Amitasha students mesmerize audience during their Annual Day performance!

Gurgaon, May 16, 2018: In order to spread the message of equality and welfare of the girl child, Amity celebrated the Annual Day function of Amitasha (a school for the less privileged girl children) based on the theme ‘Sandesh Tarang’.

Amitasha has served as a powerful tool for the unprivileged girls to live their life with love, respect, and dignity. The Founder President of Amity Dr Ashok K Chauhan, Chairperson of Amity International Schools, Dr Mrs Amita Chauhan, Ms Geeta Pandey, Distinguished Guest (Editor, India Women and Social Affairs, BBC News online, BBC News) and many other prominent dignitaries from all walks of life including Padma Bhushan Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan, a choreographer, guru and exponent of Bharatanatyam were present during the occasion.

The theme of the function was ‘Sandesh Tarang’, wherein girls from Amitasha performed a dance drama divided into short stories adapted from Hitopadesh where each story had a takeaway message in the end for the audience like friendship, equality, courtesy and etiquettes.

The audience was spell bound by their fabulous performance on stage. The girls of Amitasha exhibited confidence, pride and exuberance while presenting themselves in front of the large gathering present at the occasion. Dressed in colourful attires, their faces were lit up with joy and gratitude as they shared their journey with Amistasha and how they have transformed from unprivileged girls to better, confident, educated and accomplished individuals who are ready to take on the world. Although they are provided education in Hindi, but the girls confidently compered the function in fluent English and proved that the language is not a barrier to their learning. The parents of the girls were beaming with happiness and felt proud seeing their captivating performance in front of such a large audience.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Chauhan thanked everyone for their presence which she stressed, will go a long way in motivating Amitasha girls. She emphasized that it is very important to nurture girls with good values and ethics as they are the backbones of their families. She mentioned that Amitasha believes in instilling righteousness, good values and hard work in all the students. Motivating the students, Dr. (Mrs.) Chauhan remarked that Amitasha students have enormous potential as they secure higher percentage in board exams than some of the privileged ones since they have the will and enthusiasm to study. She also mentioned that due to Amity’s teach beyond classrooms approach, these students excel in all walks of life.

Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President of Amity Education Group, remarked that the thought behind Amitasha is extraordinary as educating one girl child means educating many others. He also urged the audience to take out some time from their everyday life and contribute towards social good.

Distinguished guest of the evening, Ms Geeta Pandey said that she is extremely happy to be a part of such a wonderful event. She made an appeal to all the parents in audience to let their girl child study for as long as possible as good education would make them independent and will also empower them to fulfill their dreams. She also said that students of Amitasha are the future of India and world and that they are our hope for a better tomorrow.

Dr Mrs Amita Chauhan felicitated all the donors of Amitasha who had whole heartedly contributed towards the noble cause of ‘educating the girl child.’

Students of Amitasha were also awarded with trophies for their excellence in terms of results, discipline, punctuality and neatness etc. Anushka Mishra, a class 12 student was declared as the Best All-Rounder student and was conferred upon with Dr. (Mrs) Asha Bhargava Memorial Award for her academic excellence, sincerity, discipline and diligence.

Receiving the award, Anushka expressed her gratitude towards Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Chauhan for providing her opportunities and access to quality education which has helped her in becoming a better and more capable individual. Feeling confident about herself, Anushka expressed her aspiration to become a psychologist in future and help other unprivileged girls in shaping their futures.