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NEWS FROM THE STATES
                                                                                   

Talwandi Bhai, Ferozepur, Punjab South : Branch organised BKJ on 13th Nov. in two schools. 280 students in junior and 120 in senior categories participated in written test. Team of Shahid Ganj Public School Mudki Ferozepur stood first and participated in State level competition on 4th December 2011 in DAV College auditorium Abohar.  

amil Nadu : BKJ quiz was conducted on 18.12.2011. Students from 8 different schools (seniors) and 7 school (juniors) comprising a total of 200 students participated. All the students were awarded mementos and participation certificates by the chief guest.

(NITI: Mar., 2012)

Braj Pradesh : State level BKJ was organized by Vikramaditya, Agra at Jubli Hall, Agra Univ. Campus on 27th Nov. 2011. 22 teams (11 junior and 11 senior) participated. Chief Guests were Prof. Sugam Anand (National Secretary), Shri H.N. Chaturvedi (National Convenor) Shri Kunjbihari Gupta (Zonal Org. Sect.), Shri Sanjeev Jain (Zonal Sect. Audit). Vikram Upadhaya (M.D. HRC. Horizons) was guest of honour. Quiz masters were Dr. R.K. Awasthi and Arun Yadav. Programe was conducted by Dr. Divya Lehri (Prantiya Gen. Sect.) and Shri Akhilesh Yadav (Prantiya Org. Sect.)

Malerkotla, Punjab East : Branch organized BKJ in which 300 hundred students from 7 schools participated in written test. In quiz contest Sohrab Public School got first position in senior group. In junior group team from S.S. Jain Girls High School got first position.

Chandigarh South-I : Organised a written test of BKJ in 6 schools on 05.11.2011. 520 students (245 Jr. 275Sr.) sat for the written competition. A team of two students from each school who stood first and second in the written test participated in the quiz competition on 15.11.2011 in Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School, Sector-47. In the junior category the team of Govt. Model Sr.Sec. School Sector-47 stood first and High School Karsan stood second. In senior category a team of Govt Model Sr. Sec. School Karsan stood first and team of Govt. High School, Sector-47 stood 2nd . Prizes and certificates were distributed to first and second teams. Shri Ajay Dutta National Secretary (Vistar) was the chief guest and Principal of the school presided over the function.   

Dr. Kitchlu, Ludhiana, Punjab North : Branch organized the Inter School quiz contest 2011-12 in the auditorium of Partap Public School on 26.11.2011. Out of 5 schools joining the quiz contest, four teams participated in each of the junior and senior category. The first prize in the junior category was won by Partap Public School, while in senior category, the first position was scored by GRD Academy. The Chief Guest of the function, Dr. Mrs. Ramesh Inder Kaur Bal, Director, Partap Institutions of Education appreciated the good work being done by BVP.

Shahpurkandi : Ist stage was conducted in 8 different schools. About 600 students participated in the written test. On 25.11.2011 quiz competition was conducted at Auckland Public School.  8 teams  in junior and senior wings participated. In junior wing Harsh & Sahil got Ist position and in senior wing Bhavna Bharti & Shikha stood Ist. Shri Rajesh Kanda Vice Chairman of Auckland Public School distributed the prizes. Mrs. Anjali Josrotia Principal of the school thanked & praised BVP for conducting quiz competition. 

Delhi North: State level competition was organised on 10.12.2011 at Abhinav Public School Pitampura. 80 students from 15 schools sat for written test for junior and senior categories and then quiz among top 4 teams was held. The results : Junior: Govt. Boys Sr.Sec. School Prashant Vihar. Senior: Govt. Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya Shalimar Bagh. Secretary General S.K. Wadhwa, Dr. K.L. Gupta Finance Secretary graced the occastion with their presence. West Patel Nagar branch organised this activity in 9 schools at branch level wherein 5000 stududents participated.

Karimganj, Assam : Branch organised BKJ written test on 04.09.2011at Babyland English Medium High School and St. Joseph's School Badarpur. 431 students in junior & senior groups participated.  BKJ quiz competition was held on 25.09.2011 at Karimganj College Auditorium inaugurated by Prof. Dilip Sen Gupta. In junior group Saraswati Vidyaniketan secured first position. In the senior group Tara Bhusan Pal Junior College of Science got the first prize. The program was sponsored by Gautam Deb Ray, member of the branch while the prizes were sponsored by Shri Prasanta Choudhury President of the branch.       

