7th Vardhapan din
of Vidyadaan Sahayyak Mandal, Thane.
VSM students from various places
of Maharashtra had gathered today at Sahyog Mandir Hall at 1 pm. They were
asked to introduce themselves. Then they were asked to give a name of a person
who inspires them and why ?
The main program started at 3.30
. Pankaj Chavan and Kavita Bidwe did the compeering of the program.
1) Eight
students under the guidance of Jyoti Deshkar sang ‘Tu budhdhi de’.
2) Bhau
Nanivadekar gave the overview of VSM activities in the last
year.
Now VSM has
nearly 170 students pursuing BA, BCOM, Medical, Engineering,Nursing etc. So far
seventy students have completed studies with the help of VSM . Last year 3rd
branch of VSM was opened at Borivali and 4th branch was opened at
Pune. VSM used 94% of its funds for its students.‘Caring friends’ organization has given a donation of twenty lakhs to VSM .
3) Karyakarta Manogat - Swati Agate shared the views of Karyakartas or volunteers.
She told that
they spend their own money to collect donations. Number of volunteers keep on
increasing with the word of mouth.
Some of the
functions of volunteers are – Admission, account keeping, hostel
management,conducting various workshops and competitions , English language
improvement ,help desk,library,website updation,ahwaal collection and bulletin.
Some volunteers take the role of palak karyakarta where student is given one
palak according to his branch of study and interests.
4) Vandana
Shirke gave a Vote of thanks .
5) Vidyarthi
Manogat - 3 students shared their views
about VSM.
Vishal Raikar
– Palya of Nivedita Joshi who is 2nd year engineering student told
that student activity of ‘Be Frank’ helped him a lot to get information about
various subjects. Students get not only funds but also various skills like
English speaking, communication , interview techniques etc.
Sayli Kadam
– She is studying in 3rd year of computer diploma. She feels that
programs like ‘Be Frank’ and ‘Vividh gundarshan’ motivate them to develop and
display new skills. Her whole family is motivated by VSM , even her father is
completing his graduation.
Alfiyaaz
Jawale - Due to various
reasons she failed in 12th std. and was very much depressed after
that. But her palak Nilima Mehta and Swati Agte gave her support and arranged
for her medical help. She then comlpeted a computer course.
When she
appeared for Dept . of Post exam Geeta Shah of VSM accompanied her and
helped her to remain calm. She has learned now that not only destination but efforts
are equally important .
6) ‘Meenatai
patankar purskar’ were given
thereafter. Suhasini Thakur gave information about these students.
Sewavrati -
Diksha Dinde ( Collecting donations for disabled, helping earthquake
victims of Nepal)
Sewavrati - Vaibhav
Sonawane ( conducting workshop for Dr.Kolhe and RTI)
Sewadharmi
– Rohit Devkar (conducts free hobby classes and 10th ,12th
classes)
Sewadharmi –Madhuri
Mengal ( Cleanliness drive,free English teaching to students)
Sewabhavi -
Nilesh Harad ( Cleanliness drive,
distribution of sweets to adiwasis during Diwali)
7) Vishesh
Kautuk – Special prizes
Anjali
Pednekar announced these prizes and mentioned special achievements of these
students.
Pankaj Chavan
– Boy from small village Khed, he has won 14 prizes during the year in
Streetplay, Drama ,elocution,debate etc.
Darshana
Saple - Studying in Thakur college of engineering , she secured 9.55
percentile and
is the holder of Sir Dorabjee Tata scholarship.
Sairam
Majgaokar – In C.S. foundation course entrance exam he secured 9th
rank.
8) Adarsh
Palak puraskar – (Ideal Parent) Chitralekha
Dinde
Anita
Mehendale introduced Chitralekha Dinde who is mother of Diksha Dinde.
Diksha is
disabled from birth (now her disability is 84%). She carries Diksha everywhere strapped
on her 2 wheeler and waits outside for her. Diksha completed her B.Com. with
70% marks and is now doing MA in history. She received best cadet award during
UPSC preparatory course.
9) Dhanashree
Ketkar introduced well known writer Dr. Anil Awachat who was the
chief guest of the function. He is doctor by education, writer, journalist, editor
by profession , trusty of Muktangan Vyasanmukti Kendra, he is also fond of
drawing, photography, origami, woodcarving, flute etc
10) Geeta
Shah interviewed Dr. Anil Awchat. He
said that we should allow our children to lead their life by their
choice, but not at the cost of others. He also said that
he never advises anyone, but children should learn how to accept the defeat and insult gracefully and how to control one’s anger. He sang melodious
bhajan in the end.
11) Veglya
watecha shodh – searching new frontiers .
Here 3 palaks
told us about how they helped their wards .
Subodh
Jathar(palak) And Vaibhav Sonawane
(ward)
From the age of
7 he started writing,participating in elocution . When Subodh Jathar met him 2
years back he started giving him books and discussing with him.
He wants to be
political writer/analyst to be able to influence the whole world.
Jyoti Shaha
(Palak) and Namrata Salunke (ward)
Namrata lost her
husband and has 2 kids . She has done BA but was unable to get good job. So she
decided to pursue nursing. Jyoti met her in-laws and children also and gave a
lot of support and encouragement.
Varsha
Joshi(Palak) and Suraj Telangi(ward)
To become
collector was his childhood dream. He wants to become IAS officer. He feels that to
change the system one has to be part of it. He said system is static but
dynamic people(like me) can change it. He is doing MA in JNU. He keeps on
reading for 14 hours , skips lunch to avoid feeling sleepy. Varsha keeps on
telling him about good manners , cleanliness etc. so that the world can not say
bad things about him.
12) Documentary
made by Laukik Joshi on Journey of VSM was shown.
13) Rahul
Bhalke on behalf of students who have passed out from VSM, handed
over
‘Krutadnyata Nidhi’ to VSM (Bhau Nanivadekar) as a token of
gratitude.
14) Past
students who conduct ‘Be Frank’ namely Karan Pardesi, Anand Sapate,
Prathmesh Tayade and Aniket Raut were
given special prizes.
Report By – Dhanashree Ketkar
