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2018 Nipun

Grab life by the horns: Prasad Deole

The session by Mr Prasad Deole, an adventure tourism entrepreneur on ‘My work, My Life’ was an exhilarating account of a journey of success. The session was a truly electrifying experience, testified the camp participants unanimously. According to Gayathri, the experience was like “Being in a lab with a professor to see demonstrations of Gita’s […]

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2018 Nipun

Think and grow rich: A session on passionate, professional approach towards work

In this session on ‘My work, My life’, Mr. K. Nandakumar, founder & CEO of SunTec technologies spoke of his philosophy for life and success. The technology evangelist with more than two decades of experience under his belt shared his insights with the participants of Gitamritam Nipun 2018. Even though the session was ‘too technical […]

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A world through his lens: My Life My Passion -C Radhakrishnan

Celebrity photographer Shri C Radhakrishnan spoke about his life and passion to the Gitamritam campers. He started his talk with a slideshow of some photographs. He spoke of how his young son gave him suggestions for creating videos on Youtube. He said that he is here to learn from youngsters and that learning should never stop […]

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Love for law & order: My Life My Passion – Vinod Kumar Pandey

Shri Vinod Kumar Pandey enthralled the young audience with anecdotes from his life and shared his passion. He started the session by asking the youngsters “What is life? Who do we owe our life to?”He said that parents are God for each of us, and we owe everything to them and must take care of […]

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Love for Surgery: My Life My Passion – Dr Mohit Sharma

Dr. Mohit Sharma Clinical Professor. Specialist in for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Surgery, Ear Reconstruction, from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences spoke about his life and passion. Dr Sharma started with his experiences in school. He said that all through his life he always wanted to improve and do something better. Through an anecdote from […]

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Love for Science : My Life My Passion – AP Jayaram

Dr A. P. Jayaraman, a world-renowned scientist from BARC and a passionate science communicator shared his life and his passion for science with the campers. His interaction was filled with interesting and humorous anecdotes from his life. He started by showing a picture of himself with Stephen Hawking, and humorously referring to how he was […]

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Dance is my religion : My Life My Passion – Haleem Khan

The Kuchipudi dancer and actor Shri Haleem Khan enthralled the Bala audience with his fascinating life. The session started with a short and wonderful promo of his dance and his life. “Born into a conservative family, Haleem Khan demonstrated that art is beyond religion and creed“. Introducing his journey of life, he said: “For me […]

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Prasad Deole

Mr Prasad Deole, an adventure tourism entrepreneur had an exhilarating account of a journey of success. Back in 1998, it was an outright irrational idea to invest in an adventure sports and outbound training centre as no one in India had tried such a task earlier. Definitely, it was a venture full of risk and […]

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What Samadhan a 15 year girl Renu Singh can give?

Adv. Renu Singh had a very humorous and filmy childhood story. She shared with the children the mischievous pranks she played in the earlier days of her life and her journey of Samadhan has started. The turning point of her life happened at the age of fifteen when she stopped at a petrol pump in […]

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Love for Traditional Medicine

My Life My Passion: Love for Traditional Medicine by Dr P Ram ManoharDr P Ram Manohar spoke on June 8, 2013, during the My Life, My Passion session. He told the audience that passion for truth will lead one to success. Touching upon health and well-being he said that health is not the absence of […]

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My Life My Passion: In the footsteps of Sri Ram – Dr Ram Avatar Sharma

Dr Ram Avatar Sharma gave an inspiring talk during the My Life, My Passion session on 7th June 2013. Sharmaji demonstrated from the experiences that he shared that there is no work which is impossible, and also that if we have passion, we can achieve any heights. He taught the audience that, to attain perfection, […]

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Love for Compost: My Life, My Passion – Peter Ash

On June 6, 2013, Peter Ash told campers that service to nature is the rent you pay for your room here on earth, and hence it is high time that we get back to living in harmony with nature. He taught the audience about organic farming and about how it helps in the growth of […]

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Love for the hearts: Dr R Krishna Kumar

Dr Krishna Kumar spoke to the campers during the My Life, My Passion session on June 5, 2013. In this talk, he urged the audience to accept challenges in life. He said it is important to be constantly challenged in life because it stimulates changes and hence keeps us alive. He added that learning is […]

