Kolkata :

Children achieve more when they race, not with their peers but with themselves and stay ahead of their aspirations. Keeping this in mind, Times NIE has always opened a whole new world of knowledge for students, where learning is fun and education redefined. And the Time NIE Student of the Year Award 2014 will be held on Saturday to take this philosophy to the next level.

As many as 111 students from schools in and across the city will be felicitated with the Times NIE Student of the Year Award. This includes schools from Durgapur and Siliguri as well.

The awards are being presented jointly by The Times of India and JIS Group Educational Initiatives. It recognizes students whose achievements span academics, sports, conduct, leadership and service to their school and community.

Schools had been requested to nominate one student from Class XII based on criteria that included ‘Academic’ (achieved scholastically across a range of subjects), ‘Attitude’ (willing to help others; makes selfless contributions), ‘Personal Conduct’ (exemplary at all times), ‘Leadership’ (a role model for other students), ‘Service’ (participates fully in school and community activities) and ‘Sports’ (represents the school without necessarily being a champion).

The awards will be presented at a ceremony to be held at Town Hall on Saturday, 12 noon onwards.

A galaxy of personalities will be present to hand over the awards to the winners. Writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen, British Council director (east) Sujata Sen, actor Rituparna Sengupta, fashion designer Agnimitra Paul, painter Wasim Kapoor, percussionist Pandit Tanmoy Bose, cardiologist Kunal Sarkar and lawyer Tamal Mukherjee will hand over the awards.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kolkata / TNN / July 16th, 2014