NHAF IN ASSOCIATION WITH ICCR RECEIVE ENTRIES FROM STUDENTS ACROSS INDIA

Over 300 Students Participate In An Art Competition

on ‘Make In India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat’

Vici- Ist Position Devyani Parmar
Udayachal High School School

Mumbai: Niki Hingad Art Foundation (NHAF) in association with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), an autonomous organization of the Government of India organized the fourth annual Inter School Drawing Competition 2015 titled ‘Make In India’ Art Competition for students on March 28 at Sir J J School of Art. The competition witnessed participation of over 300 students across Mumbai. The participants also included a group of children from Differently Abled Schools.

“This is the 4^th year of the inter school art and drawing event and being associated with ICCR was a big boon in increasing awareness on the event. This year our theme for the national competition was in sync with the government’s praise worthy initiative, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. We wanted children to express their imagination on these themes and were pleasantly surprised to see that these children have far better ideas on making India a better place. Art is one of the finest ways to express our impression of any said subject and today was no different. The collage of today’s paintings depicts a vibrant, progressive and an incredible India.

All entries were evaluated by a panel of judges from the fraternity of Sir J. J. School Of Art and were rated on the basis of creativity and originality of the artwork. The jury selected a total of 12 winners in 4 categories from Mumbai and 6 winning entries from all other regions. NHAF then announced the winners at the art competition.

Veni A-Ist position Maisha Gupta
Vibgyor International School

This was an open competition fully supporting the idea of freedom in the world of art and were categorized in four different age groups i.e. ‘Veni-A ' – Age 5 – 7 yrs, 'Veni-B' Age 8 – 10 yrs, ‘Vidi’ – Age 11 – 14 yrs and ‘Vici’ – Age 14 -16 yrs.

The competition was open to participants across the country for a period of three weeks. Drawings and paintings received from other places (except Mumbai) were displayed during the art competition today at Sir J J School Of Arts.

Veni B - Ist Position Sanika Daga
Dhirubhai Ambani International School

About Niki Hingad Art Foundation (NHAF): NHAF Foundation is involved with various art activities for the last few years. The foundation aims to ignite an immense interest in the perception of art in the younger generation and hence has been actively involved in creating a difference in the world of art. With the help of eminent professors of the Sir J. J. School of Arts and its team, NHAF works in various fields of Art round the year. These activities are held in various schools and include special courses in various fields and techniques of Sketching, Charcoal, Calligraphy, Pen and Ink, Clay modeling, Water colors, Acrylic colors, Cartoon caricature, Landscape, Portraits, Still life, Sculptures. The foundation conducts various workshops on famous Artists, mediums of art, various eras of art like Op art, Modern art.

CARE WORLD TV TO REVAMP ITSELF WITH REINVENTED PROGRAMMING

‘Wellness’ To Be The New Theme

Mumbai: Care World TV, the seven-year-old health and fitness television channel will be revamping itself to address the fast evolving lifestyles of the urban population. The first and largest healthcare satellite channel in Asia has already set up a new state-of-the-art studio at its Mumbai office and has kept ready 1000 hours of content on new wellness programmes that will be both informative and Do It Yourself (DIY) in nature. From aerobics to traditional massages, yoga to fitness gyms, diet and nutrition to healthy cooking, the new avatar of the TV channel will reinvent the subject matter on Wellness.

In its successful seven year run, Care World TV has produced more than 4000 hours of content related to health and fitness. Over 1200 subject experts and 1000 Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) from the sector lend their expertise on healthcare through this TV channel.

Mr. Ajit Gupta, Managing Director, Care World TV

“Keeping in tune with the boom in the healthcare Industry and the increased health awareness of the public in general, we have designed new programmes that will be in sync with the times. While continuing to be in the health domain, it has been a conscious thought to create content on Wellness as the trend in this industry has been witnessing tremendous appreciation. Hence, with thorough research and interactions with top subject experts, Care World TV has planned to focus content on Wellness,” says Mr. Ajit Gupta, Managing Director, Care World TV – Asia.

With this latest revamp, Care World TV will yet again become the one and only satellite TV channel to create innovative and interactive content on Wellness.

“To produce high quality content, Care World TV has now moved the entire production and channel operations into a new 12,000 square feet, technologically equipped studio at Andheri, Mumbai. On the one hand we are working to create explicit content and on the other we are trying to shoot some material on 4K as visual quality matters a lot to the audience. Our future shows will have an international and contemporary feel with classy presentation, state-of-the-art production values and exclusive content,” says Mr. Ashok Singh, Creative Head, Care World TV.

