11.08.2019 QUEST-2019 QUIZ COMPETITION ON “FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY, ATOM, AND WHAT IS INSIDE THE ATOM”

We, at L N Charitable Trust, feel extremely gratified to have successfully held our 5^th Annual Quiz Competition for Matriculation and CBSE schools yesterday, the 10^th August, 2019. The topic of the Quiz program for this year was “FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY, ATOM, AND WHAT IS INSIDE THE ATOM.” As this subject is introduced to the school students only at their higher secondary levels, we decided to get the students involved with this interesting subject at the middle school level itself. This should help the students in accelerated learning of advanced subjects.

Objective of our competitions is to encourage rural students seek knowledge, exhibit their talents and skills, and sharpen their competitive spirit.

We worked hard in contacting several schools in and around Tenkasi. We reached out to schools located as far as Sivakasi on the Northeast including Rajapalayam, Sankarankoil and Cheranmahadevi on the Southeast.

I compiled a 120-page E-book titled: “I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT … FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY, ATOM, AND WHAT IS INSIDE THE ATOM” and gave this free of cost to the schools for helping their students prepare for the Quiz.

Actually, this competition was to be held on 10^th November 2018. During that time, some 22 schools gave their consent to participate in the Quiz competition. However, we could not hold it as planned due to our urgent foreign travel and stay overseas for a long time. We promised to the schools that we would hold it as soon as we return back to India.

We were back in Tenkasi on 26^th June 2019 and straightaway plunged into preparing for the Quiz competition as promised. However, only 12 schools reconfirmed their participation. The competition was held on Saturday, the 10^th August 2019 at M K V K Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tenkasi. Ten schools, 28 teams, 81 students actually participated in the Quiz Competition.

6 best teams from 6 different schools were chosen to participate in the Oral Quiz, after a preliminary, screening Written Quiz.

Bharat Vidya Mandir, Ilanji won the first prize of a cash award of Rs.3000

Bharat Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ilanji won the second prize of a cash award of Rs.2250

Hayagriva International School, Perianaickenpatti, Sivakasi won the third prize of a cash award of Rs.1500

The other three teams from 1) Wisdom Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kadayanallur 2) Sri Chinmaya PAC Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Rajapalayam and 3) Sri Ramakrishna Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Alangulam who participated in the Oral Quiz were awarded consolation prizes.

Ten student participants and 3 teachers received a book as a Lucky Draw Prize.

Sri S. D. Srinivasan, District Education Officer, Tenkasi Education District and Sri

John Kennedy, Principal, J. P. College of Education, Aykudi were present to give away the prizes.

Retired Prof. Dr. Rajeswari, Former Principal, Sri Parasakthi College for Women, Courtallam delivered an interactive talk to the students on a variety of topics that could greatly benefit the children. We thank her for sparing her valuable time to join us during this Competition.

We congratulate all the schools and the children who participated in the Quiz Competition. Our congratulations to the winners too. Our best wishes to all these children who took interest in the subject and came forward to exhibit their competitive spirit. Our gratitude goes to M K V K Matric School for providing their facilities to conduct this Quiz in their premises and for their excellent cooperation.

We thank Sri Amma Bhagawan for taking us through a path of constant learning in life and helping the student community. 

02.08.19 National Means Cum Merit Scholarship (NMMS)

NMMS is a Government of India Scholarship Scheme for helping meritorious poor students for higher studies. Students of Class 8, studying in Government and Government aided schools will have to go through a Test – MAT (Mental Aptitude Test) and SAT (Scientific Aptitude Test), and based on the individual’s performance and ranking in the order of merit, the Government of India awards a scholarship of Rs.1000 per month for 4 years during the time the student goes through class 9 to 12 so that he or she has an initial capital of Rs.48000 for higher studies when he or she is ready to go to a college.

