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Jal Erach Dastur Students’ Annual Day celebration was organised on Saturday, 26th May 2012 at the Navinbhai Thakkar Auditorium of Shri Vile Parle Gujarati Mandal, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai-400057.
The event commenced with Saraswati Vandana followed by welcome address by President Pradip Thanawala. Chairman Mayur Nayak commended the efforts put in by students in organising this event. He briefed about various activities of the students undertaken by the BCAS. He welcomed the Key Note Speaker Padmashri T. N. Manoharan, past president of the ICAI. The key-note speaker made a very inspiring presentation with the help of Power point. The topic was ‘Transcending the challenges’. The talk was motivational and inspirational. He touched upon various topics such as values of life, setting goals, managing time, putting hard work, focusing on the career, sacrificing unimportant things and distractions, keeping physical, emotional and mental balance, maintaining highest standards in profession, etc. There were three competitions, namely Essay Writing, Elocution and Quiz.
1. Essay competition
46 students took part in the Essay competition; three essays were selected for printing in the BCA journal. The judges for the Essay Competition were Mihir Sheth, core group member and member of the HR Committee, Vipin Batavia, Past President of the Chamber of Tax Consultant and member of the HR Committee and Sangeeta Pandit, core group member. The winners were (1) Rohan Shah (2) Rushab Vora (3) Chhaya Joshi 2. Elocution competition The Elocution Competition was organised under the auspices of Smt. Chandanben Maganlal Bhatt Foundation. Mukesh Bhatt from the said Foundation graced the occasion and presented trophies to the winners. 31 students took part in the Elocution competition. After the elimination round, finally eight participants competed on the Annual Day for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions. It was a close competition as all of them did a good job. The judges for the elimination round of Elocution competition were, Ashok Solanki, Aliasgar Kherodawala and Vijay Bhatt. The judges for the final round were TV actor Sumeet Raghavan, Rajesh Muni, Past President and Stanny Pinto, an academician.
The winners of the Elocution competition were:
- First Prize – Utsav Shah – Rashmin Sanghvi & Associates
- Second Prize – Shweta Agarwal
- Third Prize -Shweta Mishra – PHD & Associates
3. Quiz competition 45 students took part in the Quiz competition. Four teams comprising two students each were selected for the final round. The Quiz competition was hosted by the Ashish Fafadia in his inimitable style. He made even the audience to participate in the quiz.
The winners of the Quiz competition were:
- First – Murtaza Bootwala – B.D. Jokhakar & Co.- Prize Riken Patel C.M. Gabhawala & Co.
- Second – Ashish Shukla – M.B. Nayak & Co.Prize Ashwini Shah M.B. Nayak & Co.
- Third – Bhuma Iyer -R.R. Muni & Co. Prize Sonal Pilwankar R.R. Muni & Co.
This year more than 400 students registered and about 50 principals and parents witnessed the talent presented by students. The event was compered by Shweta Agarwal and Nishad Vora and was well supported by Khusboo Shah. The event concluded with a sumptuous and delicious dinner.
Students left for home with lots of learning, fun and rich experience.
