Energy Champions’ & Mentors’ Meet

ENERGISING THE READY TO SAVE !
(Energy Champions’ And Energy Mentors’ Meet)

The Bombay House Auditorium filled with chirpy children swelled our hearts with pride. Here was our first bumper crop of enthusiastic Energy Conservationists which had sprung from the little seeds sown in schools across the city through our Energy Conservation Programme with School Children. About 240 Energy Champions, from among the 299 on record, along with their 26 mentors and one school principal, were present at the Energy Champions’ and Mentors’ Meet on 22^nd January, 2009,which was specially arranged to laud the efforts and interest of these school children and their guiding teachers in saving electricity and sensitizing others to also do likewise.

Registration

Ms. Poonam Kishinchandani very appropriately anchored the proceedings which had Mr. Prasad Menon, MD , Tata Power, welcome the gathering and explain again the need for conserving energy. Ms. Shalini Singh , Chief- Corporate Communications, then made a presentation on the role of the Tata Power Energy Club, its achievements so far and the way forward.

Welcome Address by Mr. Prasad Menon MD-Tata Power Co. Ltd.	Introductory Address by Ms. Shalini Singh Presentation on the Energy Conservation Programme and the Road Map

The Tata Power Energy Club sensitized 10, 000 students in 25 schools in Phase I of this programme and from among these students, 300 have actually started keeping a track of their energy consumption and have gone on to sensitize 20,000 citizens of Mumbai in their outreach as part of their secondary sensitization of friends and neighbourhood. The website alone has in a short time seen the registration of over 1000+ members which speaks volumes for the interest evinced by the student community and the movement catching on. The target for the year 2009-2010 for the Energy Champions is to sensitize 1,00000 citizens in this metropolis alone which is not an unattainable goal.

Packed Auditorium

Three Mentors, viz., Mr. Sanjiv Pai( Greenlawns School) , Mr. Errik Elavia(Lady Engineer School) and Ms. Philomena(Chaturbhuj Narsee International School) made presentations and spoke in glowing terms of the programme and the response by the students to it .Two Energy Champions, Ms.FreiaLobo(Bombay Scottish School, Powai) and Saniddi Joshipura ( JB Petit High School) captured the essence in how they had made a change in their own little way to the conservation of energy by cutting down on the wasteful use of electricity in their own homes.

Presentation by School Mentors
Mr. Sanjiv Pai Green Lawns High School	Mr. Errik Elavia Lady Engineer High School	Ms. Philomena Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School

Talk On Measurement of Carbon Footprint by Dr Avinash Patkar

Dr. Avinash Patkar, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head- Corporate Safety, health and Environment, took the platform before the awards presentation and briefly spoke on Global Warming and The Measurement of Carbon Footprint.

Wave upon wave of applause greeted each school as its Energy Champions and Mentors went up to receive their certificates from Mr. Prasad Menon, MD, Mr. S. Ramakrishnan, ED-Finance or Mr. Ashok Sethi, VP-LA Operations, who distributed them.

Presentation of experiences by Energy Champions
Ms. Freia Lobo Bombay Scottish School, Powai	Ms. Saniddhi Joshipura J B Petit High School, Fort

Preceding this was the prize distribution, by Mr. Banmali Agrawala, ED- Strategy and Business Development , to the winners of the Poster and Slogan competitions, conducted earlier. The prize winning poster by Hinlal Vakheria of Cumballa Hill School has already donned the cover of the Tata Power inhouse magazine, Transmission Lines, while the slogan, “Save Energy For Creating A Sustainable And Secure Future”, by J. Girisha Rao of Krishna Public School, Bhilai, has become the catch phrase on all the Tata Power Energy Club’s publicity material.

Poster Competition Winners Awards presented by Mr. Banmali Agrawala
Bilal S Mugal Don Bosco High School	Chavi Bubna Cathedral & John Connon School
Keertana Nagar Apostolic Carmel Convent	Alia Advan Cathedral & John Connon School

Felicitation Of Energy Mentors

It was heartening to see a beaming Energy Brigade leave the auditorium , proudly displaying their Energy Champion and Energy Mentor badges, Energy Conservation Kits and armed with a box of delicious goodies to celebrate the occasion!

Slogan Competition Winners
Awards presented by Mr. Banmali Agrawala

Divyanshi Tahilramani- Queen Mary School Jasneem Ziauddin-J B petit High School Madhumalika Gupta-Vibgyor High School Unnati R Khanna- Lokhandwala Foundation School

Congratulations all around to those who made it happen!

Attendee - Energy Champions

Attendee-Mentors

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