By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 08th
September:- Living life with
the skill of equanimity & even-sightedness means withholding mind in an
all-inclusive state under all circumstances via non-discriminatory intellect.
Satyug Darshan Trust started the International Equanimity Olympiad in 2015 with
this mission in mind. The aim was to create a passion amongst the students and
individuals to become humane by knowing about humanity, morality and ethical
values in the form of questions and answers.
On the occasion of
World Equanimity Day, 3rd International Equanimity Olympiad concluded with an
enchanting cultural program and award ceremony. This unique endeavour by the
Satyug Darshan Trust was this year held at its Vasundhara campus. More than
2000 students, parents, school-principals & teachers as well as Trust
members were present at the finale of this international gala. The Olympiad
motivates the future citizens to evolve as good human beings by adopting the
state of equality. More than 5 lakh students had participated at the first
Olympiad in 2015. In the second year, the figures were more than double: 10
lakh 19 thousand students from 2,648 schools participated in this unique
competition. This year alone,the Olympiad registered a whopping partnership:
2,800 schools from 20 states of India plus one from Oman, Middle East
participated with over 15 lakh students
overall.
International Equanimity
Olympiad-2017 had three Modules: 1)
Classroom-Based Exam This test was conducted in schools itself where
students from class 9 to 12 participated without any discrimination of caste,
creed or for that matter the type of education board. The duration of the exam
was 45 minutes and was open to students in four languages- Hindi, English,
Assamese and Punjabi. It is noteworthy here that no fee was charged for this
test conducted for a social cause by Satyug Darshan Trust. Merit Positions: --Topper:
Shreyas Jena of Class 10, St Xaviers', Durgapur District Burdhman, West Bengal.
He won a Laptop --First Runner-up: Shivam Yadav of Class 9 from Kendriya
Vidyalaya, IIT Campus, Kanpur (U.P.). He was awarded a 10-inch Tablet computer --Second
Runner-up: Avinash Mishra of class 11 from RN Tagore Inter-College, Bareily
(U.P.).He bagged a 7- inches Tablet At fourth position was Deepanshu, class 12 students
from Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Moradabad (U.P.) while the fifth rank was scaled
by Vinita from class 9 of Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Ballabhgarh, and
Faridabad. Both of them were given smart phones as a consolation prize.
Government Senior Secondary School Kapurthala won the trophy for school with
best results. Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Karawal Nagar, Delhi
won for the second time in two years the trophy for the highest number of
participating students. 3054 girl students participated from this school.
Besides the above awards, a trophy + Rs 3100/- or 2100/- or 1100/- were awarded
to the top student of the state. Topper from each district was awarded a wrist
watch; School topper was prized with a medal & a merit certificate while
participation certificates to each student were also distributed.
2) Jail and Rehab-Centres Based Exam Equanimity &
even-sightedness perceive equality. Thus, the second module of the test was for
the imprisoned ones either in jails or those in rehab-centres. It was conducted
there itself. The objective is to propagate message to adopt Equanimity and
thus equality to live a meaningful life. The duration of the exam was again 45
minutes and was conducted in Hindi & English. This year 45 jails
participated with more than 10 thousand prisoners. Merit Positions: --First:
Chirag from district Jail, Bhiwani Haryana won a 32-inch color TV --Second:
Kalki Krishnan from District Jail Noida, (U.P.) who won a smart phone --Third:
Omprakash Nishad from Central Jail, Raipur, Chhattisgarh bagged a dinner set Besides,
every topper of a particular jail or rehab centre was awarded a wrist watch,
second runner-up won a track-suit while the third position was gifted a
shirt-trouser. All participants were given appreciation certificates as well.
3) Internet Based Exam Third module of
the competition in the Olympiad was conducted via internet so that participants
from far flung areas could participate in this unique mission to connect all.
25,000 participants from across the globe took this 30- minute’s exam. At the
end of the exam, the participants could instantly download their participation
certificates.
Addressing the
gathering during the Prize Distribution Ceremony, Sajjan, Margdarshak, Satyug
Darshan Trust said that equality must be the basic human nature and attitude.
And this is what equanimity and harmony are all about. Under this, emotions and
thoughts unite to find solace since this is what energizes bonding and coordination.
This forms the basis of behavioural gentleman-ship, facilitation, honesty,
cordiality and explicitness. In short, the meaning is that in all states of
control of the soul, body and mind the state of equanimity must be attained. It
gives an amazing feeling through enlightenment of the soul by shunning the
external differences.
Sajjan Ji
requested all those present at the gathering to ensure steps towards equality
and humanity so that the entire human race can benefit through it by leading a
life of honesty and all-round development. Sajjan Ji requested each one present at this
unique mission to connect the next generation to moral values. He said that international
Equanimity Olympiad conducted to uplift the moral value towards humanity should
be taken up as a mission rather than just a yearly program. We took oath in
2013 to conduct such an Olympiad to celebrate World Equanimity Day and we
fulfilled our promise over three years...and will continue to. He further added
that Satyug Darshan Trust is ensuring through each exam that not only our young
minds in schools but also those who drifted away from moral values and landed
in jail can be brought back into the mainstream society through this mission.
This year via this exam and through other mediums this message has reached more
than 1.5 crore masses...this will rise in the years to come.
Satyug Darshan
Trust thanks the education departments of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Assam who made this
Olympiad not only reach this grand stage but also make it a great success.
