Winners of essay competition felicitated

Updated on: Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Tata Group recognized the city level winners from the South Zone (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry) of the 5th annual ‘Tata Building India School Essay Competition - 2010-11, at The Russian center of Science & Culture, Chennai.

The winners were selected from a competitive pool of students through 15 city level competitions conducted in 4 cities for English and 13 cities for Tamil.

The English edition was held across Chennai, Coimbatore, Cochin and Trivandrum with 175 schools participating while the Tamil edition was held across Chennai, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Pondicherry, Trichy, Dindigul, Madurai, Tirunelvelli   Nagerkoil, Villupuram, Thiruvanamalai, Coimbatore and Salem with 425 schools participating, attracting a total of over 3.5 lakh students.

Mr. P. Aravindan- Vice Chancellor, Dr. M.G.R. Educational & Research Institute, the chief guest of the awards ceremony  gave away trophies and gift certificates to the winners.

The winning essays at the city level will be further judged by a prominent jury for national level recognition.

Conducted for two categories Junior and Senior, the theme of the essay competition was ‘Poverty reduction.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. P. Aravindan, said, “This is a good platform for young students to hone their skills. This will go a long way in nurturing young talent and assist them to become strong contenders to represent the country at international level. I urge more companies to take up this initiative as our young generation is the future of our country”.

Tata Building India School Essay Competition is a unique initiative undertaken by the Tata group of companies to motivate the youth of India towards thinking about nation building. The essay competition provides a unique platform to encourage young leaders of tomorrow to showcase their expressions in writing, on a host of subjects related to nation building.

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