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Activities & Sessions

Reports from our sessions, events and field visits across every Samutkarsh centre — straight from our mentors and coordinators.

09 Feb 2025 Belagavi

Valedictory programme with Lokayukta SP

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Namaste All,

Today we are Belagavi had Valedictory program. In the presence of our Chairman Shri Ashok Patil sir we had a chief guest Shri Hanumantharaya, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta, Belagavi. We had a great day with some good feedback from Students and Parents. Also, we had certification of students and also honouring the Karyakartas.

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

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02 Feb 2025 Belagavi

Ancient Indian Achievements Session

Namaste All,

Today Samutkarsh Belagavi had a session on Pracheena Bharatada Sadhanegalu.
Session started with prayers at 9.40 am and Ended at 12 noon with National Anthem.

Shri Chetak was the resource person and explained how well advanced we were in the past before the invaders. Also how our concepts were patented by knowledge invaders. And what is the reason we should be learning this history.

The children and their parents expressed that the session was very knowledgeable and learnt a lot.

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

Photos from February 2025

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19 Jan 2025 Belagavi

Village Visit to Dhanagarwadi

Namaste All,

Today Belagavi Samutkarsh visited a Village which had a population of 200. We reached there at 10.15 am. The name of the village is A. Dhanagarwadi near Ramnagar. It was a great time. Kids learnt a lot about the village and also understood the standard of living which is really difficult. Reached back at 6 pm

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi <This message was edited>

Photos from January 2025

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12 Jan 2025 Belagavi

Heritage Walk and Youth Day

Namaste all,

Today at Belagavi, Samutkarsh had Heritage walk. We visited Kamal Basadi, fort and Ramakrishna Ashram. We all got to know about Belagavi and its history through our resource person Dr. Smita Surebankar. Our kids got to know about the history of Belagavi since 13th century. Also she explained about Swami Vivekananda and his deeds on the occasion of National Youth Day. On this occasion, We also visited Ramakrishna Ashrama and got blessings from Swamiji.
It was a great day.
Though we had Sankranti Sante which was successful for 2 hours by our kids, children came with good enthusiasm and learnt a lot.

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

Photos from January 2025

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05 Jan 2025 Belagavi

Bharata Bhupata Parichaya Session

Namaste All,

Today at Belagavi we had a session on BHARATA BHUPATA PARICHAYA. The topic was convincingly explained by Shri Sagar Hegde for both Shraddha and Medha.

The session started with prayers- Sanghatana Mantra, Vande Mataram, Atharvasheersha, discussion on current affairs.

The importance of Thoughts for the day was explained to students.

The session ended with the National Anthem.

Regards,
On behalf of Pratibha Joshi.

Photos from January 2025

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30 Dec 2024 Belagavi

Civic Sense Session

Namaste All,

Yesterday we at Belagavi had a session on Civic sense. The topic was very well explained by Dr Nagraj Marennavar for both Shraddha and Medha.

The session started with prayers- Sanghatana Mantra, Vande Mataram, Atharvasheersha, discussion on current affairs.

Importance of Panchanga was explained by Shri Vinod Deshpande sir.

The session ended with National Anthem.

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

Photos from December 2024

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23 Dec 2024 Belagavi

Logical Reasoning and Gratitude Letters

Namaste All,

Yesterday at Belagavi, Session started at 9.40am with prayers - Sanghatana Mantra, Vande Mataram and Atharvasheersha. We had a discussion on current affairs.

Later at 10.15am we had the session of Logical Reasoning by Shri Vinod Deshpande sir.

It was very interesting and interactive session. Students learnt and enjoyed.

Then we had a Gratitude Letter writing session. We had some beautiful and colorful letters.

The session ended with National Anthem at 1.30 pm

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

Photos from December 2024

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08 Dec 2024 Belagavi

Session with KAS Officer

Namaste All,

Today we had a session with a KAS officer.

The session started at 9.40 am with Sanghatana Mantra, Vande Mataram and Atharvasheersha by team Boudhayana.

Then initially Upto 10.45 am we had a mentoring session.

Then, KAS Officer(2022 batch), Shri Mallikarjun Konnur, DySP, Hindalga Jail, Belagavi addressed the children of Samutkarsh about UPSC and KPSC. How to clear such exams without losing our patience. Endeavors do give the results.

It was an interactive session.Children could learn quite a lot.

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

Photos from December 2024

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07 Dec 2024 Belagavi

Kutumba Prabodhane Family Session

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Namaste All,

Today we had a session on Kutumba Prabodhane. It was a wonderful session. Aspects of family, bonding, were covered. It was an interactive session.

The session started at 4.
20 pm with prayers and Vande Mataram. The session ended by National anthem at 6.15 pm

Regards,
Pratibha Joshi

Photos from December 2024

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01 Dec 2024 Belagavi

Financial Literacy and Mentoring Session

Namaste All,

1st Dec, 2024, Belagavi

The prayer started at 9.45 am

Today we had a session on Financial Literacy. The children understood the difference between needs and wants, and listed their own needs and wants. Also they could understand about the savings, and what's the reason to be financial literate.
Resource person : Pratibha R Joshi

Then we had a mentoring session and then games.

Mentors present were Shri. Amrut Patil, Shri.Govind Kelkar, Kum. Pavan Shirol and Shri. Majali



Regards,
Pratibha Joshi <This message was edited>

Photos from December 2024

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