Edu-leaders

TERI University, under the aegis The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), headed by Dr. R. K. Pachauri, Chancellor, TERI University, and Director-General, TERI, cordially invites you to its annual ‘green’ cultural fest Aahvaan 2010. (http://aahvaan.com/).

Aahvaan 2010 will be a three day festival which will take place from 17th to 19th September 2010. ‘Towards Zilch Lifestyle’ – is the motto of this year’s fest. It aims to promote a change towards adopting zero waste, zero emission lifestyles. This is the idea that runs through all activities & events at the fest.

Highlights of the fest are various participatory events that will give 2000+ students from participating colleges a chance to showcase their talents and creative abilities.

Kabaad se Jugaad: A ‘best-out-of-waste’ competition designed to challenge creative minds to manage waste. This contest showcases Reverse Engineering - innovation challenge – at its best. The event is not an engineering event but it is based on the format where anybody using intuitive skills can breakthrough and reformulate a new set of convention for a system.

Grey Matterz: A unique event testing a team’s creativity, managerial, analytical and communication skills. The event will bring students from top Indian management institutes to give them a platform to prove their strategic decisions at the highest level.

Sketchboard: A special initiative to create awareness among the future architects and designers of the country about the concept of sustainability and the relevance of green architecture. Sketchboard is a competition for architecture students to showcase their creative and designing skills. 10 selected teams will be given the opportunity to design the stage for Rhythm Street – the Rock Music festival and the finale performance by Them Clones. Models of the conceptualised stage design will be judged for their creativity, use of recyclable materials, relevance of the theme employed etc.

Rhythm Street: The grand finale of Aahvaan 2010, an evening that will see a crowd of over 2000 young music enthusiasts come together to enjoy one of the best rock performances in the country. The event is a platform for upcoming bands selected from across the country to prove their mettle & compete with their peers. Judges to the event are renowned band Them Clones, who will also conclude the evening with a blasting performance.

There will be a range of other events for a plethora of students coming from various other colleges and Universities. The events range from debating, block & tackle and inquisitive (a quiz) to face-painting, rangoli, ad-mad, movie-making, photography and script-writing.

Also, the fest will hold an interactive session between the youth and the global movers and shakers on 18th September 2010 at 11.00am. Titled 'Capacity building for sustainability by developing indigenous knowledge systems and innovation'-- this forum debates on the significant influence of non-Indian communities in our technology solutions, communication, food, construction, policies, lifestyle and outfits etc. Irrespective of their suitability to our way of life, a lot of western manipulations have found their way and have become an inevitable part of our living. While it does demonstrate the impacts of globalisation and growth, it sadly often seals the fate of a lot of indigenous ideas, region specific solutions to problems and local good practices. The need of the hour is to look within and to break away from the existing notions of the path for development, by tailoring sustainable approaches to local situations by incorporating the indigenous knowledge systems that have historically evolved to suit the local environment.

Dynamic leaders will have tête-à-tête with the students on various issues. Gracing the occasion will be:

1.        Timothy D. Neely - Chief, Environment, Science and Technology, US Embassy, New Delhi
2.        Veena Padmanabhan - General Manager, Wipro Limited.
3.        Dr RK Pachauri - Chancellor, TERI University, and Director-General, TERI

Come be a part of Aahvaan 2010 from 17th to 19th September 2010@ TERI University Campus, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.