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Seen here: Vishy interacting with the school children and dignitaries during his visit to Chennai, Pune, Guwahati, Jaipur and Delhi for NIIT MindChampions Academy- Chess Master 2008.
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NIIT MindChampions AcademyChess Master 2008 winners felicitated by World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand
- Bhakti Juikar from Mumbai adjudged as the winner and TejasArora fromAmritsar and Tonsen Mongwang fromDibrugarh,Assamdeclaredasfirstandsecondrunnerup
NewDelhi,January17,2009: NIITMindChampionsAcademy-ChessMaster2008,a joint initiativeofNIIT,a leadingGlobalTalentDevelopmentCorporationandAsia’sNo.1TrainerandWorldChessChampionViswanathanAnand,witnessedagrandclosing.Sh.JyotiradityaScindia,Hon’bleUnionMinisterofStateforCommunicationsandIT,GovtofIndia,joinedWorldChessChampionandNIITMindChampionViswanathanAnand,Mr.RajendraSPawar,Chairman,NIITLtd.,PadmaBhushan,Dr.(Mrs.)ShayamaChona,Principal,DPS,RKPuramandMr.AshokChandra,Chairman,DPSSociety,astheChiefGuesttogiveawayprizestothewinnersinaglitteringceremonyheldintheCapital.
ThewinnertrophyofNIITMindChampionsAcademy-ChessMaster2008wasbaggedbyBhaktiJuikar,astudentfromIESV.NSuleSchool,Mumbai.WhileTejasArora,astudentfromSpringdaleSeniorSecondarySchool,Amritsar,Punjabwasadjudgedasthe1stRunner-Up,TonsenMongwang,fromJoyporeHSSchool,Dibrugarh,Assamwasannouncedasthe2ndRunner-Upforthenationallevelchesscontest.
Attheawardceremony,KarthikeyanMurali,theInternationalFideRatedPlayerwiththeratingof1780,wasalsohonoured.Karthikeyan Murali, the State Champion during the year 2008 in the Under-11 age category was sponsored by theMindChampionsAcademyfortheAllIndiaChessFinalsatAhmedabadinAugust2008andothercompetitionstoimprovehisFIDErating.Currently,hestands40thoutofthe210participantatthenationallevel.
Sh. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Communications and IT, recognized the commendableperformanceoftheyoungMindChampionsinthegameofChessandencouragedthemtocontinuetoexhibitthesamezealandbrilliance.HesaidthatthebuddingtalentneedstobementoredandguidedandthatNIITMindChampionsAcademyisofferingtheaspiringyoungChessplayersaperfectplatformtolearnandgrow.
AccordingtoMr.RajendraSPawar,Chairman,NIITLtd.,“Chessimprovesacademicsandmentaldevelopment.TheNIITMindChampionsAcademywillpopularizeChessinIndia’sSchools.”
Thenationwidechesscontestwitnessedwidespreadparticipationbyover2,00,000studentsfromover3400GovernmentandPrivateSchoolsspreadacross24statesandUnionTerritories.Therecordparticipationwasmadepossibleduetomatchesbeingplayedovertheinternetfromdistrictlevelonwardsacrossthenation.ThisallowedschoolsevenfromtheremoteareaswhereNIIThasbeenworkingwithstategovernmentschoolsaswellasprivateschoolstoeducateandtrainthekidsinuseofICT,toenrollforChessMaster2008.
ThegrandfinaleofMindChampionsAcademyChessMaster2008sawwinnersfromNorth,East,WestandSouthzonesvyingfortheNationalLevelHonourofChessMaster2008.ThewinnersfromthefourzonesalsogotanopportunitytoplaysimultaneousChesswiththeWorldChessChampion,ViswanathanAnand.
FelicitatingthewinnersofNIITMindChampionsAcademy-ChessMaster2008,ViswanathanAnandsaid,“ItisaproudfeelingtoseetheseyoungchildrenactivelytakepartinNIITMindChampionsAcademy-ChessMaster2008.Icongratulatethewinnersandwishthemabrightfutureahead.”