Karnataka South: Prant level BKJ competition (2011/12) was held on 27th November 2011 at the Holy Town of Sringeri where Adi Shankaracharya established the first of the four mutts (Sharada Peetham). The event was inaugurated by Shri Sripadarao of Sharada Peetham. Shri N.Daulath Rao, National Add. Org. Secretary and Shri A.S. Nataraj, Prant President were present along with other eminent dignitaries of Sringeri. The quiz master was Shri Gopi Madhav. The first prize in the junior category was bagged by Govt. Higher Primary School, Sringeri, and in senior category by Govt. High School, Police Qtrs. Magadi Rd. Bangalore. Second, third and consolation prizes were also awarded to other deserving teams. The event was marked by suitable words of advice and encouragement to participants by the chief guests, guests and other dignitaries. The competition was excellently hosted by Sringeri Shakha. The function came to a close after a glittering cultural programme featuring Dances by budding artists of Sringeri. 

Jharkhand : State level BKJ 2011 was held at S.K.P. Vidya Vihar auditorium, Deoghar on 11.12.2011 organised by Deoghar branch. 21 teams (senior & junior) participated from 12 branches of the state. Delhi Public School, Dhanbad and Vananchal Shishu Vidya Manidr, Hazaribag were the winners of junior & senior group resp. The chief guest Shri U.S. Singh IAS, SDO, Deoghar in his speech praised BVP a lot for such sanskar based activites and advised to perform several times in a year which can make the children sanskarit. Shri G.P. Singh, National Convener (vistar) briefed at lenght about the different activities of BVP. State General Secretary P.K. Ambastha briefed about the importance of Sanskar Prakalp in general and BKJ in particular. Shri Abhay Kant Prasad, Ex. BJP President, Jharkhand, Ex. MP and member Jharkhand Coord-Committee was thrilled to witness the programme. Mr. Prasad gave away the prizes. Guest of honour was Dr. N.C. Gandhi.

(NITI: Feb., 2012)

Mayurvarma, Karwar, Karnataka North : State level BKJ quiz contest was held on 16.10.2011. 22 teams from 16 schools participated. For the first time in the country BKJ was held in the regional language Kannada also. Inauguration of the event was done by the Deputy Director, Public Instructions, Uttara Kannada District, Shri S. Jayakumar. National Convener and State level Office Bearers were present. The Patron of branch Octogenarian Dr. S.R. Pikle, presided over the closing ceremony. The President of Karwar Municipality and a prominent philanthropist Ganapati Ulvekar, who hosted food for the entire programme was honoured.

Belgaum : BKJ competition of branch was held at GG Chitnis English Medium School on 2nd October  2011. Herwadkar English Medium School scored highest marks and bagged the first place. In all 80 students and 8 schools took part in this project. Shri Shevantilal Shah, Educationist and Chairman of Dnyan Deep Educational Institute, was invited as the chief guest. Shevantilal Shah was felicitated and honoured with shawl, memento and flowers by the President Smt. Sukhad Deshpande, on his 75th birth day, as also for valuable services to the society through various organizations.

Vidyaranya, Bangalore, Karnataka South  : Branch level competition of BKJ was inaugurated by R. Chandrasekharaiah, member BBMP Bangalore City corporation on 05.11.2011. 27 teams participated.
The quiz was conducted by S.V. Nagaraj, event convener and Smt. A.R. Lakshmi, Secretary. The teams from Government High School Police Quarters and S. Cadambi Vidyakendra bagged the 1st prize in senior and junior wings respectively. Prizes were distributed by A.S. Nataraj, President (K. South).

Bokaro Thermal, Jharkhand : Branch organized BKJ competition jointly with Kathara, Gairmajarua & Gomia branches on 25.09.2011 at Station Club. 40 teams of senior & junior groups of 30 schools participated. Earlier about 4000 students participated in the school level exam. The (NC Vistar) Er. G.P. Singh, CE, DVC, BTPS gave away prizes to the selected teams, teachers, participants, quiz masters and others. He was assisted by the state G.S.P.K. Ambastha and they addressed the audience. The manch sanchalan was done by Smt. Rinki Prasad.

Viswaswarya (Varanasi), Kashi Pradesh : Branch organized BKJ in which 530 students of 9 schools of Varanasi participated . The competition was organized in two groups of 6-8 junior & 9-12 senior.

