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THE ECONOMIC TIMES: BEST SCHOOL BRAND OF 2016
30 Eminent Schools of the K-12 category across boards, affiliations & categories of Schools in India have been recognized by the Economic Times and have been branded as the Best School Brands of 2016 in India. Abhyasa International Residential School finds her place among the best 30. These schools have been recognized for their immense credibility of giving the nation great individual leaders.
These Schools play an important role in building the students with right knowledge and skills provided to the youth and making them ready for contributing towards the overall national progress and economic growth. These schools, with their credible performance, have created a niche in the international markets.
The summit was held on 23rd June 2016, at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO and Founder Director of Abhyasa has been honored with the award.
Teacher's Workshop 2016
Great teachers help create great students. In fact, research shows that an inspiring and informed teacher is the most important school-related factor influencing student achievement, so it is important to pay close attention to train and support both the new and experienced teachers. Ongoing professional development keeps teachers up-to-date on new research on how children learn, emerging technology tools for the classroom, new curriculum resources, and more. Abhyasa is always ahead of others in training its inmates to enhance their potentiality in imparting quality education to the students. A six day workshop was conducted in Abhyasa for its teachers from 1st June 2016 to 7th June 2016 (Except Sunday).
A day wise report on Teacher’s Workshop is given below:
Day – 1: Wednesday, 1st June 2016
The session started at 9:00 am in auditorium with the introduction of the new staff members who joined Abhyasa family. The workshop started with a Prayer by Mr. VLT Sharma, Assistant Librarian. Then Mr. Srinivasa Murthy, Principal gave welcome address. .The program began with the Valued and inspiring speech by Mr. Vinayaka Kalleetla, CEO & Founder Director of Abhyasa. He introduced the newly appointed COO, Sri. Sai Kumar and then explained the Vision and Mission of the school. To find the solutions to problems faced by Abhyasa, Staff voluntarily came forward to champion the six causes. Health, Hygiene and Water Management, Monitoring Specialization Classes, Quality Maintenance of Food, Prevention of Teasing and Bullying, Increasing English Speaking Proficiency, The educating everyone in Corridors, Campus and Community besides Classrooms. It was followed by the reflections of Sri Vinayaka Kalleetla.
The External Agencies associated with Abhyasa. (HeyMaths, School Cinema, Butterfly fields and Space Adhyaan briefed their activities with the PPTs.
Day – 2: Thursday, 2nd June 2016
Second day began with Faculty Development Program by Mr. Sai Kumar, COO. The most captivating part of his presentation was Pencil Parables. Teacher’s participation in different activities like skit presentation, field games followed by Model Making. All the teachers participated in all the activities with the bubbling enthusiasm. The activities that were conducted on that day were really enhanced the confidence level and the team spirit of the members of Abhyasa family.
Day – 3: Friday, 3rd June 2016
The day started with the workshop conducted by Dr. Savitha, Professor in English from Geetam University. She conducted session on communicative English and class room activities. The main aim of the program was to integrate communicative activities in class room. She also insisted on constant feedback from students. She also conducted some activities strip story activity and self introductory. Teacher’s participation in an activity where in topic and theme can be incorporated in teaching with an activity.
Day – 4: Saturday, 4th June 2016
The day began with Vidya Vahini on Lesson Plan and Activity based teaching. The resource persons Ms. Sai Leela briefed on the Project Vidya vahini, its vision and mission and how it has been empowering schools in rural area.
Ms. Lakshmi Gollapudi trainer from SSVV, Ms. Sudha, Assistant Co-ordinator and Mr. MRK Prasad, State Co-ordinator of Vidya Vahini came up with value based learning.
- They taught concept like ABC (Asset Bhanao Challenge)
- MKP ( Masthi ki prayogashalla )
- They also concentrated on the content generation like NMBCW ( no more boring class room walls )
- CCCC concept (Class room – Corridors – Campus – Community) being learning places.