The exclusive healthcare channel, which launched its United States of America (USA) edition, marked yet another milestone by crossing eight crore hits and signing up 1.75 lac subscribers for its YouTube channel.

“We plan to offer various innovations in customized and interactive programming thus offering a range of formats for health industry to communicate their valuable messages to a widespread and highly focused; and a very responsive audience. I am confident that with this improved approach we will surpass any other medium in the healthcare segment and be the preferred bridge between the functionary and the beneficiary,” concludes Mr. Gupta.

About Care World TV: CARE WORLD TV, Asia's only Satellite healthcare TV Channel, emerged as the need of the hour by fulfilling a vacant niche, has successfully completed 7 years of disseminating health related information to the masses thus bridging the gap between the functionary and the beneficiary. Keeping in tune with the boom in the healthcare Industry with constant changes, in trends, development, research, the channel has introduced various innovative shows with exclusive content. The content is produced in its Mumbai involving experts from the industry has generated viewers in India, Bangkok, Pakistan, Nepal and many more Asian countries. Care World is available on all major Cable Networks across the country and also can be accessed on Videocon DTH.

NHAF in Association With ICCR Announces Art Contest For Students Across India

Art Competition For Students on ‘Make In India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat’

Mumbai:  Niki Hingad Art Foundation (NHAF) in association with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), an autonomous organization of the Government of India has announced the fourth annual Inter School Drawing Competition 2015 titled ‘Make In India’ Art Competition for students across India.

 NHAF has invited entries from schools and students all over India for partaking in the art-drawing contest to be held on the 28th of March 2015 at Sir J. J. School of Arts, Fort, Mumbai between 10:30 AM to 12:45 PM.

Talking about the initiative, Ms. Niki Hingad, Founder, NHAF says, “This is the 4^th year of the inter school art and drawing competition with social awareness playing the main scheme of things. This year our theme for the national competition is in sync with the government’s praise worthy initiative, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. We believe that art is a sole journey from an artist’s mind to the heart and has its own language of self-expression. We would like these young artists, the future of our nation to explore their inner selves and sketch some brilliant ideas out around these initiatives. We want this message to reach across all parts of the country”.

Interested students outside of Mumbai are requested to register their entries with the participant’s full

name, age, name of school, residential address and contact number via email at nhafnationals@gmail.com and send the original artwork titled as ‘National Entry’, duly signed and attested by the school authorities to NHAF base, 1-1, Ratnakar Building, Narayan Dhabolkar Marg, Off Nepean Sea Road, Mumbai 400 006 till 20^th March 2015.  The theme for the participant will be a) Make In India, b) My Dream, c) Swachh Bharat.  The artwork will be displayed during the art competition at the Sir J J School Of Arts.

For the participants in Mumbai and neighboring areas the participation is through schools enrollments. All participants will be physically present to participate in the competition to be held on 28^th March at the Sir J J School of Arts. The theme for the competition will be Green Thumb. Emphasizing on the need of saving our environment, the competition theme will focus largely on saving the remaining green cover.  There will be a special category for children from Differently Abled Schools.  Interested students from Mumbai may register through schools or individually by providing their name, age, name of the school, contact number and other details via email: nhafgenius@gmail.com or nhafforyour@gmail.com latest by 24^th March 2015.

All entries will be judged by a panel of judges from the Sir J. J. School art fraternity and will be rated on the basis of creativity and originality of the artwork. The jury will select a total of 12 winners in 4 categories from Mumbai and 6 winning entries from all other regions. NHAF will announce the winners at the art competition.

This will be a free competition fully supporting the idea of freedom in the world of Art and will be categorized in four different age groups i.e. ‘Veni-A ' – Age 5 – 7 yrs, 'Veni-B' Age 7 – 10 yrs, ‘Vidi’ – Age 11 – 14 yrs and ‘Vici’ – Age 14 -16 yrs.  

For further details please call on 022- 40441999, between 10am – 5pm or join NHAF on NHAF/ Nikihingad.artfoundation via Facebook account.

Address: NHAF base, 1-1 Ratnakar bldg., Narayan Dhabolkar Marg off Nepean Sea road, Mumbai -400006.

About Niki Hingad Art Foundation (NHAF): NHAF Foundation is involved with various art activities for the last few years. The foundation aims to ignite an immense interest in the perception of art in the younger generation and hence has been actively involved in creating a difference in the world of art. With the help of eminent professors of the Sir J. J. School of Arts and its team, NHAF works in various fields of Art round the year. These activities are held in various schools and include special courses in various fields and techniques of Sketching, Charcoal, Calligraphy, Pen and Ink, Clay modeling, Water colors, Acrylic colors, Cartoon caricature, Landscape, Portraits, Still life, Sculptures. The foundation conducts various workshops on famous Artists, mediums of art, various eras of art like Op art, Modern art.