“Iamconfidentthattheexcellenceanddeterminationthattheseyoungchildrenhavedisplayedwillhelpthemperformwellinacademicsaswell. It ishearteningtoseethatNIITMindChampionsAcademyhasreachedhugenumberofchildrenacrossthecountrytoinitiatethemintothegameofChess,”headded.
Launchedin2002withanobjectiveofinitiatingstudentsintotheworldofChess,NIITMindChampionsAcademyhastodayfosterednearly6351chessclubswithmorethan7,45,000studentscumulativelysinceinception,asitsmembersinschoolswhereNIITofferscomputereducation.WorldChessChampionVishwanathanAnandhaspersonallytravelledtoAgartala,Guwahati,Raipur,Patna,Hyderabad,Mumbai,NewDelhi,ChennaiandothercitiesacrossIndia,spreadingthemessageandmotivatingtheschoolstudentstostartplaying.NIITMindChampionsAcademyconductsanAnnualChessTournament,knownasChessMasterfortheseschoolchildrenacross16statesintheNIITnetwork.ChessMaster2008wasflaggedoffbyNIITMindChampionViswanathanAnandinNewDelhiandsimultaneouslyin11othercitiesthroughNIITImperia’sSynchronousLearningTechnologyinMaylastyear.
About NIIT MindChampions Academy
NIITMindChampionsAcademy,anot-for-profitinitiativewassetupasajointinitiativewiththeGMViswanathanAnandandNIITLtd,withtheobjectiveofpromotingChessinschoolstoenabledevelopmentofyoungminds.
Launchedin2002withanobjectiveofinitiatingstudentsintotheworldofChess,NIITMindChampionsAcad-emyhastodayfosterednearly6351chessclubswithmorethan7,45,000studentscumulativelysinceinception,asitsmembersinschoolswhereNIITofferscomputereducation.WorldChessChampionVishwanathanAnandhaspersonallytravelledtoAgartala,Guwahati,Raipur,Patna,Hyderabad,Mumbai,NewDelhi,Chennaiandothercit-iesacrossIndia,spreadingthemessageandmotivatingtheschoolstudentstostartplaying.NIITMindChampionsAcademyconductsanAnnualChessTournament,knownasChessMasterfortheseschoolchildrenacross16statesintheNIITnetwork.ChessMaster2008wasflaggedoffbyNIITMindChampionViswanathanAnandinNewDelhiandsimultaneouslyin11othercitiesthroughNIITImperia’sSynchronousLearningTechnologyinMaylastyear.
About NIIT
NIIT,Asia’sNo.1ITtrainerandleadingGlobalTalentDevelopmentCorporation,offerslearningandknowledgesolutionstoover5millionstudentsacross40countries.
LeadingITmagazineDataquesthasconferreduponNIIT,theTopITTrainingCompanyAward2008.RatedamongIndia’sBusinessSuperbrands2008,NIIT’sIndividualLearningBusinessofferingsincludeindustry-endorsedpro-gramsforstudentsseekingcareersinIT-GNIIT,IntegratedANIITforEngineers(IAE),andAdvancedTechnol-ogyProgramsforITprofessionals.
NIIToffersturnkeyITintegrationprogramforschools.NIIThasprovidedcomputer-basedlearningtoover9,500governmentandprivateschools.
Forworkingprofessionals,NIITImperia,CentreforAdvancedLearning,offersExecutiveManagementEducationProgrammesinassociationwithIndianInstitutesofManagement(IIMs)atAhmedabad,IndoreandKolkata.
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NIITUniqua,CentreforProcessExcellence,addressestheincreasingdemandforskilledworkersinthebusinessandtechnologyservicesindustrybyprovidingtrainingprogramsinrelevantareas.ThisisapartofNIITInstituteofProcessExcellence,aNIIT-Genpactventure.
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Seen here: Vishy interacting with the school children and dignitaries during his visit to Chennai, Pune, Guwahati, Jaipur and Delhi for NIIT MindChampions Academy- Chess Master 2008.
Snapshots of NIIT MindChampions Academy - Chess Master 2008