- IIEP ( insightful, inspiring, enjoyable and participation )
- Value content – teaching techniques (silence sitting, quotation, storytelling, songs and role play).
We incorporated the main theme of session i.e. 7 jewels of lesson plan and harmony at 4 levels of existences: (Vyasti, Samasthi, Sristi and Paramesti)
Day – 5: Monday, 5th June 2016
The day started with the discussion of Aikyatha Fest and the Program was designed by Sri. Srinivasa Murthy, Principal, and Smt. P.L.N. Murthy, Academic Advisor. All the departments shared their views on the competitions and events conducted on that day.
Afternoon session was conducted by Mr. Srinivasa Murthy on the preparation of Year Plans and Lesson Plan and gave a presentation on the preparation of Lesson Plan. He emphasized on the need of active involvement of teachers on various points incorporated in lesson plan. Later he discussed on the Goals and its importance. He opined that goals should be progressive, application oriented and value based.
Day – 6: Tuesday, 6th June 2016
The day began with a presentation of result of 2015 -16 by the Principal complimented the teachers laid stress on areas of improvement. Subsequently, Mr. Vijay Kumar, Registrar briefed on Anusandhan, the ERP web portal of Abhyasa. Later some of the staff presented their goals. Afternoon the session was fruitful with the activity on awareness and knowledge, the Secret of Success by the COO.
Aikyatha Youth Unity Fest 2016
‘Aikyatha’ means Unity aimed at developing skills for success and empowers youth to make better choices as leaders, mentors and positive community role models leading to more productive citizens, safer schools, and healthier communities.
Abhyasa International Residential School conducts Aikyatha Fest every year in its campus where in the ICSE and ISC Schools from AP and Telangana participate. This year the Aikyatha Fest has seen the most gifted and talented students from 11 leading ICSE and ISC Schools from across AP & Telangana. The fest included performances of students in various cultural and literary activities viz. Value based Style Act, Group Singing, Dance Drama, Comedy Skit, Spell Bee Contest, News Headline Writing Contest, Quiz, Collage making, Photography, Face Painting, Mehendi Art, Best out of Waste, Model Presentation, Science behind Situation, Sodoku and many more.
The participants were adjudged by a Panel of Student Judges which was drawn from the participating schools themselves. All the performances and displays were so perfect and excellent that the Panel had tough time in selecting the best.
Above 250 students from 11 ICSE and ISC schools took part in this event. The maximum prizes were won by Abhyasa.
All the Academic Departments of Abhyasa have organized an Exhibition in their respective Laboratories and departments for all the participating schools & students.
Mr. Krishna Saagar Rao, the of?cial spokesperson for the BJP in the state of Telangana, was the Chief Guest and Dr. K. V. Krishna Kumari, Writer & Gynecologist was the Guest of Honor for the event. The Chief Guest, Mr. Krishna Saagar Rao’s inspiring speech and his interaction with the participating students of all schools during his speech filled the young hearts with more vigour and enthusiasm. Later the guest of honour Dr. K.V.Krishna Kumari addressed the gathering. She appreciated the great vision and the services of Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla in the field of education. She wished that he would be more successful by the grace of Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba. Later the prizes were distributed to the winners of the Events. Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO & Founder Director of Abhyasa felicitated the Chief Guest, Guest of Honor and expressed his cordial gratitude to all the schools management who participated in Aikhytha Fest 2016. The event ended with the group photograph. The magnitude of participation from students and the fact that it had caught the audience’s attention, ensured that the event was a huge success.
International Yoga Day 2016
The United Nations has declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. Yoga is an invaluable gift of ancient Indian traditions. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature and a holistic approach to health and well being and wellness, all rolling into one. Yoga is not about exercise but to discover the sense of soul to be one with ourselves, the world and Nature.
