After the phenomenal success of Read India Celebration 2020 which
saw participation of students from over 25 states / cities across India (including
students from USA, Canada, New Zealand & UAE) which culminated with a 3
episode tele series on WION TV (India’s International English News Channel)
& a special feature on Zee News Hindi, Leading Self is now back with
RIC2021. *RIC 2020 episodes can be watched on the following link https://readindia.info/
- Zee
News – RIC 2020 – Special Feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WWRZ_zp7Aso - WION
TV – RIC 2020 - Episode#1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=tNUTKyPlTjs - WION
TV – RIC 2020 - Episode#2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Wmz2HSEFA1I - WION
TV – RIC 2020 - Episode#3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=NZLmiAg-BI0
Read India Celebration is a one of its kind readership & leadership initiative for school (5th to 12 grade) & college (undergraduate and graduate) students under 4 categories i.e.
- Category 1 (grade 5th to 7th)
- Category 2 (grade 8th to 10th)
- Category 3 (grade 11 & 12th)
- Category 4 (Undergraduate & Graduates)
What is Read India Celebration (International)?
Is not a competition but a grand stage to celebrate emerging readers, emerging knowers, emerging gyani’s, vidyavan and leaders from India and across the world. It’s an annual Readership and Leadership festival for school ( standard 5th - 12th) and college (undergraduate & graduate) students. A platform to celebrate knowledge and propagators of Gyan and Independent Thinking (Jagruth Swatantra Soonch) based culture. It’s a stage to reinforce the value and importance of Gyan & Independent Thinking as the only means to prosperity & peaceful coexistence.
Participate in Read India Celebration 2021 (International):
In 3 simple steps
1. Register @ www.readindia.info
2. Read, Research, Realize & Resolve – Read, research, realize a book / topic (refer to the list of 20 topics at the bottom) & resolve any issue of your choice (Share your RIC experience & learning in a 1 to 2 min video and upload to RIC website)
3. Submit 1 - 2 page summary on the book / research / realization along with 1 novel idea to resolve / fix any issue, problem of your choice (Feel free to make a 1 to 2 min video on the issue before & after solving and its impact and upload to RIC website)
Why Read India Celebration?
"Only knowledge based cultures manifest into knowledge based economies which pave the way to prosperity and harmony". This initiative is to sow / enhance seeds of "Gyan and Leadership through Readership (i.e. reading books & self)" at school and college levels. From a known we can get to the unknown, never the other way round. No knowledge, no wellbeing is one of the key messages of RIC. For every person / society the journey to growth & success begins from knowing where they are? To keep it simple, only knowledge based cultures can be progressive.
- Nominated book for the year 2021 – Leading Self & Beyond (Download eBook)
- Selected Topic for the year 2021 – " Use, addiction and abuse of technology – Can technology potentially consume youth of nations / world?"
Cadence & Rules for RIC 2021 :
Students can read the nominated book "Leading Self & Beyond" (eBook can be downloaded from the Read India website) or read any book(s) of their choice on the nominated book / selected topic or a topic of their own choice (e.g. changes in lifestyle due to corona pandemic, difference between Shiksha (literacy) & Vidya (education), Measure of Education, Knowledge based societies Vs Commerce based societies, Sports & youth, Role of education in evolution of a society etc.) from Jan to May 31st, 2021 and submit a summary / findings / review in not more than 1000 words ( Less than 2 A4 size pages, hand written or typed) along with 1 novel idea to solve any household / street / community / regional / national / international issue (e.g. Impact of ignorant leaders on societies / nations, commercially driven public policies, agrarian problems, drying of rivers, depletion of ground water levels, traffic problems, decongestion of cities, obstruction to normal life due to street protests, river / air pollution, sea contaminations etc.) by uploading it to the readindia.info website before 31st May, 2021 with the unique registration # shared post online registration. Please do not mention name, place, school / college etc. on the written submission.
*Additionally, students are requested to post 1 / 2 min videos about reading books & their experience of RIC2021 or the problem / issue they want to address / have solved as part of RIC 2021. The videos however can have a 10 - 20 sec self intro of the participant.
Additional Themes / Topics for the RIC 2021:
01. Road ahead for Humanity - Knowledge Based Culture Vs Commerce Based Culture?
02. Leadership Styles - Values Or Valuables; Greed Or Honesty; Service Or Grandeur
03. Entrepreneurs Vs Job Seekers (Risk Vs Comfort?)
04. Creativity Vs Knowledge Vs Logic
05. Top priorities for state - Education, Health Care, Nature Care & Employment Creation?
06. Merit Based Society Vs Group or People Controlled Society - Pros & Cons!!
07. Beliefs Based Society Vs Independent Thinking Society - Merits & Demerits!!
08. Technology for Evolution (choice) Vs Technology for Devolution (addiction & abuse)?
09. Between Use and Abuse of Natural Resources - How to strike a balance?
10. Corona - Crisis Vs Opportunity Vs Punishment?
11. People in Policy - Courage (& the price to be paid) Vs Fear (& consequences)
12. A Progressive Society - Is it People or State driven?
13. A cultural shift to nurture creativity - From being part of the problem (/silent) to being part of the solution (think & experiment solutions!)
14. Leaders – How to draw the line between need & greed?
15. Is there a need to introduce a global citizen element in the school education system keeping the local flavors?
16. Indian Education Systems
17. Global Education Systems
18. The road to economic recovery for nations / world post Covid-19
19. Fixing accountability on countries spreading pandemics / global unrest
20. The need for stronger & accountable global bodies to deal with 21st century pandemics / global challenges
The winners in each category will be awarded as below
● Category – Grade 5th to 7th (Tablet – 1st Prize; MiniTab – 2nd Prize)
● Category – Grade 8th to 10th (Tablet – 1st Prize; MiniTab – 2nd Prize)
● Category – Grade 11th to 12th (Laptop – 1st Prize; Tablet – 2nd Prize)
● Category – Undergrad & Grad (Laptop – 1st Prize; Tablet – 2nd Prize)
For more details, please visit www.readindia.info / call us on +91-8688120864 (10:00 AM to 7:00 PM IST) /
send your queries to readindiacelebration2021@
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