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My Life My Passion: Love for Neurons – Dr Shyam Diwakar

During the session, My Life My Passion on June 4th 2013, Dr Shyam Diwakar spoke to the audience and gave a clear picture on neuropsychology and neuroscience. He explained further the mathematical modelling of cerebellar granule neurons and their network properties. He also elaborated the analogy of computational process with the human brain and the […]

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My Life, My Passion: Love for Law & Order -Sundari Nanda IPS

On June 3rd 2013 Sundari Nanda I.P.S, interacted with the students during the My Life, My Passion session. Her key message to the campers was to hold their faith and believe in the divine power. She said that faith is the most valuable thing in life. She emphasized the need to have a clear goal […]

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My Life, My Passion: Love for Dance -Sudha Chandran

Sudha Chandran spoke to the campers in the My life, My Passion session on 2nd June 2013. In her inspiring talk, she spoke about the need to believe in oneself, and to have faith and never give up, even when life puts us at stake. She urged the audience to fight when struggles come in […]

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My Life, My Passion: Love for the Plants – Dr P Pushpangadan

Padmashree Prof Dr.Palpu Pushpangadan gave a session to the campers about scientific research. Quoting from his long experience, he demonstrated that learning never stops and is a never-ending process. He told the children that consistent efforts will help to achieve the goal. He explained that if one has passion one must be ready to go […]

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My Life, Passion: Love for the Law and Order – Sundari Nanda IPS

Sundari Nanda I.P.S,  gave a motivational talk to the campers. She advised the campers to have full faith in God, and be brave and face challenges. Through anecdotes from her life, she taught them not to turn a deaf ear and be blind when public issues need to be tackled. She explained that one can […]

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My Life My Passion: Love for the Society -Praveen Patkar

Pravin Patkar, Founder-Director of Prerana gave a session on “Tribal Bondage”. He awakened the children’s minds to the issues of Tribal Bondage, specifically how the Karakari Tribals are purchased to do seasonal work in charcoal making and in agriculture, and how he walked over 400 km and ventured to rescue the bonded tribal children. He […]

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My Life, My Passion: Love for Dance – Methil Devika

Methil Devika gave a lecture Demonstration on traditional dance form of Kerala – Mohiniyattam. Through her speech and beautiful expressions and demonstrations of the dance form, she taught the children to see divinity all around them. She spoke about her journey that started with a fall, about her passion and she told that children that […]

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My Life My Passion: Love for Butterflies – Balakrishna Vallapil

Balakrishna Vallapil addressed the children about his passion for butterflies. He conveyed that there are 17000 species of butterflies around the world of which, 1250 species are in India; 335 species of butterflies in the Western Ghats. He along with his teammates found the 335th species, which was added to the index two months back. […]

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My Life, My Passion: Love for the Gender – Lakshmi Tripathi

Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi gave an inspirational session to children about “Transgenders” and removed the misconceptions about them. She taught them to never make fun of people especially those who are a little different, and that they also have a right to education, all that society offers and to be given their due. The children were […]

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My Life, My Passion: Love for tribal community – Dr Sanjeev Vasudevan & Dr Ajitha Kumari

Dr. Sanjeev Vasudevan, working at Pain & Palliative Department at Amrita Institute of Medical Science, gave a session on his work on “Upliftment of the tribal people of Wyanad”. During his session he emphasized the need for simple living, limiting one’s needs and to have high thinking. He asked the children to develop values like […]

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My Life My Passion: Love for Swimming – Akhilesh Matti Rajakyla

Akhilesh Matti Rajakyla is National Swimming Champion from Finland and participant in 2004 Athens & 2008 Beijing Olympics. Almost a hundred National level medals in Swimming and three National Records. Akhilesh shared his experiences as a young schoolboy at Helsinki’s sports high school, where he lived by himself, practising, attending school, doing homework, cooking and […]

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Waste Management – Workshop by Mahita

The waste management session began with an interesting introductory session by Mahita from the USA where the value, cost and origin of any product is taught to assess.Children were made to segregate biodegradable waste from non-biodegradable and stressed upon sustainable development. Composting session from organic waste was enjoyed by the children. Mahita demonstrated how our […]