The Abhyasites have participated in the International Yoga Day in ths school ground dressed in evening uniform. They did pranayama, various asanas, exercises and chanted some shlokas. Mr Ramachandram, Yoga Teacher was assisted by Mr. Rajeshwar Manne who demonstrated the Asanas and students followed them. Later Mr. Ramachandram and Mr Rajeshwar Manne spoke about the benefits of practicing yoga. The staff and their family members also participated in this celebration. Local News and Press covered the Yoga Day Celebration at Abhyasa.
Abhyasa 20th Birthday
The 20th Birthday of ABHYASA International Residential School, Toopran was celebrated on 21st June, 2016 with enthusiasm, fun and frolic. The students of various grades got together and put up entertaining acts and musicals. The energy and passion of the students was visible in the performances that they put up. Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO & Founder Director of Abhyasa, graced the occasion and took part in the celebrations.
The day started with Nagarsankeerthan through the Toopran town where all the students and staff joined together singing bhajans and devotional songs which ended by Harathi in the school temple. Later all the students gathered at school ground for yoga demonstration.
The evening event commenced at 17:30 hrs at Anubhava – The Amphitheater by lighting of lamp by our Principal followed by an invocation dance by Grade IX girls. There was a cloud burst during the flute performance by Mr. Ramesh, music teacher. All the students and staff were asked to move to Priyanka’s Play Pen. The heavy rains and thunders could not dampen the spirits of the students. Within minutes everything including, decoration materials, flexes, chairs, music system etc were shifted into the playpen and program continued with more energy and enthusiasm. The performances included songs, solo and group dances by students of various grades. The highlight of the program was a dance by Grade XI and the grand finale wherein all the participants came in a formation with placards of Abhyasa Values and the names of previous batches. They were given a standing ovation by the audience.
It was an important day for all the students as Class Leaders, Dorm Leaders and Academic Coordinators were chosen for the year 2016-2017. As a part of Investiture ceremony, they were felicitated with a Badge by our CEO Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla and administered with the Oath taking ceremony. The Student Deputy Managers from Grade X were also invested by our CEO.
Later Our CEO declared the winners and runners of the inter house competitions held during 2015-16 and the Winners Cup was handed over to SHAKTHI House and Runners Cup to SHIVA House.
Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla along with the SAT members cut the huge cake on this memorable occasion. The memories of the event etched in every body’s mind. The day ended with happy memories for everyone and a sumptuous dinner.
Drawing & Painting Competition Event Of AP & Telangana Regional Events 2016
Abhyasa International Residential School hosted the Drawing & Painting event of the ASISC AP & Telangana Regional Events and Competitions – 2016 on 8th August 2016 at its campus. Total 22 ICSE schools and 9 ISC schools participated in this event. The themes for the event were ‘Azadi-70’ and ‘Eupho-Rio 2016’ for the Senior and Junior categories respectively. The event started at 10am and concluded by 4pm followed by the prize distribution to the winners. Prof. K. Parama Sivam, Professor in Fine Arts at Osmania University and Mr. Gundu Anjaneyulu, a renowned artist and painter were the Judges for the event. The judgment criteria was on the Creavity, Color Scheme, Composition and Interpretation of the Theme.
Blood Donation Camp 2016
The Student Rural Service Management team of Abhyasa had organized Blood Donation Camp in collaboration with The Alliance International Club, Toopran in the School on 24th July 2016. All the parents and staff were informed about the camp before 2 days. Around 100 people including students, teaching and non teaching staff participated actively in the camp. Totally 46 units of blood was collected. The camp started with the lighting of lamp followed by the speech on the benefits of donating blood by the Principal. He said that blood donation is harmless, painless and absolutely safe and is, in fact, good for health. The Alliance team shared the process of blood banking and collection with the members of Rural Service Management Team. The Scouts and Guides of Abhyasa have volunteered for registering the names of donors, taking care of the donors before and after the donation, supplying water, juice, refreshments etc. They thanked all the donors for donating blood and asked them for the feedback on the camp. All the donors were given a Certificate of Appreciation. The camp was a beautiful sight of taking needle pain to save lives of anonymous people and all the donors came forward with a smile. This camp received a more energetic response from the parents. Mr. Sai Kumar, COO of Abhyasa presented mementoes to the team of doctors and the Alliance members.