Goalpara, Assam : Branch organized BKJ quiz competition on 25th September 2011. 14 teams participated in the competition held in two groups junior and senior. The anchors were Prof. Mantu Das & Prof. Dhananjoy Medhi of Goalpara College. In junior group Sainik School & in senior group Sankar Dev Shishu Niketan School, secured first position.

Kokrajhar : Branch organized BKJ quiz competition on 25th September 2011. 11 teams participated in competition held in two groups junior and senior. The anchor was Shri Ashok Singh, Joint Secretary. In both junior & senior groups Boby land H.E. School secured first position.

Birjhora : Branch organized BKJ quiz competition on 29th October 2011 at Birjhora Girls M.V. School. 14 teams participated in the competition held in two groups junior and senior. It was inaugurated by Hon'ble Dr. Kesabh Narayan Dev Sarma, State Advisor. In junior group Shri Sankardev Sishu Niketan School stood first and in senior group Hindi H.S. School secured first position.

Abhayapuri : Branch organized BKJ quiz competition on 2nd October 2011 at Shri Sankardev Shishu Niketan School. 16 teams participated in the competition in two groups junior and senior. Results : in junior group Shri Sankardev Shishu Niketan School secured first position and in senior group Abhayeswari H.S. & M.P. School stood first.

Barpeta Road : Branch organised BKJ quiz competition at Sankardev Shishu Niketan on 02.10.2011. 24 teams participated. In senior group the 1st and 2nd positions were bagged by the teams of Marian School and Sankardev Shishu Niketan respectively while in junior category the teams of Manash Villay Academy and St. Maryas School were placed 1st and 2nd respectively. Prof. J.L. Nahata was the chief guest.

Dhubri : BKJ quiz competition for school and college students was organized on 23rd Oct. 2011 in the District Library Auditorium. The chief guest was Shri S.K. Deb, Chief Manager State Bank of India. Dr. H.A. Rashid presided over the function. 62 teams from different schools and colleges participated. In the junior group Bethal Baptist Mission School, S.P. English Medium High School got the 1st, 2nd  prize respectively. In the senior group S.P.H.S. School and Happy Convent School got 1st & 2nd prizes respectively. The Bank sponsored the prizes. State Bank of India has agreed to sponsor the teams in the state level quiz competition also.  

Bhubaneswar Central, Odisha : Branch arranged BKJ quiz competition on 16th Oct. 2011 at Subarnarekha Chamber. In junior team 10 schools and in senior 11 schools took part. Shri L.K. Mohanty Zonal Secretary was appointed as observer. Mementos were given to the winners and certificates to all the participants.

Trikuta Nagar, Jammu & Kashmir : Bahu and Trikutnagar branches jointly conducted BKJ quiz competition on 3rd Nov. 2011 at Govt. Middle School, Railway Colony Jammu. There were three  teams for junior upto 8th standard and one team of senior above eighth standard. Team of S.O.S. Home middle school Channi was declared winners followed by Coooperative School as second. Prof. Satish Chander Anand spoke on the relevance of this competition. Trophies were distributed.

Chandigarh West-I, Punjab East : Branch organized written competition on 29.10.2011 for 12 schools. 700 students from both wings participated. Oral competition was organized in Govt. Model High School Sector-41. The result : 1st Govt. Model Senior Sec. School-37-B, 2nd Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School-35-D. Senior wing : 1st position Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School Sector-35-D, 2nd position Govt. Model High School Sec.-36. All the fourteen winners were honoured with the prizes and also all the 40 participants with mementos. The Govt. Sr. Sec. School Sector-37-D was honoured for maximum number of students that appeared in the written competition. The host school was also honoured with a memento.

Chandigarh South-I : Branch organized a written test in 6 schools on 05.11.2011. 520 students participated (245 junior & 275 senior categories.) A team of two students from each school who stood first and second in the written test participated in the quiz competition on 15.11.2011 in Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-47. In the junior category : a team of Government Model Senior Secondary School Sector-47 (Master Paras Mani and Mahesh Kumar) stood first, Govt High School Karasan (Rahul and Rajani) stood Second. In the senior category a team of Govt Model Sr. & Sec. School Karsan Nitu and Komal stood first and a team of Govt. High School, Sector-47-A 2nd. Shri Ajay Dutta, National Secretary (Vistar), was the Chief Guest and Principal of the school presided over the function.

Dr. Kitchlu, Ludhiana, Punjab North : Branch organized BKJ in 5 schools. 583 students in junior category and 151 students in senior category participated in written test held on Oct. 14, 2011. Dr. DRC Bankhetia was the coodinator for the project.

