Monday, February 14, 2011

Seminar on "Sports as a serious career" & Indus Tennis Open Tournament









A panel discussion on ‘Can sports be a serious career for your child?’, was organized in the Indus World School, Chhawani campus on Feb 06, Sunday. It discussed the merits of sports as a career and parents’ role in encouraging students’ latent talents. The esteemed panel consisted of: Mr. Satyanaryanan, Chairman, Career Launcher; Mr. Vijay Dahiya, Ex Wicket keeper, Indian cricket team and assistant coach, Kolkata Knight Riders; Mr. Amay Khurasia, Ex Cricket player; Mr. Vinay Rishi, Vikram Awardee, Swimming champion and entrepreneur; Mr. Sushil Doshi, famous cricket commentator and Ms. Bindeshwari Singh, National level Squash player and Mentor, Indus World School.
Mr. Sujit Bhattacharya, the technological guiding force at Career Launcher and Indus World School, invited the panelists to share their journey and experiences in the field of sports. This provided interesting insights about their glories and debacles. Although it was difficult to succeed in the field of sports, it taught them to win with humility and lose with dignity. The sports field according to them is the best teacher of discipline, team spirit, time management and how to live life each day.
Questions put forward by parents were answered by the panelists and solutions offered to their queries. “Elbow grease is the best polish”, was quoted by them while emphasizing upon the importance of hard work. The panelists did stress upon the need to give equal importance to academics as well as sports. This was followed by the opening ceremony of the Indus Tennis Open Championship, which marked the inauguration of the newly constructed lawn tennis courts in the school.

The Indus Open Tennis Tournament started at Indus World School on Feb 7, 2011, a day after the inauguration by noted Cricketer and Coach Mr. Vijay Dahiya and other sports personalities, it is noteworthy that they enlightened parents and students on the prospects of sports as a career. Students from various clubs and schools across Indore participated. The enthusiasm and vigour of all the participants gave a very positive start to the tournament.

The tournament had four groups: Under – 15 boys, under – 12 boys, under – 15 girls and under – 10 boys and girls. The final matches were held on 11/02/11. The response to the tournament was tremendous, where more than 70 participants took part from across the city. The prize distribution happened on the same day. Prof.Aaditya Lohana, Director, Indus World Schools and Principal, Smita Rathore gave away the prizes to winners.





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