Food Fest for Parents
A food fest for the parents of the students of Abhyasa was conducted on 14th August 2016. There was an overwhelming response from parents and many of them came forward to share their recipes. Only 6 parents have been given the chance to share their recipes and the others were not accommodated as there was space constraint in the kitchen. The school provided cooks and all the materials as required for the dishes. The cooks cooked as per the instructions and guidance from the parents in Aahara – the school kitchen. All the dishes prepared by the parents were so delicious and lip smacking that these recipes were immediately added to the school menu.
The names of parents and their dishes are as follows:
- Mrs. Chandrika (Mother of Shraddha – Class IV) – Moong Daal Curry
- Mr. Anil Alapathi (Father of Basant Alapathi, Class – VII)- Anokhi Kheer
- Mr. Mukesh Kharbanda ( Father of Astik K., Class – X)- Palak Aloo
- Mrs. Yashoda (Grandmother of Aakruti, Class – V)- Corn Wada
- Mrs. Anjali (Mother of Varad Ghote, Class VIII)- Bread Roll
- Mrs. Yogitha (Mother of Vedant, Class – VIII)- Green Pulav
The parents were acknowledged and were given mementos as a symbol of respect and gratitude by Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO & Founder Director and Mr. Sai Kumar, COO.
Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam Visits Abhyasa
The telugu romantic comedy movie ‘Pellichoopulu’ director Mr. Tharun Bhascker and production designer Mrs. Lata visited Abhyasa on 15th August and interacted with the students and staff about his journey to the Film Industry. He shared his experience of shooting his first movie while he was still in the school and how he was encouraged to follow his dream. He also shared his learning on Film Making with the students of Film Making Workshop for almost 5 hours.
Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO & Founder Director presented memento, shawl and gift to Mr. Tharun. Later Mr. Tharun had a group photograph with the staff and the participants of the Film Making Workshop.
HMUN India - Session VI 2016
29 students and 8 faculty members from Abhyasa were a part of 1350 delegates from 150 schools across 16 countries participated in the Harvard Model United Nations Conference, at Novotel, Hitech City, Hyderabad from 12th August to 15th August 2016.
A model United Nations Conference concentrated on various global issues and ended in the formation of a draft resolution. The participant students were exposed to the conditions of United Nations in their respective committees such as Social Cultural and Humanitarian (SOCHUM), Security Council (SC), Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISC), United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) etc. Abhyasa students actively participated in the discussions and played instrumental roles in preparation of committee resolutions. The four days event included HMUN Got Talent and Delegate Dance apart from the workshops, discussions, deliberations, Leadership Forums etc. where Abhyasites participated with enthusiasm. In the Leadership Forum top CEO’s from India spoke about their experience and later they interacted with the students. HMUN India VI was a Cauldron of Culture, talent and diversity – an event that brought 16 countries together, an event that created simple resolutions to very complicated problems. The experience gained from the conference was a head ahead in the process of socialization.