Janakpuri Main, Delhi South : Branch organised BKJ in 6 schools. 1000 junior & 500 senior students participated. The convener of the competition was V.S. Gupta.

Gujarat North : Prant organised an oral exam of BKJ on 20.11.2011 in the auditorium of Kankuba of Shardaba Shanskar Bhavan Chansma. 40 students of 20 teams from different villages of Primary & Secondary Schools participated. Mehsana Distt. Bank Asst. Jr. Manager Manubhai Patel, Kirtibhai Patel, Chief Officer Chansma Rajendrabhai Patel were present as guests. Winners were honoured by presentation of trophy etc. by the chief guest.  

Mapusa, Goa : Branch organized quiz competition at Saraswat Vidyalaya Khorlim on 20.11.2011 for junior and senior category. 9 schools in senior and 3 in junior categories participated. Mahendra Ghosarwadkar conducted the quiz competition. Shanta Vidyalaya secured the championship in junior category and G.S. Amonkar Vidyalaya were the winners in the senior category. Sanjeev Dharwadkar, Headmaster of Saraswat Vidyalaya distributed the prizes and certificates. 

(NITI: Jan., 2012)

Maharashtra Coastal-I: BKJ quiz competition was organised at Modern School sector-7 Vashi on 25th September by Vashi and Nerul branches jointly. 18 schools participated with 170 students. After the written test selected eight teams were asked questions in three rounds.In final quiz all four teams in each category had to face more rounds of visual and audio questions. Prize distribution function was graced by the chief guest Smt. Manisha Andhansare, Principal St. Xavier's High School Nerul. The result is first Fr. Angel Multipurpose School, Vashi; second Sainath English High School Vashi. Senior category first Sainath English High School Vashi, second ICL High School, Vashi. A set fo books, pertaining to Swami Vivekananda was given to each school, as a gift along with participation certificates. 

(NITI: Dec., 2011)
 

Naraina Vihar, Delhi North : In BKJ competition held on 30th August 2011 four schools participated. More than 300 books of BKJ were distributed to these schools for preparation. This programme helped students to know about Indian culture and history. All the winners were given certificates and prizes on Teachers day on 5th September 2011.

Agartala East & West, Tripura : Branch conducted a quiz competition at Ranibazar town conference hall on 10.09.2011. 600 students with their parents attended the function. Headmaster Manoranjan Bhowmick delivered his welcome speech. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Group stood first & Runners up was Rishi Aurobindo Group. Consolation prizes were awarded to all the participants as headmaster offered a sum of Rs. 2001.00 as a token of donation.

South Guwahati, Assam : Branch arranged NGSC and BKJ quiz competition on 4th September 2011 in which four schools participated. Modern English School, Kahilipara stood first both in Hindi and Sanskrit. In BKJ Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Lalmati team stood first both in junior & senior divsions.    

(NITI: Nov., 2011)
 

Chandigarh South-I, Punjab East : Branch organized BKJ on 03.11.10 in 6 schools. 525 students participated in the written test. 6 junior and 6 senior teams then participated in quiz competition organized on 15.11.10 in Government senior secondary model school, sector-47, Chandigarh. Trophies to first and second teams were presented. One senior and one junior team from the branch participated in the state level competition held on 21.11.10 at Patiala.

Himachal Pradesh : State level BKJ was organised by Palampur branch on 12.12.10 at girls senior secondary school palampur. 7 teams participated. Auchland home team stood Ist in competition Chief guest was Hon'ble MLA Vipin Singh Parmar.

Delhi North : State level BKJ competition was organised on 19.12.10 at Nav Bharti Public School Pitampura. In junior group NAV Bharti Public School and in senior group PGDAV Sr. Sec. School were graced by Sudesh Bhasin MC and Usha Gupta MC. 250 people were present at the function and the activity was grand success.

(NITI: Mar, 2011)
 

Jharkhand : Prant organised BKJ on 21.11.10 hosted by Bokaro Thermal branch at station club B.T.P.S. 32 schools both in Senior & Junior groups of 16 branches participated in the competition. Pitts Modern School, Gomia (Kathara branch) and Denobilee School, Chandrapura (Chandrapura branch) won the winners shield in senior & junior group resp. The chief guest was state patron Er. G.N. Singh, Chief Engineer & Project head D.V.C., and quiz masters were Er. U. Chaudhary & Er. Jayanti Tripathy. He was accompanied by the Z.O.C. Er. G.P. Singh, zonal secy Dr. Balmiki Kumar, State V.P. Er. Anil Kumar & State G.S. Er. P. K. Ambastha. The chief guest in his address lauded the contributions of BVP in the field of Sanskar & Seva. 