HRAWI ORGANIZES A ‘DIRECT TAXES’ SEMINAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOTELIERS & RESTAURATEURS

Finance Bill 2015 Deconstructed For The Hospitality Industry

Mumbai: As part of the initiatives taken for the benefit and awareness of hoteliers and restaurateurs, the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) had organized a special seminar to understand and avail of the implications of the proposed Taxes in the Union Budget 2015/16 on various activities of hotels and restaurants. The seminar was organized for the hoteliers at The Ambassador hotel, Mumbai, recently. The session was addressed by Mr. Anil Harish, an eminent speaker, who has had varied experience and who specializes in the Tax matters.

“The Union Budget remains the most important financial tool through which a Government can communicate its fiscal and economic policies to the public. Its importance cannot be overstated. It is very important for everyone in our industry to be abreast of changes and developments taking place from time to time. For this, the association has and will continue to organize such seminars in the interest of our members,” says Mr. Bharat Malkani, President, HRAWI.

During the seminar the Mr. Harish highlighted several laws and policies that will affect the industry for the financial year. This included the launch of the e-Biz portal which integrates 14 regulatory permissions at one source, the increase in the Service Tax to the extent of 14%, provisioning for Swachh Bharat Cess of an additional 2% on taxable services among others.

About Hotel & Restaurant Association Western India (HRAWI)

The Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India) is a 65 years old Association of Hotels and Restaurants in Western India. Its members include smaller Hotels up to 5-Star Deluxe categories. The bulk of its members like any growth economy are made up of budget hotels. With around 1300 members across Western India, HRAWI covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa and the Union Territories of Daman, Diu & Silvassa, and is considered to be the voice of the Hotel Industry. The association is part of the national body of Federation of the Hotels & Restaurants Associations of India (FHRAI), located in New Delhi, which was originally founded in Mumbai in 1950 by the late Mr. J.R.D. Tata.

HRAWI WANTS TO PUT HOLI ON THE MAP OF TOURISM FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD

HRAWI Initiates ‘Save Water’ Campaign For This Holi

Mumbai: The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI), in the anticipation of the tragic waste of the most precious resource – water during Holi has called for a ‘Save Water’ campaign across all hotels in the western region. The association has circulated a notice across all its member hotels appealing for not partaking in wastage of water and instead promote celebrating the festival with colours. Holi also known as ‘The Festival of Colours’ falls on the 6^th of this month and is celebrated all across the country.

“Water is a scarce resource and we are very fortunate to have just enough. However, over the last few years we’ve been realizing the deficit every time the BMC announces a cut in water supply due to shortage in rainfall. We as an industry realize that and share the responsibility by doing our bit in conserving the resource,” says Mr. Bharat Malkani, President, HRAWI. “To accomplish this, we have requested all our member hotels to promote the festival with colours and music,” he adds.

Also, the hospitality industry has expressed its gusto on promoting this festival to the world to put it on the tourism map of festivals of the world.

“Indian customs, traditions and festivals are as unique as its landscapes and cultures. Among the many festivals we celebrate in the country, Holi happens to be the one that is celebrated by everyone irrespective of religion, gender or wealth. This festival is endemic to our nation. Foreign tourists are very fascinated with this cultural festival of ours and we should take this opportunity forward by promoting it as a grand tourism festival of India,” says Mr. Malkani.

“The La Tomatina or popularly known as the Tomato festival in Spain has become so popular that its now nothing short of iconic for tourism in the country. Oktoberfest in Germany is another similar example of a country celebrating a festival at such a grand level. If we too promote Holi to the world then I see it to emerge as the next La Tomatina of India,” concludes Mr. Malkani.

About Hotel & Restaurant Association Western India (HRAWI)

The Hotel and Restaurant Association (Western India) is a 65 years old Association of Hotels and Restaurants in Western India. Its members include Hotels up to 5-Star Deluxe categories like The Taj, Trident, Hyatt, J.W. Marriott and The Leela who are some of the prominent members of our Association. With around 1300 members across Western India, HRAWI covers Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa and the Union Territories of Daman, Diu & Silvassa is considered to be the voice of the Hotel Industry. The association is part of the national body of Federation of the Hotels & Restaurants Associations of India (FHRAI), located in New Delhi, which was originally founded in Mumbai in 1950 by the late Mr. J.R.D. Tata.