Chandigarh, September 27: Today, on second day of visit of 41 S. African students & teachers under an International Immersion Programme organized by Gurukul Global School & Yuvsatta, visitors along with 40 students of host School spend their day at Infosys, learning first hand about the progress of IT industry in India. Vivek Atray, IAS was the Chief Guest on the occasion.
On their arrival they were greeted & welcomed at Infosys by the Vikas Ahuja, Group Project Manager who shared that by this visit they aim to build aspirations of students, exposing the reach of IT & engineering in our daily lives, exposing students to a world class environment and learning methodologies and promoting inclusivity.
Stressing upon the age old ties of S. Africa and India Vivek Atray in his address dwelled on the role of Mahatma Gandhi who experimented with his science of ‘Satyagraha’ first in S. Africa and later his insight of the common issues in S. Africa & India, helped him to strengthen and unite the country for total Independence (Purn Swaraj). Sharing the commonalities further he added that cricketers like Hasim Amla & peace icons like Nelson Mandela are adored and liked in India too as much as the respect they command in S. Africa plus the soccer team of S. Africa which recently won a match again France-the former world cup champions is another inspirational story for all of us here.
Before the prorgamme ended at Infosys Naran Rajbansi the head of S. African delegation said that they’re feeling overwhelmed by the warmth and Indian hospitality with which they’re received every where in Chandigarh.
In the end in her vote of thanks Aruna Bhardwaj expressed that their mission is to give students the opportunity to gain new life experience while they study and increase their network of friendship globally. Prominent amongst those who were present on the occasion includes Praveen Setia, Managing Director of Gurukul Global School and Pramod Sharma, Coordinator, Yuvsatta.
Now, to gain greater understanding about each other, tonight the guest students will be going to stay with local families of host students of Gurukul Global School and before they leave on Tuesday, October 30, between 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., they’ll be playing a friendly ‘Phoenix-Chandigarh Football Match’ at Football Stadium, Sector 17, Chandigarh.