Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Chief Guest JMA Pilani Annual Day Celebrations

Dec. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Established in the year 2004 Smt Jamuna Mishra Academy (JMA) which has been making rapid strides in early childhood education is presently one of the most sought after schools at Pilani Rajasthan.

Pilani in the heart of Shekhawati region of Rajasthan is well known for various educational institutions, CSIR Laboratory CEERI as well as the upcoming BrahMos Missile Assembly Project unit.

Behind every successful institution, there has always been a dreamer.  The dreamer for JMA is Dr Brij Mohan Mishra, NRI (Syracuse, New York) Physician and entrepreneur who wanted to set up an English Medium school at Pilani in memory of his beloved mother Smt Jamuna Devi. Dr Mishra and his family members Dr Suman (wife), Dr Gautam (son) and Mridula (daughter in law) have taken up the JMA project with passion and have nurtured it at every stage.

The Goenka Pariwar of Laxmi Organic Industries who are well known for their charitable work in and around Pilani as well as for the SourcePilani Rural BPO initiative which has been making waves allover for the rural transformation also have been extending their whole hearted support and guidance for shaping up the JMA.

JMA which started in 2004 with an enrollment of 60 students for the Nursery, LKG, First Junior and Class1 has grown today till Class VII with well over 6 times the enrollment. While the school admits both boys and girls, the girl student enrollment has been steadily rising every year and is presently nearing 50% of total strength which itself is a matter of pride in a state which had alarmingly low record of girl’s education. The teacher strength at JMA also has grown from 5 in 2004 to 18 presently.

JMA celebrated its third Annual Day on Monday December 06, 2010 and the venue was the elegant Smt Sharda Devi Goenka Auditorium at Goenak Vidya Mandir Pilani. The Chief Guest for the function was Hon’ble Dr Jitendra Singh Rajasthan Government Cabinet minister for Energy and Alternate Energy, Information Technology and Communication and Higher Education. Shri Vijay Pal Yadav Chancellor for Way to Transform Shridhar University Pilani was the Guest of Honour.

After arrival of chief guest and tilak ceremony, the lighting of the ceremonial lamp took place. Smt Booma Natarajan Principal of the school in her opening speech statistically highlighted the literacy picture of Jhunjhunu district and introduced the Chief Guest to the audience and reiterated that she and her teacher team firmly believed that success is a journey and not a destination.

The cultural program by students opened with Saraswati Vandana which was followed by an action dance Woogie – Boogie. After taking the audience on rail with the Dhadak Dhadak song, the children mesmerized the audience by dancing to the song Aisa Desh Hai Mera. The other items included a kathak dance, English skit based on episode from Mahabharata, a group song, poetry recitation and Rajasthani folk dance. The Hindi play based on sportswomen from rural Rajasthan and Haryana winning medals in Common Wealth Games and Asian Games drove a strong message about girl child to the audience.

Dr Mishra in his speech thanked Smt Booma Natarajan JMA Principal as well as the team of teachers for their dedicated efforts to make the school top ranking in Pilani and reiterated his commitment for promoting quality education with modern infrastructure at Pilani.

Chief Guest Dr Jitendra Singh appreciated Dr Mishra’s love for his native place Pilani despite his living in America. The minister also had a word of appreciation for Mr Vijay Pal Yadav for putting up the Shridhar University with state of the art infrastructure at rapid pace in a rural place like Pilani. When he pointed out that the Present Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr Prithviraj Chavan had an important part of his education at Pilani there was a thunderous applause. He also awarded the prizes for various competitions and overall excellence.

Addressing the Chief Guest as a doctor MLA with a golden heart for the copper rich Khetri constituency, Mr Vijay Pal Yadav in his speech quoted Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore as well as Shri Aurobindo on education and urged the students to make best use of opportunities and facilities of the school to become good and worthy citizens for India and world at large.

Ms Poonam Saini anchored the proceedings and delivered the vote of thanks. Master Vishal and Miss Himakshi both from Class VII did the master of ceremony job with aplomb.

The other dignitaries who attended the annaul day included Prof BR Natarajan, Pro Vice Chancellor Shridhar University and heads of several other institutions in and around pilani. The function ended with the singing of national anthem and the parents and children who had come for the function left with beaming faces and pride that they were part of an institution which is a jewel in the crown among the schools at Pilani.

For more details about school see http://www.jma-pilani.page.tl/

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Smt Jamuna Mishrs Academy - JMA Pilani is a Co-educational English Medium School with Experienced Teachers, Spacious Classrooms and Modern Amenities Designed to impart Quality Education combined with All Round Personality Development and lay the Best Foundation for the Child's Future. For more details about school see http://www.jma-pilani.page.tl/