Malaprabha (Dharwad), Karnataka North :BKJ quiz competition was held on 28.08.10 at KNK Girls High School auditorium. 12 high school students participated. The function was inaugurated by Shri Girish Padaki Block Education Officer. Shri Wilson Maily Principal presided over the function. Shri Manjunath Hugar conducted the competition under the leadership of quiz master Shri Vidyapati Havanur.

Belgaum : On 24.11.10 Childrens' day was celebrated at the Audtitorium of Lions Club. Shri Vinayak Lokur, Shri Amit Soundalgekar and Shri Anil Islampure were the chief guests. Branch President Anand Kulkarni explained the BKJ quiz competition to students and requested them to utilise the knowledge given in the book to enrich their knowledge. On this occasion BKJ books were distributed among the students free of cost. Shri N.B. Deshpande, Secretary extended the vote of thanks.

Karnataka South : Prant level competition was conducted at Malavalli, Mandya District, on 21st Nov. 10. It was inaugurated by Shri Aswathanarayana, member of the Legislative Council, and hosted by Malavalli Shakha. 21 teams in senior and 14 teams in junior category participated. Shri Gopi Madhava quiz master enlivened the event equipped with computers, LCD projectors etc. Hymanshu High School, Florence High School and Sadvidya High School bagged the first, second and third prizes respectively in the senior category. In the junior category, Vidya Mandir, Govt. High School, Police Qrs. and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Madikeri were the Ist, IInd prize winners respectively.  

Vidyaranya, Bangalore : BKJ competition was held at Shri Bharatiya Vidyalaya on 30th October 10 inaugurated by Shri U.N. Bhat, Chairman of Vidyalaya. Shri K.V. Narahari introduced the Chief Guest. Shri B.V. Rao, President spoke about the importance of the event and the role of BVP in Seva and Sanskara. In his address Shri Bhat stressed upon the value system to be adopted by students and praised the work of the Parishad. As many as 58 students from 15 schools participated in the quiz ably conducted by the convener Shri S.V. Nagaraj. Prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest and special invitee Shri Mahendra Munot, Proprietor, Maruthi Medicals, who was honoured on Foundation Day 2006. Florence High School, Basaveshwarnagar, bagged the first prize in senior category and Govt. High School, police quarters, Magadi road, in the junior category.

Valmiki Ramanagara : Branch jointly whith choodalingegowda group of education and society, organised BKJ on 13.11.10 at Patel English School. The institution is supplying an ancient historical book of Bharat Darshan to every school in tuluk, written by Nityananda Shanai. Chief Guest Shri B. Umesh, Vice President of town municipality called everybody to give their support to such programmes and also praised about free treatment to 36,000 patients through eye checking camps. Out of 5 teams Harshitha and A.H. Ravikiran of Vasavi School got the first place. Sagar Gowda and Bharati of Patel English School were second which Chaitra and Rakshit of Shantinikethana stood third. In senior level out of 6 teams Patel English School got first place. Shanti Nikethan second and Bhagyashree Pre-university college third.

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra-I : Only top 8 schools, out of 13 participating schools, were selected to go into preliminary quiz. Nerul and Vashi branches of Navi Mumbai jointly organised BKJ at modern school sector-7 Vashi on 3rd October 2010.105 students participated. The results: junior category first prize Ryan International School, Sanpada, senior category first prize Sainath English High School, Vashi. Each participant was given a book titled ^^Hkkjr esa foKku dh mTToy ijaijk** as a gift, along with participation certificate.

Malerkotla, Punjab East : Branch organised a written test of BKJ on 25th Oct. and the quiz on 3rd Nov. 10. 8 teams in senior and 6 in junior category participated. In senior category students of P. school and in junior category Sarvahitkari vidya mandir won first position and were honoured.

Khanna, Punjab North : Branch organized BKJ quiz contest for junior and senior school students. 1500 students from 21 schools took part in written test which was held on 30.11.10 at Dayanad hall of A.S.Sr.Sec. School. Shri Guru Gobind Singh Future Foundation Public School Macchiwara team stood 1st in senior category.

