Felicitation programme of winners of Postal Stamp Design competition
by Shrutee K/DNS
On the occasion of 150th
birth centenary of father of nation Shri. Mahatma Gandhi Ji, Postal Stamp
Design competition on the themes of, “Ahimsa Parmo Dharam”, and “Communal
Harmony” was organized by the Department of Posts. The felicitation function
for the winners in the above competition along with Seminar on Philately and
quiz competition was organized along with the Philately Exhibition in the
auditorium of Mumbai GPO on 24.07.2019.
Shri. Puroshottam Pawar,
aged-22 yrs; studying in Sir. J.J. School of Art, Mumbai secured first position
in the group of above 18 years in the Postal Stamp design competition based on
the theme of “Ahimsa Parmo Dharm” whereas Kum. Viha Amit Shah, aged-8 yrs;
studying in 3rd standard got 3rd prize in the group of
students studying upto 6th standard, in the Postal Stamp design
competition based on the theme of “ Communal Harmony”. Both winners were
felicitated with Cash prize of Rs.
25,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively.
Shri. Ulhas Chogale, Shri.
Gunwant Shah and Shri. Cyrus Sidhwa, the Philatelist briefed the students about
history of various postal stamps since british era to till date.
Students from Bai Kabibai
English medium School, Sir J.J. Girls High school, Sir J.J. Boys High School
and Anjuman-I-Islam’s Alana English High School were present for the function.
Philately Kit were distributed amongst students as a gift from Department of
Post.
Smt. Swati Pandey (PMG
MR), Smt. Kaiya Arora (DPS MR) and Shri. V.V.Nayak (ADPS MR) were present from
Department of Post.
The main aim of the function is to make awareness about philately amongst the students and
to motivate the maximum students to take part in Pandit Dindayal Sparsh Yojna
(Scholarship Scheme) which is conducted by the Department Of Post every year.
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