In Tenkasi, a coaching was arranged through the efforts of the Block Education Officer, Mr. Mariappan during 2018. About 125 students participated in the 2 and half-months coaching. Weekend full day classes were conducted. All the participating students went through periodic testing. A pre-final test was arranged and based on the performance of the participating students 12 students were given a cash award of Rs.500 each by our L N Charitable Trust.

Of these 125 students, 25 students qualified to receive the Rs.1000 pm scholarship from Government of India. Our congratulations to the Qualifiers. Our congratulations to all the students who participated in the coaching too!

On Saturday, the 20^th July, 2019 the NMMS team at Tenkasi had sincerely and right earnestly started the coaching for the NMMS Test to be conducted in November/December 2019. Mr. Mohan, a noble teacher from a government school at Ramanathapuram who had coached thousands of students for competitive exams initiated the coaching for the MAT part of NMMS. About 150 students are taking part in the coaching this year. There will be classes on all Saturdays and Sundays. A very dedicated team of teachers are involved in the coaching this year too.

We, at L N Charitable Trust, are proud to be associated with the NMMS Tenkasi and their efforts to help the rural students get the financial assistance from the Government of India.

Best wishes to all the student participants. Our gratitude to the dedicated teachers for their services to the student community. Our gratitude to Mr. Mariappan whose untiring efforts benefit the students, year after year. Our gratitude to the other sponsors of this coaching effort.

T N Neelakantan

L N Charitable Trust

01.08.19

We, at L N Charitable Trust, conducted a Book Review competition during October 2018 to encourage book reading habit. The competition was open to school teachers and B. Ed students. The teachers of Bharat Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Bharat Vidya Mandir participated overwhelming enthusiasm. Some 68 teachers participated in the competition. Mrs. R Uma from Bharat Montessori won the first prize of cash award of Rs.1000 and 7 other teachers won a cash award of Rs.200/- each. The book reviewed was: “SHORT STORIES FOR SUCCESS FOR YOUNG READERS: A NEW LEXICON UNFOLDED” by T N Neelakantan. We congratulate all the participants and the winners for their enthusiastic support to our efforts towards promoting reading habits. We thank the Senior Principal, Principal, and the staff of Bharat for their support and encouragement. The prize distribution was held on Monday, the 22^nd July 2019.

We are planning a similar competition among the students too in the months to come.

It is worthwhile pointing out that a small effort initiated by us during 2016 to encourage book reading habits among students, with the help of Public Library, Shencottai has borne fruits in a big way now. Book Review Competitions were held every month and prizes were awarded. We supported the initiative for the whole year of 2017. The competition received tremendous response from student participants. A number of college students and higher secondary school students had been participating in the competition. Thereafter, several requests started pouring in to the library from several writers for reviewing their books and now, even after two full years, the monthly book review competition is successfully going on at Shencottai Public Lilbrary. Thanks to the great enthusiasm of the librarian, Mr. Ramasamy in relentless pursuing the goal of taking the library to more people.Congratulations!

Books are great gifts. Give a gift to your loved ones today!

19.11.2017

The second Quiz program during the week was held on Saturday, the 18^th November, 2017 at M K V K Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tenkasi. The QUEST 2017 Quiz program was on SOLAR SYSTEM. Students of class 6 to 8 from Matriculation and CBSE schools were eligible to participate in the Quiz. Some 75 schools in and around Tenkasi and Shencottai were invited. We had confirmation from 25 schools, including schools from the far off Sivakasi, Rajapalayam on the West and V K Puram on the South West, about their interest to participate in the Quiz. 49 teams from 19 schools actually participated in the Quiz on the 18th. The schools were provided with an e-Guide book on Solar System compiled by me to help the participating students to prepare for the Quiz. A school was allowed to send more than one team, if they so desired.

6 top teams from the 6 top different schools were selected for the Oral Quiz based on their performance in the initial Written Quiz. Prof. Dr. Janakiraman from Sri Paramakalyani College of Arts & Sciences, Alwarkurichi was the Quiz Master.

The following teams won the Quiz contest:

1^st Prize – A cash award of Rs.4500 – Bharat Vidya Mandir (CBSE), Ilanji

2^nd Prize – A cash award of Rs.3000 – Chinmaya Vidyalaya PAC Ramasamy Raja Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Rajapalayam

3^rd Prize - A cash award of Rs.1500 – Cambridge International School, Agastiyarpatti, V K Puram

The other three teams – Emmanuel Matricultion Higher Secondary School, Melagaram, Bharat Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ilanji, and St. Joseph’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Panpozhi were given books as consolation prizes.

Prof. Dr. M. Rajkumar, Principal, J P College of Engineering, Ayikudi and Prof. Dr. Ramesh, A. O, Bharat College of Education were present to give away the prizes.

Conducting the two Quiz programs was a gratifying experience to me and my wife. It consumed almost 3 months of my time, preparing the study materials, designing and preparing the Question Paper for the Written Quiz and the presentation for the Oral Quiz, and making all the arrangements needed for the actual Quiz Contest.

We congratulate all the students who participated in the Quiz and the schools who had helped them prepare for the Quiz. We congratulate the Winners of the Quiz Contest. We thank M K V K Matric. Hr. Sec. School for their excellent cooperation in conducting the Quiz Program successfully.

Here are some pictures taken during the occasion.

18.11.17

We at L. N. Charitable Trust had conducted two Quiz Contests successfully during this week.

The first was on 15^th for the students of Class 6 to 8 from government and government-aided schools in and around Tenkasi and Shencottai. The topic was “Eastern India, its states, and important cities” in Tamil. The objective of the Quiz Contest was to help young children from rural background know more about important places outside their immediate place of living. A detailed guide book was prepared by me based on Power Point Presentation and given to every school to help the participating children prepare for the Quiz. The Quiz Contest was done in association with the Vasagar Vattam (Readers’ Forum) of the three government public libraries of Tenkasi, Melagaram, and Shencottai, as part of their annual Library Week that usually began with 14^th of November.

32 teams from 14 different schools participated in the Quiz. The Quiz was conducted in the premises of Shencottai Public Library. The prizes were fixed as Rs.1000, Rs.750, and Rs.500 worth of gifts for the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd winning teams. There was a preliminary written Quiz Test, from out of which we chose 6 teams from 6 different schools for the Oral Quiz. Mr. Sheikh Mohideen, Agricultural Officer from the Government of Tamilnadu conducted the oral Quiz as the Quiz Master. The prizes were given away by the Asst. Education Officer, Tenkasi Education District, Shencottai.

The winning teams were from the following schools:

1^st Place: Hameedia Middle School, Tenkasi

2^nd Place: Lakshmi Harihara Higher Secondary, Ilathoor, Shencottai Taluk

3^rd Place: Government Higher Secondary School, Kattalai Kudiyiruppu

Our congratulations to the winning teams and the schools. Our congratulations also to all the participants from various schools, though they may not have won the prizes. During my short address to the students, I stressed upon my belief that their very participation is a victory for every one of them. All the children participated with great enthusiasm. Many students and teachers had personally told me that the study material given to them and the Quiz was extremely useful and helped the children know more and more about various places in our country, their history, their potential, their business, their commerce, and relevance.

Here are some pictures taken during the occasion.

Some more pictures taken during the prize distribution ceremony for the QUEST 2016 - Quiz Contest

L.N.Charitable Trust, Melagaram, Tenkasi had adopted the acronym “SAKTHIY” as our mascot. “SAKTHIY” Stands for Advancement of Knowledge, Talent, Harmony and Integrity among Youth.

As part of our efforts towards Youth Development, the Trust conducted ARCADIA 2014 contests on Saturday, the 18^th October, 2014. The contests were held among the children studying in Class 6 to 8 in the Government and Government Aided schools within Tenkasi Education District. Despite heavy rains the previous day, 389 children from 16 schools participated in the 10 different contests held in the premises of Bharat Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ilanji. The winner of every contest was awarded a cash of Rs.1000 as first prize, Rs.500 as second prize and Rs.200 as third prize, besides cups, medals and certificates. The event was coordinated by the Tenkasi-Shencottai Public Library Vasagar Vattam. Bharat Montessory Higher Secondary School and its teachers and volunteers conducted the contests on behalf of the Trust. Sri Mohana Krishnan, Correspondent of BHARAT gave away the prizes to the winners. Selvi Karthika and Selvi Punitha gave a dance performance during the prize distribution ceremony.

L.N.Charitable Trust thanks the Bharat management and its team, the Tenkasi-Shencottai Public Library Vasagar Vattam and its office bearers for the successful conduct of the contests. We also thank the sponsors for the food served to the school children.

L.N.Charitable Trust lauds all the participating schools and their children and wish them a bright future.

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L N Charitable Trust organized a free, training program for drawing for children studying in government schools in Shencottai, during the term holidays in Sep/Oct, 2014. Shri Mariappan, Artist conducted the classes. About 36 children participated. On Saturday, the 4th Oct, a small drawing test was given and the best drawings were recognized. All the participants were presented with crayons and participation certificates. We intend continuing the training for a couple of months. Sencottai Public Library Vasagar Vattam co-ordinated the training and we thank the Secretary and the staff for their help and cooperation. Shri Rajendran, S.S.A in-charge at Shencottai addressed the participants, with very helpful tips for the students and gave away the prizes. We owe our gratitude to Shri Mariappan, Artist from P.M.Arts, Shencottai.

CLASSIC SINGER TENKASI 2013-14: Singing Competition in Tenkasi, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu was a pioneering effort by our L.N.Charitable Trust, Melagaram, Tenkasi and was received well.

What thought of as a small effort, received its big bang when more than 250 students of Class 6,7 and 8 from all schools within Tenkasi Education District took part in the first selection round in November, 2013. After five selection rounds, we selected 24 students to contest in the Quarter Finals held on 29th December, 2013. 16 of them moved to Semi Finals held on 4th January, 2014. Eight qualified to contest in the Finals held on Saturday, the 11th January, 2014. 

The winners were:

First: Master H.Balasubramanian, Bharath Montessori Matric.Higher Secondary School, Ilanji

Second: Miss.Parameswari, S.R.M. Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Shencottai

Third: Master Harish from Bharath Montessori Matric Higher Secondary School, Ilanji.

The winner was awarded the title: CLASSIC SINGER TENKASI 2014 besides a cash prize of Rs.10000. The first and second runner-ups received cash awards of Rs.5000 and Rs.2000 respectively.

The highlight of the finals was the presence of Smt.Dr.Latha Varma, Principal, Sri Sathguru College of Music, Madurai and the internationally acclaimed carnatic music vocalists and violinists Sow. Akkarai S.Subhalakshmi and Akkarai S.Sornalatha. We thank them for their presence and support.

The remaining following five contestants received a consolation award of Rs.500 each:

Miss. Saraswathi, Manjammal Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Tenkasi

Miss. Sumathi, Siva Saraswathi Higher Secondary School, Aykudi

Miss.Vaishnavi Jeyalakshmi, S.R.M. Government Girls Hr.Sec.School, Shencottai

Miss. Jumana, St.Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Shencottai

Miss.Harini, Bharath Montessori Matric Hr.Sec.School, Ilanji

We congratulate all the winners and their parents. 

We thank all our friends, relatives, sponsors, parents, students, volunteers, judges and the media for their support to the program. 

We thank Sri Lakshmana Perumal for organizing the orchestra for the quarter, semi and finals competition. 

The entire program was telecast by Mayuri T.V and we thank them. 

The Tenkasi-Shencottai Public Library Vasagar Vattam co-sponsored the program and we thank them for their unstinted support. 

We also thank the management, teachers, staff and volunteers of Bharat Montessori Matric Hr.Sec.School for providing their auditorium and other facilities for conducting the program.

Our thanks to Sri Shajahan from Madurai 'Hello F.M.' for agreeing to be a judge for the finals. 

We thank SAKTHY audio systems for the excellent audio arrangement.

Importantly, we thank Sri Dr. Madurai K.Thiagarajan, Asst Professor, Mridangam, Sri Sathguru College of Music, Madurai and Mrs.Kanthimathi and Mr.Mohana Krishnan of Bharath Montessori Matric Hr.Sec.School for their continuous support to all our efforts.

Watch the abridged video of the finals of the program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2oyWu7pGlM

T N Neelakantan

www.tnneelakantan.com

'SIX THINKING HATS"  training program was successfully conducted by Shri P.Radhakrishnan of DRONAS from Chennai. The training program was organized by L.N.Charitable Trust for the benefit of students from government owned schools. More than 150 students participated in the training. The program aimed to help the young sharpen their thinking skills and help them develop lateral thinking. The Shencottai Public Library Readers Forum coordinated our efforts in organizing this training program. Our efforts to help the students of government schools were lauded by one and all.

"ARCADIA" contests were spectacularly successful. 578 students from 22 different schools owned or aided by TN Government within Tenkasi Education District participated. The events were held in the campus of Bharath Montessori Matric Higher Secondary School, Ilanji. More than about 60 teachers from BHARATH had worked hard to make the events successful. The Tenkasi and Shencottai Public Library Readers Forum coordinated the ARCADIA events.

                       FORTHCOMING EVENTS FROM L.N.CHARITABLE TRUST               

Saturday, the 11th January, 2014

Classic Singer Tenkasi - Sugam Sangeeth Super Contest

                Music contest for students of class VI, VII and VIII from Tenkasi Education District

First Prize: Rs.10000





        Second Prize: Rs.5000

Third Prize: Rs.2000

Three Consolation Prizes of Rs.500 each

Plus

Free Training on Vocal Music        

                

CLASSIC SINGER TENKASI 2014 FINALS WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, THE 11TH JANUARY, 2014 AT BHARATH AUDITORIUM PRESIDED BY DR.MRS.LATHA VARMA, PRINCIPAL, SRI SATGURU SANGEETHA VIDYALAYA MUSIC COLLEGE, MADURAI AND AKKARAI SISTERS SELVI SUBHALAKSHMI AND SORNALATHA. TWO NEW JUDGES MR.SHAJAHAN, THE FILM MUSIC DIRECTOR FROM MADURAI AND MR.BABU, GUITARIST ADDED GREAT ENTHUSIASM TO THE CONTESTS. EIGHT CONTESTANTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FINALS CONTEST. BESIDES THE FIRST THREE PRIZES, ALL THE REMAINING FIVE CONTESTANTS WERE GIVEN CONSOLATION PRIZE OF Rs.500 EACH.

BESIDES, ALL THE 26 CONTESTANTS OF QUARTER FINALS AND 16 CONTESTANTS OF SEMI FINALS RECEIVED GIFTS DURING THE AWARD CEREMONY.

MAYURI TV HAD SHOT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM  AND WILL BE TELECASTING THE PROGRAM IN THEIR LOCAL TV CHANNEL ON PONGAL DAY, 2014

Classic Singer Tenkasi 2014 Award Ceremony. The Third Prize Cash Award of Rs.2000 is presented by Mrs.Bhairavi of Abhirami Fashion Jewellery, Tenkasi to Harish from Bharat Montessori Matric Higher Secondary School

The Second Prize Cash Award of Rs.5000 is presented to Parameswari of SRM Government Girils Higher Secondary School, Shencottai, by Shri Arunachalam of Tenkasi Library Vasagar Vattam