Mr. Satyajit, Director of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini visited Abhyasa
Mr. Satyajit, Director of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini visited Abhyasa International Residential School on 19th August 2016. Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini is one of the projects launched by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 23rd November 2010 to meet the growing demand of making holistic education accessible for all. Vidya Vahini is Bhagawan’s gift for nurturing the overall personality of man. Mr. Satyajit visited all the departments and the facilities available at the school. He spoke in great length about the Vidya Vahini program and gave away the Certificates of Appreciation to the teachers who participated in the Vidya Vahini Program
PROJECT FAIR
Mr. Satyajit, Director of Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini visited Abhyasa International Resid
Abhyasa is always ahead of others in encouraging its students to acquire knowledge by doing not by following the traditional and outdated methods of teaching. Project based learning is one of the modern methodologies that stimulates the students gain knowledge with great enthusiasm. The main motive of a Project oriented learning is for students to answer a question or task, not from a textbook but found out themselves by conducting a range of experiments and ongoing research or survey in the short amount of time allocated to them. There are many benefits for the students from project based learning. They are inspired to gain a deeper appreciation for the subject at hand, and develop an interest in diving into the subject and gaining an enhanced knowledge of the subject. Studies have suggested that students who learn in this way are better able to retain the information they learned in class, as opposed conventional methods of passive learning and note-taking. This information can carry them through to adulthood where they can apply their learning experiences to solve future problems. Students who partake in project based learning for classrooms often develop a greater ability to organize and research all subjects that they are enrolled in. Since they are learning collaboratively with a small number of their peers, they are able to develop their communication skills and effectively listen and pass information along to the group they work so closely with – a skill that is essential as an adult in the real world.
In view of all these advantages, Abhyasa firmly believes in Project Based Learning and assigns various projects to the students in each of their subjects. On 24th July, 2016 (Sunday) a project Fair was conducted in Anweshana Block (Science Block) to exhibit the projects of the students from class IV to XII prepared in June and July. The students have exhibited nearly 200 projects. While some of them are knowledge based, the others are application and experimental based ones. There are nearly 400 parents visited and appreciated the vision of Abhyasa. They opined that the critical thinking and problem solving skills only enable the students to be successful in life and they are happy for Abhyasa is creating platform for its students to excel in these aspects. They are very much happy with the way of explaining the projects to the visitors by the students. Some of the projects like Blood Double Circulation, Passage of Nerve impulse, Decolouration of teeth, Bristole Bot, Demonstrating principle of optical fibre, Alternator, Traffic light experiment, Hands on Fire, Magic with blood, Coloured flames, Chameleon Reactions, Storm Glass (Weather Predicting Device) Finger Printing Technique , The Chemical Garden and the elephant toothpaste won the appreciation of everyone won the appreciation of the parents and the visitors.
ential School on 19th August 2016. Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini is one of the projects launched by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 23rd November 2010 to meet the growing demand of making holistic education accessible for all. Vidya Vahini is Bhagawan’s gift for nurturing the overall personality of man. Mr. Satyajit visited all the departments and the facilities available at the school. He spoke in great length about the Vidya Vahini program and gave away the Certificates of Appreciation to the teachers who participated in the Vidya Vahini Program
ISRO Visit
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR) is a rocket launch centre operated by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota Launching Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO’s former chairman Satish Dhawan.
Abhyasa International Residential School has been conducting educational Tour to SHAR for its students in association with its external agency “Space Adhyaan” since 2015. During 2015-16, the students of Abhyasa visited SHAR centre twice and this year also a group of 35 students with two teacher In Charges Mr.Mirza Wajeed , Mrs. Swapna Reddy and a guide from Space Adhyayan visited SHAR Centre on 24th August, 2016.
At first our students visited Auditorium of SHAR and there they were shown a video capsule about the ISRO role and how they launch rockets starting from planning to execution in different stages. After completion of video the students were taken to Space Museum where Students got the glimpse of ISRO models like GSLV and PSLV and got knowledge about several concepts related to Astronomy and Space Science in the Museum. They also got the opportunity of learning more about India’s lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 launched from the centre on 22 October 2008 and India’s first Mars orbiter Mangalyaan launched from it on November 5 2013.
After having lunch the team went to visit rocket launch pad. But the ISRO authorities had to cancel the visit due to the sudden emission of toxic gases at the launching pads due to some technical problems. As it was very hazardous to move into that area, our students did not visit there. But they got the opportunity of visiting the Pulicat Lake, the second largest brackish- water lake or lagoon in India. They enjoyed themselves at the lake till 4:30pm and returned to the lodge. After having dinner they set out their return journey and reached Abhyasa happily on 25.8.2016 at 9.00am.
