A Must Read - "My Magical School" by Dr. Abhay Bang

This article is written by Dr. Abhay Bang in which he is sharing his experience studying at Nayee Taleem School set up by Mahatma Gandhi on how he studied mathematics not sitting in class but by constructing a water tank in school's cowshed, how they learnt cooking nutritious food by themselves by cooking in school kitchen in a very limited budget etc.
You will love this article, do read it when you get time.
Dr. Abhay Bang is a social activist and researcher in the field of community health. I am sharing with you the PDF of the article and also the digital copy the booklet.

https://archive.org/details/MyMagicalSchool-English-Dr.AbhayBang


http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/magic-school-eng-drbang.pdf

Information Courtesy: Ms. Navyatha Uchil
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Celebration of Reading Inspiration Day 2017 - Report

The Library of St. Francis Institute of Technology celebrated 15^th October 2015 as the Reading Inspiration Day for the first time.

The former President of India, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam 's birth anniversary is observed as 'Vaachan Prerna Din' (Reading Inspiration Day) across Maharashtra, every year. The key objective of the initiative is to ensure that students get inspired by the late Dr. Kalam's distinguished life.

About Dr. Kalam:

Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980 and made India an exclusive member of Space Club.
In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam's books - "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become household names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad. These books have been translated in many Indian languages.

Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions. He has been awarded the coveted civilian awards - Padma Bhushan (1981) and Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997). He is a recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institutions.

Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.

Reading helps everyone to grow mentally, emotionally & psychologically & open the doors of new knowledge to enlighten the mind. 

As part of the celebrations, the Learning and Information Resource Centre (Central Library) initiated a few activities as outlined below:

1) Take Away of Books

2) Take Away of CDs

3) Book Exhibition

 

1) Book Exhibition: In-House book exhibition was organized on the Theme was Biographies and Autobiographies to make our library users aware of the wide variety of books in this genre. Most of the books authored by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam were borrowed by students on the spot.

 

2) Take Away of Books: 240 books donated by gracious people to our library were kept for Pick and Choose for our enthusiastic readers. 188 books were taken by them.

 

3) Take Away of Book Bank books: 7 out of 8 Book Bank books were taken by students for study purposes.

 

4) Take Away of CDs: 242 CDs out of 251 CDs were taken by students thus making this event a huge success.

 

Chinmayee Bhange

Librarian