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Chandigarh 13th July:- Chitkara International School’s Academia Industry Interface
program known as “Change The Game” allows students to interact with the
Industry professionals, sports professionals, educationists, leaders and
entrepreneurs who have actually made a mark in their respective industries. An
active industry-academic interface is vital to achieve the goal of grooming
“industry ready” students who are well rounded and quick learners. In one such
session, International table tennis player Manika Batra gave encouraging
talk to the students of Chitkara International School (CIS) on the topic
“Sports as a Career”. The 23-year-old table tennis player from
Delhi shared her inspirational story with students and urged everyone to
set their goals, plan to achieve them with grit & determination and always
work hard. Manika’s magnificent performance during recent Common Wealth Games,
has certainly given a tremendous boost to table tennis as a sport.
Inspired by Manika’s triumphant run in the North Zone National
Ranking Table Tennis Tournament in Panchkula on Tuesday, CIS students asked
plethora of questions from her. Answering a Grade 8 Student regarding what’s
next, Manika said she’s eying a similar performance in the upcoming Asian Games
2018. When a Grade 6 student asked her about feeling pressurized for pursuing a
sport over academics by the parents, relatives and neighbours, she replied that she received tremendous support from her entire
family, especially from her mother Mrs. Sushma
Batra. Replying to a query raised by a Grade 10 student, Manika gave a lot of
credit to her coach for supporting her during all tough and good times and
quoted that he is just like his father. Answering a question related to future
career prospects for sportspersons, she said that sportspersons get very
lucrative job offers from both private and government sector and she is also
currently working with Govt. of India’s Public Sector Unit organization.
Concluding her inspirational talk, she persuaded CIS students to be serious
about sports.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Niyati Chitkara, Principal,
Chitkara International School, said that at CIS, we strongly believe in
fostering a very fine balance between educational opportunities and
sports opportunities for all our young learners. We understand that
"Curiosity" is the fuel for growth and development. CIS's young
learners are allowed to explore their true potential through our School
Academia Industry Interface initiative, known as Change The Game (CTG). We realize
that our students are the foundation of the new knowledge- based Indian economy
and through inspirational talks like these, students would be encouraged to
pursue their interest in sports and dream to bring laurels & acclamations
for their country.
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