Visit to SHAR provided an opportunity to the students of Abhyasa to learn more about several concepts related to Astronomy and Space Science.
Times - Best Residential School Award 2016
The Times of India, Hyderabad has done a secondary research of more than 300 schools with the help of internet, magazines and other publications. These schools were then rated on various parameters like general information of the School: Establishment, Affiliation etc.; Infrastructure & facilities; Sports facilities; Cultural/extra-curricular facilities; Medical facilities; Teachers/ Academic Infrastructure; Social Integration; Exchange programs and global exposure; Awards etc. to arrive at the final rankings. These Rankings were published in the Times School Advertorial, Hyderabad Edition on 28th October 2016.
Abhyasa International Residential School has been awarded as the BEST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL. The award was presented by the International badminton player Ms. Jwala Gutta to Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO and Founder Director of Abhyasa, Mrs. P.L.N. Murthy, Advisor and 2 student representatives on 9th November 2016 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Banjara Hills.
Students Soared like Human Kites
The students of Abhyasa International School were on Cloud 9 on 26th January 2017, when they participated in the parasailing activity conducted by Kaushik Aero Sports, pioneers in the parasailing under the guidance of Squadron Leader SPS Kaushik (retired IAF) from Jaipur. The event was conducted in the premises of school at Toopran wherein about 155 students enthusiastically participated overcoming their fear and hesitation.
The event started with a briefing by Sq. Ldr. Kaushik about the parasailing, equipment’s used, safety and the rules of the activity. He gave a demo on how to take off and land after the flight. A total of more than 350 launches were done and certificates were issued to the students who did 3 or more launches.
Film Making Workshop
Abhyasa is conducting 14-days (7 weekends) Film Making Workshop with an aim to impart skills on Film Making, in association with Annapurna International School of Film & Media.
Students from Class-VII to XI have enrolled their names for the workshop to learn the minute details of the movie making. The participating student’s have been divided into 8 teams who will be making a short film after the completion of the workshop.
Week-1 – Introduction to Film Making, Story & Scriptwriting
Mr. Amit Prasad, Core Faculty in Screen Writing, who has been trained under American film industry stalwarts like Michael Eisner (ex-Disney President), Darren Lynn Bousman (Director, Saw 2), Brett Leonard (Director, Lawnmower Man), Valerie Mccaffrey (Producer, American History X) in the art of Story Development and Screen Writing, was the faculty for the week and has trained students on story building, development and script writing. He spoke about how to start writing a story, its plot, theme, protagonist & antagonist. He divided the participants into groups and gave a theme each to write a skit and enact. He also shared his knowledge on the various software’s available for screen writing, how to register and write a script.
Later he interacted with the participants, clarified their doubts and shared his contact details for them to reach out to him for any guidance. The day ended with all the participants taking a group photograph.
Week-4 of 2nd Abhyasa Film Making Work Shop
Day-1
The faculty for this week was Mr.Debkanta Chakrabarti’s. His entry into the world of cinema started with his film studies in the Film and Television Institute of India, where he specialized in film and video editing and later on in cinema-specialisation in editing.
A film that he worked on ‘Silence’ was appreciated by painter Maqbul Fida Hussein and was specially screened during the 1987 IFFI Indian Panaroma section. His stints with awards started with ‘Jesus 71’ a Bengali feature film of Bangladesh that won the acclaimed Best Editing Award in Bangladesh; then with a Bengali serial called ‘Bela Abela’ which received the Ujjala Anadoloke Best Editor Award; followed by been part of the team, as a Editor, for the film ‘Krantikaal’ that won the prestigious National Award in three categories. Recently he won the ‘Uttam Kumar Mahasammanana’ State Recognization Award from the Ministry of Information & Cultural Affairs, West Bengal for his ongoing contribution in both television and film editing.
