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Ujjain: A gathering of more than 3,000 Ujjainites comprising schoolchildren belonging to around 50 ICSE, CBSE and MP Board schools and their parents witnessed the gala seventh ‘On-the-Spot Painting Competition’ organised by the Free Press in association with DHL Infrabulls at Tarantal Parisar Garden here on Sunday.
Like previous years, the competition offered an opportunity to schoolchildren to display their best artistic talent before a large audience and win exciting prizes.
The competition started at 10 am and continued till 12.30 noon. Though 9 am was fixed as reporting time for participants they started flocking in large numbers along with their parents and friends at the venue since 8 am.
The competition powered by Prince Hyundai, ‘needbags’, Delhi Public School and other reputed organisations had attractive gifts for children of all age groups. Several top schools participated in the competition with a large number of their students studying in classes I to XII exhibiting their best talent to get assessed by renowned judges.
CO-SPONSORS: Hotel Imperial, Christu Jyoti Senior Secondary School, Narmada-Jhabuaa Gramin Bank, Akshat International School, Ken International Girls School, Bank of India, IBS Global Academy, DHL Infrabulls, Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, Shri Ram, Gyan Sagar Academy, Gyan Sagar Girls Academy and Saraswati Shiksha Mahavidyalay.
WINNERS
Group-A: Rashi Thani of St Pauls Convent School (first), Tanishk Kumavat of Gyan Sagar Academy (second) and Daksh Sethiya of St Pauls Convent School (third).
Group-B: Aadhya Dwivedi of Stanford International School (first), Ishan Soni of Kendriya Vidyalaya (second) and Hitaishi Pandey of Kendra Vidyalaya (third).
Group-C: Dev Parmar of Government Madhav Nagar School of Excellence (first), Rashida Latthawala of Christu Jyoti Convent Senior Secondary School (second) and Siddharth Rawat of Kendriya Vidyalaya (third).
High-lights
Drawing-sheets were provided to every participant though they brought their colours
Barring Group-A participants (for class I to III), titles for painting for Group B and C (for class IV to VII and form class VIII to XII) were given just before the commencement of the competition. Ujjain’s religious places and green Ujjain were the themes for painting for Group-B participants. Likewise, Ujjain’s Kshipra aarti and Smart City Ujjain were the themes for Group-C participants.
13 prizes each in the three groups— top three winners and 10 consolation prizes for each group– were awarded. Besides, useful bags were provided to first three winners of each group.
Certificates to be given to all participants through their schools.
Parentspeak
“The painting competition organised by Free Press is a commendable initiative and such events should be organised frequently. Children get energised by such events. When thousands of children sit together to contest, a competition spirit is developed amongst them.” — Chitra Raghwani (P9)
“Such competitions are held regularly in school but providing an open platform, that too through the medium of a newspaper is awesome. Thanks to Free Press for providing such an amazing platform to children.” — Jayshree Dubey
“Such competitions provide a new way for the children in the city. They get a new platform to present their skills. Above all, the topic of Clean Ujjain, Green Ujjain given by Free Press is enhancing the knowledge of the children. Our children searched internet for painting on this topic two days ago.” — Anita Jeswani