Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj, in its true tradition of fostering independent thinking all round development of the child?s personality, organized an interactive session on the 8th of April 2004. The guest speaker for the programme was none other than the dynamic Dr Chandan Mitra Editor, Pioneer.
The school Principal Shri Vinay Kumar in his welcome address talked of the qualities of humility, dedication and hardwork, which go into sculpting the true personality of an individual. He also talked of how Dr. Mitra, a man of many accomplishments had dedicated twenty years in the field of journalism and today stood as a stalwart and a mentor for many.
Dr. Mitra in the ninety minute session discussed a plethora of topics ? which ranged from validity of readership surveys, investigative journalism, cricket as religion to the ideal education system.
He discussed in detail the lacunas faced by this country ? be it lack of institution building, no collective thinking or a regimented society.
After a truly thought provoking session the school Vice Head Boy Karam Malhotra proposed the Vote of Thanks. |