Shahpurkandi Township : Branch organised BKJ (written) in 6 schools. 371 students participated both in Senior & Junior groups. In quiz competition 24 students took part. Mrs. Sukhjit Kaur Principal of Shri Ram Vidya Mandir presided over other function.

Sriganga Nagar, Rajasthan North : Held a quiz competition of BKJ on Nov. 17.10. Shri Chiman Lal Sharma was the chief guest. 5 teams participated.

Gujarat North : Prant organised an oral exam of BKJ with main aim to provide general knowledge regarding Indian culture & Sanskar on 10.10.10 in the auditorium of K.K. Girls High School Patan. 44 students of 22 teams of Primary & Secondary schools participated. Distt. Education Officer Shri Naishdhbhai Makwana was the chief guest.  In secondary vibhag Vividhlaxi Vidyamandir & in primary Vibhag C.K. Mehta Primary school were honoured with trophy. School dresses were distributed to 45 needy poor girls of K.K. Girls High School by Patan branch.

Shivalik, Jammu & Kashmir : BKJ competition was organized on 20th October 10 at Adarsh Shiksha Niketan Hr. Sr. School, Chhanni Himmat. Dr. Subhash Gupta President J&K Prant, presided over the function. Ritesh Kapoor, administrator of the school while delivering welcome address, highlighted the regular interaction of BVP with the school in inculcating 'Sanskar" in young blood. 7 teams participated in the competition. Jodhamal Public School stood first in senior level whereas Maharishi Vidya Mandir stood first in Junior level.

Jammu West : Branch organised BKJ at K.C. Public School on 15th Nov. 10, presided over by Prof. Satish Anand, National General Secretary Proudh Sanskar. Chief Guest was Shri R.D. Thakur, Principal of the Institution. In junior wing K.C. Public School Akhnoor road, Jammu stood Ist while in senior wing Govt. Mr. Sec. School, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu got Ist position.

Pranavananda, West Bengal : Branch organised an Inter School quiz competition of BKJ at Beachwood school, city centre, Durgapur on 4th Dece. 10. Students of 15 schools from different parts participated in the competition. Shri Kamalendu Mishra, Personnel Officer, Alloy Steels Plant, conducted the quiz in an apt manner. Winners St. Michael's School and Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya were awarded the prizes by Shri G.P. Singh, zonal convener.

Anakapalli, A.P. East : State level BKJ quiz competition sponsored by the Gajuwaka branch was conducted on 28.11.2010. 13 teams each in junior & senior categories participated. In juniors Visakhapatnam and in seniors Kakinada branches stood first. Shri B. Atchutharao, ACP Visakhapatnam South was the chief guest for the valedictory function.    

Birjhora, Assam : Branch organised BKJ on 26th September 10 in the auditorium of Bongaigaon Rly. Institute. In the senior and junior wings Sankardev Shishu Vidya Niketan stood first. Mr Samira Das Principal Bongaigaon Rly L.S. School was the chief guest. 

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh : The state level BKJ partiyogita was conducted on 12.12.10. Seven teams paticipated from different branches. The team from Aucland House School Shimla was declared 1st in this event. The said team was represented by miss. Lakshita Thakur and Vijeyata Chouhan. Yash Mahajan Incharge Sanskar North zone, was also present. Vipin Singh Parmar MLA Sullaha constituancy was the chief guest of the event. 

(NITI: Feb, 2011)
 

Malaprabha (Dharwad), Karnataka North : BKJ quiz competition was held on 28.08.10 at KNK Girls High School auditorium. 12 high school students participated. The function was inaugurated by Shri Girish Padaki Block Education Officer. Shri Wilson Maily Principal presided over the function. Shri Manjunath Hugar conducted the competition under the leadership of quiz master Shri Vidyapati Havanur.

Vidyaranya, Bangalore, Karnataka South : BKJ competition was held at Shri Bharatiya Vidyalaya on 30th October 10 inaugurated by Shri U.N. Bhat, Chairman of Vidyalaya. Shri K.V. Narahari introduced the Chief Guest. Shri B.V. Rao, President spoke about the importance of the event and the role of BVP in Seva and Sanskara. In his address Shri Bhat stressed the value system to be adopted by students and praised the work of the Parishad. As many as 58 students from 15 schools participated in the quiz ably conducted by the convener Shri S.V. Nagaraj. Prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest and special invitee Shri Mahendra Munot, Proproetor, Maruthi Medicals, who was honoured on Foundation Day 2006. Florence High School, Basaveshwarnagar, bagged the first prize in senior category, and Govt. High School, police quarters, Magadi road, in the junior category.

