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NIIT MindChampions Academy
Chess Master 2008
Media Coverage Report
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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
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.
The Times of IndiaPune
Januay 14, 2009
The Indian ExpressNew Delhi
Januay 18, 2009
The HinduNew Delhi
Januay 18, 2009
The Times of IndiaJaipur
Januay 17, 2009
Daily News AnalysisJaipur
Januay 17, 2009
Pune MirrorPune
Januay 14, 2009
Daily News AnalysisPune
Januay 14, 2009
The Indian ExpressPune
Januay 14, 2009
Mail TodayNew Delhi
Januay 18, 2009
The Free Press JournalMumbai
Januay 15, 2009
Mid DayPune
Januay 14, 2009
News TodayChennai
Januay 19, 2009
The Indian ExpsressChennai
Januay 13, 2009
MahamedhaNew Delhi
Januay 18, 2009
The SentinelGuwahati
Januay 16, 2009
Punjab KesariNew Delhi
Januay 18, 2009
HindustanNew Delhi
Januay 18, 2009
Punjab KesariPune
Januay 14, 2009
LokmatPune
Januay 14, 2009
PrabhatPune
Januay 14, 2009
SaamnaPune
Januay 14, 2009
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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.
NIITInstituteofFinanceBanking&Insurance(IFBI),formedbyNIITwithequityparticipationfromICICIBank,offersprogramsforindividualsandcorporatesinBanking,FinancialServicesandInsurance.
NIITUniqua,CentreforProcessExcellence,addressestheincreasingdemandforskilledworkersinthebusinessandtechnologyservicesindustrybyprovidingtrainingprogramsinrelevantareas.ThisisapartofNIITInstituteofProcessExcellence,aNIIT-Genpactventure.
NIIT’sCorporateLearningSolutions,offersintegratedlearningsolutions(includingstrategicconsulting,learningdesign,contentdevelopment,delivery,technology,assessmentandlearningmanagement)toFortune500compa-nies,Universities,Technologycompanies,TrainingcorporationsandPublishinghouses.
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NIITtogetherwithElementKisnowthefirstandthebestchoiceforcomprehensivelearningsolutions,world-wide.
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
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