Daijiworld Media Network –Panaji (VA)
Panaji, Jul 7: Goa’s Number 1 radio station, ‘Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM’ organized an all Goa inter-school elocution competition to create environmental awareness.
It consisted of on-air and on-ground multi-city activities across Panjim, Margao, Vasco, and Mapusa from Thursday July 1 to Wednesday July 7.
The event was presented in partnership with Anand Bose Constructions in association with GHRSSIDC, department of Science and Technology, Goa Rotary Club of Margao, Pepsi, Lilliput, Kala Academy, Big G, La Paz Gardens and St Britto’s High School.
The competition drew in students from across Goa expressing viewpoints and suggestions on how we need to recycle, reuse, reduce and be responsible citizens of our environment at home and society at large.
Ethel Da Costa, station head, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, Panjim, states, “Students of today are the leaders of tomorrow. There is a need for schools as much as local citizens to endeavour that we look at our children as the rightful owners of our environment, by ensuring that we hand over a safe planet to the young generation. As a brand committed to music and entertainment, as much as it is dedicated to the pulse of the State, Radio Mirchi continues to lead by example.”
Winners of the all Goa Inter-School Elocution Competition for Environment in the Senior and Junior category:
Mapusa (Senior)
Lynessa Linson, 1st prize, St Francis Xavier High School (Senior)
Anuja Gawas, 1st prize, New Goa High School (Junior)
Shivam Sharma, 2nd place, New Goa High School (senior)
B Sri Lalitha, 2nd prize, Dyan Prasad Mandal School (junior)
Dixita Karapurkar, 3rd place, Holy Cross High School (senior)
Velbert Rodrigues, 3rd place, Holy Cross High School (junior)
Vasco
Prerna Phadke, 1st prize, St Joseph’s Institute (senior)
Tanmay Prasad, 1st prize, Navy Children’s School (junior)
Dharmaja Kamat, 2nd prize, St Teresa High School (senior)
Rashida Memon, 2nd prize, Anjuman high School (junior)
Shakeel Sangam, 3rd prize, Anjuman High School (senior)
Aditi Rao, 3rd prize, St Joseph’s Institute (junior)
Panjim
Shamli Prabhu Chodnekar, 1st prize, Hedgewar High School (senior)
Coleridge fernandes, 1st prize, St Anthony’s High School (junior)
Desmona Demello, 2nd prize, Mary Immaculate High School (senior)
Prateek Rebello, 2nd prize, Sharada Mandir High school (junior)
Gauri Kenkre, 3rd prize, Mustifund High School (senior)
Raghuvir Khandeparkar, 3rd prize, A J de Alemeida High School (junior)
Margao
Esther Braganca Pereira, 1st prize, Presentation Convent (senior)
Kirti Kharangate, 1st prize, Mahilanutan high school (junior)
Sherwyn P Costa, 2nd prize, Loyola High school (senior)
Darren Fernandes, 2nd prize, Loyala High school (junior)
Kajal Tharwani, 3rd prize, Damodar Vidhyalaya High School (senior)
Charmaine Pereira, 3rd prize, Fatima Convent (junior)
Judges of the event included Savio Fernandes, Olympio Almeida, Mrs Pearly Cherian, Ranjeeta R Sawant, Vitorino Baretto, Satish Sonak, Noreen Stewart, Anil Pai, Bhiku Hari Pai Angle, and was hosted by RJ Pankaj and RJ Suchi with in-house support by RJ Silroy.