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra-I : Only top 8 schools, out of 13 participating schools, were selected to go into preliminary quiz. Nerul and Vashi branches of Navi Mumbai jointly organised BKJ at modern school sector-7 Vashi on 3rd October 2010.105 students participated. The results: junior category first prize Ryan International School, Sanpada, senior category first prize Sainath English High School, Vashi. Each participant was given a book titled ^^Hkkjr esa foKku dh mTToy ijaijk** as a gift, along with participation certificate.

Gujarat North : Prant organised an oral exam of BKJ with main aim to provide general knowledge regarding Indian culture & Sanskar on 10.10.10 in the auditorium of K.K. Girls High School Patan. 44 students of 22 teams of Primary & Secondary schools participated. Distt. Education Officer Shri Naishdhbhai Makwana was the chief guest.  In secondary vibhag Vividhlaxi Vidyamandir & in primary Vibhag C.K. Mehta primary school were honoured with trophy. School dresses were distributed to 45 needy poor girls of K.K. Girls High School by Patan branch.

(NITI: Jan, 2011)

Patan, Gujarat North :  Branch organised BKJ in which exam 1985 students of 36 different schools participated. 826 students of Primary School and 1159 of H. Sec. School gave the exam on 15.08.10.

Karimganj, Assam : Branch organized quiz competition on 12th September 2010 at Karimganj College auditorium. 10 teams participated in two groups - Junior and Senior. It was inaugurated by Dr. Manash Das, Hon'ble Chairman, Karimganj Municipal Board. Baby Land English School bagged 1st prize in the junior group while Saraswati Vidya Niketan H.S. School in senior group. The entire programme was sponsored by our President Shri Prasanta Kumar Choudhury in memory of his beloved brother (Late) Niranjan Choudhury.

Agartala : Branch conducted the BKJ quiz competition at Ramakrishna Sarada Ashram Nivedita Vidyapith School conference hall of Briddanagar, Ranibazar on 11th Sept 2010. The state Vice President Smt. Manjulika Deb Barman the renowned educationist and a well known social worker presided over the function. The Ashram head respected Praggya Mayee Maataji was the chief guest and the Head Mistress Brahmmacharini Smt. Runu Dey was the special guest. All the students and their parents were in the hall including quiz participants in 4 groups namely Vivekananda, Netaji, Rabindranath & Bidyasagar. The zonal Sanskar Secretary North East Smt. Jaba Dhar delivered her welcome address. Smt. Aditi Bhattacharya conducted the function as a young host. Shri Madan Mohan Saha was the quiz Master. The chief guest motivated the students to give more and more attention to their study as well as general knowledge to improve the smartness and intelligibility. Winners were awarded prizes.    

(NITI: Dec., 2010) 

(NITI: Nov., 2010)
 

(Niti: Apr., 2010)

Brahmapur, Orissa : Branch felicitated two students Sri Omkar Nath Mishra and Sri Sibananda Panigrahi who secured second position at the National Quiz competition on "Bharat Ko Jano" held at Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Anakapalle Central, A.P. North & East : On 13.12.2009 BKJ programme was conducted in training and development centre, vizag steel plant, vizag in which branch sponsored students of Shri Gurajada School, Kumari K. Indira and Mr. K. Chaitanya got state second prize in the senior group. Branch President, Secretary, Treasurer and concerned chairman of the BKJ participated in the state programme.

(NITI: Mar., 2010)

 
Jammu & Kashmir : Organized Prant level quiz competition in which ten teams each in senior and junior category participated. In the senior category the 1st, 2nd and third positions were bagged by the teams of J.K. Public School Panj Tirthi, Vimal Public School and Maharshi Vidya Mandir Sainik colony respectively while in junior category the teams of Jagriti Niketan Kachichawni, K.C. Public School and Govt. Middle School Guwahati were there in order of merit. The Chief Guest Prof. Balbir Singh of Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, appreciated the efforts of BVP to infuse the spirit of Nationalism. The teams were presented mementos and certificates of appreciation.

Dharwad, Karnataka North : Branch participated in the quiz competition conducted at state level on 08.11.2009. The senior team students from Rajasthan Vidya Kendra Dharwad bagged the first prize.

