CONCERT in association with TANSCOPE Government of Tamil Nadu have organised various contests (Elocution, Essay writing, Drawing and Special Drawing) among 8th, 9th and 11th standard students studying in High and Higher Secondary Schools of Chennai District. All the contests were held at 3 levels. The first level school level was held in 107 schools and 5100 students participated. In the second zonal level, 238 students from 85 schools participated. The final Chennai city level contests
will be held on 27th February, 2015, 10.30 am at Chennai Boys Higher Secondary School, 112, Kodambakkam Salai, Saidapet.
The titles for the contest are as follows:-
• Elocution Contest: Title A reported Consumer redressal case
• Drawing Contest: Title Prevention of air pollution
• Essay Writing Contest: Title Safe Drinking water
• Special Drawing Contest: Title Clean India
Best entries from drawing and special drawing contests would be displayed for observation of viewers.
Seminar titled “STUDENTS AS CONSUMERS” will also be held on the same day from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm followed by the award and certificate distribution function.
Date: 27.2.2015
Venue: Chennai Boys Hr. Sec School, No.112, Kodambakkam Salai Saidapet
Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, IAS, Commissioner for Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection and Smt. P.Ramana Saraswathy, Joint Commissioner for Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection would
be attending the functions. Eminent speakers representing parent, teacher, consumer activist and government officials would address the gathering on the seminar title “Students as Consumers”. Best drawings of the students has been displayed at the venue. Board of Trustees: Mr.R.Desikan, Chairman Emeritus; Mr.K.Krishna Kumar, Director, Avon Solutions & Logistics PVT Ltd; Chairman and Managing Trustee – Mrs.Nirmala Desikan; r.N.Gopalaswami, I.A.S Retd, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, New Delhi; Mr.S.Radhakrishnan, Industrialist & Consultant, Chennai; Mr.P.K.Ranganathan, Deputy Director General (Retd), Geological Survey of India, New Delhi; Dr.S.Rajagopalan, Scientist (Retd), Govt of India, Ministry of Food & Agri, New Delhi; Mr.K.Ramachandran, Chartered Accountant, Formerly GM, L&T Construction Group, International Services; Mr.S.Ramani, Director (Retd), Hewlett Packard, USA; Mr.S.Sainath, Joint Managing Director (Retd) MTC, Chennai; Mr.Srinivasan K.Swamy, Chairman & Managing Director, Mr.R.K.Swamy BBDO Pvt Ltd, Chennai; Mr.R.Santhanam, I.A.S (Rtd), Formerly Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu.