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CAMPUS EVENTS:

INTACH organised Projects for City Schools / Colleges.

Convenors - Dr. S Suresh and Dr Prema Kasturi
Some schools play the role of hubs and host events / acts.

Aug 14:
At Lady Sivaswami Girls HSS, Mylapore,
Organiser ; Ms.Nirmala 10 a.m.
Competitions: Oratorical; music, songs on Madras city
Release of book :Vasanthasurya’s 'Madrasil Mridhu’, (Tamil).
Special presentation of Skits by Ramakrishna Mission Matriculation HSS, T.Nagar. Organiser - Niranjana.

Aug 17
At Asan Memorial by Dr.Prema Kasturi 9-30 am, Organiser Suma Padmanabhan

At Sankara Vidyashram HSS.,Thiruvanmiyur,.Organiser Kalpalatha Mohan. At 10.a.m.
Art Competition : 'Design a coin'

Aug 18
At Vel’s Vidyashram, Pallavaram; Organiser - Jayalakshmi,10 am
Art Competition and Essay- writing Competition

At Asan Memorial. Inauguration of coin exhibition by Hemachandra Rao, 10 a.m.

At M CT.M Boys’ HSS; Purasavakkam. Organiser - Selvaraj, 3 pm - Oratorical contest.

Aug 19
Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School, Mylapore,
Organisers - Neelakantan / Aruna, 11 a.m. Debate

Arsha Vidya Mandir, Velachery.
Organiser - Vijayalakshmi
2 p.m. - Exhibition of ‘Madras Prints”, monuments of Chennai drawn by students ; Oratorical contest, Chennai related Rangoli competition , Quiz, T-shirt design competition, Documentary on Chennai prepared by students, etc.

At MGR-Janaki College for Women, R. A. Puram. At 10 a.m. 'Historic Pageant of Well known Women of Madras Presidency'. Traces contributions to women's empowerment by these people.In association with INTACH.

Aug 20
At IIT - Madras, Central Lecture Theater (CLT). At 5. 30 pm. Open Doubles Quiz - How much do you know in Chennai. For details mail to chennaiweek2009@gmail.com

Calibre Educational Foundation, Luz, Organiser - Rama Narayanaswamy. 9 to 1-30 pm. Quiz, Art competition

Padma Seshadri HSS, K. K. Nagar, Organiser - Indira Vaidhyanathan 9.m. to 12 noon. Essay Writing competition, Exhibition

Queen Mary's College, Chennai 5. Organiser - Amudha Rajendran. 'History of the First Women’s college in Chennai'-through Essay writing and oral presentations.

Aug 21
At IIT - Madras, Central Lecture Theater (CLT). At 5.30 pm. 'The Soap Box' - presentations of Chennai-centric anecdotes (In English). For details mail to chennaiweek2009@gmail.com

Valedictory address at Asan Memorial by Dr. S. Suresh.

Chennai Corporation School, Tondiarpet - Organiser - Saraswathi. At 10.a.m.- Essay writing, oratorical, kolam, chart preparation. Students and staff of Queen Mary’s College join them.


Aug 24
Madras Christian College Tambaram.
Organizer - Rukmini 10 a.m. Quiz, Inauguration of MCC collection of archaeological artefacts exhibition by Dr. Suresh

Aug 25
Vivekananda College, Mylapore.
Organiser - Dr. Srinivasan, 11-45 a.m. Quiz in Sanskrit on Madras and works in Sanskrit in Madras presidency

Aug 26
Vellayan Chettiar HSC, Thiruvotriyyur. Organiser - Mahadevan. Madras day meet conducted by the Cultural club of the school.

Aug 27
MOP Vaishnav College for women. Nungambakkam. Organiser - Lalitha Balakrishnan
Essay writing, Talk on 'Name places in Madras City'  by Dr. S. Suresh

Aug 31
Stella Maris College. Organisers - Dr.Patricia, Dolly.
Symposium on ‘The History of Chennai' .Participants - colleges offering a course on Chennai

September 3
Loyola College, Nungambakkam. Organisers - Father Arokia Raj, Dr Jayachandran, Dr. Sudhakar and INTACH, Chennai
One day workshop on ‘Madras, that is Chennai, Cultural Perspectives with special special reference to Coins'. Guest speeches by eminent archaeologists and art historians Paper presentations by students.


 

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