In the first session Students took a glimpse on cinematography, later faculty spoke about the new editing software (Adobe Premiere Pro cc) students had a demo session of the new software. Later students were shown 36 clips of the film “THE UNTOUCHABLE”. Students were divided in to 6 groups and assigned tom edit the movie in the sequence.
Day-2
All 6 groups submitted their assignment and learnt how to edit the movies in first 2 hours. The next project for all the six groups was to edit their own short movie clips and add few newly shot videos to the older ones and present them.
Students were presented short movies and later Mr. Debkanta Chakrabarti interacted with the students and clarified all queries and mistake done by students
Field trip to Golconda fort & Salarjung Museum 2017
As part of field trips, Abhyasa students from class-IV to VII visited Golconda fort & Salarjung Museum. The trip was truly an enriching and learning experience together with fun time with their classmates. The Golconda Fort and Salarjung Museum with its A-MAZ-ING history added to the colours of Field trip.
Holi Celebrations 2017
Holi, one of the most boisterous festivals of India, was celebrated with a splash of colour and an array of water guns by the students of Abhyasa International Residential School. The event was a superb sharing of culture and fun. The celebrations were to reiterate everyone’s to play a safe and environment friendly holi, say no to toxic colours which are harmful for skin and overall health and for natural coexistence. Students used Beet Root for Pink, Turmeric for Yellow, Spinach water for Green Colours. It was a great experience for everyone as the festival of Holi signifies the coming together of different communities and the celebration of the spirit of universal brotherhood.
Go Green 12th December, 2016
The Go Green Run by Abhyasa International Residential School organized on 12th December, 2017 at Toopran.
The Abhyasa students actively initiate environmental awareness events. The prime objective is to sensitise the students towards a greener ecosystem. By partnering with surrounding schools to promote Green Architecture and contribute towards dramatically reducing the carbon imprints on nature
The day began at 9.00 AM as Mr. Venkatesh (Sub Inspector of Police) flagged off and declared Go Green Run. more than 100 Students from surrounding schools participated and ran with the goal of winning first place. .The closing ceremony was very excited for all winners and runners to receive their trophy’s and medals by our chief guest Mr. G. Srinivas ( Mandal Praja Parishad Chairperson-Toopran).
Arts and Crafts Exhibition 2017
Abhyasa always tries to make its students more and more creative and gives them a space to come out with their own vision and creativity. Once in a year all the paintings and craft items prepared by the students throughout the year are displayed in the exhibition which gives the little hands an immense pleasure as their works are being displayed to all the parents and guests.
This year Arts and Crafts Exhibition was organized on 19th March 2017 in the Priyanka’s Playpen in the school campus. Dr. A. Velu, a Guinness World Record holder in 2002 for “MOST MEDICINE PAINTINGS” (FASTEST ART WORKS), was the chief guest for the day. He interacted with the students on the nuances of painting and also showed a demo using expired C & D vitamin medicines, toothpaste, face cream, coffee powder, milk, betel leaves etc. He inaugurated the exhibition and spent some quality time with the arts and crafts students. Later Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO and Founder Director of Abhyasa presented a shawl, memento and gift to the Chief Guest.
Later the exhibition was open to parents to witness the art and craft work done by their children. The parents appreciated the quality of paintings and craft items. Some of the parents bought the items which were sold at a very reasonable price – the proceeds were used for a Rural Service(Gram Seva) Activities.
Pada Pooja
19th March 2017: The students of Abhyasa melt into a deep mood of gratitude and devotion when they perform Pada Pooja of their parents and receive wondrous gift of divine compassion and upliftment of their consciousness.