Pilani, Rajasthan North & East : BKJ Pratiyogita was held for the first time on 18.10.2009. The branch is a new branch in North & East Rajasthan. First round of the competition was conducted in nine schools in which about 550 students appeared in senior and junior categories. The next round, a quiz, was held on 19.11.2009 at Saboo College of Commerce and was moderated by Dr. Mahla of Saboo College. Famous poet Shri Nagraj Sharma was the chief guest. Dr. P.P. Gupta Principal presided over the function. Dr. R.P. Pareek, guest of honor along with the District coordinator Shri J.P. Soni graced the function. The chief guest distributed the prizes and certificates. Shri Nagaraj appreciated the efforts of the branch while receiving the memento from Dr. Pareek. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Motilal Dash, the programme co-coordinator.

(NITI: Feb., 2010)
 

Punjab East : State level Bharat Ko Jano competition was held on 25th October, 2009 at Ropar. Written test was conducted at branch level on different dates. 11840 students from 148 schools participated in these tests. At state level both in senior and junior groups 16 students participated.  The team of Shri Suraj Kumar Sarvahitkari Vidya Mandir School Sunam, District Sangrur stood first in junior level and team of Holy Family Convent School Ropar stood first in senior level.

Bareta, Punjab South : BKJ competition was conducted at the school level in Sixteen different schools. 632 students (332 in Junior group and 300 in the Senior group) took part in the competition held on 5 November 2009. 45 students in Junior and 28 in Senior group appeared at branch level which competition was held on 8.11. 2009 in the premises of Sh. Atma Ram Public School. Cheshta of green level day Boarding Public School bagged 1st position in Junior and Ankur Garg of the same school 2nd position in the senior group.

Shahpurkandi Township, Punjab North : BKJ school level written Test was held on 5th October in 9 schools. 204 students of junior level and 197 of senior level participated in the competition. On 09-10-2009 branch level competition was organised at Shri Ram Vidya Mandir, Baroi. 30 students of 9 schools selected during written test participated in the quiz competition. In Junior wing Bhawana Pathania of Shri Ram Vidya Mandir Baroi and in senior wing Manjit Kumar of Govt. Sr. Sec. School Madhopur were the winners.

Karnataka North : State level BKJ quiz competition was held on 8th October 2009 at IMA hall Belgaum under the auspices of Belgaum branch. Zonal Organizing Secretary Shri Hemant Deshpande inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. State General Secretary Shri Pandurang Nayak welcomed the guests. 5 teams participated in the competition. Dr. V.B. Yelburgi the convenor of the event was the quiz master. A visual round was introduced in the competition for the first time this year. Smt. Vasundhara Yelburji and Dr. Mrs. Abha Kulkarni were the masters of the ceremony. Shri B.N. Patil was the chief guest. Rastrothana Vidyakendra of Dharwad won the first prize in senior category and Narmadadevi School of Hospet won the first prize in the Junior category.

Vidyaranya, Karnataka South : Branch conducted BKJ at RNS Vidyanikethan Bangalore. The event was inaugurated by Shri Jayarama Shetty. Principal, Shri K.V. Narahari introduced the Chief Guest and Shri B.V. Rao, President spoke about the importance of the event. 44 students from 14 schools participated in the quiz ably conducted by the convenor Shri S.V. Nagaraj. Prizes were distributed by Chief Guest Shri Ranganath, Asst. Education Officer, Govt. of Karnataka and Shri A.S. Nataraj, zonal secretary. Florence High School, Basaveshwarnagar, Bangalore bagged the first prize in senior category, and RNS Vidyanikethan in Juinor category.

Dharwad, Karnataka North : Branch organised BKJ questionnaire competition on 13.09.2009 at Mallasajjan High School, Maratha colony. Shri Vidyapathi Havanur conducted the programme while Shri L.S. Desai, inaugurated the programme. Shri. V.S. Hiremath was the chief guest and it was presided over by Shri R.B. Dhongade.

Dhubri, Assam West : The state level BKJ quiz competition was held at District library auditorium on 1st Nov, 2009. Shri Deepak Kumar Barthakur, National Vice President was the inaugurator and chief guest of the inaugural session. Mrs. Indira Barthakur presided over the inaugural session. Altogether 23 teams from different parts of the state participated in the competition. In the senior group teams from DPS Dhaligaon, S.P. English Medium School, Dhubri and Srimanta Sankardev Academy, Guwahati got the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively. In the Junior group teams from Don Bosco, panbazar, Guwahati, Maharshi Vidya Mandir, Kalipur, Guwahati and S.P. English Medium School, Dhubri got 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively.

(NITI: Jan., 2010)

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