. Satya Kumar, Dr. Mahadevan
from IIMB, Dr. Prakash Boominathan from Ramachandra Medical College who enlightened the delegates on various
topics connected with the subject. There were sessions on CVP conducted by, Smt. Rajeshwari Satish Officiating Principal
of CIRS, Sri. Sajeev, Sri. Sripal, Smt. Sreeja, Smt. Meena Singh, Sri. Singh Batti, Sri. Parthiban and Sri. Ganesh, Faculty
Members of CIRS also conducted sessions on various aspects of CVP. Few of the delegates also got an opportunity to share
the best practices in Sanskrit & Hindi. Apart from this, Group discussions, Language related games and quizzes were
conducted by the CIRS faculty members. The Seminar was a great success as there was abundant learning and exchange of
ideas. Swami Ramakrishnananda kept the audience engaged through out with thought provoking presentations garnished
lavishly with humor. Participants also enjoyed a campfire on the 9th evening. On the last day, the delegates participated in
the Gaytri Havan guided by Br Sanatan Chaitanya, the spiritual guide CIRS.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK

Hari Om, Namaste!

It was the day after the last CBSE Class 10 exams when this
panicking announcement to close schools came in. The class 12
CBSE students are almost at the verge of finishing their exams, all
pending exams got postponed and this unforeseen situation of
COVID-19 stuck us. Schools had to abruptly shut down and
children were advised to stay indoors in their homes. But it was
heartening to see almost all schools, within a week rose up to the
situation and faculty members quickly adapted technology and
without exception all schools started conducting online classes. Our
sincere appreciations go to all the teachers.

Were just the academic inputs given? Stunning range of activities
have been conducted by our schools for children through online platforms. Yoga classes to teach asanas, Pranayama,
exercises, videos to watch sports activities, eye exercises and meditations. Online music classes, satsangs, art classes
on puppet making, art from scrap items etc etc. children have been guided to write poems, stories and schools also
got them published in social media. One of the schools guided children on handwriting exercises. Children have
prepared sanitizers, masks with the guidance of schools and have distributed in their neighborhood. Schools
encouraged children to participate in online quizzes and few have won prizes too. Teachers conducted online
Balvihar classes for children.

We are very proud of our star children who are serving the people risking their own life. We would like to make special
mention of our CV COVID warriors.

Ÿ Dr. Dhanya from CVAttukkal works for the Govt General Hospital Ernakulam. Dr. Prachi Singh
Ÿ Dr. Rajmadhangi from CIRS, works atApollo Hospital, Chennai.
Ÿ Dr. Priya Singh from CIRS, works at Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital, Chennai.
Ÿ Dr. Prachi Singh from CIRS, works at Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital, Chennai.
Ÿ Dr. Sashwat Joshi from CIRS, doing private practice at Mumbai.
Ÿ Dr. Kritika Krishnamurthy from CIRS, Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur.
Ÿ Dr. Vikram Chandrasekhar from CIRS, working at Surat.
Ÿ Dr. Sonam Sujnani from CIRS, working at hospital,Newyork.
Ÿ Dr. Rasika Subbiah from CIRS, works at Govt Hospital Theni.
Ÿ Dr. Richa from VB CV Jamshedpur works at Lady Hardinge Hospital, New Delhi.
Ÿ Dr.Anubha dev from VB CV works at PGIMER at Chandigarg.
Ÿ Dr. Rajkumar from CV Begumpet works at Yashodo hospital.
Ÿ Dr. Sanjana from CV Begumpet doing PG at Osmania medical college.
Ÿ Dr.Abhilash B Menon, Dr.Aiswarya Suresh and Dr.LaxmiAravind

all from CV Tripunithura, work for the Govt General Hospital, Ernakulam.

It is indeed a matter of pride for us that all of them are working in hospitals and are currently providing care to the
Corona patients. All are working in the COVID 19 wards performing sampling tests, addressing issues of patients,
coordinating with the patients and Senior Physicians and maintaining adequate medical supplies etc.

We are very proud of our children who have dedicated themselves for a noble cause risking themselves!! KUDOS to
them!!

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We also would like to acknowledge some of our children and staff who
are extending support in their own way. Few have voluntarily taken up
duty in select stations to screen person crossing districts, few are
collecting medicines to the needy, few are engaged in making masks
and distributing, one student is engaged in providing food for a poverty
stuck place in Jharkand, every day ever since the lock down period
started.

Smt. Shanti Krishnamurthy,
Director, CCMT Education cell.

CCMT EDUCATION CELL COLLABORATES...

CCMT Education cell coordinated activities with the Chinmaya Vidyalayas and the vision schools and engaged the
teachers and Children into lot of useful programs during the Lockdown period:

1. Ramayana Games Smt. Priya Sarin, the co-founder and editor of The Students Digest, shared her e-book " The
Ramayana Games" for the Chinmaya Vidyalaya students. Children enjoyed reading it.

2. 50 Best Books for Children: Mr. Kartik, director, Books@Campus, uploaded 50 of the story books in you tube and
offered it exclusively for the Chinmaya Vidyalaya students.

3.Online English courses by British Council:

Ÿ LanguageAssessment in the Classroom: The course guided teachers for managing classroom assessment.
Ÿ Understanding Language: This course offered an introduction to some key concepts in the effective teaching and

learning of languages. Both courses were offered free For Chinmaya Vidyalayas. Good number of teachers
benefited registering for the same.

4. English Score tests by British council: The teachers could upgrade their English language skills by taking an
English score test which was offered free exclusively for the Chinmaya Vidyalaya’s. 1000 Chinmaya Vidhyalaya and
Vision School teachers across the country from our Chinmaya Schools got certified.

5.Swami Mitrananda talks to children: A couple of videos of Swami Mitrananda’s address during the cool camps
on handling social media was shared with our students and children enjoyed listening to them.

6.Math teaching for the primary level: Maths teachers got an opportunity to attend the Singapore Math Expert
Andrew Jeffrey ‘s seminar on bar modelling.About 50 of our maths teachers benefited attending the seminar.

7.Zoom Meeting with Dr. Manoj Ramachandran, MD Ophthalmology Consultant at KG Hospital
Coimbatore: Dr. Manoj is a senior Ophthalmologist who addressed the Principals of our Chinmaya Vidyalayas and
Vision Schools on the eye care measures for children while taking zoom classes.

8.Math and Science Workshop for CV Teachers to augment digital
Teaching: Two separate workshops were conducted by a team of
teachers from CIRS on the online resources for teaching using the
Microsoft team’s platform on the 20th and 22nd May. The science
workshop was conducted by Mr.Ganesh and Mr.Satish while the
mathematics workshop was conducted by Mrs.Saranya and
Mrs.Bhuvaneshwari. 75 Vidyalayas and 9 Vision Schools participated
with 160 science teachers and 135 Maths teachers.

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CVP Training session for Swami's and Brahmacharies of Kerala at Palakkad

A comprehensive CVP Training Programme was conducted by Smt. Shanti
Krishnamurthy, Director CCMTEC and Swami Anukoolananda, Zonal
Director CCMTEC on the 11th and 12th March 2020 at Palakkad Chinmaya
Mission Center.

Pujya Swami Viviktanandaji welcomed the Faculty. Swami Anukoolananda
conducted the physical, intellectual, cultural and spiritual development and
Smt. Shanti Krishnamurthy gave training on Mental development,
Patriotism, universal outlook. There were 9 Swami's and 5 Brahmacharies
who attended and benefitted from this camp.

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