“We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.” Tagging this great thought in everyone’s heart Indian Educational School (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kuwait) celebrated World Earth Day on April 20, 2017 by officially inaugurating the Eco Club, a new reach-out endeavour of the Bhavans Family, for the environmental cause. Daniel Thomas (Grade 9), the newly elected President of Bhavans Eco Club welcomed the spring gathering with a warm welcome address.
Mr. T. Premkumar, the Principal, Indian Educational School Kuwait officially inaugurated the Eco Club. He, along with the newly knighted Eco Warriors of IES planted saplings on the school premises. In his inaugural speech, Mr. T. Premkumar stressed upon the importance of conserving energy and practising cleanliness on the road for the making of a greener and better globe. He also extolled the efforts of the Department of Science in making the celebration eventful and momentous. Mr. Suresh V. Balakrishnan, the Senior Vice Principal, Mrs. Lalita Premkumar, Vice Principal, Primary and Kindergarten Sections and Mrs. Meenakshi Nayyar, Vice Principal, Co-curricular Activities also spoke on the occasion and extended their wishes. In connection with the Eco Club activities, a logo designing contest was held for the students of classes 8 to 12 and Master Tanmay of Grade 9 was declared the winner. The prized logo has been declared as the official logo of Bhavans Eco Club (BEC). The Club also conducted slogan writing competition in connection with World Earth Day Celebration.
Karthik Byju (Grade 9), the Secretary of BEC briefed the gathering on various in-house and reach-out activities planned by Bhavans Eco Club for the ongoing academic year. The vote of thanks was proposed by Aishwarya Babu (Grade 9), Vice President of BEC. Thus, Bhavans’ quest for excellence through selfless service to the society continues to flow serenely letting the world around marvel at the smooth calm ripple-less flow of this magnificent perennial river.