The origins of Pada Pooja are deeply rooted in the history of Vedic tradition. One of the 3 debts mentioned in our scriptures is “Pitri – Rin” – debt to one’s parents and ancestors. One’s entire existence, including the family name and the great dharma one belongs to, are the gifts of one’s parents and the forefathers. Our parents brought us into this world, protected us when we were weak and frail, fed us, clothed us, taught us and brought us up. We respect our parents equal to Almighty, and we do service to them with care and affection. We do not worship father, mother or teacher etc as God himself, but as repositories of the all pervading God!
An Evening with Dr. B. V. Pattabhiram
Dr. B. V. Pattabhiram is a Post Graduate in Psychology, Philosophy, a PG Diploma holder in Guidance and Counselling, and Ph.D. from Osmania University (Yoga & Hypnotism – A Pragmatic Approach). He is also the Governing Body Member of Abhyasa.
Dr. Pattabhiram interacted with the Board going students of class X and XII and spoke about how to deal with examination stress and to be successful in their studies. He suggested making a list of all the questions and doubts to ask and get them clarified. He advised students to stop late hour’s study and to preferably study during early hours i.e.’Bramha Muhurtam’. He told students to develop right brain thinking over left brain thinking and to develop self-confidence and concentration by sitting in Vajrasan.
He also spoke about how to think like a winner and develop a positive mental attitude. He said that Fear is our own creation and it is important for students to inculcate control over 6 C’s – Cellphones, Chatting, Cable TV, Cinema, Cyber Friendship & Cricket Betting.
At the end of the session Mr. Vinaayaka Kalleetla, CEO & Founder Director of Abhyasa felicitated Dr. Pattabhiram.
Ugadi Celebrations 2017
Ugadi, a new year celebration in states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, falls on March 28 this year. As India is known for its versatile culture and the way it is celebrated, even the New Year fest has different names and times in different parts of the country. A festival that is known by the name of Gudi Parva in Maharashtra, is celebrated as Ugadi in some other states. Clear with its name Udagi or Yugadi, which is literally translated as the start of the new calendar – Yug (new) and adi (the beginning), falls on the first day of Chitra- the first month in Hindi calendar. The festival is celebrated with high spirits, new clothes and abundance of some mouth-watering traditional cuisines. It is also the first day when there is a change in pattern of moon’s orbit. Ugadi is celebrated a day after the first new moon and after the sun passes the celestial equator on the spring equinox.
The day started as students of Abhyasa waking up before dawn and taking oil baths according to the ritual, after which they decorate campus temple front with extensively prepared colorful rangolis and the doors and windows with strings of mango leaves that signify good crop and general well-being over the year. Ugadi Pachhadi, a unique dish of six different tastes, from sweet to bitter, is prepared on the day, which is also the first dish to be eaten by the students which is Made up of neem buds, jaggery, green chili, salt, tamarind juice and unripe mango, the dish signifies different experiences in life that should be absorbed and to keep walking the good walk.
Mr. Vinaayaka Kalletla (CEO and Founder Director) preformed Havan (Homam) in the campus temple.The vedic mantras, chants and predictions for the coming year are made by the pundits.
The event concluded with the distribution of new clothes to all workers of Abhyasa. by Mr. Vinaayaka Kalletla ( CEO and Founder Director.)
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Aaradhana Mahotsavam
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Aaradhana Mahotsavam (death anniversary) was observed in Abhyasa International Residential School on 24.04.2017. The day started with Nagar Sankeerthan in the morning by staff and students.
A beautiful Palkhi was decorated to carry Baba’s photo. The students took turn to carry the palkhi on the lanes of the Toopran village. The students started with Vedic Chanting and filled the air with Spirituality. It was a heavenly morning and everyone felt the love of Bhagwan Shri Satya Sai Baba’s blessings.
The evening program started at 6:30pm with lighting of lamps, bhajans and devotional songs sung by the students and staff. The bhajans was followed by the closing ceremony and Distribution of mahaprasadam and clothes to Abhyasa workers.
The evening program culminated with Mangala Arti to Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba by our COO Mr. Sai Kumar.
