India Habitat Centre, New Delhi - August 14 2013

New Delhi – 14th August, 2013: A grand event was organised by SUBHAG FOUNDATION at India Habitat Centre on Independence Day eve to mark its launch, in the form of Prize Distribution Ceremony of its first Poster Design Competition which is proposed to be an annual event. The poster design competition had the themes like “My beautiful India”, “India of my dreams” and “My vision of India in 2023” for different age groups. The Ceremony was attended by well-known academicians, medical and corporate professionals. The Chief Guest of the ceremony was Dr (Mrs.) Shayama Chona, Padma Shree and Padma Bhushan awardee. In her address she advised that the people associated with charity organisations should not think that they are givers instead what you receive in terms of satisfaction and happiness when you see smile on a child’s face is much more precious. Other eminent guests present were veteran educationist Mrs.Lata Vaidyanathan, Principal Modern School Barakhamba Raod, New Delhi and Mrs. Archana Pantel from DPS Vasant Vihar.

The event included performance by the SUBHAG Foundation children. The confidence enthusiasm and happiness these children reflected in their performance was amazing, one could easily see the transformation of these kids within few months of very positive approach of ‘learning with fun’ by Subhag teachers. These children eagerly wait for and love to come to Subhag Learning Centre. The programme also included performance by Nehru World School children, a Shriram Stuti by Chitrakshi Kashyap and education and health related talks. Hence both the components of the SUBHAG Foundation programme, i.e. education and healthcare were covered through this event.

The response to the poster design competition was also overwhelming. Subhag foundation received thousands of entries from various schools in Dehli, NCR and neighbouring states. Mrs Jyoti Mahajan, Mrs Madhu Vasudevan and Mrs Priti Ojha, the judges for the competition, were amazed at the creativity and the vision of participants as the 1500 plus posters were judged on their concept, caption and design as parameters. It was a pleasure to announce the results to the winners who gave ecstatic reactions like”Is it really me?” and “Oh my God!” The first prize winners, who also got awarded as ‘Subhagians of the year’ are Janmay Awasthi from Brain International School in the primary category, Chhavi Aggarwal from Hans Raj Model School Punjabi Bagh and Bhavya Aggarwal from St Thomas School, Mandir Marg in the middle and secondary groups respectively. The trophy for the school with maximum entries was won by DRV DAV Public School, Phillaur, Punjab and the one with maximum prize winners went to to Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh.

SUBHAG Foundation is a not for profit organization working, as the acronym reads, towards Social Uplifting and Building Healthcare At Grassroots. The organization works on the social and life skills development of children from the underprivileged section of the society. SUBHAG Foundation is a Trust registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882. The Trustees of the Foundation are senior professionals in the corporate sector as well as medical professionals. The Foundation aspires to help expand the potential of each child that associates with it, as well as gradually expand the scope and reach of the Foundation’s activities and programs across the country. This vision of the Foundation is implemented through academic support programs, regular medical check-ups and health camps, social awareness lectures/talks, at Learning Centres termed as Subhag Shiksha Kendras. The first of the Shiksha Kendra has 33 students enrolled and many more waiting for their turn!